From 73f5b82d4c4b5fcd13ad20163487e32c4c5b454a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tait Hoyem <44244401+TTWNO@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 20:40:45 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Remove carriage returns from file as they don't render properly. --- bible-kjv.txt | 200444 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------ 1 file changed, 100222 insertions(+), 100222 deletions(-) diff --git a/bible-kjv.txt b/bible-kjv.txt index 1636b33..ffc55b1 100644 --- a/bible-kjv.txt +++ b/bible-kjv.txt @@ -1,100222 +1,100222 @@ -The Project Gutenberg EBook of The King James Bible - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: The King James Bible - -Release Date: March 2, 2011 [EBook #10] -[This King James Bible was orginally posted by Project Gutenberg -in late 1989] - -Language: English - - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE KING JAMES BIBLE *** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -The Old Testament of the King James Version of the Bible - - - - -The First Book of Moses: Called Genesis - - -1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. - -1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon -the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the -waters. - -1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. - -1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light -from the darkness. - -1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. -And the evening and the morning were the first day. - -1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, -and let it divide the waters from the waters. - -1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were -under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: -and it was so. - -1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the -morning were the second day. - -1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together -unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. - -1:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of -the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. - -1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding -seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is -in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. - -1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after -his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after -his kind: and God saw that it was good. - -1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day. - -1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven -to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for -seasons, and for days, and years: 1:15 And let them be for lights in -the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was -so. - -1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, -and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. - -1:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light -upon the earth, 1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and -to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. - -1:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. - -1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving -creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the -open firmament of heaven. - -1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that -moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, -and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. - -1:22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill -the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. - -1:23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. - -1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after -his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his -kind: and it was so. - -1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle -after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after -his kind: and God saw that it was good. - -1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: -and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl -of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over -every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. - -1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created -he him; male and female created he them. - -1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and -multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion -over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every -living thing that moveth upon the earth. - -1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, -which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which -is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. - -1:30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, -and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is -life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. - -1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was -very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. - -2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of -them. - -2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and -he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. - -2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that -in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. - -2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when -they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the -heavens, 2:5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, -and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not -caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the -ground. - -2:6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole -face of the ground. - -2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and -breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living -soul. - -2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he -put the man whom he had formed. - -2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is -pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the -midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. - -2:10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence -it was parted, and became into four heads. - -2:11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the -whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 2:12 And the gold of that -land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. - -2:13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that -compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. - -2:14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which -goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. - -2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of -Eden to dress it and to keep it. - -2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the -garden thou mayest freely eat: 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge -of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou -eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. - -2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be -alone; I will make him an help meet for him. - -2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the -field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see -what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living -creature, that was the name thereof. - -2:20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, -and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an -help meet for him. - -2:21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he -slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead -thereof; 2:22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made -he a woman, and brought her unto the man. - -2:23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my -flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. - -2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall -cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. - -2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not -ashamed. - -3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which -the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, -Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 3:2 And the woman said -unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: -3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, -God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest -ye die. - -3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 3:5 -For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall -be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. - -3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that -it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one -wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto -her husband with her; and he did eat. - -3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they -were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves -aprons. - -3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in -the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the -presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. - -3:9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art -thou? 3:10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was -afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. - -3:11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten -of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? -3:12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she -gave me of the tree, and I did eat. - -3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast -done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. - -3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done -this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the -field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the -days of thy life: 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the -woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, -and thou shalt bruise his heel. - -3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and -thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy -desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. - -3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice -of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, -saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; -in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 3:18 Thorns -also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the -herb of the field; 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, -till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for -dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. - -3:20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother -of all living. - -3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of -skins, and clothed them. - -3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to -know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also -of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: 3:23 Therefore the -LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground -from whence he was taken. - -3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden -of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep -the way of the tree of life. - -4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and -said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. - -4:2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of -sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. - -4:3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the -fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. - -4:4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of -the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his -offering: 4:5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. -And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. - -4:6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy -countenance fallen? 4:7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be -accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto -thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. - -4:8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when -they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, -and slew him. - -4:9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he -said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? 4:10 And he said, What -hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from -the ground. - -4:11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her -mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; 4:12 When thou -tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her -strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. - -4:13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can -bear. - -4:14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the -earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and -a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one -that findeth me shall slay me. - -4:15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, -vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark -upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. - -4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the -land of Nod, on the east of Eden. - -4:17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he -builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his -son, Enoch. - -4:18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and -Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. - -4:19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, -and the name of the other Zillah. - -4:20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, -and of such as have cattle. - -4:21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such -as handle the harp and organ. - -4:22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every -artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah. - -4:23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; -ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to -my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. - -4:24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and -sevenfold. - -4:25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his -name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead -of Abel, whom Cain slew. - -4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his -name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. - -5:1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God -created man, in the likeness of God made he him; 5:2 Male and female -created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the -day when they were created. - -5:3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his -own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth: 5:4 And -the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: -and he begat sons and daughters: 5:5 And all the days that Adam lived -were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. - -5:6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: 5:7 And -Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and -begat sons and daughters: 5:8 And all the days of Seth were nine -hundred and twelve years: and he died. - -5:9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: 5:10 And Enos lived -after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons -and daughters: 5:11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and -five years: and he died. - -5:12 And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel: 5:13 And -Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, -and begat sons and daughters: 5:14 And all the days of Cainan were -nine hundred and ten years: and he died. - -5:15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: 5:16 -And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty -years, and begat sons and daughters: 5:17 And all the days of -Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died. - -5:18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat -Enoch: 5:19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, -and begat sons and daughters: 5:20 And all the days of Jared were nine -hundred sixty and two years: and he died. - -5:21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: 5:22 -And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred -years, and begat sons and daughters: 5:23 And all the days of Enoch -were three hundred sixty and five years: 5:24 And Enoch walked with -God: and he was not; for God took him. - -5:25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat -Lamech. - -5:26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty -and two years, and begat sons and daughters: 5:27 And all the days of -Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. - -5:28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a -son: 5:29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort -us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground -which the LORD hath cursed. - -5:30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five -years, and begat sons and daughters: 5:31 And all the days of Lamech -were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. - -5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, -and Japheth. - -6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the -earth, and daughters were born unto them, 6:2 That the sons of God saw -the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of -all which they chose. - -6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for -that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty -years. - -6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, -when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare -children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of -renown. - -6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and -that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil -continually. - -6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it -grieved him at his heart. - -6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the -face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and -the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. - -6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. - -6:9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect -in his generations, and Noah walked with God. - -6:10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. - -6:11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled -with violence. - -6:12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for -all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. - -6:13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; -for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I -will destroy them with the earth. - -6:14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the -ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. - -6:15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length -of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty -cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. - -6:16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou -finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side -thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. - -6:17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the -earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under -heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. - -6:18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come -into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives -with thee. - -6:19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt -thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be -male and female. - -6:20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of -every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort -shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. - -6:21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt -gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. - -6:22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did -he. - -7:1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the -ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. - -7:2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male -and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and -his female. - -7:3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to -keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. - -7:4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth -forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have -made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. - -7:5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. - -7:6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was -upon the earth. - -7:7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives -with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. - -7:8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, -and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 7:9 There went in two -and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had -commanded Noah. - -7:10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the -flood were upon the earth. - -7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, -the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains -of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. - -7:12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. - -7:13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, -the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons -with them, into the ark; 7:14 They, and every beast after his kind, -and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that -creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, -every bird of every sort. - -7:15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all -flesh, wherein is the breath of life. - -7:16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as -God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. - -7:17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters -increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. - -7:18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the -earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. - -7:19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the -high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. - -7:20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains -were covered. - -7:21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and -of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth -upon the earth, and every man: 7:22 All in whose nostrils was the -breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. - -7:23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face -of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the -fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah -only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. - -7:24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty -days. - -8:1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the -cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over -the earth, and the waters asswaged; 8:2 The fountains also of the deep -and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was -restrained; 8:3 And the waters returned from off the earth -continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the -waters were abated. - -8:4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of -the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. - -8:5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the -tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the -mountains seen. - -8:6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the -window of the ark which he had made: 8:7 And he sent forth a raven, -which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off -the earth. - -8:8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were -abated from off the face of the ground; 8:9 But the dove found no rest -for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for -the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his -hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. - -8:10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the -dove out of the ark; 8:11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; -and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that -the waters were abated from off the earth. - -8:12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; -which returned not again unto him any more. - -8:13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the -first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from -off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, -and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. - -8:14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the -month, was the earth dried. - -8:15 And God spake unto Noah, saying, 8:16 Go forth of the ark, thou, -and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. - -8:17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of -all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing -that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the -earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. - -8:18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' -wives with him: 8:19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every -fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went -forth out of the ark. - -8:20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean -beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the -altar. - -8:21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his -heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for -the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I -again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. - -8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and -heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. - -9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be -fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. - -9:2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast -of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth -upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are -they delivered. - -9:3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the -green herb have I given you all things. - -9:4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall -ye not eat. - -9:5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of -every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of -every man's brother will I require the life of man. - -9:6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in -the image of God made he man. - -9:7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in -the earth, and multiply therein. - -9:8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, 9:9 And -I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after -you; 9:10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the -fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from -all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. - -9:11 And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all -flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall -there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. - -9:12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make -between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for -perpetual generations: 9:13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall -be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. - -9:14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, -that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 9:15 And I will remember my -covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all -flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all -flesh. - -9:16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that -I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living -creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. - -9:17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which -I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. - -9:18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and -Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. - -9:19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth -overspread. - -9:20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: -9:21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered -within his tent. - -9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, -and told his two brethren without. - -9:23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their -shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their -father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's -nakedness. - -9:24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had -done unto him. - -9:25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be -unto his brethren. - -9:26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be -his servant. - -9:27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of -Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. - -9:28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. - -9:29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and -he died. - -10:1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and -Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. - -10:2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and -Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. - -10:3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. - -10:4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and -Dodanim. - -10:5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; -every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. - -10:6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. - -10:7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, -and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. - -10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. - -10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, -Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. - -10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and -Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. - -10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the -city Rehoboth, and Calah, 10:12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: -the same is a great city. - -10:13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, -10:14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and -Caphtorim. - -10:15 And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, 10:16 And the -Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, 10:17 And the Hivite, -and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 10:18 And the Arvadite, and the -Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the -Canaanites spread abroad. - -10:19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest -to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and -Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. - -10:20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their -tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. - -10:21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the -brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. - -10:22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, -and Aram. - -10:23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. - -10:24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. - -10:25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for -in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. - -10:26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and -Jerah, 10:27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 10:28 And Obal, and -Abimael, and Sheba, 10:29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these -were the sons of Joktan. - -10:30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a -mount of the east. - -10:31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their -tongues, in their lands, after their nations. - -10:32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their -generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided -in the earth after the flood. - -11:1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. - -11:2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they -found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. - -11:3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn -them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for -morter. - -11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose -top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be -scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. - -11:5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the -children of men builded. - -11:6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all -one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be -restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. - -11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that -they may not understand one another's speech. - -11:8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of -all the earth: and they left off to build the city. - -11:9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did -there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the -LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. - -11:10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years -old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: 11:11 And Shem -lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and -daughters. - -11:12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: 11:13 -And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, -and begat sons and daughters. - -11:14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: 11:15 And Salah -lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons -and daughters. - -11:16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: 11:17 And -Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and -begat sons and daughters. - -11:18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: 11:19 And Peleg -lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons -and daughters. - -11:20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: 11:21 And -Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat -sons and daughters. - -11:22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: 11:23 And Serug -lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and -daughters. - -11:24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: 11:25 -And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, -and begat sons and daughters. - -11:26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and -Haran. - -11:27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, -Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. - -11:28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his -nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. - -11:29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife -was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of -Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. - -11:30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child. - -11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's -son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they -went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of -Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. - -11:32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah -died in Haran. - -12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, -and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I -will shew thee: 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I -will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a -blessing: 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him -that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be -blessed. - -12:4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went -with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed -out of Haran. - -12:5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all -their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had -gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; -and into the land of Canaan they came. - -12:6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto -the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. - -12:7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I -give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who -appeared unto him. - -12:8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, -and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: -and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name -of the LORD. - -12:9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. - -12:10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into -Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. - -12:11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, -that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a -fair woman to look upon: 12:12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when -the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: -and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. - -12:13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with -me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. - -12:14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the -Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. - -12:15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before -Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. - -12:16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and -oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, -and camels. - -12:17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues -because of Sarai Abram's wife. - -12:18 And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that thou hast -done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? 12:19 -Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to -wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. - -12:20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him -away, and his wife, and all that he had. - -13:1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he -had, and Lot with him, into the south. - -13:2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. - -13:3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto -the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and -Hai; 13:4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had make there at the -first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. - -13:5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and -tents. - -13:6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell -together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell -together. - -13:7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and -the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite -dwelled then in the land. - -13:8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, -between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be -brethren. - -13:9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, -from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; -or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. - -13:10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, -that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom -and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, -as thou comest unto Zoar. - -13:11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed -east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. - -13:12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the -cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. - -13:13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD -exceedingly. - -13:14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from -him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art -northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: 13:15 For all -the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for -ever. - -13:16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a -man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be -numbered. - -13:17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the -breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. - -13:18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of -Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD. - -14:1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, -Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of -nations; 14:2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with -Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of -Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. - -14:3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is -the salt sea. - -14:4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year -they rebelled. - -14:5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that -were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the -Zuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh Kiriathaim, 14:6 And the -Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness. - -14:7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and -smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that -dwelt in Hazezontamar. - -14:8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, -and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela -(the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of -Siddim; 14:9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king -of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; -four kings with five. - -14:10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of -Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled -to the mountain. - -14:11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their -victuals, and went their way. - -14:12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, -and his goods, and departed. - -14:13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; -for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and -brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. - -14:14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he -armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and -eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. - -14:15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by -night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the -left hand of Damascus. - -14:16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his -brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. - -14:17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from -the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at -the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale. - -14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and -he was the priest of the most high God. - -14:19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high -God, possessor of heaven and earth: 14:20 And blessed be the most high -God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him -tithes of all. - -14:21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and -take the goods to thyself. - -14:22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand -unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, -14:23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and -that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, -I have made Abram rich: 14:24 Save only that which the young men have -eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, -and Mamre; let them take their portion. - -15:1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a -vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding -great reward. - -15:2 And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go -childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? -15:3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, -one born in my house is mine heir. - -15:4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This -shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own -bowels shall be thine heir. - -15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward -heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he -said unto him, So shall thy seed be. - -15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for -righteousness. - -15:7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur -of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. - -15:8 And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit -it? 15:9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, -and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a -turtledove, and a young pigeon. - -15:10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, -and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. - -15:11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them -away. - -15:12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; -and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. - -15:13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be -a stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve them; and -they shall afflict them four hundred years; 15:14 And also that -nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they -come out with great substance. - -15:15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried -in a good old age. - -15:16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for -the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. - -15:17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was -dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between -those pieces. - -15:18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, -Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the -great river, the river Euphrates: 15:19 The Kenites, and the -Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 15:20 And the Hittites, and the -Perizzites, and the Rephaims, 15:21 And the Amorites, and the -Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. - -16:1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an -handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. - -16:2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained -me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may -obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. - -16:3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after -Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her -husband Abram to be his wife. - -16:4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw -that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. - -16:5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my -maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was -despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee. - -16:6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; do -to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she -fled from her face. - -16:7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the -wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. - -16:8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither -wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. - -16:9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, -and submit thyself under her hands. - -16:10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy -seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. - -16:11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with -child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because -the LORD hath heard thy affliction. - -16:12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, -and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence -of all his brethren. - -16:13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou -God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that -seeth me? 16:14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, -it is between Kadesh and Bered. - -16:15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, -which Hagar bare, Ishmael. - -16:16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare -Ishmael to Abram. - -17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared -to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, -and be thou perfect. - -17:2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will -multiply thee exceedingly. - -17:3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, 17:4 -As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a -father of many nations. - -17:5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name -shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. - -17:6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations -of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. - -17:7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed -after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a -God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. - -17:8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land -wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an -everlasting possession; and I will be their God. - -17:9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, -thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. - -17:10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and -thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. - -17:11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall -be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. - -17:12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, -every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or -bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. - -17:13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy -money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your -flesh for an everlasting covenant. - -17:14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is -not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath -broken my covenant. - -17:15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not -call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. - -17:16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I -will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people -shall be of her. - -17:17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his -heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? -and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? 17:18 And Abraham -said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! 17:19 And God -said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call -his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an -everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. - -17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed -him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; -twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. - -17:21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall -bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. - -17:22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. - -17:23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his -house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the -men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in -the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. - -17:24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was -circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. - -17:25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was -circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. - -17:26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his -son. - -17:27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with -money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. - -18:1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat -in the tent door in the heat of the day; 18:2 And he lift up his eyes -and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he -ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the -ground, 18:3 And said, My LORD, if now I have found favour in thy -sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 18:4 Let a little -water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves -under the tree: 18:5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort -ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come -to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. - -18:6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make -ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes -upon the hearth. - -18:7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, -and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. - -18:8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, -and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they -did eat. - -18:9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, -Behold, in the tent. - -18:10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the -time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah -heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. - -18:11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it -ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. - -18:12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed -old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? 18:13 And the LORD -said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a -surety bear a child, which am old? 18:14 Is any thing too hard for -the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to -the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. - -18:15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. -And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. - -18:16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and -Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. - -18:17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I -do; 18:18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty -nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? -18:19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his -household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do -justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which -he hath spoken of him. - -18:20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is -great, and because their sin is very grievous; 18:21 I will go down -now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of -it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. - -18:22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward -Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. - -18:23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the -righteous with the wicked? 18:24 Peradventure there be fifty -righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the -place for the fifty righteous that are therein? 18:25 That be far -from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the -wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far -from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 18:26 And -the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, -then I will spare all the place for their sakes. - -18:27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me -to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes: 18:28 -Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou -destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there -forty and five, I will not destroy it. - -18:29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there -shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's -sake. - -18:30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will -speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I -will not do it, if I find thirty there. - -18:31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the -LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I -will not destroy it for twenty's sake. - -18:32 And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yet -but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I -will not destroy it for ten's sake. - -18:33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with -Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. - -19:1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the -gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed -himself with his face toward the ground; 19:2 And he said, Behold now, -my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry -all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on -your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all -night. - -19:3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, -and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake -unleavened bread, and they did eat. - -19:4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of -Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people -from every quarter: 19:5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, -Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out -unto us, that we may know them. - -19:6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after -him, 19:7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. - -19:8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let -me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good -in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they -under the shadow of my roof. - -19:9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow -came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal -worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, -even Lot, and came near to break the door. - -19:10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house -to them, and shut to the door. - -19:11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with -blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to -find the door. - -19:12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in -law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the -city, bring them out of this place: 19:13 For we will destroy this -place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the -LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. - -19:14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married -his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD -will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons -in law. - -19:15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, -saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; -lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. - -19:16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon -the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD -being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him -without the city. - -19:17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, -that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay -thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. - -19:18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my LORD: 19:19 Behold now, -thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy -mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot -escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: 19:20 -Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: -Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall -live. - -19:21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this -thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou -hast spoken. - -19:22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou -be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. - -19:23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. - -19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and -fire from the LORD out of heaven; 19:25 And he overthrew those cities, -and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that -which grew upon the ground. - -19:26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a -pillar of salt. - -19:27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he -stood before the LORD: 19:28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, -and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke -of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. - -19:29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, -that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the -overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. - -19:30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his -two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt -in a cave, he and his two daughters. - -19:31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and -there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of -all the earth: 19:32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we -will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. - -19:33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the -firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when -she lay down, nor when she arose. - -19:34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto -the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him -drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we -may preserve seed of our father. - -19:35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the -younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay -down, nor when she arose. - -19:36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. - -19:37 And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the -same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. - -19:38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name -Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this -day. - -20:1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and -dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. - -20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and -Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. - -20:3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, -Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; -for she is a man's wife. - -20:4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou -slay also a righteous nation? 20:5 Said he not unto me, She is my -sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the -integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this. - -20:6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst -this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from -sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. - -20:7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and -he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her -not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are -thine. - -20:8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his -servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were -sore afraid. - -20:9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou -done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on -me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that -ought not to be done. - -20:10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou -hast done this thing? 20:11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, -Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for -my wife's sake. - -20:12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my -father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. - -20:13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my -father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou -shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, -He is my brother. - -20:14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and -womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his -wife. - -20:15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where -it pleaseth thee. - -20:16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a -thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the -eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was -reproved. - -20:17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his -wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. - -20:18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of -Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife. - -21:1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto -Sarah as he had spoken. - -21:2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at -the set time of which God had spoken to him. - -21:3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, -whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. - -21:4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as -God had commanded him. - -21:5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born -unto him. - -21:6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear -will laugh with me. - -21:7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should -have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age. - -21:8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great -feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. - -21:9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born -unto Abraham, mocking. - -21:10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her -son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even -with Isaac. - -21:11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of -his son. - -21:12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight -because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah -hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy -seed be called. - -21:13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, -because he is thy seed. - -21:14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a -bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, -and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in -the wilderness of Beersheba. - -21:15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child -under one of the shrubs. - -21:16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, -as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the -child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. - -21:17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called -to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? -fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. - -21:18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will -make him a great nation. - -21:19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she -went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. - -21:20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the -wilderness, and became an archer. - -21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him -a wife out of the land of Egypt. - -21:22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the -chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee -in all that thou doest: 21:23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God -that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my -son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, -thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. - -21:24 And Abraham said, I will swear. - -21:25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which -Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. - -21:26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing; neither -didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day. - -21:27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; -and both of them made a covenant. - -21:28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. - -21:29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs -which thou hast set by themselves? 21:30 And he said, For these seven -ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto -me, that I have digged this well. - -21:31 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they -sware both of them. - -21:32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, -and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the -land of the Philistines. - -21:33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on -the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. - -21:34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. - -22:1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt -Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. - -22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou -lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for -a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. - -22:3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, -and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave -the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place -of which God had told him. - -22:4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the -place afar off. - -22:5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; -and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. - -22:6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon -Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they -went both of them together. - -22:7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and -he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: -but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? 22:8 And Abraham said, My -son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they -went both of them together. - -22:9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham -built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his -son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. - -22:10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay -his son. - -22:11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and -said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. - -22:12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou -any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou -hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. - -22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind -him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took -the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his -son. - -22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is -said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen. - -22:15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the -second time, 22:16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, -for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, -thine only son: 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in -multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and -as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess -the gate of his enemies; 22:18 And in thy seed shall all the nations -of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. - -22:19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and -went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba. - -22:20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told -Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy -brother Nahor; 22:21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and -Kemuel the father of Aram, 22:22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, -and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. - -22:23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, -Abraham's brother. - -22:24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, -and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. - -23:1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these -were the years of the life of Sarah. - -23:2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of -Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. - -23:3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the -sons of Heth, saying, 23:4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: -give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my -dead out of my sight. - -23:5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, 23:6 -Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of -our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his -sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. - -23:7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the -land, even to the children of Heth. - -23:8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I -should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to -Ephron the son of Zohar, 23:9 That he may give me the cave of -Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as -much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a -buryingplace amongst you. - -23:10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the -Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even -of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, 23:11 Nay, my -lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I -give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: -bury thy dead. - -23:12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. - -23:13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the -land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will -give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead -there. - -23:14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, 23:15 My lord, -hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; -what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. - -23:16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron -the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, -four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. - -23:17 And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was before -Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees -that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were -made sure 23:18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the -children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. - -23:19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the -field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of -Canaan. - -23:20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto -Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth. - -24:1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had -blessed Abraham in all things. - -24:2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled -over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: 24:3 -And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God -of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the -daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: 24:4 But thou shalt -go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son -Isaac. - -24:5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be -willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again -unto the land from whence thou camest? 24:6 And Abraham said unto -him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again. - -24:7 The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and -from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware -unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send -his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from -thence. - -24:8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou -shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again. - -24:9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his -master, and sware to him concerning that matter. - -24:10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and -departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he -arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. - -24:11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well -of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out -to draw water. - -24:12 And he said O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send -me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham. - -24:13 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of -the men of the city come out to draw water: 24:14 And let it come to -pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I -pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give -thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed -for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed -kindness unto my master. - -24:15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, -Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of -Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. - -24:16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had -any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her -pitcher, and came up. - -24:17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, -drink a little water of thy pitcher. - -24:18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her -pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. - -24:19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw -water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking. - -24:20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran -again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels. - -24:21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the -LORD had made his journey prosperous or not. - -24:22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the -man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets -for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; 24:23 And said, Whose -daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's -house for us to lodge in? 24:24 And she said unto him, I am the -daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor. - -24:25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender -enough, and room to lodge in. - -24:26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD. - -24:27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who -hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being -in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren. - -24:28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these -things. - -24:29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran -out unto the man, unto the well. - -24:30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon -his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, -saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, -behold, he stood by the camels at the well. - -24:31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore -standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the -camels. - -24:32 And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and -gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, -and the men's feet that were with him. - -24:33 And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will -not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on. - -24:34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant. - -24:35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become -great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, -and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses. - -24:36 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was -old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath. - -24:37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife -to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell: -24:38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and -take a wife unto my son. - -24:39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not -follow me. - -24:40 And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his -angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for -my son of my kindred, and of my father's house: 24:41 Then shalt thou -be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if -they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath. - -24:42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my -master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go: 24:43 -Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that -when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, -I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink; 24:44 And she say -to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the -same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master's -son. - -24:45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah -came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto -the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray -thee. - -24:46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, -and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, -and she made the camels drink also. - -24:47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she -said, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: -and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands. - -24:48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed -the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way -to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son. - -24:49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell -me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the -left. - -24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth -from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. - -24:51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be -thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken. - -24:52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their -words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth. - -24:53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of -gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her -brother and to her mother precious things. - -24:54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, -and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, -Send me away unto my master. - -24:55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with -us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go. - -24:56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath -prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master. - -24:57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her -mouth. - -24:58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with -this man? And she said, I will go. - -24:59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and -Abraham's servant, and his men. - -24:60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our -sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed -possess the gate of those which hate them. - -24:61 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the -camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went -his way. - -24:62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt -in the south country. - -24:63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and -he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming. - -24:64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she -lighted off the camel. - -24:65 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh -in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: -therefore she took a vail, and covered herself. - -24:66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done. - -24:67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took -Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was -comforted after his mother's death. - -25:1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. - -25:2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and -Ishbak, and Shuah. - -25:3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were -Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. - -25:4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, -and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. - -25:5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. - -25:6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham -gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, -eastward, unto the east country. - -25:7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he -lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. - -25:8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an -old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. - -25:9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of -Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which -is before Mamre; 25:10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons -of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. - -25:11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed -his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi. - -25:12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom -Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham: 25:13 And -these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according -to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, -and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 25:14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, 25:15 -Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: 25:16 These are the sons -of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their -castles; twelve princes according to their nations. - -25:17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and -thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was -gathered unto his people. - -25:18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as -thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his -brethren. - -25:19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham -begat Isaac: 25:20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah -to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister -to Laban the Syrian. - -25:21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was -barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife -conceived. - -25:22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If -it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD. - -25:23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two -manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one -people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall -serve the younger. - -25:24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there -were twins in her womb. - -25:25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and -they called his name Esau. - -25:26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on -Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore -years old when she bare them. - -25:27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the -field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. - -25:28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but -Rebekah loved Jacob. - -25:29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was -faint: 25:30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that -same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. - -25:31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. - -25:32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit -shall this birthright do to me? 25:33 And Jacob said, Swear to me -this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto -Jacob. - -25:34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did -eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his -birthright. - -26:1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that -was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the -Philistines unto Gerar. - -26:2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; -dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: 26:3 Sojourn in this -land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and -unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the -oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; 26:4 And I will make thy -seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed -all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the -earth be blessed; 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept -my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. - -26:6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: 26:7 And the men of the place asked him -of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She -is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for -Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon. - -26:8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that -Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, -and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. - -26:9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is -thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto -him, Because I said, Lest I die for her. - -26:10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of -the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest -have brought guiltiness upon us. - -26:11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth -this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. - -26:12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an -hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. - -26:13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he -became very great: 26:14 For he had possession of flocks, and -possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines -envied him. - -26:15 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the -days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and -filled them with earth. - -26:16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much -mightier than we. - -26:17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of -Gerar, and dwelt there. - -26:18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged -in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped -them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the -names by which his father had called them. - -26:19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a -well of springing water. - -26:20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, -saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; -because they strove with him. - -26:21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he -called the name of it Sitnah. - -26:22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for -that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he -said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful -in the land. - -26:23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba. - -26:24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am -the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will -bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake. - -26:25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the -LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a -well. - -26:26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his -friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. - -26:27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye -hate me, and have sent me away from you? 26:28 And they said, We saw -certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now -an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a -covenant with thee; 26:29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not -touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have -sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD. - -26:30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. - -26:31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to -another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in -peace. - -26:32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, -and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto -him, We have found water. - -26:33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is -Beersheba unto this day. - -26:34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the -daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the -Hittite: 26:35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah. - -27:1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were -dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said -unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. - -27:2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my -death: 27:3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver -and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; 27:4 -And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I -may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die. - -27:5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went -to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. - -27:6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy -father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, 27:7 Bring me venison, and -make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD -before my death. - -27:8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I -command thee. - -27:9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of -the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as -he loveth: 27:10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may -eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. - -27:11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is -a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: 27:12 My father peradventure will -feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a -curse upon me, and not a blessing. - -27:13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only -obey my voice, and go fetch me them. - -27:14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and -his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved. - -27:15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which -were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son: -27:16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, -and upon the smooth of his neck: 27:17 And she gave the savoury meat -and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. - -27:18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, -Here am I; who art thou, my son? 27:19 And Jacob said unto his -father, I am Esau thy first born; I have done according as thou badest -me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may -bless me. - -27:20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it -so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it -to me. - -27:21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may -feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. - -27:22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and -said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. - -27:23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his -brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him. - -27:24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am. - -27:25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's -venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, -and he did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank. - -27:26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, -my son. - -27:27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of -his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as -the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed: 27:28 Therefore God -give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and -plenty of corn and wine: 27:29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow -down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow -down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he -that blesseth thee. - -27:30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of -blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of -Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. - -27:31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his -father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his -son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. - -27:32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I -am thy son, thy firstborn Esau. - -27:33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he -that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all -before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be -blessed. - -27:34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a -great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, -even me also, O my father. - -27:35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away -thy blessing. - -27:36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath -supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, -behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not -reserved a blessing for me? 27:37 And Isaac answered and said unto -Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I -given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained -him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son? 27:38 And Esau said -unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even -me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. - -27:39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy -dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven -from above; 27:40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve -thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the -dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. - -27:41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his -father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning -for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. - -27:42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and -she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, -thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to -kill thee. - -27:43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to Laban -my brother to Haran; 27:44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy -brother's fury turn away; 27:45 Until thy brother's anger turn away -from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will -send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you -both in one day? 27:46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my -life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the -daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the -land, what good shall my life do me? 28:1 And Isaac called Jacob, and -blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a -wife of the daughters of Canaan. - -28:2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's -father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughers of Laban thy -mother's brother. - -28:3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply -thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; 28:4 And give thee -the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou -mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave -unto Abraham. - -28:5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, -son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's -mother. - -28:6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to -Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him -he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the -daughers of Canaan; 28:7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his -mother, and was gone to Padanaram; 28:8 And Esau seeing that the -daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; 28:9 Then went Esau -unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the -daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his -wife. - -28:10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. - -28:11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all -night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that -place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to -sleep. - -28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the -top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending -and descending on it. - -28:13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD -God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou -liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; 28:14 And thy seed -shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the -west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee -and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. - -28:15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places -whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I -will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to -thee of. - -28:16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD -is in this place; and I knew it not. - -28:17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is -none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. - -28:18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that -he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil -upon the top of it. - -28:19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of -that city was called Luz at the first. - -28:20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will -keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and -raiment to put on, 28:21 So that I come again to my father's house in -peace; then shall the LORD be my God: 28:22 And this stone, which I -have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou -shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. - -29:1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the -people of the east. - -29:2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there -were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they -watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth. - -29:3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the -stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone -again upon the well's mouth in his place. - -29:4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they -said, Of Haran are we. - -29:5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they -said, We know him. - -29:6 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: -and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. - -29:7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the -cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and -feed them. - -29:8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered -together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we -water the sheep. - -29:9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's -sheep; for she kept them. - -29:10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban -his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, -that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and -watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. - -29:11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. - -29:12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that -he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father. - -29:13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his -sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed -him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. - -29:14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And -he abode with him the space of a month. - -29:15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, -shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy -wages be? 29:16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder -was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. - -29:17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well -favoured. - -29:18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years -for Rachel thy younger daughter. - -29:19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that -I should give her to another man: abide with me. - -29:20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto -him but a few days, for the love he had to her. - -29:21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are -fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. - -29:22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a -feast. - -29:23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his -daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. - -29:24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an -handmaid. - -29:25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: -and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I -serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? -29:26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give -the younger before the firstborn. - -29:27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service -which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. - -29:28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel -his daughter to wife also. - -29:29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be -her maid. - -29:30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more -than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. - -29:31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: -but Rachel was barren. - -29:32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name -Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; -now therefore my husband will love me. - -29:33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the -LORD hath heard I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: -and she called his name Simeon. - -29:34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time -will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: -therefore was his name called Levi. - -29:35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will -I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left -bearing. - -30:1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel -envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I -die. - -30:2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I -in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? -30:3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she -shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her. - -30:4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in -unto her. - -30:5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. - -30:6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my -voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. - -30:7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second -son. - -30:8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my -sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. - -30:9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her -maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. - -30:10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son. - -30:11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. - -30:12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son. - -30:13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me -blessed: and she called his name Asher. - -30:14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found -mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then -Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. - -30:15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken -my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And -Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's -mandrakes. - -30:16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went -out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I -have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that -night. - -30:17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob -the fifth son. - -30:18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given -my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. - -30:19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. - -30:20 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my -husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she -called his name Zebulun. - -30:21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. - -30:22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened -her womb. - -30:23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away -my reproach: 30:24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD -shall add to me another son. - -30:25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob -said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and -to my country. - -30:26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, -and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee. - -30:27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in -thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath -blessed me for thy sake. - -30:28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. - -30:29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and -how thy cattle was with me. - -30:30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now -increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my -coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also? 30:31 -And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not -give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again -feed and keep thy flock. - -30:32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence -all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among -the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such -shall be my hire. - -30:33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it -shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled -and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be -counted stolen with me. - -30:34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy -word. - -30:35 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and -spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and -every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the -sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons. - -30:36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and -Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. - -30:37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and -chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white -appear which was in the rods. - -30:38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the -gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that -they should conceive when they came to drink. - -30:39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth -cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. - -30:40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the -flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of -Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto -Laban's cattle. - -30:41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did -conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in -the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. - -30:42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the -feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. - -30:43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and -maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses. - -31:1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken -away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's -hath he gotten all this glory. - -31:2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was -not toward him as before. - -31:3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy -fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. - -31:4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his -flock, 31:5 And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that -it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with -me. - -31:6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. - -31:7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; -but God suffered him not to hurt me. - -31:8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the -cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be -thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked. - -31:9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given -them to me. - -31:10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that -I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which -leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled. - -31:11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: -And I said, Here am I. - -31:12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which -leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I -have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. - -31:13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and -where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this -land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. - -31:14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any -portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? 31:15 Are we not -counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured -also our money. - -31:16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is -ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto -thee, do. - -31:17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; -31:18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he -had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in -Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. - -31:19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the -images that were her father's. - -31:20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he -told him not that he fled. - -31:21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over -the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead. - -31:22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. - -31:23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven -days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. - -31:24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said -unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. - -31:25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the -mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. - -31:26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast -stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives -taken with the sword? 31:27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, -and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent -thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp? -31:28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou -hast now done foolishly in so doing. - -31:29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of -your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that -thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. - -31:30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore -longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my -gods? 31:31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was -afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy -daughters from me. - -31:32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before -our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. -For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. - -31:33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into -the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out -of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. - -31:34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's -furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but -found them not. - -31:35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I -cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he -searched but found not the images. - -31:36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered -and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast -so hotly pursued after me? 31:37 Whereas thou hast searched all my -stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here -before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us -both. - -31:38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she -goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not -eaten. - -31:39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare -the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by -day, or stolen by night. - -31:40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by -night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes. - -31:41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee -fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: -and thou hast changed my wages ten times. - -31:42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of -Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God -hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee -yesternight. - -31:43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my -daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my -cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day -unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born? -31:44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and -let it be for a witness between me and thee. - -31:45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. - -31:46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took -stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap. - -31:47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed. - -31:48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this -day. - -Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; 31:49 And Mizpah; for he -said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from -another. - -31:50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other -wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness -betwixt me and thee. - -31:51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this -pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee: 31:52 This heap be -witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this -heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this -pillar unto me, for harm. - -31:53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their -father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father -Isaac. - -31:54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his -brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night -in the mount. - -31:55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and -his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto -his place. - -32:1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. - -32:2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he -called the name of that place Mahanaim. - -32:3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the -land of Seir, the country of Edom. - -32:4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord -Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and -stayed there until now: 32:5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and -menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that -I may find grace in thy sight. - -32:6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy -brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men -with him. - -32:7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the -people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, -into two bands; 32:8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and -smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. - -32:9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father -Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to -thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: 32:10 I am not worthy of -the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast -shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; -and now I am become two bands. - -32:11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the -hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the -mother with the children. - -32:12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed -as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. - -32:13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came -to his hand a present for Esau his brother; 32:14 Two hundred she -goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, 32:15 -Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, -twenty she asses, and ten foals. - -32:16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove -by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and -put a space betwixt drove and drove. - -32:17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother -meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither -goest thou? and whose are these before thee? 32:18 Then thou shalt -say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord -Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. - -32:19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that -followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, -when ye find him. - -32:20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For -he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and -afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me. - -32:21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that -night in the company. - -32:22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two -womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. - -32:23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over -that he had. - -32:24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him -until the breaking of the day. - -32:25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched -the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of -joint, as he wrestled with him. - -32:26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I -will not let thee go, except thou bless me. - -32:27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. - -32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: -for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast -prevailed. - -32:29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. -And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he -blessed him there. - -32:30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen -God face to face, and my life is preserved. - -32:31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he -halted upon his thigh. - -32:32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which -shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because -he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. - -33:1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, -and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, -and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. - -33:2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah -and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. - -33:3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground -seven times, until he came near to his brother. - -33:4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, -and kissed him: and they wept. - -33:5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; -and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God -hath graciously given thy servant. - -33:6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they -bowed themselves. - -33:7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: -and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. - -33:8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And -he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. - -33:9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast -unto thyself. - -33:10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in -thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have -seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast -pleased with me. - -33:11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because -God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he -urged him, and he took it. - -33:12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will -go before thee. - -33:13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are -tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men -should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. - -33:14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I -will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and -the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir. - -33:15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that -are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the -sight of my lord. - -33:16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. - -33:17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made -booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called -Succoth. - -33:18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the -land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent -before the city. - -33:19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, -at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred -pieces of money. - -33:20 And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael. - -34:1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went -out to see the daughters of the land. - -34:2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the -country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. - -34:3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved -the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. - -34:4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this -damsel to wife. - -34:5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his -sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until -they were come. - -34:6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune -with him. - -34:7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: -and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had -wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter: which thing -ought not to be done. - -34:8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem -longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. - -34:9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, -and take our daughters unto you. - -34:10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; -dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein. - -34:11 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me -find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. - -34:12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according -as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife. - -34:13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father -deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister: -34:14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our -sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us: -34:15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, -that every male of you be circumcised; 34:16 Then will we give our -daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will -dwell with you, and we will become one people. - -34:17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will -we take our daughter, and we will be gone. - -34:18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. - -34:19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had -delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the -house of his father. - -34:20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, -and communed with the men of their city, saying, 34:21 These men are -peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade -therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us -take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our -daughters. - -34:22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, -to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are -circumcised. - -34:23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of -their's be our's? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell -with us. - -34:24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went -out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that -went out of the gate of his city. - -34:25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that -two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each -man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. - -34:26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the -sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out. - -34:27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, -because they had defiled their sister. - -34:28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that -which was in the city, and that which was in the field, 34:29 And all -their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they -captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house. - -34:30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make -me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites -and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather -themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, -I and my house. - -34:31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot? -35:1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: -and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou -fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. - -35:2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with -him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and -change your garments: 35:3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and -I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my -distress, and was with me in the way which I went. - -35:4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their -hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid -them under the oak which was by Shechem. - -35:5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities -that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of -Jacob. - -35:6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, -Bethel, he and all the people that were with him. - -35:7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: -because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his -brother. - -35:8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath -Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth. - -35:9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, -and blessed him. - -35:10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be -called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his -name Israel. - -35:11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and -multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and -kings shall come out of thy loins; 35:12 And the land which I gave -Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee -will I give the land. - -35:13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him. - -35:14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, -even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he -poured oil thereon. - -35:15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, -Bethel. - -35:16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way -to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. - -35:17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the -midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. - -35:18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she -died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him -Benjamin. - -35:19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is -Bethlehem. - -35:20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of -Rachel's grave unto this day. - -35:21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of -Edar. - -35:22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben -went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. -Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 35:23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, -Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and -Zebulun: 35:24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: 35:25 And the -sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 35:26 And the -sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of -Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram. - -35:27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city -of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. - -35:28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. - -35:29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his -people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried -him. - -36:1 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom. - -36:2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter -of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter -of Zibeon the Hivite; 36:3 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of -Nebajoth. - -36:4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel; 36:5 And -Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of -Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan. - -36:6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all -the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all -his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into -the country from the face of his brother Jacob. - -36:7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; -and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because -of their cattle. - -36:8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. - -36:9 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites -in mount Seir: 36:10 These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the -son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of -Esau. - -36:11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and -Kenaz. - -36:12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to -Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife. - -36:13 And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and -Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. - -36:14 And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the -daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and -Jaalam, and Korah. - -36:15 These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the -firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, -36:16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes -that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah. - -36:17 And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke -Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of -Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's -wife. - -36:18 And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, -duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah -the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. - -36:19 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their -dukes. - -36:20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; -Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, 36:21 And Dishon, and Ezer, -and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir -in the land of Edom. - -36:22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's -sister was Timna. - -36:23 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and -Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. - -36:24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this -was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the -asses of Zibeon his father. - -36:25 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the -daughter of Anah. - -36:26 And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and -Ithran, and Cheran. - -36:27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. - -36:28 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran. - -36:29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke -Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, 36:30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke -Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in -the land of Seir. - -36:31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before -there reigned any king over the children of Israel. - -36:32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his -city was Dinhabah. - -36:33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in -his stead. - -36:34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his -stead. - -36:35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in -the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was -Avith. - -36:36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. - -36:37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in -his stead. - -36:38 And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his -stead. - -36:39 And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his -stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was -Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. - -36:40 And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, -according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke -Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth, 36:41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, -duke Pinon, 36:42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 36:43 Duke -Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their -habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of -the Edomites. - -37:1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in -the land of Canaan. - -37:2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years -old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the -sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and -Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. - -37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he -was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. - -37:4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than -all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto -him. - -37:5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they -hated him yet the more. - -37:6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have -dreamed: 37:7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, -lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves -stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. - -37:8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or -shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the -more for his dreams, and for his words. - -37:9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and -said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and -the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. - -37:10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his -father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou -hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to -bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? 37:11 And his brethren -envied him; but his father observed the saying. - -37:12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. - -37:13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock -in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, -Here am I. - -37:14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with -thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he -sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. - -37:15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in -the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? 37:16 -And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed -their flocks. - -37:17 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, -Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found -them in Dothan. - -37:18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto -them, they conspired against him to slay him. - -37:19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. - -37:20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some -pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall -see what will become of his dreams. - -37:21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; -and said, Let us not kill him. - -37:22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this -pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might -rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. - -37:23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, -that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that -was on him; 37:24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the -pit was empty, there was no water in it. - -37:25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes -and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead -with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry -it down to Egypt. - -37:26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay -our brother, and conceal his blood? 37:27 Come, and let us sell him -to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our -brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content. - -37:28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and -lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites -for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt. - -37:29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in -the pit; and he rent his clothes. - -37:30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; -and I, whither shall I go? 37:31 And they took Joseph's coat, and -killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; 37:32 And -they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their -father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's -coat or no. - -37:33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast -hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces. - -37:34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, -and mourned for his son many days. - -37:35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; -but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into -the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. - -37:36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer -of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard. - -38:1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his -brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. - -38:2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name -was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. - -38:3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. - -38:4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name -Onan. - -38:5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name -Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. - -38:6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar. - -38:7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; -and the LORD slew him. - -38:8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and -marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. - -38:9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to -pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on -the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. - -38:10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he -slew him also. - -38:11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at -thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest -peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and -dwelt in her father's house. - -38:12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; -and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to -Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. - -38:13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up -to Timnath to shear his sheep. - -38:14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her -with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is -by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was -not given unto him to wife. - -38:15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she -had covered her face. - -38:16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, -let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter -in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come -in unto me? 38:17 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. -And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? 38:18 -And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, -and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it -her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. - -38:19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and -put on the garments of her widowhood. - -38:20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, -to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not. - -38:21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the -harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no -harlot in this place. - -38:22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also -the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place. - -38:23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: -behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. - -38:24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told -Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and -also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her -forth, and let her be burnt. - -38:25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, -saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, -Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and -staff. - -38:26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more -righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he -knew her again no more. - -38:27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, -twins were in her womb. - -38:28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out -his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet -thread, saying, This came out first. - -38:29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his -brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this -breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez. - -38:30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread -upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah. - -39:1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of -Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of -the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither. - -39:2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he -was in the house of his master the Egyptian. - -39:3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD -made all that he did to prosper in his hand. - -39:4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he -made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his -hand. - -39:5 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer -in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the -Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was -upon all that he had in the house, and in the field. - -39:6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not -ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly -person, and well favoured. - -39:7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife -cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. - -39:8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my -master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed -all that he hath to my hand; 39:9 There is none greater in this house -than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because -thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin -against God? 39:10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by -day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. - -39:11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the -house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house -there within. - -39:12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he -left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. - -39:13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment -in her hand, and was fled forth, 39:14 That she called unto the men of -her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an -Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I -cried with a loud voice: 39:15 And it came to pass, when he heard that -I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and -fled, and got him out. - -39:16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home. - -39:17 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The -Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to -mock me: 39:18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, -that he left his garment with me, and fled out. - -39:19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his -wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy -servant to me; that his wrath was kindled. - -39:20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a -place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the -prison. - -39:21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him -favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. - -39:22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the -prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he -was the doer of it. - -39:23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under -his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the -LORD made it to prosper. - -40:1 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the -king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt. - -40:2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the -chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. - -40:3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, -into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. - -40:4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he -served them: and they continued a season in ward. - -40:5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one -night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the -butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the -prison. - -40:6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon -them, and, behold, they were sad. - -40:7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of -his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? 40:8 And -they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no -interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations -belong to God? tell me them, I pray you. - -40:9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, -In my dream, behold, a vine was before me; 40:10 And in the vine were -three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot -forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes: 40:11 And -Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them -into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. - -40:12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The -three branches are three days: 40:13 Yet within three days shall -Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou -shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner -when thou wast his butler. - -40:14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew -kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, -and bring me out of this house: 40:15 For indeed I was stolen away out -of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that -they should put me into the dungeon. - -40:16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he -said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three -white baskets on my head: 40:17 And in the uppermost basket there was -of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out -of the basket upon my head. - -40:18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation -thereof: The three baskets are three days: 40:19 Yet within three days -shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a -tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. - -40:20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, -that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head -of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. - -40:21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and -he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: 40:22 But he hanged the chief -baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them. - -40:23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him. - -41:1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh -dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. - -41:2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured -kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. - -41:3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the -river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon -the brink of the river. - -41:4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven -well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. - -41:5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears -of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. - -41:6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind -sprung up after them. - -41:7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. -And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. - -41:8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; -and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the -wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none -that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. - -41:9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember -my faults this day: 41:10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put -me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief -baker: 41:11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed -each man according to the interpretation of his dream. - -41:12 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to -the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us -our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret. - -41:13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he -restored unto mine office, and him he hanged. - -41:14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him -hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his -raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. - -41:15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there -is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou -canst understand a dream to interpret it. - -41:16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall -give Pharaoh an answer of peace. - -41:17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon -the bank of the river: 41:18 And, behold, there came up out of the -river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a -meadow: 41:19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor -and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the -land of Egypt for badness: 41:20 And the lean and the ill favoured -kine did eat up the first seven fat kine: 41:21 And when they had -eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but -they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke. - -41:22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one -stalk, full and good: 41:23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, -and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: 41:24 And the -thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the -magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me. - -41:25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God -hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do. - -41:26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are -seven years: the dream is one. - -41:27 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them -are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind -shall be seven years of famine. - -41:28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is -about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh. - -41:29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all -the land of Egypt: 41:30 And there shall arise after them seven years -of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; -and the famine shall consume the land; 41:31 And the plenty shall not -be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall -be very grievous. - -41:32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is -because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it -to pass. - -41:33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and -set him over the land of Egypt. - -41:34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, -and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous -years. - -41:35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, -and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in -the cities. - -41:36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven -years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land -perish not through the famine. - -41:37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes -of all his servants. - -41:38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as -this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? 41:39 And Pharaoh said -unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none -so discreet and wise as thou art: 41:40 Thou shalt be over my house, -and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the -throne will I be greater than thou. - -41:41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the -land of Egypt. - -41:42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon -Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a -gold chain about his neck; 41:43 And he made him to ride in the second -chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he -made him ruler over all the land of Egypt. - -41:44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee -shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt. - -41:45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave -him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And -Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt. - -41:46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh -king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and -went throughout all the land of Egypt. - -41:47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by -handfuls. - -41:48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were -in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of -the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same. - -41:49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, -until he left numbering; for it was without number. - -41:50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine -came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto -him. - -41:51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, -said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. - -41:52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath -caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. - -41:53 And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of -Egypt, were ended. - -41:54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph -had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of -Egypt there was bread. - -41:55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to -Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto -Joseph; what he saith to you, do. - -41:56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph -opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the -famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. - -41:57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; -because that the famine was so sore in all lands. - -42:1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto -his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? 42:2 And he said, Behold, -I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and -buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die. - -42:3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. - -42:4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; -for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him. - -42:5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: -for the famine was in the land of Canaan. - -42:6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that -sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and -bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth. - -42:7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself -strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, -Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. - -42:8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. - -42:9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and -said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are -come. - -42:10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy -servants come. - -42:11 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no -spies. - -42:12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land -ye are come. - -42:13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one -man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with -our father, and one is not. - -42:14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, -saying, Ye are spies: 42:15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of -Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come -hither. - -42:16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be -kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any -truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. - -42:17 And he put them all together into ward three days. - -42:18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for -I fear God: 42:19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound -in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your -houses: 42:20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your -words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. - -42:21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning -our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought -us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. - -42:22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, -Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, -behold, also his blood is required. - -42:23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto -them by an interpreter. - -42:24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to -them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and -bound him before their eyes. - -42:25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to -restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision -for the way: and thus did he unto them. - -42:26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. - -42:27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in -the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth. - -42:28 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it -is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, -saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us? 42:29 -And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and -told him all that befell unto them; saying, 42:30 The man, who is the -lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the -country. - -42:31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: 42:32 We -be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest -is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. - -42:33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall -I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, -and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone: 42:34 -And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are -no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your -brother, and ye shall traffick in the land. - -42:35 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, -every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and -their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. - -42:36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my -children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin -away: all these things are against me. - -42:37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I -bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him -to thee again. - -42:38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother -is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in -the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to -the grave. - -43:1 And the famine was sore in the land. - -43:2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they -had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy -us a little food. - -43:3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest -unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with -you. - -43:4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy -thee food: 43:5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: -for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your -brother be with you. - -43:6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell -the man whether ye had yet a brother? 43:7 And they said, The man -asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your -father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according -to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would -say, Bring your brother down? 43:8 And Judah said unto Israel his -father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may -live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. - -43:9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I -bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the -blame for ever: 43:10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had -returned this second time. - -43:11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do -this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry -down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and -myrrh, nuts, and almonds: 43:12 And take double money in your hand; -and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry -it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight: 43:13 Take -also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: 43:14 And God -Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your -other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am -bereaved. - -43:15 And the men took that present, and they took double money in -their hand and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and -stood before Joseph. - -43:16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of -his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these -men shall dine with me at noon. - -43:17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into -Joseph's house. - -43:18 And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's -house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our -sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion -against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses. - -43:19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they -communed with him at the door of the house, 43:20 And said, O sir, we -came indeed down at the first time to buy food: 43:21 And it came to -pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, -every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full -weight: and we have brought it again in our hand. - -43:22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: -we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks. - -43:23 And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of -your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. -And he brought Simeon out unto them. - -43:24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them -water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender. - -43:25 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for -they heard that they should eat bread there. - -43:26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which -was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the -earth. - -43:27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father -well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? 43:28 And they -answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. -And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance. - -43:29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his -mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake -unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. - -43:30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his -brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, -and wept there. - -43:31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and -said, Set on bread. - -43:32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, -and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because -the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an -abomination unto the Egyptians. - -43:33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his -birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men -marvelled one at another. - -43:34 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but -Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of their's. And they -drank, and were merry with him. - -44:1 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's -sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money -in his sack's mouth. - -44:2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the -youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that -Joseph had spoken. - -44:3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they -and their asses. - -44:4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, -Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou -dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for -good? 44:5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby -indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing. - -44:6 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. - -44:7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God -forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing: 44:8 -Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought -again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal -out of thy lord's house silver or gold? 44:9 With whomsoever of thy -servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's -bondmen. - -44:10 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he -with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless. - -44:11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, -and opened every man his sack. - -44:12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the -youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. - -44:13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and -returned to the city. - -44:14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was -yet there: and they fell before him on the ground. - -44:15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? -wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine? 44:16 And Judah -said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how -shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy -servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with -whom the cup is found. - -44:17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in -whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, -get you up in peace unto your father. - -44:18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy -servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not -thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. - -44:19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a -brother? 44:20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old -man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is -dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. - -44:21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that -I may set mine eyes upon him. - -44:22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for -if he should leave his father, his father would die. - -44:23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother -come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. - -44:24 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, -we told him the words of my lord. - -44:25 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food. - -44:26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with -us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except -our youngest brother be with us. - -44:27 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife -bare me two sons: 44:28 And the one went out from me, and I said, -Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: 44:29 And if ye -take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down -my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. - -44:30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad -be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life; -44:31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with -us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs -of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. - -44:32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, -saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to -my father for ever. - -44:33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the -lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. - -44:34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? -lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father. - -45:1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood -by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there -stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his -brethren. - -45:2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh -heard. - -45:3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father -yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were -troubled at his presence. - -45:4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. -And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye -sold into Egypt. - -45:5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye -sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. - -45:6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet -there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor -harvest. - -45:7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the -earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. - -45:8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath -made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler -throughout all the land of Egypt. - -45:9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith -thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, -tarry not: 45:10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou -shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's -children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: 45:11 -And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; -lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. - -45:12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, -that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. - -45:13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all -that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither. - -45:14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and -Benjamin wept upon his neck. - -45:15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and -after that his brethren talked with him. - -45:16 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, -Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his -servants. - -45:17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; -lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; 45:18 And -take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will -give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of -the land. - -45:19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the -land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your -father, and come. - -45:20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of -Egypt is your's. - -45:21 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, -according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for -the way. - -45:22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to -Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of -raiment. - -45:23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden -with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and -bread and meat for his father by the way. - -45:24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said -unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. - -45:25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan -unto Jacob their father, 45:26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet -alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's -heart fainted, for he believed them not. - -45:27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said -unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry -him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived: 45:28 And Israel said, -It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before -I die. - -46:1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to -Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. - -46:2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, -Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. - -46:3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down -into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: 46:4 I will -go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up -again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. - -46:5 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried -Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the -wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. - -46:6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had -gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his -seed with him: 46:7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his -daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with -him into Egypt. - -46:8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came -into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. - -46:9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and -Carmi. - -46:10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, -and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. - -46:11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. - -46:12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and -Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of -Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. - -46:13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and -Shimron. - -46:14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. - -46:15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in -Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his -daughters were thirty and three. - -46:16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, -and Arodi, and Areli. - -46:17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, -and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel. - -46:18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his -daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. - -46:19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin. - -46:20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and -Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare -unto him. - -46:21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, -Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. - -46:22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the -souls were fourteen. - -46:23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim. - -46:24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and -Shillem. - -46:25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his -daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven. - -46:26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of -his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore -and six; 46:27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, -were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into -Egypt, were threescore and ten. - -46:28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face -unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. - -46:29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel -his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on -his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. - -46:30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen -thy face, because thou art yet alive. - -46:31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, -I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my -father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me; -46:32 And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed -cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all -that they have. - -46:33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and -shall say, What is your occupation? 46:34 That ye shall say, Thy -servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, -both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of -Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians. - -47:1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my -brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, -are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land -of Goshen. - -47:2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented -them unto Pharaoh. - -47:3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And -they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also -our fathers. - -47:4 They said morever unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we -come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the -famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let -thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen. - -47:5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy -brethren are come unto thee: 47:6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in -the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the -land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity -among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. - -47:7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before -Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. - -47:8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? 47:9 And Jacob -said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an -hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of -my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the -life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. - -47:10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. - -47:11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a -possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land -of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. - -47:12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his -father's household, with bread, according to their families. - -47:13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very -sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by -reason of the famine. - -47:14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land -of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: -and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. - -47:15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of -Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: -for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth. - -47:16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your -cattle, if money fail. - -47:17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them -bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle -of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all -their cattle for that year. - -47:18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, -and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our -money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not -ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands: -47:19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? -buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants -unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that -the land be not desolate. - -47:20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the -Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over -them: so the land became Pharaoh's. - -47:21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of -the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof. - -47:22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had -a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which -Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands. - -47:23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this -day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall -sow the land. - -47:24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give -the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for -seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, -and for food for your little ones. - -47:25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in -the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants. - -47:26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, -that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of the -priests only, which became not Pharaoh's. - -47:27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; -and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied -exceedingly. - -47:28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the -whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. - -47:29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his -son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, -put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly -with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: 47:30 But I will lie with -my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their -buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. - -47:31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel -bowed himself upon the bed's head. - -48:1 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, -Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, -Manasseh and Ephraim. - -48:2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto -thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. - -48:3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz -in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 48:4 And said unto me, Behold, -I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee -a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee -for an everlasting possession. - -48:5 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto -thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are -mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. - -48:6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, -and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their -inheritance. - -48:7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the -land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come -unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same -is Bethlehem. - -48:8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? 48:9 -And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given -me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I -will bless them. - -48:10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not -see. - -And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced -them. - -48:11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: -and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed. - -48:12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed -himself with his face to the earth. - -48:13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward -Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's -right hand, and brought them near unto him. - -48:14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon -Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's -head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn. - -48:15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers -Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto -this day, 48:16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the -lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers -Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of -the earth. - -48:17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the -head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, -to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. - -48:18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is -the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. - -48:19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: -he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly -his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall -become a multitude of nations. - -48:20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel -bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set -Ephraim before Manasseh. - -48:21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be -with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. - -48:22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, -which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my -bow. - -49:1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves -together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last -days. - -49:2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and -hearken unto Israel your father. - -49:3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my -strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: 49:4 -Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to -thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch. - -49:5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their -habitations. - -49:6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, -mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, -and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. - -49:7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it -was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. - -49:8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall -be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down -before thee. - -49:9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: -he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall -rouse him up? 49:10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a -lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall -the gathering of the people be. - -49:11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the -choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the -blood of grapes: 49:12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth -white with milk. - -49:13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for -an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon. - -49:14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: -49:15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was -pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto -tribute. - -49:16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. - -49:17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that -biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. - -49:18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD. - -49:19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the -last. - -49:20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal -dainties. - -49:21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. - -49:22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; -whose branches run over the wall: 49:23 The archers have sorely -grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: 49:24 But his bow abode -in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands -of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of -Israel:) 49:25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and -by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, -blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and -of the womb: 49:26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above -the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the -everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the -crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. - -49:27 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour -the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. - -49:28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that -their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to -his blessing he blessed them. - -49:29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered -unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the -field of Ephron the Hittite, 49:30 In the cave that is in the field of -Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham -bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a -buryingplace. - -49:31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried -Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah. - -49:32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was -from the children of Heth. - -49:33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he -gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was -gathered unto his people. - -50:1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and -kissed him. - -50:2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his -father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. - -50:3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the -days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him -threescore and ten days. - -50:4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto -the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, -speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 50:5 My father made -me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in -the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go -up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. - -50:6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he -made thee swear. - -50:7 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all -the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders -of the land of Egypt, 50:8 And all the house of Joseph, and his -brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their -flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. - -50:9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was -a very great company. - -50:10 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond -Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: -and he made a mourning for his father seven days. - -50:11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the -mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning -to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, -which is beyond Jordan. - -50:12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them: 50:13 -For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in -the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the -field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before -Mamre. - -50:14 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all -that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his -father. - -50:15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they -said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us -all the evil which we did unto him. - -50:16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did -command before he died, saying, 50:17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, -Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; -for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the -trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept -when they spake unto him. - -50:18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and -they said, Behold, we be thy servants. - -50:19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of -God? 50:20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant -it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people -alive. - -50:21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little -ones. - -And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them. - -50:22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and -Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. - -50:23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the -children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon -Joseph's knees. - -50:24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely -visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware -to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. - -50:25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God -will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. - -50:26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they -embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. - - - - -The Second Book of Moses: Called Exodus - - -1:1 Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came -into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. - -1:2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 1:3 Issachar, Zebulun, and -Benjamin, 1:4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. - -1:5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy -souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. - -1:6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. - -1:7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased -abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land -was filled with them. - -1:8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. - -1:9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of -Israel are more and mightier than we: 1:10 Come on, let us deal wisely -with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there -falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight -against us, and so get them up out of the land. - -1:11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with -their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and -Raamses. - -1:12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and -grew. - -And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. - -1:13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with -rigour: 1:14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in -morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all -their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour. - -1:15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the -name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: 1:16 And -he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and -see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but -if it be a daughter, then she shall live. - -1:17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt -commanded them, but saved the men children alive. - -1:18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto -them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children -alive? 1:19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew -women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are -delivered ere the midwives come in unto them. - -1:20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people -multiplied, and waxed very mighty. - -1:21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he -made them houses. - -1:22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is -born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save -alive. - -2:1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a -daughter of Levi. - -2:2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that -he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. - -2:3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of -bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child -therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. - -2:4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. - -2:5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the -river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she -saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. - -2:6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the -babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the -Hebrews' children. - -2:7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to -thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for -thee? 2:8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went -and called the child's mother. - -2:9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and -nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the women took -the child, and nursed it. - -2:10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, -and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, -Because I drew him out of the water. - -2:11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he -went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied -an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. - -2:12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there -was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. - -2:13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the -Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, -Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? 2:14 And he said, Who made thee a -prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou -killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing -is known. - -2:15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But -Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: -and he sat down by a well. - -2:16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and -drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. - -2:17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up -and helped them, and watered their flock. - -2:18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that -ye are come so soon to day? 2:19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered -us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for -us, and watered the flock. - -2:20 And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that -ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread. - -2:21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses -Zipporah his daughter. - -2:22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he -said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. - -2:23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt -died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and -they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. - -2:24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant -with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. - -2:25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect -unto them. - -3:1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest -of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and -came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. - -3:2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out -of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned -with fire, and the bush was not consumed. - -3:3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, -why the bush is not burnt. - -3:4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto -him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, -Here am I. - -3:5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy -feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. - -3:6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, -the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he -was afraid to look upon God. - -3:7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people -which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their -taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; 3:8 And I am come down to -deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up -out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing -with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the -Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and -the Jebusites. - -3:9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come -unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians -oppress them. - -3:10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou -mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. - -3:11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, -and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? -3:12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a -token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth -the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. - -3:13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of -Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me -unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say -unto them? 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, -Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me -unto you. - -3:15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the -children of Israel, the LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, -the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is -my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. - -3:16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, -The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of -Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen -that which is done to you in Egypt: 3:17 And I have said, I will bring -you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, -and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the -Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. - -3:18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou -and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say -unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us -go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we -may sacrifice to the LORD our God. - -3:19 And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not -by a mighty hand. - -3:20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my -wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will -let you go. - -3:21 And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: -and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty. - -3:22 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that -sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and -raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your -daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians. - -4:1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe -me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not -appeared unto thee. - -4:2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he -said, A rod. - -4:3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, -and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. - -4:4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by -the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a -rod in his hand: 4:5 That they may believe that the LORD God of their -fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, -hath appeared unto thee. - -4:6 And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into -thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it -out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. - -4:7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his -hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, -behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. - -4:8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither -hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the -voice of the latter sign. - -4:9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two -signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the -water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which -thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land. - -4:10 And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, -neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I -am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. - -4:11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who -maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the -LORD? 4:12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach -thee what thou shalt say. - -4:13 And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him -whom thou wilt send. - -4:14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, -Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. -And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth -thee, he will be glad in his heart. - -4:15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I -will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye -shall do. - -4:16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, -even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him -instead of God. - -4:17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt -do signs. - -4:18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said -unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which -are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to -Moses, Go in peace. - -4:19 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: -for all the men are dead which sought thy life. - -4:20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, -and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in -his hand. - -4:21 And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into -Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have -put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let -the people go. - -4:22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is -my son, even my firstborn: 4:23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, -that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will -slay thy son, even thy firstborn. - -4:24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, -and sought to kill him. - -4:25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her -son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art -thou to me. - -4:26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, -because of the circumcision. - -4:27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. -And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him. - -4:28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, -and all the signs which he had commanded him. - -4:29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of -the children of Israel: 4:30 And Aaron spake all the words which the -LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the -people. - -4:31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had -visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their -affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped. - -5:1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus -saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a -feast unto me in the wilderness. - -5:2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to -let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go. - -5:3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, -we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto -the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the -sword. - -5:4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and -Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. - -5:5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and -ye make them rest from their burdens. - -5:6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, -and their officers, saying, 5:7 Ye shall no more give the people straw -to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for -themselves. - -5:8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye -shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be -idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. - -5:9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour -therein; and let them not regard vain words. - -5:10 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, -and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not -give you straw. - -5:11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your -work shall be diminished. - -5:12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of -Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. - -5:13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your -daily tasks, as when there was straw. - -5:14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's -taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore -have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to -day, as heretofore? 5:15 Then the officers of the children of Israel -came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with -thy servants? 5:16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and -they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but -the fault is in thine own people. - -5:17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us -go and do sacrifice to the LORD. - -5:18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given -you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. - -5:19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were -in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your -bricks of your daily task. - -5:20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came -forth from Pharaoh: 5:21 And they said unto them, The LORD look upon -you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the -eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in -their hand to slay us. - -5:22 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, LORD, wherefore hast -thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me? -5:23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done -evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. - -6:1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do -to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a -strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. - -6:2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD: 6:3 -And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name -of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. - -6:4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them -the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were -strangers. - -6:5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom -the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. - -6:6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I -will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will -rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched -out arm, and with great judgments: 6:7 And I will take you to me for a -people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the -LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the -Egyptians. - -6:8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did -swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give -it you for an heritage: I am the LORD. - -6:9 And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened -not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. - -6:10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:11 Go in, speak unto -Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of -his land. - -6:12 And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of -Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who -am of uncircumcised lips? 6:13 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto -Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto -Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land -of Egypt. - -6:14 These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben -the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these -be the families of Reuben. - -6:15 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, -and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the -families of Simeon. - -6:16 And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their -generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the -life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years. - -6:17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their -families. - -6:18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: -and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three -years. - -6:19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families -of Levi according to their generations. - -6:20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she -bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an -hundred and thirty and seven years. - -6:21 And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. - -6:22 And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri. - -6:23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of -Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and -Ithamar. - -6:24 And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these -are the families of the Korhites. - -6:25 And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel -to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers -of the Levites according to their families. - -6:26 These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out -the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their -armies. - -6:27 These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out -the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron. - -6:28 And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses in -the land of Egypt, 6:29 That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am -the LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto -thee. - -6:30 And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised -lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me? 7:1 And the LORD said -unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy -brother shall be thy prophet. - -7:2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother -shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of -his land. - -7:3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my -wonders in the land of Egypt. - -7:4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand -upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of -Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. - -7:5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch -forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from -among them. - -7:6 And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they. - -7:7 And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three -years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. - -7:8 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 7:9 When -Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then -thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, -and it shall become a serpent. - -7:10 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the -LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and -before his servants, and it became a serpent. - -7:11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the -magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their -enchantments. - -7:12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: -but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. - -7:13 And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; -as the LORD had said. - -7:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he -refuseth to let the people go. - -7:15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the -water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and -the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand. - -7:16 And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath -sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in -the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear. - -7:17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: -behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters -which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. - -7:18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall -stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the -river. - -7:19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and -stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, -upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of -water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood -throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in -vessels of stone. - -7:20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted -up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight -of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that -were in the river were turned to blood. - -7:21 And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and -the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was -blood throughout all the land of Egypt. - -7:22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and -Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the -LORD had said. - -7:23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set -his heart to this also. - -7:24 And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to -drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. - -7:25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten -the river. - -8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, -Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. - -8:2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy -borders with frogs: 8:3 And the river shall bring forth frogs -abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy -bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and -upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs: -8:4 And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and -upon all thy servants. - -8:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine -hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the -ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. - -8:6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the -frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. - -8:7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up -frogs upon the land of Egypt. - -8:8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the -LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and -I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD. - -8:9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat -for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the -frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river -only? 8:10 And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to -thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD -our God. - -8:11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and -from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river -only. - -8:12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto -the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh. - -8:13 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs -died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields. - -8:14 And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank. - -8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his -heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. - -8:16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy -rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice -throughout all the land of Egypt. - -8:17 And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, -and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in -beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of -Egypt. - -8:18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth -lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast. - -8:19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: -and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as -the LORD had said. - -8:20 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and -stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto -him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. - -8:21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send -swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, -and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of -swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. - -8:22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my -people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou -mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth. - -8:23 And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to -morrow shall this sign be. - -8:24 And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies -into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all -the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of -flies. - -8:25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, -sacrifice to your God in the land. - -8:26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice -the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we -sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will -they not stone us? 8:27 We will go three days' journey into the -wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us. - -8:28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the -LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: -intreat for me. - -8:29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat -the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his -servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal -deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the -LORD. - -8:30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD. - -8:31 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed -the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his -people; there remained not one. - -8:32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would -he let the people go. - -9:1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, -Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they -may serve me. - -9:2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, 9:3 -Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, -upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and -upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain. - -9:4 And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the -cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the -children's of Israel. - -9:5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD -shall do this thing in the land. - -9:6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of -Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one. - -9:7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of -the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did -not let the people go. - -9:8 And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls -of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven -in the sight of Pharaoh. - -9:9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall -be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, -throughout all the land of Egypt. - -9:10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and -Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking -forth with blains upon man, and upon beast. - -9:11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the -boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the -Egyptians. - -9:12 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not -unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses. - -9:13 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and -stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the -Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. - -9:14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and -upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that -there is none like me in all the earth. - -9:15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy -people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth. - -9:16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to -shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all -the earth. - -9:17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt -not let them go? 9:18 Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause -it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since -the foundation thereof even until now. - -9:19 Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast -in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the -field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon -them, and they shall die. - -9:20 He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh -made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses: 9:21 And he -that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his -cattle in the field. - -9:22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward -heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and -upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of -Egypt. - -9:23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD -sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the -LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. - -9:24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, -such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it -became a nation. - -9:25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was -in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the -field, and brake every tree of the field. - -9:26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, -was there no hail. - -9:27 And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto -them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my -people are wicked. - -9:28 Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty -thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no -longer. - -9:29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I -will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall -cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how -that the earth is the LORD's. - -9:30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet -fear the LORD God. - -9:31 And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in -the ear, and the flax was bolled. - -9:32 But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not -grown up. - -9:33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad -his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the -rain was not poured upon the earth. - -9:34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders -were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his -servants. - -9:35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the -children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses. - -10:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have -hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew -these my signs before him: 10:2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears -of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, -and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I -am the LORD. - -10:3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus -saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble -thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. - -10:4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will -I bring the locusts into thy coast: 10:5 And they shall cover the face -of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall -eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you -from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of -the field: 10:6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all -thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy -fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they -were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out -from Pharaoh. - -10:7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be -a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their -God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? 10:8 And Moses and -Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, -serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go? 10:9 And -Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons -and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; -for we must hold a feast unto the LORD. - -10:10 And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will -let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you. - -10:11 Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye -did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. - -10:12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the -land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of -Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath -left. - -10:13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and -the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that -night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. - -10:14 And the locust went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in -all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there -were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. - -10:15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land -was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the -fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any -green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all -the land of Egypt. - -10:16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I -have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. - -10:17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and -intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death -only. - -10:18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD. - -10:19 And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away -the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one -locust in all the coasts of Egypt. - -10:20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let -the children of Israel go. - -10:21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward -heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even -darkness which may be felt. - -10:22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was -a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: 10:23 They saw -not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but -all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. - -10:24 And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; -only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones -also go with you. - -10:25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt -offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God. - -10:26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be -left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and -we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither. - -10:27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them -go. - -10:28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to -thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou -shalt die. - -10:29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again -no more. - -11:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more -upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: -when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence -altogether. - -11:2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of -his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver and -jewels of gold. - -11:3 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the -Egyptians. - -Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the -sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people. - -11:4 And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out -into the midst of Egypt: 11:5 And all the firstborn in the land of -Egypt shall die, from the first born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his -throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the -mill; and all the firstborn of beasts. - -11:6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, -such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. - -11:7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move -his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD -doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. - -11:8 And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down -themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that -follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from -Pharaoh in a great anger. - -11:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; -that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. - -11:10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and -the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the -children of Israel go out of his land. - -12:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt -saying, 12:2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it -shall be the first month of the year to you. - -12:3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the -tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, -according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: 12:4 And -if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour -next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; -every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. - -12:5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye -shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: 12:6 And ye shall -keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole -assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. - -12:7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side -posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat -it. - -12:8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and -unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. - -12:9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with -fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. - -12:10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and -that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. - -12:11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on -your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: -it is the LORD's passover. - -12:12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will -smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and -against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. - -12:13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where -ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague -shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. - -12:14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep -it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a -feast by an ordinance for ever. - -12:15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye -shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth -leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul -shall be cut off from Israel. - -12:16 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in -the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner -of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, -that only may be done of you. - -12:17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this -selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: -therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an -ordinance for ever. - -12:18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, -ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the -month at even. - -12:19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for -whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut -off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born -in the land. - -12:20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye -eat unleavened bread. - -12:21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto -them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and -kill the passover. - -12:22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood -that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts -with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at -the door of his house until the morning. - -12:23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when -he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the -LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to -come in unto your houses to smite you. - -12:24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to -thy sons for ever. - -12:25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the -LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep -this service. - -12:26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto -you, What mean ye by this service? 12:27 That ye shall say, It is the -sacrifice of the LORD's passover, who passed over the houses of the -children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and -delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. - -12:28 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had -commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. - -12:29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the -firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat -on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the -dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. - -12:30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and -all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was -not a house where there was not one dead. - -12:31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, -and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of -Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said. - -12:32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be -gone; and bless me also. - -12:33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might -send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men. - -12:34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their -kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. - -12:35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; -and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of -gold, and raiment: 12:36 And the LORD gave the people favour in the -sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as -they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians. - -12:37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, -about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. - -12:38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and -herds, even very much cattle. - -12:39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought -forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust -out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for -themselves any victual. - -12:40 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in -Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. - -12:41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty -years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of -the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. - -12:42 It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing -them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be -observed of all the children of Israel in their generations. - -12:43 And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of -the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof: 12:44 But every -man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised -him, then shall he eat thereof. - -12:45 A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof. - -12:46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought -of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone -thereof. - -12:47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. - -12:48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the -passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let -him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the -land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. - -12:49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger -that sojourneth among you. - -12:50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses -and Aaron, so did they. - -12:51 And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring -the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies. - -13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 13:2 Sanctify unto me all -the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of -Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine. - -13:3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye -came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of -hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened -bread be eaten. - -13:4 This day came ye out in the month Abib. - -13:5 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of -the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, -and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a -land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in -this month. - -13:6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh -day shall be a feast to the LORD. - -13:7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no -leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen -with thee in all thy quarters. - -13:8 And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done -because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of -Egypt. - -13:9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a -memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD's law may be in thy mouth: -for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt. - -13:10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year -to year. - -13:11 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of -the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall -give it thee, 13:12 That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that -openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which -thou hast; the males shall be the LORD's. - -13:13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and -if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all -the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem. - -13:14 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, -saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of -hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: -13:15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that -the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the -firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to -the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the -firstborn of my children I redeem. - -13:16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets -between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth -out of Egypt. - -13:17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that -God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, -although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people -repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: 13:18 But God led -the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: -and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt. - -13:19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly -sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and -ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. - -13:20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, -in the edge of the wilderness. - -13:21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to -lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them -light; to go by day and night: 13:22 He took not away the pillar of -the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the -people. - -14:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 14:2 Speak unto the -children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, -between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall -ye encamp by the sea. - -14:3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are -entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. - -14:4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after -them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that -the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so. - -14:5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the -heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, -and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from -serving us? 14:6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people -with him: 14:7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the -chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. - -14:8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he -pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went -out with an high hand. - -14:9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots -of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them -encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon. - -14:10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up -their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they -were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD. - -14:11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, -hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou -dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? 14:12 Is not this -the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we -may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the -Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. - -14:13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and -see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for -the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no -more for ever. - -14:14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. - -14:15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? -speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: 14:16 But -lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and -divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through -the midst of the sea. - -14:17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and -they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and -upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. - -14:18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have -gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his -horsemen. - -14:19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, -removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from -before their face, and stood behind them: 14:20 And it came between -the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud -and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the -one came not near the other all the night. - -14:21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD -caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and -made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. - -14:22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon -the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right -hand, and on their left. - -14:23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst -of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. - -14:24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked -unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the -cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, 14:25 And took off -their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the -Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD -fighteth for them against the Egyptians. - -14:26 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the -sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their -chariots, and upon their horsemen. - -14:27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea -returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians -fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of -the sea. - -14:28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the -horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after -them; there remained not so much as one of them. - -14:29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of -the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and -on their left. - -14:30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the -Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. - -14:31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the -Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and -his servant Moses. - -15:1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the -LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath -triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the -sea. - -15:2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: -he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, -and I will exalt him. - -15:3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name. - -15:4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his -chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea. - -15:5 The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a -stone. - -15:6 Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right -hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. - -15:7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown -them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which -consumed them as stubble. - -15:8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered -together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were -congealed in the heart of the sea. - -15:9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the -spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my -hand shall destroy them. - -15:10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank -as lead in the mighty waters. - -15:11 Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, -glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? 15:12 Thou -stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. - -15:13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast -redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy -habitation. - -15:14 The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on -the inhabitants of Palestina. - -15:15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, -trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan -shall melt away. - -15:16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine -arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O -LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased. - -15:17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of -thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee -to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O LORD, which thy hands have -established. - -15:18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. - -15:19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his -horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the -sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the -midst of the sea. - -15:20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel -in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and -with dances. - -15:21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath -triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the -sea. - -15:22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into -the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, -and found no water. - -15:23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters -of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called -Marah. - -15:24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we -drink? 15:25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a -tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made -sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he -proved them, 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the -voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his -sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his -statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have -brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee. - -15:27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and -threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters. - -16:1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation -of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is -between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after -their departing out of the land of Egypt. - -16:2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured -against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: 16:3 And the children of -Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the -LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we -did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this -wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. - -16:4 Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from -heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate -every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or -no. - -16:5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall -prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as -they gather daily. - -16:6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At -even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the -land of Egypt: 16:7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of -the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and -what are we, that ye murmur against us? 16:8 And Moses said, This -shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, -and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your -murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your -murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD. - -16:9 And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the -children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your -murmurings. - -16:10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation -of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, -and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud. - -16:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 16:12 I have heard the -murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even -ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; -and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God. - -16:13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and -covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. - -16:14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of -the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar -frost on the ground. - -16:15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to -another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said -unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. - -16:16 This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it -every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to -the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in -his tents. - -16:17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some -less. - -16:18 And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much -had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they -gathered every man according to his eating. - -16:19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning. - -16:20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them -left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses -was wroth with them. - -16:21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his -eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. - -16:22 And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice -as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the -congregation came and told Moses. - -16:23 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To -morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which -ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which -remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. - -16:24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did -not stink, neither was there any worm therein. - -16:25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto -the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field. - -16:26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is -the sabbath, in it there shall be none. - -16:27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on -the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. - -16:28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my -commandments and my laws? 16:29 See, for that the LORD hath given you -the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two -days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place -on the seventh day. - -16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day. - -16:31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it -was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers -made with honey. - -16:32 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, -Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see -the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought -you forth from the land of Egypt. - -16:33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of -manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your -generations. - -16:34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the -Testimony, to be kept. - -16:35 And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they -came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the -borders of the land of Canaan. - -16:36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. - -17:1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from -the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the -commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no -water for the people to drink. - -17:2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us -water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with -me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD? 17:3 And the people thirsted -there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, -Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill -us and our children and our cattle with thirst? 17:4 And Moses cried -unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be -almost ready to stone me. - -17:5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take -with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest -the river, take in thine hand, and go. - -17:6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; -and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, -that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders -of Israel. - -17:7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because -of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the -LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not? 17:8 Then came Amalek, -and fought with Israel in Rephidim. - -17:9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight -with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the -rod of God in mine hand. - -17:10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: -and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. - -17:11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel -prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. - -17:12 But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it -under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, -the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his -hands were steady until the going down of the sun. - -17:13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of -the sword. - -17:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a -book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put -out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. - -17:15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it -Jehovahnissi: 17:16 For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the -LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. - -18:1 When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of -all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that -the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt; 18:2 Then Jethro, Moses' -father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back, -18:3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for -he said, I have been an alien in a strange land: 18:4 And the name of -the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine -help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh: 18:5 And Jethro, -Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into -the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God: 18:6 And he -said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy -wife, and her two sons with her. - -18:7 And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, -and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they -came into the tent. - -18:8 And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto -Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail -that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them. - -18:9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done -to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. - -18:10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out -of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath -delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. - -18:11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the -thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them. - -18:12 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and -sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to -eat bread with Moses' father in law before God. - -18:13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the -people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the -evening. - -18:14 And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, -he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest -thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto -even? 18:15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people -come unto me to enquire of God: 18:16 When they have a matter, they -come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them -know the statutes of God, and his laws. - -18:17 And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou -doest is not good. - -18:18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is -with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to -perform it thyself alone. - -18:19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God -shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou -mayest bring the causes unto God: 18:20 And thou shalt teach them -ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must -walk, and the work that they must do. - -18:21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such -as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over -them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of -fifties, and rulers of tens: 18:22 And let them judge the people at -all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring -unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be -easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee. - -18:23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou -shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their -place in peace. - -18:24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did -all that he had said. - -18:25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads -over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of -fifties, and rulers of tens. - -18:26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they -brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. - -18:27 And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into -his own land. - -19:1 In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth -out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness -of Sinai. - -19:2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert -of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped -before the mount. - -19:3 And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of -the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and -tell the children of Israel; 19:4 Ye have seen what I did unto the -Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto -myself. - -19:5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my -covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all -people: for all the earth is mine: 19:6 And ye shall be unto me a -kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. - -These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of -Israel. - -19:7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid -before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him. - -19:8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD -hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people -unto the LORD. - -19:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick -cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe -thee for ever. - -And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD. - -19:10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify -them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, 19:11 And -be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come -down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. - -19:12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, -Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch -the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to -death: 19:13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be -stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not -live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. - -19:14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and -sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. - -19:15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: -come not at your wives. - -19:16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there -were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and -the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that -was in the camp trembled. - -19:17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with -God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. - -19:18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD -descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke -of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. - -19:19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder -and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. - -19:20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the -mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses -went up. - -19:21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest -they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish. - -19:22 And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify -themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them. - -19:23 And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount -Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and -sanctify it. - -19:24 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt -come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the -people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth -upon them. - -19:25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them. - -20:1 And God spake all these words, saying, 20:2 I am the LORD thy -God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the -house of bondage. - -20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. - -20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness -of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, -or that is in the water under the earth. - -20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I -the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the -fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them -that hate me; 20:6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love -me, and keep my commandments. - -20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the -LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. - -20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. - -20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 20:10 But the -seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not -do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor -thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy -gates: 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, -and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the -LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. - -20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon -the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. - -20:13 Thou shalt not kill. - -20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. - -20:15 Thou shalt not steal. - -20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. - -20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet -thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his -ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. - -20:18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and -the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the -people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. - -20:19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: -but let not God speak with us, lest we die. - -20:20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to -prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin -not. - -20:21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the -thick darkness where God was. - -20:22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the -children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from -heaven. - -20:23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make -unto you gods of gold. - -20:24 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice -thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and -thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto -thee, and I will bless thee. - -20:25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build -it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast -polluted it. - -20:26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy -nakedness be not discovered thereon. - -21:1 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. - -21:2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in -the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. - -21:3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were -married, then his wife shall go out with him. - -21:4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons -or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he -shall go out by himself. - -21:5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, -and my children; I will not go out free: 21:6 Then his master shall -bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or -unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an -aul; and he shall serve him for ever. - -21:7 And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not -go out as the menservants do. - -21:8 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, -then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation -he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. - -21:9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her -after the manner of daughters. - -21:10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty -of marriage, shall he not diminish. - -21:11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out -free without money. - -21:12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to -death. - -21:13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; -then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. - -21:14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him -with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. - -21:15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely -put to death. - -21:16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found -in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. - -21:17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be -put to death. - -21:18 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, -or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: 21:19 If he -rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote -him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall -cause him to be thoroughly healed. - -21:20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he -die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. - -21:21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be -punished: for he is his money. - -21:22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit -depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely -punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he -shall pay as the judges determine. - -21:23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, -21:24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, -21:25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. - -21:26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his -maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. - -21:27 And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's -tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. - -21:28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall -be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of -the ox shall be quit. - -21:29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and -it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but -that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his -owner also shall be put to death. - -21:30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for -the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him. - -21:31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according -to this judgment shall it be done unto him. - -21:32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall -give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be -stoned. - -21:33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and -not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein; 21:34 The owner of the -pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the -dead beast shall be his. - -21:35 And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall -sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also -they shall divide. - -21:36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, -and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and -the dead shall be his own. - -22:1 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; -he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. - -22:2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, -there shall no blood be shed for him. - -22:3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; -for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall -be sold for his theft. - -22:4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be -ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double. - -22:5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall -put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best -of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make -restitution. - -22:6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of -corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he -that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. - -22:7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, -and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let -him pay double. - -22:8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be -brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his -neighbour's goods. - -22:9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for -sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which another -challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the -judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto -his neighbour. - -22:10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a -sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, -no man seeing it: 22:11 Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them -both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and -the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good. - -22:12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the -owner thereof. - -22:13 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and -he shall not make good that which was torn. - -22:14 And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or -die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it -good. - -22:15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: -if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire. - -22:16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with -her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. - -22:17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay -money according to the dowry of virgins. - -22:18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. - -22:19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. - -22:20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he -shall be utterly destroyed. - -22:21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were -strangers in the land of Egypt. - -22:22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. - -22:23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I -will surely hear their cry; 22:24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I -will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your -children fatherless. - -22:25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, -thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him -usury. - -22:26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou -shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: 22:27 For that -is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he -sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will -hear; for I am gracious. - -22:28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy -people. - -22:29 Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and -of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. - -22:30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: -seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give -it me. - -22:31 And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh -that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs. - -23:1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the -wicked to be an unrighteous witness. - -23:2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou -speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: 23:3 Neither -shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. - -23:4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt -surely bring it back to him again. - -23:5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his -burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with -him. - -23:6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. - -23:7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous -slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. - -23:8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and -perverteth the words of the righteous. - -23:9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of -a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. - -23:10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the -fruits thereof: 23:11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and -lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave -the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with -thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. - -23:12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou -shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy -handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. - -23:13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and -make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out -of thy mouth. - -23:14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. - -23:15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat -unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time -appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and -none shall appear before me empty:) 23:16 And the feast of harvest, -the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and -the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou -hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. - -23:17 Three items in the year all thy males shall appear before the -LORD God. - -23:18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened -bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning. - -23:19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into -the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his -mother's milk. - -23:20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, -and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. - -23:21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will -not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. - -23:22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I -speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary -unto thine adversaries. - -23:23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the -Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, -the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off. - -23:24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do -after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite -break down their images. - -23:25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy -bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of -thee. - -23:26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy -land: the number of thy days I will fulfil. - -23:27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people -to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their -backs unto thee. - -23:28 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the -Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. - -23:29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the -land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against -thee. - -23:30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, -until thou be increased, and inherit the land. - -23:31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of -the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will -deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt -drive them out before thee. - -23:32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. - -23:33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin -against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare -unto thee. - -24:1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, -Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye -afar off. - -24:2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come -nigh; neither shall the people go up with him. - -24:3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and -all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and -said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do. - -24:4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in -the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, -according to the twelve tribes of Israel. - -24:5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered -burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD. - -24:6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half -of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. - -24:7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of -the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and -be obedient. - -24:8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and -said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with -you concerning all these words. - -24:9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of -the elders of Israel: 24:10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there -was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as -it were the body of heaven in his clearness. - -24:11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his -hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink. - -24:12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and -be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and -commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them. - -24:13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up -into the mount of God. - -24:14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come -again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man -have any matters to do, let him come unto them. - -24:15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. - -24:16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud -covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of -the midst of the cloud. - -24:17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire -on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. - -24:18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into -the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. - -25:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 25:2 Speak unto the -children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that -giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. - -25:3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and -silver, and brass, 25:4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine -linen, and goats' hair, 25:5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' -skins, and shittim wood, 25:6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing -oil, and for sweet incense, 25:7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in -the ephod, and in the breastplate. - -25:8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. - -25:9 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the -tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so -shall ye make it. - -25:10 And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a -half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth -thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. - -25:11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without -shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round -about. - -25:12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in -the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of -it, and two rings in the other side of it. - -25:13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them -with gold. - -25:14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the -ark, that the ark may be borne with them. - -25:15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be -taken from it. - -25:16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give -thee. - -25:17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a -half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth -thereof. - -25:18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt -thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. - -25:19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the -other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the -two ends thereof. - -25:20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, -covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look -one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims -be. - -25:21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the -ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. - -25:22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee -from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are -upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in -commandment unto the children of Israel. - -25:23 Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall -be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit -and a half the height thereof. - -25:24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a -crown of gold round about. - -25:25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round -about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round -about. - -25:26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings -in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. - -25:27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the -staves to bear the table. - -25:28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them -with gold, that the table may be borne with them. - -25:29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and -covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt -thou make them. - -25:30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway. - -25:31 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work -shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, -his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. - -25:32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three -branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of -the candlestick out of the other side: 25:33 Three bowls made like -unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls -made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in -the six branches that come out of the candlestick. - -25:34 And in the candlesticks shall be four bowls made like unto -almonds, with their knops and their flowers. - -25:35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a -knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of -the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the -candlestick. - -25:36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it -shall be one beaten work of pure gold. - -25:37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall -light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. - -25:38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of -pure gold. - -25:39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these -vessels. - -25:40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was -shewed thee in the mount. - -26:1 Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine -twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of -cunning work shalt thou make them. - -26:2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and -the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains -shall have one measure. - -26:3 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and -other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. - -26:4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one -curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou -make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the -second. - -26:5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops -shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of -the second; that the loops may take hold one of another. - -26:6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains -together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle. - -26:7 And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon -the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make. - -26:8 The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth -of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of -one measure. - -26:9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six -curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the -forefront of the tabernacle. - -26:10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain -that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the -curtain which coupleth the second. - -26:11 And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches -into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one. - -26:12 And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the -half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the -tabernacle. - -26:13 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of -that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it -shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that -side, to cover it. - -26:14 And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed -red, and a covering above of badgers' skins. - -26:15 And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood -standing up. - -26:16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a -half shall be the breadth of one board. - -26:17 Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against -another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. - -26:18 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards -on the south side southward. - -26:19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty -boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two -sockets under another board for his two tenons. - -26:20 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side -there shall be twenty boards: 26:21 And their forty sockets of silver; -two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. - -26:22 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six -boards. - -26:23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle -in the two sides. - -26:24 And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be -coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be -for them both; they shall be for the two corners. - -26:25 And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, -sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under -another board. - -26:26 And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of -the one side of the tabernacle, 26:27 And five bars for the boards of -the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the -side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward. - -26:28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from -end to end. - -26:29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their -rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars -with gold. - -26:30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion -thereof which was shewed thee in the mount. - -26:31 And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and -fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made: -26:32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood -overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four -sockets of silver. - -26:33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou -mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and -the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most -holy. - -26:34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony -in the most holy place. - -26:35 And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the -candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle -toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side. - -26:36 And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of -blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with -needlework. - -26:37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim -wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: -and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them. - -27:1 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, -and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height -thereof shall be three cubits. - -27:2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners -thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it -with brass. - -27:3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his -shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the -vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. - -27:4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon -the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof. - -27:5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, -that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. - -27:6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, -and overlay them with brass. - -27:7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall -be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it. - -27:8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in -the mount, so shall they make it. - -27:9 And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south -side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined -linen of an hundred cubits long for one side: 27:10 And the twenty -pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks -of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. - -27:11 And likewise for the north side in length there shall be -hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their -twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of -silver. - -27:12 And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be -hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. - -27:13 And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be -fifty cubits. - -27:14 The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: -their pillars three, and their sockets three. - -27:15 And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their -pillars three, and their sockets three. - -27:16 And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty -cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, -wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their -sockets four. - -27:17 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with -silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass. - -27:18 The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the -breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined -linen, and their sockets of brass. - -27:19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, -and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of -brass. - -27:20 And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring -thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn -always. - -27:21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is -before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening -to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their -generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. - -28:1 And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, -from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the -priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, -Aaron's sons. - -28:2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory -and for beauty. - -28:3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have -filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments -to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's -office. - -28:4 And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, -and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: -and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, -that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. - -28:5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and -fine linen. - -28:6 And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of -scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. - -28:7 It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two -edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together. - -28:8 And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be -of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and -purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. - -28:9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names -of the children of Israel: 28:10 Six of their names on one stone, and -the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their -birth. - -28:11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a -signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the -children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold. - -28:12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the -ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron -shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a -memorial. - -28:13 And thou shalt make ouches of gold; 28:14 And two chains of pure -gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten -the wreathen chains to the ouches. - -28:15 And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning -work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of -blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt -thou make it. - -28:16 Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length -thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. - -28:17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of -stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: -this shall be the first row. - -28:18 And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a -diamond. - -28:19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. - -28:20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they -shall be set in gold in their inclosings. - -28:21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of -Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a -signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve -tribes. - -28:22 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of -wreathen work of pure gold. - -28:23 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and -shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. - -28:24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two -rings which are on the ends of the breastplate. - -28:25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt -fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the -ephod before it. - -28:26 And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them -upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is -in the side of the ephod inward. - -28:27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them -on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, -over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of -the ephod. - -28:28 And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto -the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the -curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed -from the ephod. - -28:29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the -breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy -place, for a memorial before the LORD continually. - -28:30 And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and -the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in -before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of -Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually. - -28:31 And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue. - -28:32 And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst -thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of -it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. - -28:33 And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of -blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and -bells of gold between them round about: 28:34 A golden bell and a -pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe -round about. - -28:35 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be -heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when -he cometh out, that he die not. - -28:36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, -like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. - -28:37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the -mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be. - -28:38 And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the -iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow -in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, -that they may be accepted before the LORD. - -28:39 And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt -make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of -needlework. - -28:40 And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make -for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and -for beauty. - -28:41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons -with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify -them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. - -28:42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their -nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach: 28:43 -And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in -unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto -the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, -and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after -him. - -29:1 And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow -them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young -bullock, and two rams without blemish, 29:2 And unleavened bread, and -cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed -with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them. - -29:3 And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the -basket, with the bullock and the two rams. - -29:4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the -tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water. - -29:5 And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, -and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and -gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod: 29:6 And thou shalt put -the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre. - -29:7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his -head, and anoint him. - -29:8 And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them. - -29:9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and -put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a -perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. - -29:10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the -tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their -hands upon the head of the bullock. - -29:11 And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of -the tabernacle of the congregation. - -29:12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon -the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside -the bottom of the altar. - -29:13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and -the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat -that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. - -29:14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt -thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering. - -29:15 Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put -their hands upon the head of the ram. - -29:16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and -sprinkle it round about upon the altar. - -29:17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of -him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head. - -29:18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt -offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire -unto the LORD. - -29:19 And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall -put their hands upon the head of the ram. - -29:20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it -upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right -ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the -great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar -round about. - -29:21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of -the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, -and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he -shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' -garments with him. - -29:22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the -fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the -two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; -for it is a ram of consecration: 29:23 And one loaf of bread, and one -cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened -bread that is before the LORD: 29:24 And thou shalt put all in the -hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for -a wave offering before the LORD. - -29:25 And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon -the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: it -is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. - -29:26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's -consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and it -shall be thy part. - -29:27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the -shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved -up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, -and of that which is for his sons: 29:28 And it shall be Aaron's and -his sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is -an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children -of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave -offering unto the LORD. - -29:29 And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to -be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them. - -29:30 And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven -days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to -minister in the holy place. - -29:31 And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his -flesh in the holy place. - -29:32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the -bread that is in the basket by the door of the tabernacle of the -congregation. - -29:33 And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was -made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat -thereof, because they are holy. - -29:34 And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, -remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: -it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. - -29:35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to -all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou -consecrate them. - -29:36 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for -atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an -atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. - -29:37 Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and -sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth -the altar shall be holy. - -29:38 Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two -lambs of the first year day by day continually. - -29:39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb -thou shalt offer at even: 29:40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal of -flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the -fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering. - -29:41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do -thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according -to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by -fire unto the LORD. - -29:42 This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your -generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before -the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee. - -29:43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the -tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. - -29:44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the -altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me -in the priest's office. - -29:45 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their -God. - -29:46 And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought -them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am -the LORD their God. - -30:1 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim -wood shalt thou make it. - -30:2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth -thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height -thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same. - -30:3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and -the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt -make unto it a crown of gold round about. - -30:4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, -by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make -it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal. - -30:5 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them -with gold. - -30:6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the -testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I -will meet with thee. - -30:7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he -dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. - -30:8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense -upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your -generations. - -30:9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, -nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon. - -30:10 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a -year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the -year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it -is most holy unto the LORD. - -30:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 30:12 When thou takest -the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they -give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou -numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou -numberest them. - -30:13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are -numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel -is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD. - -30:14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty -years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD. - -30:15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less -than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make -an atonement for your souls. - -30:16 And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of -Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the -congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel -before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. - -30:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 30:18 Thou shalt also -make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and -thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the -altar, and thou shalt put water therein. - -30:19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet -thereat: 30:20 When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, -they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near -to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD: -30:21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die -not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to -his seed throughout their generations. - -30:22 Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 30:23 Take thou also -unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of -sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and -of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, 30:24 And of cassia -five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil -olive an hin: 30:25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an -ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy -anointing oil. - -30:26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation -therewith, and the ark of the testimony, 30:27 And the table and all -his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of -incense, 30:28 And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, -and the laver and his foot. - -30:29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: -whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. - -30:30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, -that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. - -30:31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This -shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. - -30:32 Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make -any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it -shall be holy unto you. - -30:33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of -it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people. - -30:34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, -stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure -frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: 30:35 And thou -shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, -tempered together, pure and holy: 30:36 And thou shalt beat some of it -very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of -the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you -most holy. - -30:37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make -to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto -thee holy for the LORD. - -30:38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall -even be cut off from his people. - -31:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 31:2 See, I have called by -name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: -31:3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in -understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, -31:4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in -brass, 31:5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of -timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. - -31:6 And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of -Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise -hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have -commanded thee; 31:7 The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark -of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the -furniture of the tabernacle, 31:8 And the table and his furniture, and -the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense, -31:9 And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the -laver and his foot, 31:10 And the cloths of service, and the holy -garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to -minister in the priest's office, 31:11 And the anointing oil, and -sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have -commanded thee shall they do. - -31:12 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 31:13 Speak thou also -unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: -for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that -ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you. - -31:14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: -every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever -doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his -people. - -31:15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of -rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, -he shall surely be put to death. - -31:16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to -observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual -covenant. - -31:17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for -in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he -rested, and was refreshed. - -31:18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing -with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, -written with the finger of God. - -32:1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of -the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and -said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for -this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we -wot not what is become of him. - -32:2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which -are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, -and bring them unto me. - -32:3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in -their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. - -32:4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a -graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These -be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. - -32:5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron -made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD. - -32:6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt -offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat -and to drink, and rose up to play. - -32:7 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, -which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted -themselves: 32:8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I -commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped -it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O -Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. - -32:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, -behold, it is a stiffnecked people: 32:10 Now therefore let me alone, -that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: -and I will make of thee a great nation. - -32:11 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth -thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth -out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? -32:12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did -he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them -from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of -this evil against thy people. - -32:13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou -swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your -seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of -will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. - -32:14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto -his people. - -32:15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two -tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on -both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. - -32:16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the -writing of God, graven upon the tables. - -32:17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, -he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. - -32:18 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, -neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the -noise of them that sing do I hear. - -32:19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that -he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he -cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. - -32:20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the -fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made -the children of Israel drink of it. - -32:21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that -thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? 32:22 And Aaron said, Let -not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they -are set on mischief. - -32:23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: -for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of -Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. - -32:24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it -off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came -out this calf. - -32:25 And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had -made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:) 32:26 Then -Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD's -side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered -themselves together unto him. - -32:27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put -every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate -throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his -companion, and every man his neighbour. - -32:28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and -there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. - -32:29 For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, -even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow -upon you a blessing this day. - -32:30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the -people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the -LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. - -32:31 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have -sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. - -32:32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, -I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. - -32:33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, -him will I blot out of my book. - -32:34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have -spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: -nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. - -32:35 And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, -which Aaron made. - -33:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and -the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto -the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, -Unto thy seed will I give it: 33:2 And I will send an angel before -thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the -Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: 33:3 Unto a -land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of -thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the -way. - -33:4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and -no man did put on him his ornaments. - -33:5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of -Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of -thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy -ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. - -33:6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments -by the mount Horeb. - -33:7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, -afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the -congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the -LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was -without the camp. - -33:8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, -that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and -looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle. - -33:9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the -cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and -the Lord talked with Moses. - -33:10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle -door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent -door. - -33:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh -unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant -Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the -tabernacle. - -33:12 And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up -this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with -me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found -grace in my sight. - -33:13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, -shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in -thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people. - -33:14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give -thee rest. - -33:15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us -not up hence. - -33:16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have -found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so -shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are -upon the face of the earth. - -33:17 And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that -thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know -thee by name. - -33:18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. - -33:19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I -will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious -to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew -mercy. - -33:20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man -see me, and live. - -33:21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou -shalt stand upon a rock: 33:22 And it shall come to pass, while my -glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and -will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: 33:23 And I will take -away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall -not be seen. - -34:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like -unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were -in the first tables, which thou brakest. - -34:2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto -mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. - -34:3 And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen -throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before -that mount. - -34:4 And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses -rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the -LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. - -34:5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, -and proclaimed the name of the LORD. - -34:6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The -LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in -goodness and truth, 34:7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving -iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear -the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, -and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth -generation. - -34:8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and -worshipped. - -34:9 And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O LORD, let -my LORD, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and -pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. - -34:10 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I -will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in -any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work -of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee. - -34:11 Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive -out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and -the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. - -34:12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the -inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in -the midst of thee: 34:13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break -their images, and cut down their groves: 34:14 For thou shalt worship -no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: -34:15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and -they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, -and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; 34:16 And thou take -of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring -after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods. - -34:17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. - -34:18 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou -shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the -month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt. - -34:19 All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among -thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. - -34:20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and -if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the -firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before -me empty. - -34:21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt -rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. - -34:22 And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of -wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end. - -34:23 Thrice in the year shall all your menchildren appear before the -LORD God, the God of Israel. - -34:24 For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy -borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up -to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year. - -34:25 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; -neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto -the morning. - -34:26 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto -the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his -mother's milk. - -34:27 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after -the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with -Israel. - -34:28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he -did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables -the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. - -34:29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with -the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the -mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he -talked with him. - -34:30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, -the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. - -34:31 And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the -congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them. - -34:32 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave -them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount -Sinai. - -34:33 And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his -face. - -34:34 But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he -took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto -the children of Israel that which he was commanded. - -34:35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin -of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, -until he went in to speak with him. - -35:1 And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel -together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath -commanded, that ye should do them. - -35:2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall -be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth -work therein shall be put to death. - -35:3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the -sabbath day. - -35:4 And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of -Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying, -35:5 Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of -a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and -silver, and brass, 35:6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine -linen, and goats' hair, 35:7 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' -skins, and shittim wood, 35:8 And oil for the light, and spices for -anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, 35:9 And onyx stones, and -stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate. - -35:10 And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that -the LORD hath commanded; 35:11 The tabernacle, his tent, and his -covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his -sockets, 35:12 The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, -and the vail of the covering, 35:13 The table, and his staves, and all -his vessels, and the shewbread, 35:14 The candlestick also for the -light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light, -35:15 And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, -and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in -of the tabernacle, 35:16 The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen -grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, 35:17 -The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the -hanging for the door of the court, 35:18 The pins of the tabernacle, -and the pins of the court, and their cords, 35:19 The cloths of -service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron -the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's -office. - -35:20 And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from -the presence of Moses. - -35:21 And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every -one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD's offering -to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his -service, and for the holy garments. - -35:22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing -hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, -all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of -gold unto the LORD. - -35:23 And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and -scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and -badgers' skins, brought them. - -35:24 Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought -the LORD's offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood -for any work of the service, brought it. - -35:25 And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their -hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of -purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. - -35:26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun -goats' hair. - -35:27 And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for -the ephod, and for the breastplate; 35:28 And spice, and oil for the -light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. - -35:29 The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, -every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all -manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of -Moses. - -35:30 And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath -called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe -of Judah; 35:31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in -wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of -workmanship; 35:32 And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and -in silver, and in brass, 35:33 And in the cutting of stones, to set -them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. - -35:34 And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and -Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. - -35:35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of -work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the -embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, -and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that -devise cunning work. - -36:1 Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in -whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all -manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that -the LORD had commanded. - -36:2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted -man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose -heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it: 36:3 And they -received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had -brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it -withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning. - -36:4 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, -came every man from his work which they made; 36:5 And they spake unto -Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service -of the work, which the LORD commanded to make. - -36:6 And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed -throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more -work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained -from bringing. - -36:7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make -it, and too much. - -36:8 And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of -the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and -purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them. - -36:9 The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the -breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size. - -36:10 And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other -five curtains he coupled one unto another. - -36:11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the -selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of -another curtain, in the coupling of the second. - -36:12 Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in -the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the -loops held one curtain to another. - -36:13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one -unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle. - -36:14 And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the -tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them. - -36:15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was -the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size. - -36:16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by -themselves. - -36:17 And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain -in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain -which coupleth the second. - -36:18 And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, -that it might be one. - -36:19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and -a covering of badgers' skins above that. - -36:20 And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing -up. - -36:21 The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board -one cubit and a half. - -36:22 One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus -did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. - -36:23 And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the -south side southward: 36:24 And forty sockets of silver he made under -the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and -two sockets under another board for his two tenons. - -36:25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the -north corner, he made twenty boards, 36:26 And their forty sockets of -silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another -board. - -36:27 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards. - -36:28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the -two sides. - -36:29 And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head -thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners. - -36:30 And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen -sockets of silver, under every board two sockets. - -36:31 And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one -side of the tabernacle, 36:32 And five bars for the boards of the -other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the -tabernacle for the sides westward. - -36:33 And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the -one end to the other. - -36:34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of -gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. - -36:35 And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine -twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work. - -36:36 And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid -them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four -sockets of silver. - -36:37 And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and -purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework; 36:38 And -the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their -chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of -brass. - -37:1 And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half -was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a -cubit and a half the height of it: 37:2 And he overlaid it with pure -gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about. - -37:3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four -corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings -upon the other side of it. - -37:4 And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. - -37:5 And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to -bear the ark. - -37:6 And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half -was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof. - -37:7 And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made -he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat; 37:8 One cherub on the end -on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of -the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof. - -37:9 And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered -with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; -even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims. - -37:10 And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length -thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the -height thereof: 37:11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made -thereunto a crown of gold round about. - -37:12 Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; -and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about. - -37:13 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon -the four corners that were in the four feet thereof. - -37:14 Over against the border were the rings, the places for the -staves to bear the table. - -37:15 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with -gold, to bear the table. - -37:16 And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, -and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure -gold. - -37:17 And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he -the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and -his flowers, were of the same: 37:18 And six branches going out of the -sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side -thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side -thereof: 37:19 Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one -branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in -another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches -going out of the candlestick. - -37:20 And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his -knops, and his flowers: 37:21 And a knop under two branches of the -same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two -branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it. - -37:22 Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was -one beaten work of pure gold. - -37:23 And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his -snuffdishes, of pure gold. - -37:24 Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels -thereof. - -37:25 And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it -was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two -cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same. - -37:26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the -sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a -crown of gold round about. - -37:27 And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by -the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for -the staves to bear it withal. - -37:28 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with -gold. - -37:29 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of -sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary. - -38:1 And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five -cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it -was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof. - -38:2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the -horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass. - -38:3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the -shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the -vessels thereof made he of brass. - -38:4 And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the -compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it. - -38:5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, -to be places for the staves. - -38:6 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with -brass. - -38:7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, -to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards. - -38:8 And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of -the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the -door of the tabernacle of the congregation. - -38:9 And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings -of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits: 38:10 Their -pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the -pillars and their fillets were of silver. - -38:11 And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, -their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the -hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. - -38:12 And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their -pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their -fillets of silver. - -38:13 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. - -38:14 The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; -their pillars three, and their sockets three. - -38:15 And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that -hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their -sockets three. - -38:16 All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined -linen. - -38:17 And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the -pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their -chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted -with silver. - -38:18 And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of -blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty -cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, -answerable to the hangings of the court. - -38:19 And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; -their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their -fillets of silver. - -38:20 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round -about, were of brass. - -38:21 This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of -testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, -for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron -the priest. - -38:22 And Bezaleel the son Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, -made all that the LORD commanded Moses. - -38:23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, -an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in -purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. - -38:24 All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of -the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine -talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the -sanctuary. - -38:25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation -was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore -and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 38:26 A bekah -for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the -sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years -old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five -hundred and fifty men. - -38:27 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of -the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the -hundred talents, a talent for a socket. - -38:28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he -made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted -them. - -38:29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two -thousand and four hundred shekels. - -38:30 And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle -of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for -it, and all the vessels of the altar, 38:31 And the sockets of the -court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins -of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about. - -39:1 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of -service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments -for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses. - -39:2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and -fine twined linen. - -39:3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into -wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, -and in the fine linen, with cunning work. - -39:4 They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the -two edges was it coupled together. - -39:5 And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the -same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and -scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses. - -39:6 And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, -as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel. - -39:7 And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should -be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD -commanded Moses. - -39:8 And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the -ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. - -39:9 It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was -the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled. - -39:10 And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a -sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row. - -39:11 And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. - -39:12 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. - -39:13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were -inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings. - -39:14 And the stones were according to the names of the children of -Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a -signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes. - -39:15 And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of -wreathen work of pure gold. - -39:16 And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put -the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate. - -39:17 And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on -the ends of the breastplate. - -39:18 And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the -two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before -it. - -39:19 And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of -the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the -ephod inward. - -39:20 And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two -sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against -the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. - -39:21 And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of -the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious -girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from -the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses. - -39:22 And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. - -39:23 And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of -an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not -rend. - -39:24 And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, -and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. - -39:25 And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the -pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the -pomegranates; 39:26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a -pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the -LORD commanded Moses. - -39:27 And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and -for his sons, 39:28 And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of -fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen, 39:29 And a -girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of -needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses. - -39:30 And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and -wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS -TO THE LORD. - -39:31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon -the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses. - -39:32 Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the -congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all -that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they. - -39:33 And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all -his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and -his sockets, 39:34 And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the -covering of badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering, 39:35 The -ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat, -39:36 The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread, 39:37 -The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to -be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light, -39:38 And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet -incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door, 39:39 The brasen -altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the -laver and his foot, 39:40 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and -his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his -pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the -tent of the congregation, 39:41 The cloths of service to do service in -the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his -sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office. - -39:42 According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children -of Israel made all the work. - -39:43 And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done -it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses -blessed them. - -40:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 40:2 On the first day of -the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the -congregation. - -40:3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover -the ark with the vail. - -40:4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things -that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the -candlestick, and light the lamps thereof. - -40:5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the -ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the -tabernacle. - -40:6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the -door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. - -40:7 And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation -and the altar, and shalt put water therein. - -40:8 And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the -hanging at the court gate. - -40:9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, -and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels -thereof: and it shall be holy. - -40:10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all -his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most -holy. - -40:11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. - -40:12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the -tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. - -40:13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, -and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. - -40:14 And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats: 40:15 -And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that -they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing -shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their -generations. - -40:16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so -did he. - -40:17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on -the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. - -40:18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, -and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared -up his pillars. - -40:19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the -covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses. - -40:20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the -staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark: 40:21 -And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the -covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded -Moses. - -40:22 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the -side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail. - -40:23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the -LORD had commanded Moses. - -40:24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over -against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. - -40:25 And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded -Moses. - -40:26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation -before the vail: 40:27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD -commanded Moses. - -40:28 And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. - -40:29 And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the -tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the -burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses. - -40:30 And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and -the altar, and put water there, to wash withal. - -40:31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their -feet thereat: 40:32 When they went into the tent of the congregation, -and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD -commanded Moses. - -40:33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the -altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the -work. - -40:34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory -of the LORD filled the tabernacle. - -40:35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the -congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the -LORD filled the tabernacle. - -40:36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the -children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: 40:37 But if the -cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it -was taken up. - -40:38 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and -fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, -throughout all their journeys. - - - - -The Third Book of Moses: Called Leviticus - - -1:1 And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the -tabernacle of the congregation, saying, 1:2 Speak unto the children of -Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto -the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the -herd, and of the flock. - -1:3 If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a -male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at -the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD. - -1:4 And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and -it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. - -1:5 And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, -Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round -about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the -congregation. - -1:6 And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces. - -1:7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, -and lay the wood in order upon the fire: 1:8 And the priests, Aaron's -sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the -wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar: 1:9 But his inwards -and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on -the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a -sweet savour unto the LORD. - -1:10 And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of -the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without -blemish. - -1:11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before -the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood -round about upon the altar. - -1:12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: -and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire -which is upon the altar: 1:13 But he shall wash the inwards and the -legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon -the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a -sweet savour unto the LORD. - -1:14 And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of -fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young -pigeons. - -1:15 And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his -head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung -out at the side of the altar: 1:16 And he shall pluck away his crop -with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by -the place of the ashes: 1:17 And he shall cleave it with the wings -thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it -upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt -sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. - -2:1 And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his -offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and -put frankincense thereon: 2:2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons -the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour -thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; -and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an -offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: 2:3 And the -remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a -thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire. - -2:4 And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the -oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or -unleavened wafers anointed with oil. - -2:5 And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall be -of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil. - -2:6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat -offering. - -2:7 And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it -shall be made of fine flour with oil. - -2:8 And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these -things unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he -shall bring it unto the altar. - -2:9 And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial -thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by -fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. - -2:10 And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and -his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made -by fire. - -2:11 No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be -made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any -offering of the LORD made by fire. - -2:12 As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto -the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour. - -2:13 And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with -salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to -be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt -offer salt. - -2:14 And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the -LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green -ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears. - -2:15 And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it -is a meat offering. - -2:16 And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten -corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense -thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. - -3:1 And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer -it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it -without blemish before the LORD. - -3:2 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill -it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons -the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. - -3:3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an -offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the -inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 3:4 And the two -kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the -caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. - -3:5 And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt -sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an -offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. - -3:6 And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the -LORD be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without -blemish. - -3:7 If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before -the LORD. - -3:8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill -it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall -sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar. - -3:9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an -offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole -rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that -covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 3:10 -And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the -flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he -take away. - -3:11 And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of -the offering made by fire unto the LORD. - -3:12 And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the -LORD. - -3:13 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before -the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall -sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about. - -3:14 And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by -fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat -that is upon the inwards, 3:15 And the two kidneys, and the fat that -is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, -with the kidneys, it shall he take away. - -3:16 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of -the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the -LORD's. - -3:17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout -all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood. - -4:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 4:2 Speak unto the children -of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any -of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to -be done, and shall do against any of them: 4:3 If the priest that is -anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring -for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish -unto the LORD for a sin offering. - -4:4 And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of -the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the -bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the LORD. - -4:5 And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, -and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation: 4:6 And the priest -shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven -times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary. - -4:7 And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the -altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of -the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the -bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the -tabernacle of the congregation. - -4:8 And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the -sin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that -is upon the inwards, 4:9 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon -them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the -kidneys, it shall he take away, 4:10 As it was taken off from the -bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn -them upon the altar of the burnt offering. - -4:11 And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, -and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung, 4:12 Even the whole -bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, -where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: -where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt. - -4:13 And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, -and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done -somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things -which should not be done, and are guilty; 4:14 When the sin, which -they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall -offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle -of the congregation. - -4:15 And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the -head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed -before the LORD. - -4:16 And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's -blood to the tabernacle of the congregation: 4:17 And the priest shall -dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times -before the LORD, even before the vail. - -4:18 And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar -which is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the -congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the -altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of -the congregation. - -4:19 And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the -altar. - -4:20 And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a -sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an -atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them. - -4:21 And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn -him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the -congregation. - -4:22 When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance -against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things -which should not be done, and is guilty; 4:23 Or if his sin, wherein -he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a -kid of the goats, a male without blemish: 4:24 And he shall lay his -hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they -kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is a sin offering. - -4:25 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with -his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, -and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt -offering. - -4:26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the -sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement -for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him. - -4:27 And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while -he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD -concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; 4:28 Or -if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall -bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for -his sin which he hath sinned. - -4:29 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and -slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. - -4:30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, -and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall -pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. - -4:31 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken -away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall -burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the -priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him. - -4:32 And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a -female without blemish. - -4:33 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and -slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt -offering. - -4:34 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with -his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, -and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar: -4:35 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the -lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the -priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made -by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his -sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him. - -5:1 And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a -witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, -then he shall bear his iniquity. - -5:2 Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of -an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of -unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall -be unclean, and guilty. - -5:3 Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it -be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he -knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty. - -5:4 Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do -good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it -be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one -of these. - -5:5 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, -that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing: 5:6 And he -shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he -hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, -for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him -concerning his sin. - -5:7 And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his -trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young -pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a -burnt offering. - -5:8 And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that -which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his -neck, but shall not divide it asunder: 5:9 And he shall sprinkle of -the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest -of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a -sin offering. - -5:10 And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to -the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin -which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him. - -5:11 But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young -pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth -part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil -upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a -sin offering. - -5:12 Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take -his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, -according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin -offering. - -5:13 And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his -sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: -and the remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat offering. - -5:14 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 5:15 If a soul commit a -trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; -then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without -blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, -after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering. - -5:16 And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the -holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the -priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of -the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him. - -5:17 And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are -forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist -it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. - -5:18 And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with -thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the -priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance -wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him. - -5:19 It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against -the LORD. - -6:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:2 If a soul sin, and -commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that -which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken -away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; 6:3 Or have found -that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in -any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein: 6:4 Then it shall -be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that -which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully -gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing -which he found, 6:5 Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he -shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part -more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day -of his trespass offering. - -6:6 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram -without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass -offering, unto the priest: 6:7 And the priest shall make an atonement -for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of -all that he hath done in trespassing therein. - -6:8 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:9 Command Aaron and his -sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt -offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the -morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it. - -6:10 And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen -breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the -fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall -put them beside the altar. - -6:11 And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and -carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place. - -6:12 And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not -be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and -lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the -fat of the peace offerings. - -6:13 The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go -out. - -6:14 And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall -offer it before the LORD, before the altar. - -6:15 And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat -offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is -upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet -savour, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD. - -6:16 And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with -unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of -the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it. - -6:17 It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for -their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the -sin offering, and as the trespass offering. - -6:18 All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It -shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the -offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall -be holy. - -6:19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:20 This is the offering -of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the -day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for -a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof -at night. - -6:21 In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou -shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt -thou offer for a sweet savour unto the LORD. - -6:22 And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall -offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly -burnt. - -6:23 For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it -shall not be eaten. - -6:24 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:25 Speak unto Aaron and -to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the place -where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed -before the LORD: it is most holy. - -6:26 The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy -place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the -congregation. - -6:27 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when -there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt -wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place. - -6:28 But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and -if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed -in water. - -6:29 All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most -holy. - -6:30 And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the -tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, -shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire. - -7:1 Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most -holy. - -7:2 In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill -the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round -about upon the altar. - -7:3 And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the -fat that covereth the inwards, 7:4 And the two kidneys, and the fat -that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above -the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away: 7:5 And the priest -shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the -LORD: it is a trespass offering. - -7:6 Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten -in the holy place: it is most holy. - -7:7 As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one -law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have -it. - -7:8 And the priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, even the -priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he -hath offered. - -7:9 And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that -is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's -that offereth it. - -7:10 And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the -sons of Aaron have, one as much as another. - -7:11 And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he -shall offer unto the LORD. - -7:12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the -sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and -unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of -fine flour, fried. - -7:13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread -with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings. - -7:14 And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an -heave offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's that -sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings. - -7:15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for -thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall -not leave any of it until the morning. - -7:16 But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary -offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his -sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten: -7:17 But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day -shall be burnt with fire. - -7:18 And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings -be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither -shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an -abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity. - -7:19 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; -it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean -shall eat thereof. - -7:20 But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace -offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon -him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. - -7:21 Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the -uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean -thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which -pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his -people. - -7:22 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 7:23 Speak unto the -children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or -of sheep, or of goat. - -7:24 And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of -that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye -shall in no wise eat of it. - -7:25 For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an -offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it -shall be cut off from his people. - -7:26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl -or of beast, in any of your dwellings. - -7:27 Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that -soul shall be cut off from his people. - -7:28 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 7:29 Speak unto the -children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his -peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORD -of the sacrifice of his peace offerings. - -7:30 His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, -the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be -waved for a wave offering before the LORD. - -7:31 And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast -shall be Aaron's and his sons'. - -7:32 And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave -offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings. - -7:33 He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace -offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part. - -7:34 For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the -children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, -and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a -statute for ever from among the children of Israel. - -7:35 This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the -anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, -in the day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the -priest's office; 7:36 Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the -children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for -ever throughout their generations. - -7:37 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and -of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the -consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings; 7:38 Which -the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded -the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the -wilderness of Sinai. - -8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 8:2 Take Aaron and his sons -with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for -the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread; 8:3 -And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the -tabernacle of the congregation. - -8:4 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was -gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. - -8:5 And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the -LORD commanded to be done. - -8:6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. - -8:7 And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and -clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded -him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him -therewith. - -8:8 And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the -breastplate the Urim and the Thummim. - -8:9 And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon -his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the -LORD commanded Moses. - -8:10 And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and -all that was therein, and sanctified them. - -8:11 And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed -the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to -sanctify them. - -8:12 And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and -anointed him, to sanctify him. - -8:13 And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coats upon them, and -girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the LORD -commanded Moses. - -8:14 And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and -his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin -offering. - -8:15 And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the -horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the -altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified -it, to make reconciliation upon it. - -8:16 And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul -above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned -it upon the altar. - -8:17 But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt -with fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses. - -8:18 And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his -sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. - -8:19 And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar -round about. - -8:20 And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the -pieces, and the fat. - -8:21 And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt -the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet -savour, and an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD -commanded Moses. - -8:22 And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron -and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. - -8:23 And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it -upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right -hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. - -8:24 And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the -tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and -upon the great toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the blood -upon the altar round about. - -8:25 And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon -the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and -their fat, and the right shoulder: 8:26 And out of the basket of -unleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened -cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the -fat, and upon the right shoulder: 8:27 And he put all upon Aaron's -hands, and upon his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave offering -before the LORD. - -8:28 And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the -altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet -savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. - -8:29 And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering -before the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part; as -the LORD commanded Moses. - -8:30 And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was -upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, -and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him; and -sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' -garments with him. - -8:31 And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the -door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the -bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, -Aaron and his sons shall eat it. - -8:32 And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye -burn with fire. - -8:33 And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the -congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at -an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you. - -8:34 As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to -make an atonement for you. - -8:35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the -congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the -LORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded. - -8:36 So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by -the hand of Moses. - -9:1 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and -his sons, and the elders of Israel; 9:2 And he said unto Aaron, Take -thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, -without blemish, and offer them before the LORD. - -9:3 And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye -a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of -the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering; 9:4 Also a -bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD; -and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the LORD will appear -unto you. - -9:5 And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle -of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood -before the LORD. - -9:6 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that ye -should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you. - -9:7 And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin -offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, -and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an -atonement for them; as the LORD commanded. - -9:8 Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin -offering, which was for himself. - -9:9 And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped -his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and -poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar: 9:10 But the fat, and -the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he -burnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses. - -9:11 And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp. - -9:12 And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto -him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar. - -9:13 And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces -thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar. - -9:14 And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the -burnt offering on the altar. - -9:15 And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which -was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for -sin, as the first. - -9:16 And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to -the manner. - -9:17 And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, -and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the -morning. - -9:18 He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace -offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons presented unto -him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about, 9:19 And -the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which -covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver: -9:20 And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon -the altar: 9:21 And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for -a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded. - -9:22 And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, -and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt -offering, and peace offerings. - -9:23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, -and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD -appeared unto all the people. - -9:24 And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon -the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people -saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces. - -10:1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his -censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered -strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. - -10:2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and -they died before the LORD. - -10:3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, -saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all -the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. - -10:4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the -uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren -from before the sanctuary out of the camp. - -10:5 So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the -camp; as Moses had said. - -10:6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his -sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, -and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the -whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled. - -10:7 And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the -congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon -you. And they did according to the word of Moses. - -10:8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying, 10:9 Do not drink wine nor -strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the -tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for -ever throughout your generations: 10:10 And that ye may put difference -between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; 10:11 And that -ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD -hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. - -10:12 And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, -his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the -offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside -the altar: for it is most holy: 10:13 And ye shall eat it in the holy -place, because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of -the LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded. - -10:14 And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean -place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be -thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of -peace offerings of the children of Israel. - -10:15 The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the -offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering -before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a -statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded. - -10:16 And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, -behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the -sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying, 10:17 Wherefore have ye -not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, -and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to -make atonement for them before the LORD? 10:18 Behold, the blood of -it was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed have -eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded. - -10:19 And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered -their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such -things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, -should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD? 10:20 And when -Moses heard that, he was content. - -11:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, -11:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts -which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. - -11:3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the -cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. - -11:4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or -of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the -cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. - -11:5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the -hoof; he is unclean unto you. - -11:6 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the -hoof; he is unclean unto you. - -11:7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, -yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. - -11:8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not -touch; they are unclean to you. - -11:9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath -fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them -shall ye eat. - -11:10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the -rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which -is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: 11:11 They -shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their -flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. - -11:12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be -an abomination unto you. - -11:13 And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the -fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, -and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 11:14 And the vulture, and the kite -after his kind; 11:15 Every raven after his kind; 11:16 And the owl, -and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, 11:17 -And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, 11:18 And -the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, 11:19 And the stork, -the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. - -11:20 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an -abomination unto you. - -11:21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth -upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon -the earth; 11:22 Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his -kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his -kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. - -11:23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, -shall be an abomination unto you. - -11:24 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the -carcase of them shall be unclean until the even. - -11:25 And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash -his clothes, and be unclean until the even. - -11:26 The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not -clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one -that toucheth them shall be unclean. - -11:27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts -that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their -carcase shall be unclean until the even. - -11:28 And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, -and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you. - -11:29 These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things -that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise -after his kind, 11:30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the -lizard, and the snail, and the mole. - -11:31 These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth -touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even. - -11:32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, -it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or -skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it -must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it -shall be cleansed. - -11:33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, -whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it. - -11:34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh -shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel -shall be unclean. - -11:35 And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth -shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall -be broken down: for they are unclean and shall be unclean unto you. - -11:36 Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of -water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be -unclean. - -11:37 And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which -is to be sown, it shall be clean. - -11:38 But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their -carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. - -11:39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the -carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even. - -11:40 And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, -and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it -shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. - -11:41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be -an abomination; it shall not be eaten. - -11:42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all -four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that -creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an -abomination. - -11:43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing -that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, -that ye should be defiled thereby. - -11:44 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify -yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye -defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon -the earth. - -11:45 For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, -to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. - -11:46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every -living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that -creepeth upon the earth: 11:47 To make a difference between the -unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the -beast that may not be eaten. - -12:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 12:2 Speak unto the -children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a -man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days -of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. - -12:3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be -circumcised. - -12:4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three -and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the -sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. - -12:5 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two -weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of -her purifying threescore and six days. - -12:6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or -for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt -offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, -unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest: -12:7 Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for -her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is -the law for her that hath born a male or a female. - -12:8 And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two -turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the -other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for -her, and she shall be clean. - -13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, 13:2 When a man -shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, -and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he -shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the -priests: 13:3 And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of -the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the -plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague -of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him -unclean. - -13:4 If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in -sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned -white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven -days: 13:5 And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, -behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread -not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more: -13:6 And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, -behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in -the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and -he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. - -13:7 But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he -hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of -the priest again. - -13:8 And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the -skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy. - -13:9 When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought -unto the priest; 13:10 And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if -the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, -and there be quick raw flesh in the rising; 13:11 It is an old leprosy -in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, -and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean. - -13:12 And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy -cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to -his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh; 13:13 Then the priest shall -consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he -shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned -white: he is clean. - -13:14 But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean. - -13:15 And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be -unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy. - -13:16 Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he -shall come unto the priest; 13:17 And the priest shall see him: and, -behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall -pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean. - -13:18 The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, -and is healed, 13:19 And in the place of the boil there be a white -rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be -shewed to the priest; 13:20 And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, -it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned -white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of -leprosy broken out of the boil. - -13:21 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white -hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat -dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: 13:22 And if it -spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him -unclean: it is a plague. - -13:23 But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is -a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. - -13:24 Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot -burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, -somewhat reddish, or white; 13:25 Then the priest shall look upon it: -and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be -in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the -burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the -plague of leprosy. - -13:26 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white -hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but -be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: 13:27 -And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be -spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him -unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. - -13:28 And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the -skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the -priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the -burning. - -13:29 If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard; -13:30 Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in -sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; -then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a -leprosy upon the head or beard. - -13:31 And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, -it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black -hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of -the scall seven days: 13:32 And in the seventh day the priest shall -look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be -in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the -skin; 13:33 He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and -the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more: -13:34 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, -behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper -than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall -wash his clothes, and be clean. - -13:35 But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing; -13:36 Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be -spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is -unclean. - -13:37 But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is -black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the -priest shall pronounce him clean. - -13:38 If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright -spots, even white bright spots; 13:39 Then the priest shall look: and, -behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish -white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean. - -13:40 And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet -is he clean. - -13:41 And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head -toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean. - -13:42 And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white -reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald -forehead. - -13:43 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising -of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald -forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh; 13:44 He -is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him -utterly unclean; his plague is in his head. - -13:45 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, -and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and -shall cry, Unclean, unclean. - -13:46 All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be -defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall -his habitation be. - -13:47 The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be -a woollen garment, or a linen garment; 13:48 Whether it be in the -warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any -thing made of skin; 13:49 And if the plague be greenish or reddish in -the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in -any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto -the priest: 13:50 And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut -up it that hath the plague seven days: 13:51 And he shall look on the -plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, -either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that -is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean. - -13:52 He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in -woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for -it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire. - -13:53 And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not -spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any -thing of skin; 13:54 Then the priest shall command that they wash the -thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more: -13:55 And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is -washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and -the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the -fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without. - -13:56 And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark -after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or -out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof: 13:57 And if -it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or -in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn that -wherein the plague is with fire. - -13:58 And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of -skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from -them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean. - -13:59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen -or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to -pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean. - -14:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 14:2 This shall be the law -of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the -priest: 14:3 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the -priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in -the leper; 14:4 Then shall the priest command to take for him that is -to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, -and hyssop: 14:5 And the priest shall command that one of the birds be -killed in an earthen vessel over running water: 14:6 As for the living -bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the -hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the -bird that was killed over the running water: 14:7 And he shall -sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, -and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose -into the open field. - -14:8 And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave -off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and -after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of -his tent seven days. - -14:9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his -hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he -shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his -flesh in water, and he shall be clean. - -14:10 And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without -blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three -tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and -one log of oil. - -14:11 And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that -is to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door of -the tabernacle of the congregation: 14:12 And the priest shall take -one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of -oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: 14:13 And he -shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering -and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is -the priest's, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy: 14:14 And -the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and -the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is -to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the -great toe of his right foot: 14:15 And the priest shall take some of -the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand: 14:16 -And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his -left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times -before the LORD: 14:17 And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand -shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to -be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great -toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering: 14:18 -And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pour -upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make -an atonement for him before the LORD. - -14:19 And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an -atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and -afterward he shall kill the burnt offering: 14:20 And the priest shall -offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the -priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean. - -14:21 And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take -one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for -him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat -offering, and a log of oil; 14:22 And two turtledoves, or two young -pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin -offering, and the other a burnt offering. - -14:23 And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto -the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, -before the LORD. - -14:24 And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and -the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering -before the LORD: 14:25 And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass -offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass -offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to -be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great -toe of his right foot: 14:26 And the priest shall pour of the oil into -the palm of his own left hand: 14:27 And the priest shall sprinkle -with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven -times before the LORD: 14:28 And the priest shall put of the oil that -is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be -cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe -of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass -offering: 14:29 And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand -he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an -atonement for him before the LORD. - -14:30 And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young -pigeons, such as he can get; 14:31 Even such as he is able to get, the -one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the -meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is -to be cleansed before the LORD. - -14:32 This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose -hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing. - -14:33 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 14:34 When -ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a -possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of -your possession; 14:35 And he that owneth the house shall come and -tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague -in the house: 14:36 Then the priest shall command that they empty the -house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that -is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go -in to see the house: 14:37 And he shall look on the plague, and, -behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow -strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall; -14:38 Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the -house, and shut up the house seven days: 14:39 And the priest shall -come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague -be spread in the walls of the house; 14:40 Then the priest shall -command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and -they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city: 14:41 And -he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they -shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an -unclean place: 14:42 And they shall take other stones, and put them in -the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall -plaister the house. - -14:43 And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after -that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the -house, and after it is plaistered; 14:44 Then the priest shall come -and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a -fretting leprosy in the house; it is unclean. - -14:45 And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the -timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry -them forth out of the city into an unclean place. - -14:46 Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is -shut up shall be unclean until the even. - -14:47 And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he -that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes. - -14:48 And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, -the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was -plaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because -the plague is healed. - -14:49 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar -wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: 14:50 And he shall kill the one of the -birds in an earthen vessel over running water: 14:51 And he shall take -the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, -and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, -and sprinkle the house seven times: 14:52 And he shall cleanse the -house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with -the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and -with the scarlet: 14:53 But he shall let go the living bird out of the -city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it -shall be clean. - -14:54 This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall, -14:55 And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house, 14:56 And for -a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot: 14:57 To teach when -it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy. - -15:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying, 15:2 Speak -unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a -running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean. - -15:3 And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh -run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his -uncleanness. - -15:4 Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and -every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean. - -15:5 And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe -himself in water, and be unclean until the even. - -15:6 And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the -issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be -unclean until the even. - -15:7 And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall -wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the -even. - -15:8 And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then -he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean -until the even. - -15:9 And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall -be unclean. - -15:10 And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be -unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall -wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the -even. - -15:11 And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not -rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe -himself in water, and be unclean until the even. - -15:12 And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, -shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. - -15:13 And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he -shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his -clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean. - -15:14 And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or -two young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the -tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest: 15:15 -And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the -other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for -him before the LORD for his issue. - -15:16 And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he -shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even. - -15:17 And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of -copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even. - -15:18 The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, -they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the -even. - -15:19 And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be -blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her -shall be unclean until the even. - -15:20 And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be -unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. - -15:21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe -himself in water, and be unclean until the even. - -15:22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash -his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the -even. - -15:23 And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, -when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even. - -15:24 And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, -he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall -be unclean. - -15:25 And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the -time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her -separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as -the days of her separation: she shall be unclean. - -15:26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be -unto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon -shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation. - -15:27 And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall -wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the -even. - -15:28 But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to -herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. - -15:29 And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or -two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the -tabernacle of the congregation. - -15:30 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the -other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for -her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness. - -15:31 Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their -uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile -my tabernacle that is among them. - -15:32 This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed -goeth from him, and is defiled therewith; 15:33 And of her that is -sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of -the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean. - -16:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of -Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died; 16:2 And the LORD -said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all -times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which -is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon -the mercy seat. - -16:3 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock -for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. - -16:4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen -breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and -with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; -therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on. - -16:5 And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel -two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt -offering. - -16:6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is -for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house. - -16:7 And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD -at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. - -16:8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the -LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat. - -16:9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD's lot fell, -and offer him for a sin offering. - -16:10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall -be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and -to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness. - -16:11 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is -for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his -house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for -himself: 16:12 And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of -fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet -incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail: 16:13 And he shall -put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the -incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he -die not: 16:14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and -sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before -the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven -times. - -16:15 Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the -people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as -he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy -seat, and before the mercy seat: 16:16 And he shall make an atonement -for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of -Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so -shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth -among them in the midst of their uncleanness. - -16:17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation -when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come -out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, -and for all the congregation of Israel. - -16:18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and -make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, -and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar -round about. - -16:19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven -times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the -children of Israel. - -16:20 And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and -the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the -live goat: 16:21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of -the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children -of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting -them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of -a fit man into the wilderness: 16:22 And the goat shall bear upon him -all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go -the goat in the wilderness. - -16:23 And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, -and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went -into the holy place, and shall leave them there: 16:24 And he shall -wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, -and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering -of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people. - -16:25 And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar. - -16:26 And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his -clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the -camp. - -16:27 And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin -offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy -place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in -the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. - -16:28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his -flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. - -16:29 And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the -seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your -souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, -or a stranger that sojourneth among you: 16:30 For on that day shall -the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be -clean from all your sins before the LORD. - -16:31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict -your souls, by a statute for ever. - -16:32 And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall -consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, -shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the -holy garments: 16:33 And he shall make an atonement for the holy -sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the -congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for -the priests, and for all the people of the congregation. - -16:34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an -atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. -And he did as the LORD commanded Moses. - -17:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17:2 Speak unto Aaron, and -unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; -This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, saying, 17:3 What man -soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, -or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, 17:4 And -bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, -to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; -blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man -shall be cut off from among his people: 17:5 To the end that the -children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the -open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door -of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them -for peace offerings unto the LORD. - -17:6 And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the -LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the -fat for a sweet savour unto the LORD. - -17:7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after -whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto -them throughout their generations. - -17:8 And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the -house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that -offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice, 17:9 And bringeth it not unto -the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the -LORD; even that man shall be cut off from among his people. - -17:10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the -strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I -will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will -cut him off from among his people. - -17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it -to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is -the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. - -17:12 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you -shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you -eat blood. - -17:13 And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the -strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast -or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, -and cover it with dust. - -17:14 For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life -thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat -the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the -blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. - -17:15 And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that -which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or -a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in -water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean. - -17:16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear -his iniquity. - -18:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 18:2 Speak unto the -children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God. - -18:3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye -not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring -you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. - -18:4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk -therein: I am the LORD your God. - -18:5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a -man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD. - -18:6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to -uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD. - -18:7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, -shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her -nakedness. - -18:8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is -thy father's nakedness. - -18:9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or -daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, -even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover. - -18:10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's -daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is -thine own nakedness. - -18:11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy -father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. - -18:12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she -is thy father's near kinswoman. - -18:13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for -she is thy mother's near kinswoman. - -18:14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, -thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt. - -18:15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she -is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. - -18:16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it -is thy brother's nakedness. - -18:17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her -daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her -daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near -kinswomen: it is wickedness. - -18:18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to -uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. - -18:19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her -nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. - -18:20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, -to defile thyself with her. - -18:21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to -Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. - -18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is -abomination. - -18:23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself -therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down -thereto: it is confusion. - -18:24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all -these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: 18:25 And -the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon -it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. - -18:26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall -not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, -nor any stranger that sojourneth among you: 18:27 (For all these -abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and -the land is defiled;) 18:28 That the land spue not you out also, when -ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you. - -18:29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the -souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. - -18:30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any -one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and -that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God. - -19:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 19:2 Speak unto all the -congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be -holy: for I the LORD your God am holy. - -19:3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my -sabbaths: I am the LORD your God. - -19:4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am -the LORD your God. - -19:5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye -shall offer it at your own will. - -19:6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: -and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the -fire. - -19:7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it -shall not be accepted. - -19:8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, -because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul -shall be cut off from among his people. - -19:9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly -reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings -of thy harvest. - -19:10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather -every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and -stranger: I am the LORD your God. - -19:11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to -another. - -19:12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou -profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. - -19:13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages -of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the -morning. - -19:14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before -the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD. - -19:15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not -respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: -but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. - -19:16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: -neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am the -LORD. - -19:17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in -any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. - -19:18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children -of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the -LORD. - -19:19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender -with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: -neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee. - -19:20 And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, -betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given -her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because -she was not free. - -19:21 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the -door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass -offering. - -19:22 And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of -the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done: -and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him. - -19:23 And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all -manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as -uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it -shall not be eaten of. - -19:24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to -praise the LORD withal. - -19:25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it -may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God. - -19:26 Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use -enchantment, nor observe times. - -19:27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou -mar the corners of thy beard. - -19:28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor -print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. - -19:29 Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest -the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. - -19:30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the -LORD. - -19:31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after -wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. - -19:32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of -the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD. - -19:33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not -vex him. - -19:34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one -born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were -strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. - -19:35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in -weight, or in measure. - -19:36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall -ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of -Egypt. - -19:37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my -judgments, and do them: I am the LORD. - -20:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 20:2 Again, thou shalt say -to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, -or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his -seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the -land shall stone him with stones. - -20:3 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off -from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, -to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. - -20:4 And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from -the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not: -20:5 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, -and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit -whoredom with Molech, from among their people. - -20:6 And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, -and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face -against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. - -20:7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD -your God. - -20:8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which -sanctify you. - -20:9 For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be -surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his -blood shall be upon him. - -20:10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, -even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the -adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. - -20:11 And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his -father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their -blood shall be upon them. - -20:12 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall -surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall -be upon them. - -20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both -of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to -death; their blood shall be upon them. - -20:14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they -shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no -wickedness among you. - -20:15 And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: -and ye shall slay the beast. - -20:16 And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, -thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to -death; their blood shall be upon them. - -20:17 And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or -his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his -nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the -sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he -shall bear his iniquity. - -20:18 And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and -shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she -hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be -cut off from among their people. - -20:19 And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, -nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall -bear their iniquity. - -20:20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered -his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die -childless. - -20:21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean -thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be -childless. - -20:22 Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, -and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue -you not out. - -20:23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast -out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I -abhorred them. - -20:24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I -will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and -honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other -people. - -20:25 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and -unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make -your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living -thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as -unclean. - -20:26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have -severed you from other people, that ye should be mine. - -20:27 A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a -wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with -stones: their blood shall be upon them. - -21:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of -Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead -among his people: 21:2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that -is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his -daughter, and for his brother. - -21:3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath -had no husband; for her may he be defiled. - -21:4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his -people, to profane himself. - -21:5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they -shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their -flesh. - -21:6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of -their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread -of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy. - -21:7 They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither -shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto -his God. - -21:8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of -thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify -you, am holy. - -21:9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing -the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire. - -21:10 And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose -head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on -the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; 21:11 -Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his -father, or for his mother; 21:12 Neither shall he go out of the -sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the -anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD. - -21:13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. - -21:14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these -shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to -wife. - -21:15 Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the -LORD do sanctify him. - -21:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 21:17 Speak unto Aaron, -saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any -blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. - -21:18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not -approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any -thing superfluous, 21:19 Or a man that is brokenfooted, or -brokenhanded, 21:20 Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish -in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; 21:21 -No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come -nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a -blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. - -21:22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of -the holy. - -21:23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the -altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: -for I the LORD do sanctify them. - -21:24 And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the -children of Israel. - -22:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 22:2 Speak unto Aaron and -to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the -children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those -things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD. - -22:3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your -generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of -Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that -soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD. - -22:4 What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a -running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. -And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man -whose seed goeth from him; 22:5 Or whosoever toucheth any creeping -thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take -uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath; 22:6 The soul which hath -touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the -holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water. - -22:7 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward -eat of the holy things; because it is his food. - -22:8 That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not -eat to defile himself therewith; I am the LORD. - -22:9 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for -it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify -them. - -22:10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of -the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. - -22:11 But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of -it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat. - -22:12 If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she -may not eat of an offering of the holy things. - -22:13 But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have -no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, -she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall be no stranger eat -thereof. - -22:14 And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall -put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest -with the holy thing. - -22:15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of -Israel, which they offer unto the LORD; 22:16 Or suffer them to bear -the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the -LORD do sanctify them. - -22:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 22:18 Speak unto Aaron, -and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto -them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in -Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his -freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt -offering; 22:19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without -blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. - -22:20 But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it -shall not be acceptable for you. - -22:21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the -LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, -it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein. - -22:22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or -scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering -by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD. - -22:23 Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or -lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; -but for a vow it shall not be accepted. - -22:24 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or -crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof -in your land. - -22:25 Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your -God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and -blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you. - -22:26 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 22:27 When a bullock, or -a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days -under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be -accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD. - -22:28 And whether it be cow, or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her -young both in one day. - -22:29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the -LORD, offer it at your own will. - -22:30 On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it -until the morrow: I am the LORD. - -22:31 Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the -LORD. - -22:32 Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed -among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you, 22:33 -That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the -LORD. - -23:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23:2 Speak unto the -children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the -LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are -my feasts. - -23:3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath -of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the -sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. - -23:4 These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which -ye shall proclaim in their seasons. - -23:5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's -passover. - -23:6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of -unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened -bread. - -23:7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do -no servile work therein. - -23:8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven -days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no -servile work therein. - -23:9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23:10 Speak unto the -children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land -which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye -shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the -priest: 23:11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be -accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall -wave it. - -23:12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb -without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD. - -23:13 And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine -flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a -sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the -fourth part of an hin. - -23:14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green -ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto -your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations -in all your dwellings. - -23:15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, -from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven -sabbaths shall be complete: 23:16 Even unto the morrow after the -seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new -meat offering unto the LORD. - -23:17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two -tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with -leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD. - -23:18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of -the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for -a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their -drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto -the LORD. - -23:19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, -and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings. - -23:20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits -for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be -holy to the LORD for the priest. - -23:21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an -holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it -shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your -generations. - -23:22 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make -clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither -shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them -unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God. - -23:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23:24 Speak unto the -children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of -the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, -an holy convocation. - -23:25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an -offering made by fire unto the LORD. - -23:26 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23:27 Also on the tenth -day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall -be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and -offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. - -23:28 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of -atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God. - -23:29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that -same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. - -23:30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, -the same soul will I destroy from among his people. - -23:31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever -throughout your generations in all your dwellings. - -23:32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict -your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto -even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath. - -23:33 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23:34 Speak unto the -children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month -shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD. - -23:35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no -servile work therein. - -23:36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the -LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye -shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn -assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein. - -23:37 These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be -holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a -burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, -every thing upon his day: 23:38 Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and -beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your -freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD. - -23:39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have -gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD -seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day -shall be a sabbath. - -23:40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly -trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and -willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God -seven days. - -23:41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the -year. - -It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate -it in the seventh month. - -23:42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites -born shall dwell in booths: 23:43 That your generations may know that -I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them -out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. - -23:44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the -LORD. - -24:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 24:2 Command the children -of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the -light, to cause the lamps to burn continually. - -24:3 Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the -congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning -before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your -generations. - -24:4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the -LORD continually. - -24:5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: -two tenth deals shall be in one cake. - -24:6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure -table before the LORD. - -24:7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may -be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the -LORD. - -24:8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD -continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting -covenant. - -24:9 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it in -the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the -LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute. - -24:10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an -Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the -Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp; -24:11 And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord, -and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name -was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:) 24:12 And -they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them. - -24:13 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 24:14 Bring forth him -that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay -their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. - -24:15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, -Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. - -24:16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be -put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as -well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth -the name of the Lord, shall be put to death. - -24:17 And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. - -24:18 And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast. - -24:19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, -so shall it be done to him; 24:20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, -tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be -done to him again. - -24:21 And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that -killeth a man, he shall be put to death. - -24:22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as -for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God. - -24:23 And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should -bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with -stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses. - -25:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, 25:2 Speak -unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the -land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the -LORD. - -25:3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt -prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; 25:4 But in the -seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for -the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. - -25:5 That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt -not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a -year of rest unto the land. - -25:6 And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and -for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for -thy stranger that sojourneth with thee. - -25:7 And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall -all the increase thereof be meat. - -25:8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven -times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall -be unto thee forty and nine years. - -25:9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the -tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make -the trumpet sound throughout all your land. - -25:10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty -throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be -a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, -and ye shall return every man unto his family. - -25:11 A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, -neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes -in it of thy vine undressed. - -25:12 For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat -the increase thereof out of the field. - -25:13 In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his -possession. - -25:14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of -thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another: 25:15 -According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of -thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he -shall sell unto thee: 25:16 According to the multitude of years thou -shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of -years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number -of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee. - -25:17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear -thy God:for I am the LORD your God. - -25:18 Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do -them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. - -25:19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, -and dwell therein in safety. - -25:20 And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, -we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: 25:21 Then I will -command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring -forth fruit for three years. - -25:22 And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until -the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old -store. - -25:23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for -ye are strangers and sojourners with me. - -25:24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a -redemption for the land. - -25:25 If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his -possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he -redeem that which his brother sold. - -25:26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to -redeem it; 25:27 Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and -restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may -return unto his possession. - -25:28 But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is -sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the -year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return -unto his possession. - -25:29 And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may -redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may -he redeem it. - -25:30 And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then -the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to -him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in -the jubile. - -25:31 But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about -them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be -redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile. - -25:32 Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the -cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time. - -25:33 And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was -sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of -jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their -possession among the children of Israel. - -25:34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; -for it is their perpetual possession. - -25:35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; -then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a -sojourner; that he may live with thee. - -25:36 Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that -thy brother may live with thee. - -25:37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy -victuals for increase. - -25:38 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land -of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God. - -25:39 And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be -sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: -25:40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with -thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile. - -25:41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children -with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the -possession of his fathers shall he return. - -25:42 For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land -of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen. - -25:43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy -God. - -25:44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, -shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy -bondmen and bondmaids. - -25:45 Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among -you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, -which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. - -25:46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after -you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for -ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule -one over another with rigour. - -25:47 And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother -that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or -sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family: 25:48 -After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren -may redeem him: 25:49 Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem -him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; -or if he be able, he may redeem himself. - -25:50 And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that -he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale -shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of -an hired servant shall it be with him. - -25:51 If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall -give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was -bought for. - -25:52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then -he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give -him again the price of his redemption. - -25:53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the -other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight. - -25:54 And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out -in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him. - -25:55 For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my -servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD -your God. - -26:1 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up -a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your -land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God. - -26:2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the -LORD. - -26:3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; -26:4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield -her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. - -26:5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage -shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the -full, and dwell in your land safely. - -26:6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and -none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the -land, neither shall the sword go through your land. - -26:7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you -by the sword. - -26:8 And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you -shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before -you by the sword. - -26:9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and -multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. - -26:10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of -the new. - -26:11 And I set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor -you. - -26:12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be -my people. - -26:13 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land -of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the -bands of your yoke, and made you go upright. - -26:14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these -commandments; 26:15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your -soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, -but that ye break my covenant: 26:16 I also will do this unto you; I -will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, -that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall -sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. - -26:17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before -your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall -flee when none pursueth you. - -26:18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will -punish you seven times more for your sins. - -26:19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your -heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: 26:20 And your strength shall -be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither -shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. - -26:21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I -will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. - -26:22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of -your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; -and your high ways shall be desolate. - -26:23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will -walk contrary unto me; 26:24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, -and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. - -26:25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel -of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, -I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into -the hand of the enemy. - -26:26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall -bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread -again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. - -26:27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk -contrary unto me; 26:28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in -fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. - -26:29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your -daughters shall ye eat. - -26:30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, -and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul -shall abhor you. - -26:31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries -unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. - -26:32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies -which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. - -26:33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a -sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities -waste. - -26:34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth -desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land -rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. - -26:35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not -rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. - -26:36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness -into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a -shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a -sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. - -26:37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, -when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your -enemies. - -26:38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your -enemies shall eat you up. - -26:39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity -in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers -shall they pine away with them. - -26:40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their -fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and -that also they have walked contrary unto me; 26:41 And that I also -have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of -their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they -then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: 26:42 Then will I -remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and -also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the -land. - -26:43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her -sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept -of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they -despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. - -26:44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, -I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them -utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their -God. - -26:45 But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their -ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight -of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD. - -26:46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD -made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand -of Moses. - -27:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 27:2 Speak unto the -children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a -singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation. - -27:3 And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old -even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels -of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. - -27:4 And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty -shekels. - -27:5 And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then -thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female -ten shekels. - -27:6 And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy -estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the -female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver. - -27:7 And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, -then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten -shekels. - -27:8 But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present -himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according -to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him. - -27:9 And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the -LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy. - -27:10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad -for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and -the exchange thereof shall be holy. - -27:11 And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a -sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the -priest: 27:12 And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or -bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be. - -27:13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part -thereof unto thy estimation. - -27:14 And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the -LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as -the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. - -27:15 And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he -shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and -it shall be his. - -27:16 And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field -of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed -thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of -silver. - -27:17 If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to -thy estimation it shall stand. - -27:18 But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest -shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, -even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy -estimation. - -27:19 And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, -then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto -it, and it shall be assured to him. - -27:20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the -field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more. - -27:21 But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy -unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the -priest's. - -27:22 And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath -bought, which is not of the fields of his possession; 27:23 Then the -priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even unto -the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that -day, as a holy thing unto the LORD. - -27:24 In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of -whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did -belong. - -27:25 And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the -sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. - -27:26 Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD's -firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is -the LORD's. - -27:27 And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it -according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it -thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to -thy estimation. - -27:28 Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto -the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field -of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is -most holy unto the LORD. - -27:29 None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; -but shall surely be put to death. - -27:30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, -or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD. - -27:31 And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall -add thereto the fifth part thereof. - -27:32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of -whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the -LORD. - -27:33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he -change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change -thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. - -27:34 These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for -the children of Israel in mount Sinai. - - - - -The Fourth Book of Moses: Called Numbers - - -1:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the -tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, -in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, -saying, 1:2 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of -Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the -number of their names, every male by their polls; 1:3 From twenty -years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: -thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies. - -1:4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head -of the house of his fathers. - -1:5 And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of -the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur. - -1:6 Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. - -1:7 Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab. - -1:8 Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. - -1:9 Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon. - -1:10 Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of -Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. - -1:11 Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni. - -1:12 Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. - -1:13 Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran. - -1:14 Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. - -1:15 Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. - -1:16 These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the -tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel. - -1:17 And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their -names: 1:18 And they assembled all the congregation together on the -first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after -their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number -of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. - -1:19 As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the -wilderness of Sinai. - -1:20 And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their -generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, -according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from -twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -1:21 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, -were forty and six thousand and five hundred. - -1:22 Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their -families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of -them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male -from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to -war; 1:23 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of -Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. - -1:24 Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their -families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of -the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go -forth to war; 1:25 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe -of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty. - -1:26 Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their -families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of -the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go -forth to war; 1:27 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe -of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. - -1:28 Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their -families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of -the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go -forth to war; 1:29 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe -of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. - -1:30 Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their -families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of -the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go -forth to war; 1:31 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe -of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. - -1:32 Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by -their generations, after their families, by the house of their -fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old -and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 1:33 Those that -were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty -thousand and five hundred. - -1:34 Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their -families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of -the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go -forth to war; 1:35 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe -of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. - -1:36 Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their -families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of -the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go -forth to war; 1:37 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe -of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. - -1:38 Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their -families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of -the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go -forth to war; 1:39 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe -of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. - -1:40 Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their -families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of -the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go -forth to war; 1:41 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe -of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. - -1:42 Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after -their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number -of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to -go forth to war; 1:43 Those that were numbered of them, even of the -tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. - -1:44 These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron -numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was -for the house of his fathers. - -1:45 So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, -by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all -that were able to go forth to war in Israel; 1:46 Even all they that -were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five -hundred and fifty. - -1:47 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not -numbered among them. - -1:48 For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying, 1:49 Only thou shalt -not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the -children of Israel: 1:50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the -tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over -all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all -the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp -round about the tabernacle. - -1:51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take -it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall -set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. - -1:52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by -his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their -hosts. - -1:53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of -testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the -children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the -tabernacle of testimony. - -1:54 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD -commanded Moses, so did they. - -2:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2:2 Every -man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with -the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of -the congregation shall they pitch. - -2:3 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of -the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and -Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of -Judah. - -2:4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were -threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. - -2:5 And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of -Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the -children of Issachar. - -2:6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and -four thousand and four hundred. - -2:7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be -captain of the children of Zebulun. - -2:8 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and -seven thousand and four hundred. - -2:9 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred -thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, -throughout their armies. These shall first set forth. - -2:10 On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben -according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben -shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. - -2:11 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty -and six thousand and five hundred. - -2:12 And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and -the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of -Zurishaddai. - -2:13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty -and nine thousand and three hundred. - -2:14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall -be Eliasaph the son of Reuel. - -2:15 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty -and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. - -2:16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred -thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, -throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank. - -2:17 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with -the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so -shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards. - -2:18 On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim -according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim -shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. - -2:19 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty -thousand and five hundred. - -2:20 And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the -children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. - -2:21 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty -and two thousand and two hundred. - -2:22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of -Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni. - -2:23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty -and five thousand and four hundred. - -2:24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred -thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. -And they shall go forward in the third rank. - -2:25 The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by -their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer -the son of Ammishaddai. - -2:26 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were -threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. - -2:27 And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the -captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran. - -2:28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty -and one thousand and five hundred. - -2:29 Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of -Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan. - -2:30 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty -and three thousand and four hundred. - -2:31 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred -thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go -hindmost with their standards. - -2:32 These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by -the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps -throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand -and five hundred and fifty. - -2:33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; -as the LORD commanded Moses. - -2:34 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD -commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set -forward, every one after their families, according to the house of -their fathers. - -3:1 These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that -the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai. - -3:2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, -and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. - -3:3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were -anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. - -3:4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered -strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had -no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office -in the sight of Aaron their father. - -3:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 3:6 Bring the tribe of Levi -near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister -unto him. - -3:7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole -congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the -service of the tabernacle. - -3:8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the -congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the -service of the tabernacle. - -3:9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they -are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel. - -3:10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on -their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put -to death. - -3:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 3:12 And I, behold, I have -taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the -firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: -therefore the Levites shall be mine; 3:13 Because all the firstborn -are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of -Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and -beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD. - -3:14 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, -3:15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by -their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou -number them. - -3:16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he -was commanded. - -3:17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and -Kohath, and Merari. - -3:18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; -Libni, and Shimei. - -3:19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, -Hebron, and Uzziel. - -3:20 And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These -are the families of the Levites according to the house of their -fathers. - -3:21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the -Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites. - -3:22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all -the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered -of them were seven thousand and five hundred. - -3:23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle -westward. - -3:24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall -be Eliasaph the son of Lael. - -3:25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the -congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering -thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the -congregation, 3:26 And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for -the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar -round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof. - -3:27 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of -the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of -the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. - -3:28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were -eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. - -3:29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the -tabernacle southward. - -3:30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the -Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. - -3:31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the -candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary -wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof. - -3:32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the -chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the -charge of the sanctuary. - -3:33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the -Mushites: these are the families of Merari. - -3:34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of -all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two -hundred. - -3:35 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of -Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of -the tabernacle northward. - -3:36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be -the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars -thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all -that serveth thereto, 3:37 And the pillars of the court round about, -and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. - -3:38 But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even -before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, -and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the -charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh -shall be put to death. - -3:39 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron -numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, -all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two -thousand. - -3:40 And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the -males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take -the number of their names. - -3:41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of -all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the -Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children -of Israel. - -3:42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn -among the children of Israel. - -3:43 And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month -old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and -two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. - -3:44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 3:45 Take the Levites -instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the -cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall -be mine: I am the LORD. - -3:46 And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and -threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, -which are more than the Levites; 3:47 Thou shalt even take five -shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt -thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:) 3:48 And thou shalt -give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, -unto Aaron and to his sons. - -3:49 And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and -above them that were redeemed by the Levites: 3:50 Of the firstborn of -the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and -threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 3:51 -And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to -his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded -Moses. - -4:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 4:2 Take the -sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their -families, by the house of their fathers, 4:3 From thirty years old and -upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do -the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. - -4:4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle -of the congregation, about the most holy things: 4:5 And when the camp -setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take -down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: 4:6 -And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread -over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. - -4:7 And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, -and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers -to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: 4:8 And -they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same -with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves -thereof. - -4:9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of -the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all -the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it: 4:10 And -they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of -badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar. - -4:11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and -cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the -staves thereof: 4:12 And they shall take all the instruments of -ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a -cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and -shall put them on a bar: 4:13 And they shall take away the ashes from -the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: 4:14 And they shall put -upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, -even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all -the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of -badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it. - -4:15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the -sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set -forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but -they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are -the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the -congregation. - -4:16 And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest -pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily -meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the -tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the -vessels thereof. - -4:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying, 4:18 Cut ye -not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the -Levites: 4:19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, -when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall -go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden: -4:20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, -lest they die. - -4:21 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 4:22 Take also the sum of -the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their -families; 4:23 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old -shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to -do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. - -4:24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, -and for burdens: 4:25 And they shall bear the curtains of the -tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and -the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the -hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 4:26 And -the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of -the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, -and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all -that is made for them: so shall they serve. - -4:27 At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service -of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their -service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens. - -4:28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the -tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the -hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. - -4:29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their -families, by the house of their fathers; 4:30 From thirty years old -and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one -that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of -the congregation. - -4:31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their -service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the -tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets -thereof, 4:32 And the pillars of the court round about, and their -sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, -and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the -instruments of the charge of their burden. - -4:33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, -according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, -under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. - -4:34 And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered -the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house -of their fathers, 4:35 From thirty years old and upward even unto -fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the -work in the tabernacle of the congregation: 4:36 And those that were -numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and -fifty. - -4:37 These were they that were numbered of the families of the -Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the -congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the -commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. - -4:38 And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout -their families, and by the house of their fathers, 4:39 From thirty -years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that -entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the -congregation, 4:40 Even those that were numbered of them, throughout -their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and -six hundred and thirty. - -4:41 These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of -Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the -congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the -commandment of the LORD. - -4:42 And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of -Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, 4:43 -From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one -that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the -congregation, 4:44 Even those that were numbered of them after their -families, were three thousand and two hundred. - -4:45 These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of -Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the -LORD by the hand of Moses. - -4:46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron -and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the -house of their fathers, 4:47 From thirty years old and upward even -unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the -ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the -congregation. - -4:48 Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and -five hundred and fourscore, 4:49 According to the commandment of the -LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to -his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of -him, as the LORD commanded Moses. - -5:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 5:2 Command the children of -Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that -hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead: 5:3 Both male and -female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they -defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell. - -5:4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the -camp: as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel. - -5:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 5:6 Speak unto the children -of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, -to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty; 5:7 Then -they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall -recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it -the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath -trespassed. - -5:8 But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, -let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest; -beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made -for him. - -5:9 And every offering of all the holy things of the children of -Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his. - -5:10 And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man -giveth the priest, it shall be his. - -5:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 5:12 Speak unto the -children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and -commit a trespass against him, 5:13 And a man lie with her carnally, -and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she -be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken -with the manner; 5:14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he -be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of -jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not -defiled: 5:15 Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and -he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of -barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense -thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, -bringing iniquity to remembrance. - -5:16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD: -5:17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of -the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, -and put it into the water: 5:18 And the priest shall set the woman -before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of -memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest -shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse: 5:19 -And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If -no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to -uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from -this bitter water that causeth the curse: 5:20 But if thou hast gone -aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and -some man have lain with thee beside thine husband: 5:21 Then the -priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest -shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among -thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to -swell; 5:22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy -bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the -woman shall say, Amen, amen. - -5:23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall -blot them out with the bitter water: 5:24 And he shall cause the woman -to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that -causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter. - -5:25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the -woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer -it upon the altar: 5:26 And the priest shall take an handful of the -offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and -afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water. - -5:27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come -to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her -husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, -and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: -and the woman shall be a curse among her people. - -5:28 And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be -free, and shall conceive seed. - -5:29 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another -instead of her husband, and is defiled; 5:30 Or when the spirit of -jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall -set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her -all this law. - -5:31 Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman -shall bear her iniquity. - -6:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:2 Speak unto the children -of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate -themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the -LORD: 6:3 He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and -shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither -shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. - -6:4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made -of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk. - -6:5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor -come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he -separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the -locks of the hair of his head grow. - -6:6 All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall -come at no dead body. - -6:7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his -mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the -consecration of his God is upon his head. - -6:8 All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD. - -6:9 And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the -head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of -his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it. - -6:10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young -pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the -congregation: 6:11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin -offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement -for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head -that same day. - -6:12 And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, -and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but -the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was -defiled. - -6:13 And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his -separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the -tabernacle of the congregation: 6:14 And he shall offer his offering -unto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a -burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for -a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings, 6:15 -And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with -oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat -offering, and their drink offerings. - -6:16 And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer -his sin offering, and his burnt offering: 6:17 And he shall offer the -ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, with the basket -of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, -and his drink offering. - -6:18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the -door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of -the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the -sacrifice of the peace offerings. - -6:19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one -unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall -put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his -separation is shaven: 6:20 And the priest shall wave them for a wave -offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave -breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine. - -6:21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his -offering unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand -shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after -the law of his separation. - -6:22 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:23 Speak unto Aaron and -unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of -Israel, saying unto them, 6:24 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: -6:25 The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto -thee: 6:26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee -peace. - -6:27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I -will bless them. - -7:1 And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the -tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the -instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and -had anointed them, and sanctified them; 7:2 That the princes of -Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of -the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered: 7:3 And -they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and -twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: -and they brought them before the tabernacle. - -7:4 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 7:5 Take it of them, that -they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; -and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to -his service. - -7:6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the -Levites. - -7:7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, -according to their service: 7:8 And four wagons and eight oxen he gave -unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand -of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. - -7:9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of -the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their -shoulders. - -7:10 And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day -that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before -the altar. - -7:11 And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, -each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar. - -7:12 And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the -son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah: 7:13 And his offering was one -silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, -one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; -both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat -offering: 7:14 One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense: 7:15 -One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt -offering: 7:16 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:17 And for a -sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five -lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of -Amminadab. - -7:18 On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, -did offer: 7:19 He offered for his offering one silver charger, the -weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of -seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full -of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:20 One spoon of -gold of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:21 One young bullock, one ram, -one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:22 One kid of the -goats for a sin offering: 7:23 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, -two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this -was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar. - -7:24 On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children -of Zebulun, did offer: 7:25 His offering was one silver charger, the -weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of -seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full -of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:26 One golden -spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:27 One young bullock, one -ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:28 One kid of -the goats for a sin offering: 7:29 And for a sacrifice of peace -offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first -year: this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon. - -7:30 On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the -children of Reuben, did offer: 7:31 His offering was one silver -charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver -bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of -them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:32 One -golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:33 One young bullock, -one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:34 One -kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:35 And for a sacrifice of peace -offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first -year: this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur. - -7:36 On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the -children of Simeon, did offer: 7:37 His offering was one silver -charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one -silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; -both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -7:38 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:39 One young -bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -7:40 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:41 And for a sacrifice -of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of -the first year: this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of -Zurishaddai. - -7:42 On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the -children of Gad, offered: 7:43 His offering was one silver charger of -the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy -shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine -flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:44 One golden spoon of -ten shekels, full of incense: 7:45 One young bullock, one ram, one -lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:46 One kid of the -goats for a sin offering: 7:47 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, -two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this -was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. - -7:48 On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the -children of Ephraim, offered: 7:49 His offering was one silver -charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one -silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; -both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -7:50 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:51 One young -bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -7:52 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:53 And for a sacrifice -of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of -the first year: this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud. - -7:54 On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of -the children of Manasseh: 7:55 His offering was one silver charger of -the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of -seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full -of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:56 One golden -spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:57 One young bullock, one -ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:58 One kid of -the goats for a sin offering: 7:59 And for a sacrifice of peace -offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first -year: this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. - -7:60 On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the -children of Benjamin, offered: 7:61 His offering was one silver -charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one -silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; -both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -7:62 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:63 One young -bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -7:64 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:65 And for a sacrifice -of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of -the first year: this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni. - -7:66 On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the -children of Dan, offered: 7:67 His offering was one silver charger, -the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl -of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them -full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:68 One -golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:69 One young bullock, -one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:70 One -kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:71 And for a sacrifice of peace -offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first -year: this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. - -7:72 On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the -children of Asher, offered: 7:73 His offering was one silver charger, -the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl -of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them -full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:74 One -golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:75 One young bullock, -one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:76 One -kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:77 And for a sacrifice of peace -offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first -year: this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran. - -7:78 On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children -of Naphtali, offered: 7:79 His offering was one silver charger, the -weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of -seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full -of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:80 One golden -spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:81 One young bullock, one -ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:82 One kid of -the goats for a sin offering: 7:83 And for a sacrifice of peace -offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first -year: this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan. - -7:84 This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was -anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve -silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold: 7:85 Each charger of silver -weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the -silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after -the shekel of the sanctuary: 7:86 The golden spoons were twelve, full -of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the -sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty -shekels. - -7:87 All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the -rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat -offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve. - -7:88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were -twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the -lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, -after that it was anointed. - -7:89 And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation -to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him -from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from -between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him. - -8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 8:2 Speak unto Aaron and -say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give -light over against the candlestick. - -8:3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the -candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses. - -8:4 And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the -shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according -unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the -candlestick. - -8:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 8:6 Take the Levites from -among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. - -8:7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water -of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let -them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean. - -8:8 Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even -fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take -for a sin offering. - -8:9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the -congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children -of Israel together: 8:10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the -LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the -Levites: 8:11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an -offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service -of the LORD. - -8:12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the -bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the -other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for -the Levites. - -8:13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, -and offer them for an offering unto the LORD. - -8:14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of -Israel: and the Levites shall be mine. - -8:15 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the -tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer -them for an offering. - -8:16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of -Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the -firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me. - -8:17 For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both -man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of -Egypt I sanctified them for myself. - -8:18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the -children of Israel. - -8:19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons -from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children -of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an -atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among -the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the -sanctuary. - -8:20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of -Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded -Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them. - -8:21 And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and -Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an -atonement for them to cleanse them. - -8:22 And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the -tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as -the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto -them. - -8:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 8:24 This is it that -belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward -they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the -congregation: 8:25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease -waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more: 8:26 But -shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the -congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt -thou do unto the Levites touching their charge. - -9:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the -first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of -Egypt, saying, 9:2 Let the children of Israel also keep the passover -at his appointed season. - -9:3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in -his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according -to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it. - -9:4 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep -the passover. - -9:5 And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first -month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the -LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. - -9:6 And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a -man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came -before Moses and before Aaron on that day: 9:7 And those men said unto -him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept -back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed -season among the children of Israel? 9:8 And Moses said unto them, -Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning -you. - -9:9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 9:10 Speak unto the -children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity -shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar -off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD. - -9:11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep -it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. - -9:12 They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone -of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep -it. - -9:13 But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and -forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off -from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD -in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin. - -9:14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the -passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, -and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one -ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the -land. - -9:15 And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud -covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even -there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until -the morning. - -9:16 So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance -of fire by night. - -9:17 And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after -that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the -cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents. - -9:18 At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, -and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud -abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents. - -9:19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, -then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed -not. - -9:20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; -according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, -and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed. - -9:21 And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, -and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: -whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they -journeyed. - -9:22 Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the -cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of -Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken -up, they journeyed. - -9:23 At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at -the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of -the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. - -10:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 10:2 Make thee two -trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou -mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the -journeying of the camps. - -10:3 And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall -assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the -congregation. - -10:4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which -are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto -thee. - -10:5 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts -shall go forward. - -10:6 When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on -the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for -their journeys. - -10:7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall -blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. - -10:8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; -and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your -generations. - -10:9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that -oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye -shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved -from your enemies. - -10:10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and -in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over -your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; -that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD -your God. - -10:11 And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in -the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle -of the testimony. - -10:12 And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the -wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran. - -10:13 And they first took their journey according to the commandment -of the LORD by the hand of Moses. - -10:14 In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children -of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the -son of Amminadab. - -10:15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was -Nethaneel the son of Zuar. - -10:16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was -Eliab the son of Helon. - -10:17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and -the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle. - -10:18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to -their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur. - -10:19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was -Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. - -10:20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was -Eliasaph the son of Deuel. - -10:21 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the -other did set up the tabernacle against they came. - -10:22 And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set -forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the -son of Ammihud. - -10:23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was -Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. - -10:24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was -Abidan the son of Gideoni. - -10:25 And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, -which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and -over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. - -10:26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was -Pagiel the son of Ocran. - -10:27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was -Ahira the son of Enan. - -10:28 Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to -their armies, when they set forward. - -10:29 And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, -Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the -LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee -good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel. - -10:30 And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine -own land, and to my kindred. - -10:31 And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou -knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to -us instead of eyes. - -10:32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what -goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee. - -10:33 And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' -journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in -the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them. - -10:34 And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went -out of the camp. - -10:35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, -Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that -hate thee flee before thee. - -10:36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many -thousands of Israel. - -11:1 And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the -LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD -burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts -of the camp. - -11:2 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the -LORD, the fire was quenched. - -11:3 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of -the LORD burnt among them. - -11:4 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and -the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us -flesh to eat? 11:5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt -freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, -and the garlick: 11:6 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing -at all, beside this manna, before our eyes. - -11:7 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as -the colour of bdellium. - -11:8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in -mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of -it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. - -11:9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell -upon it. - -11:10 Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, -every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was -kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased. - -11:11 And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy -servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou -layest the burden of all this people upon me? 11:12 Have I conceived -all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto -me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking -child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers? 11:13 -Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep -unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. - -11:14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too -heavy for me. - -11:15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of -hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my -wretchedness. - -11:16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the -elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, -and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the -congregation, that they may stand there with thee. - -11:17 And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take -of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they -shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not -thyself alone. - -11:18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to -morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the -LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us -in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. - -11:19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither -ten days, nor twenty days; 11:20 But even a whole month, until it come -out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye -have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, -saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? 11:21 And Moses said, The -people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou -hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. - -11:22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice -them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, -to suffice them? 11:23 And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD's -hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to -pass unto thee or not. - -11:24 And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, -and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them -round about the tabernacle. - -11:25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took -of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: -and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they -prophesied, and did not cease. - -11:26 But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the -one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested -upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out -unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp. - -11:27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and -Medad do prophesy in the camp. - -11:28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his -young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. - -11:29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God -that all the LORD's people were prophets, and that the LORD would put -his spirit upon them! 11:30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and -the elders of Israel. - -11:31 And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails -from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's -journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other -side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the -face of the earth. - -11:32 And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and -all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least -gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves -round about the camp. - -11:33 And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was -chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the -LORD smote the people with a very great plague. - -11:34 And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because -there they buried the people that lusted. - -11:35 And the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth; -and abode at Hazeroth. - -12:1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian -woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. - -12:2 And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he -not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it. - -12:3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were -upon the face of the earth.) 12:4 And the LORD spake suddenly unto -Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the -tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out. - -12:5 And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in -the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both -came forth. - -12:6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, -I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak -unto him in a dream. - -12:7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. - -12:8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in -dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: -wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? -12:9 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he -departed. - -12:10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, -Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, -and, behold, she was leprous. - -12:11 And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay -not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we -have sinned. - -12:12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed -when he cometh out of his mother's womb. - -12:13 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I -beseech thee. - -12:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her -face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from -the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again. - -12:15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people -journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again. - -12:16 And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in -the wilderness of Paran. - -13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 13:2 Send thou men, that -they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of -Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one -a ruler among them. - -13:3 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the -wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of -Israel. - -13:4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the -son of Zaccur. - -13:5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. - -13:6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. - -13:7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. - -13:8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun. - -13:9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. - -13:10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi. - -13:11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi -the son of Susi. - -13:12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. - -13:13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. - -13:14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi. - -13:15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. - -13:16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the -land. - -And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua. - -13:17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto -them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain: -13:18 And see the land, what it is, and the people that dwelleth -therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; 13:19 And what -the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what -cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong -holds; 13:20 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether -there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of -the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe -grapes. - -13:21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of -Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath. - -13:22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where -Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron -was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) 13:23 And they came unto -the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one -cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they -brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. - -13:24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of -grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence. - -13:25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. - -13:26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the -congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, -to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the -congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. - -13:27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou -sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the -fruit of it. - -13:28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and -the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the -children of Anak there. - -13:29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, -and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the -Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. - -13:30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go -up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. - -13:31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up -against the people; for they are stronger than we. - -13:32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had -searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which -we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants -thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great -stature. - -13:33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the -giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were -in their sight. - -14:1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and -the people wept that night. - -14:2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against -Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we -had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this -wilderness! 14:3 And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this -land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be -a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? 14:4 And they -said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into -Egypt. - -14:5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly -of the congregation of the children of Israel. - -14:6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which -were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: 14:7 And they -spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The -land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. - -14:8 If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, -and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. - -14:9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of -the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from -them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not. - -14:10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the -glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation -before all the children of Israel. - -14:11 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke -me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs -which I have shewed among them? 14:12 I will smite them with the -pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater -nation and mightier than they. - -14:13 And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, -(for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;) -14:14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they -have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art -seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that -thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a -pillar of fire by night. - -14:15 Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the -nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, 14:16 -Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which -he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness. - -14:17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my LORD be great, -according as thou hast spoken, saying, 14:18 The LORD is -longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and -transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the -iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth -generation. - -14:19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according -unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this -people, from Egypt even until now. - -14:20 And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word: 14:21 -But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory -of the LORD. - -14:22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, -which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now -these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; 14:23 Surely they -shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall -any of them that provoked me see it: 14:24 But my servant Caleb, -because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, -him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall -possess it. - -14:25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) -Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the -Red sea. - -14:26 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 14:27 How -long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against -me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they -murmur against me. - -14:28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have -spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: 14:29 Your carcases shall -fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according -to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward which have -murmured against me. - -14:30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I -sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and -Joshua the son of Nun. - -14:31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will -I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. - -14:32 But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this -wilderness. - -14:33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, -and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the -wilderness. - -14:34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even -forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even -forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise. - -14:35 I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil -congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this -wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. - -14:36 And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, -and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a -slander upon the land, 14:37 Even those men that did bring up the evil -report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD. - -14:38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which -were of the men that went to search the land, lived still. - -14:39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: -and the people mourned greatly. - -14:40 And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the -top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the -place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned. - -14:41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment -of the LORD? but it shall not prosper. - -14:42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten -before your enemies. - -14:43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and -ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, -therefore the LORD will not be with you. - -14:44 But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the -ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the -camp. - -14:45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in -that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah. - -15:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 15:2 Speak unto the -children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land -of your habitations, which I give unto you, 15:3 And will make an -offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in -performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, -to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd or of the flock: -15:4 Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a -meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of -an hin of oil. - -15:5 And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt -thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb. - -15:6 Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth -deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil. - -15:7 And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an -hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the LORD. - -15:8 And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a -sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the LORD: 15:9 -Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth -deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil. - -15:10 And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, -for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. - -15:11 Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a -lamb, or a kid. - -15:12 According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to -every one according to their number. - -15:13 All that are born of the country shall do these things after -this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour -unto the LORD. - -15:14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in -your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet -savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do. - -15:15 One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and -also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever -in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the -LORD. - -15:16 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger -that sojourneth with you. - -15:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 15:18 Speak unto the -children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land -whither I bring you, 15:19 Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the -bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD. - -15:20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave -offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall -ye heave it. - -15:21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave -offering in your generations. - -15:22 And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, -which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses, 15:23 Even all that the LORD -hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD -commanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations; 15:24 Then -it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge -of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young -bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, with -his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, -and one kid of the goats for a sin offering. - -15:25 And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation -of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is -ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by -fire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their -ignorance: 15:26 And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the -children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; -seeing all the people were in ignorance. - -15:27 And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she -goat of the first year for a sin offering. - -15:28 And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth -ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an -atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him. - -15:29 Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, -both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the -stranger that sojourneth among them. - -15:30 But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born -in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that -soul shall be cut off from among his people. - -15:31 Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken -his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity -shall be upon him. - -15:32 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they -found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. - -15:33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses -and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. - -15:34 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what -should be done to him. - -15:35 And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to -death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the -camp. - -15:36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and -stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses. - -15:37 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 15:38 Speak unto the -children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the -borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they -put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: 15:39 And it -shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember -all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not -after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a -whoring: 15:40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and -be holy unto your God. - -15:41 I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of -Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God. - -16:1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, -and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, -sons of Reuben, took men: 16:2 And they rose up before Moses, with -certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of -the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: 16:3 And they -gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said -unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are -holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then -lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD? 16:4 And -when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face: 16:5 And he spake unto -Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will -shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near -unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto -him. - -16:6 This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company; 16:7 And -put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: -and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be -holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. - -16:8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi: -16:9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel -hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near -to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to -stand before the congregation to minister unto them? 16:10 And he -hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi -with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also? 16:11 For which cause -both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: -and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him? 16:12 And Moses sent -to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not -come up: 16:13 Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of -a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, -except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us? 16:14 Moreover -thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, -or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the -eyes of these men? we will not come up. - -16:15 And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not -thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have -I hurt one of them. - -16:16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before -the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow: 16:17 And take every -man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the LORD -every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and -Aaron, each of you his censer. - -16:18 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and -laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the -congregation with Moses and Aaron. - -16:19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the -door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD -appeared unto all the congregation. - -16:20 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 16:21 -Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume -them in a moment. - -16:22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the -spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with -all the congregation? 16:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -16:24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the -tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. - -16:25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the -elders of Israel followed him. - -16:26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, -from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of their's, lest -ye be consumed in all their sins. - -16:27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, -on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door -of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little -children. - -16:28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me -to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. - -16:29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be -visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent -me. - -16:30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, -and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go -down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have -provoked the LORD. - -16:31 And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these -words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: 16:32 And -the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, -and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. - -16:33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the -pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the -congregation. - -16:34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of -them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. - -16:35 And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two -hundred and fifty men that offered incense. - -16:36 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 16:37 Speak unto Eleazar -the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the -burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed. - -16:38 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them -make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered -them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a -sign unto the children of Israel. - -16:39 And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they -that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a -covering of the altar: 16:40 To be a memorial unto the children of -Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near -to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his -company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses. - -16:41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel -murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the -people of the LORD. - -16:42 And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against -Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the -congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the -LORD appeared. - -16:43 And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the -congregation. - -16:44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 16:45 Get you up from -among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And -they fell upon their faces. - -16:46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein -from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the -congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone -out from the LORD; the plague is begun. - -16:47 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the -congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and -he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. - -16:48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was -stayed. - -16:49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and -seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah. - -16:50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of -the congregation: and the plague was stayed. - -17:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17:2 Speak unto the -children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to -the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the -house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon -his rod. - -17:3 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one -rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. - -17:4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation -before the testimony, where I will meet with you. - -17:5 And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall -choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings -of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you. - -17:6 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of -their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to -their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was -among their rods. - -17:7 And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of -witness. - -17:8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the -tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of -Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and -yielded almonds. - -17:9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all -the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod. - -17:10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the -testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt -quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not. - -17:11 And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he. - -17:12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we -die, we perish, we all perish. - -17:13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD -shall die: shall we be consumed with dying? 18:1 And the LORD said -unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall -bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee -shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. - -18:2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy -father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and -minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister -before the tabernacle of witness. - -18:3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the -tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary -and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die. - -18:4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the -tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: -and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you. - -18:5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of -the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of -Israel. - -18:6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among -the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, -to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. - -18:7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's -office for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall -serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of -gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. - -18:8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the -charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the -children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the -anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever. - -18:9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the -fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and -every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs -which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for -thy sons. - -18:10 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat -it: it shall be holy unto thee. - -18:11 And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all -the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto -thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for -ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it. - -18:12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of -the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the -LORD, them have I given thee. - -18:13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring -unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house -shall eat of it. - -18:14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine. - -18:15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they -bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: -nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the -firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. - -18:16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou -redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, -after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. - -18:17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the -firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt -sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an -offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD. - -18:18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as -the right shoulder are thine. - -18:19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children -of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy -daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt -for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee. - -18:20 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in -their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part -and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. - -18:21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in -Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even -the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. - -18:22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the -tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die. - -18:23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the -congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a -statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children -of Israel they have no inheritance. - -18:24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an -heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: -therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they -shall have no inheritance. - -18:25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 18:26 Thus speak unto the -Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the -tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye -shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part -of the tithe. - -18:27 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as -though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of -the winepress. - -18:28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all -your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall -give thereof the LORD's heave offering to Aaron the priest. - -18:29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the -LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of -it. - -18:30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best -thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the -increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress. - -18:31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for -it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the -congregation. - -18:32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved -from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of -the children of Israel, lest ye die. - -19:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 19:2 This -is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, -Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer -without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke: -19:3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring -her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face: -19:4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, -and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the -congregation seven times: 19:5 And one shall burn the heifer in his -sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he -burn: 19:6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and -scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. - -19:7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his -flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the -priest shall be unclean until the even. - -19:8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and -bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. - -19:9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, -and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be -kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of -separation: it is a purification for sin. - -19:10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his -clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the -children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, -for a statute for ever. - -19:11 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven -days. - -19:12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the -seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third -day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. - -19:13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and -purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that -soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was -not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet -upon him. - -19:14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into -the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. - -19:15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is -unclean. - -19:16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the -open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be -unclean seven days. - -19:17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the -burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put -thereto in a vessel: 19:18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and -dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the -vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that -touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: 19:19 And the -clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on -the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and -wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at -even. - -19:20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, -that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he -hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath -not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. - -19:21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that -sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that -toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even. - -19:22 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and -the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even. - -20:1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, -into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in -Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. - -20:2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered -themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. - -20:3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God -that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD! 20:4 And why -have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, -that we and our cattle should die there? 20:5 And wherefore have ye -made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? -it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; -neither is there any water to drink. - -20:6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto -the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon -their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them. - -20:7 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 20:8 Take the rod, and -gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and -speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his -water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so -thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. - -20:9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. - -20:10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before -the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch -you water out of this rock? 20:11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and -with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out -abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also. - -20:12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me -not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore -ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given -them. - -20:13 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel -strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them. - -20:14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, -Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath -befallen us: 20:15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have -dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our -fathers: 20:16 And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, -and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, -behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border: 20:17 -Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass -through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of -the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not -turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy -borders. - -20:18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come -out against thee with the sword. - -20:19 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high -way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for -it: I will only, without doing anything else, go through on my feet. - -20:20 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out -against him with much people, and with a strong hand. - -20:21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: -wherefore Israel turned away from him. - -20:22 And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, -journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor. - -20:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the -coast of the land of Edom, saying, 20:24 Aaron shall be gathered unto -his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given -unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at -the water of Meribah. - -20:25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount -Hor: 20:26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar -his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die -there. - -20:27 And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount -Hor in the sight of all the congregation. - -20:28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon -Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and -Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. - -20:29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they -mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel. - -21:1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard -tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against -Israel, and took some of them prisoners. - -21:2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt -indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy -their cities. - -21:3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up -the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and -he called the name of the place Hormah. - -21:4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to -compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much -discouraged because of the way. - -21:5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore -have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there -is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this -light bread. - -21:6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit -the people; and much people of Israel died. - -21:7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for -we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, -that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the -people. - -21:8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set -it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is -bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. - -21:9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it -came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the -serpent of brass, he lived. - -21:10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. - -21:11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the -wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising. - -21:12 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared. - -21:13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of -Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the -Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the -Amorites. - -21:14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What -he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, 21:15 And at the -stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth -upon the border of Moab. - -21:16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the -LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give -them water. - -21:17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it: -21:18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, -by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the -wilderness they went to Mattanah: 21:19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: -and from Nahaliel to Bamoth: 21:20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that -is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward -Jeshimon. - -21:21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, -saying, 21:22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the -fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the -well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past -thy borders. - -21:23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: -but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against -Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against -Israel. - -21:24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed -his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for -the border of the children of Ammon was strong. - -21:25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the -cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof. - -21:26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who -had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out -of his hand, even unto Arnon. - -21:27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, -let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: 21:28 For there is a fire -gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed -Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon. - -21:29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath -given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto -Sihon king of the Amorites. - -21:30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and -we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba. - -21:31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. - -21:32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages -thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. - -21:33 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the -king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the -battle at Edrei. - -21:34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered -him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do -to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at -Heshbon. - -21:35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there -was none left him alive: and they possessed his land. - -22:1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains -of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. - -22:2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the -Amorites. - -22:3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: -and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. - -22:4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company -lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of -the field. - -And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. - -22:5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to -Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his -people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from -Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over -against me: 22:6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this -people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, -that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for -I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest -is cursed. - -22:7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the -rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and -spake unto him the words of Balak. - -22:8 And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring -you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of -Moab abode with Balaam. - -22:9 And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee? -22:10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, -hath sent unto me, saying, 22:11 Behold, there is a people come out of -Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; -peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out. - -22:12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou -shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed. - -22:13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of -Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave -to go with you. - -22:14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and -said, Balaam refuseth to come with us. - -22:15 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than -they. - -22:16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the -son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto -me: 22:17 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will -do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse -me this people. - -22:18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If -Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go -beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more. - -22:19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I -may know what the LORD will say unto me more. - -22:20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men -come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I -shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do. - -22:21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went -with the princes of Moab. - -22:22 And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of -the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was -riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. - -22:23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and -his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, -and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into -the way. - -22:24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a -wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. - -22:25 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself -unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he -smote her again. - -22:26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow -place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the -left. - -22:27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under -Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a -staff. - -22:28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto -Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these -three times? 22:29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast -mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I -kill thee. - -22:30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which -thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont -to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay. - -22:31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of -the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he -bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face. - -22:32 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou -smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand -thee, because thy way is perverse before me: 22:33 And the ass saw me, -and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, -surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive. - -22:34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I -knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if -it displease thee, I will get me back again. - -22:35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but -only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So -Balaam went with the princes of Balak. - -22:36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet -him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in -the utmost coast. - -22:37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee -to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed -to promote thee to honour? 22:38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am -come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word -that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. - -22:39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth. - -22:40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the -princes that were with him. - -22:41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and -brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see -the utmost part of the people. - -23:1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and -prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. - -23:2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered -on every altar a bullock and a ram. - -23:3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I -will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he -sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. - -23:4 And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven -altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram. - -23:5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto -Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. - -23:6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt -sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab. - -23:7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath -brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, -curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. - -23:8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, -whom the LORD hath not defied? 23:9 For from the top of the rocks I -see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell -alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. - -23:10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth -part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last -end be like his! 23:11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou -done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou -hast blessed them altogether. - -23:12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that -which the LORD hath put in my mouth? 23:13 And Balak said unto him, -Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest -see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not -see them all: and curse me them from thence. - -23:14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of -Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on -every altar. - -23:15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while -I meet the LORD yonder. - -23:16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, -Go again unto Balak, and say thus. - -23:17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, -and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath -the LORD spoken? 23:18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, -Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: 23:19 God is not -a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should -repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and -shall he not make it good? 23:20 Behold, I have received commandment -to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. - -23:21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen -perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of -a king is among them. - -23:22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength -of an unicorn. - -23:23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there -any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said -of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! 23:24 Behold, the -people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young -lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the -blood of the slain. - -23:25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless -them at all. - -23:26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, -saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do? 23:27 And Balak -said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another -place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them -from thence. - -23:28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh -toward Jeshimon. - -23:29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and -prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. - -23:30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a -ram on every altar. - -24:1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he -went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his -face toward the wilderness. - -24:2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his -tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him. - -24:3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath -said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 24:4 He hath said, -which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, -falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 24:5 How goodly are -thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! 24:6 As the -valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the -trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees -beside the waters. - -24:7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be -in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his -kingdom shall be exalted. - -24:8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the -strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and -shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows. - -24:9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall -stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that -curseth thee. - -24:10 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his -hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse -mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these -three times. - -24:11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee -unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour. - -24:12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers -which thou sentest unto me, saying, 24:13 If Balak would give me his -house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of -the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD -saith, that will I speak? 24:14 And now, behold, I go unto my people: -come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to -thy people in the latter days. - -24:15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor -hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 24:16 He hath -said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most -High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but -having his eyes open: 24:17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall -behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a -Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, -and destroy all the children of Sheth. - -24:18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession -for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly. - -24:19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall -destroy him that remaineth of the city. - -24:20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, -Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that -he perish for ever. - -24:21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, -Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock. - -24:22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall -carry thee away captive. - -24:23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when -God doeth this! 24:24 And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, -and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall -perish for ever. - -24:25 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and -Balak also went his way. - -25:1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit -whoredom with the daughters of Moab. - -25:2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and -the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. - -25:3 And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the -LORD was kindled against Israel. - -25:4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, -and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce -anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel. - -25:5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his -men that were joined unto Baalpeor. - -25:6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto -his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the -sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were -weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. - -25:7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the -priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a -javelin in his hand; 25:8 And he went after the man of Israel into the -tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the -woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of -Israel. - -25:9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand. - -25:10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 25:11 Phinehas, the son -of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away -from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among -them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. - -25:12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: -25:13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant -of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and -made an atonement for the children of Israel. - -25:14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was -slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince -of a chief house among the Simeonites. - -25:15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, -the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house -in Midian. - -25:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 25:17 Vex the Midianites, -and smite them: 25:18 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith -they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of -Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was -slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake. - -26:1 And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto -Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, 26:2 Take -the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty -years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are -able to go to war in Israel. - -26:3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of -Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 26:4 Take the sum of the people, -from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the -children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt. - -26:5 Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, -of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of -the Palluites: 26:6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, -the family of the Carmites. - -26:7 These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were -numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and -thirty. - -26:8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. - -26:9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is -that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who -strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when -they strove against the LORD: 26:10 And the earth opened her mouth, -and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, -what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became -a sign. - -26:11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not. - -26:12 The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family -of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, -the family of the Jachinites: 26:13 Of Zerah, the family of the -Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. - -26:14 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two -thousand and two hundred. - -26:15 The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family -of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the -family of the Shunites: 26:16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of -Eri, the family of the Erites: 26:17 Of Arod, the family of the -Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites. - -26:18 These are the families of the children of Gad according to those -that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred. - -26:19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the -land of Canaan. - -26:20 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the -family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of -Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. - -26:21 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the -Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. - -26:22 These are the families of Judah according to those that were -numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred. - -26:23 Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the -family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites: 26:24 Of -Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the -Shimronites. - -26:25 These are the families of Issachar according to those that were -numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred. - -26:26 Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the -family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of -Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. - -26:27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those -that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred. - -26:28 The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and -Ephraim. - -26:29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the -Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the -Gileadites. - -26:30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the -Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites: 26:31 And of -Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of -the Shechemites: 26:32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: -and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. - -26:33 And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and -the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, -Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. - -26:34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered -of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. - -26:35 These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of -Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of -the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. - -26:36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the -Eranites. - -26:37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those -that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. -These are the sons of Joseph after their families. - -26:38 The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family -of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, -the family of the Ahiramites: 26:39 Of Shupham, the family of the -Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. - -26:40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of -the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. - -26:41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they -that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six -hundred. - -26:42 These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the -family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their -families. - -26:43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were -numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred. - -26:44 Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the -family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of -Beriah, the family of the Beriites. - -26:45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of -Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. - -26:46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah. - -26:47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those -that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four -hundred. - -26:48 Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the -family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites: 26:49 -Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the -Shillemites. - -26:50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: -and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and -four hundred. - -26:51 These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred -thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty. - -26:52 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 26:53 Unto these the land -shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. - -26:54 To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou -shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be -given according to those that were numbered of him. - -26:55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to -the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. - -26:56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided -between many and few. - -26:57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their -families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the -family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites. - -26:58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the -Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, -the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath -begat Amram. - -26:59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, -whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron -and Moses, and Miriam their sister. - -26:60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. - -26:61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before -the LORD. - -26:62 And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three -thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not -numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no -inheritance given them among the children of Israel. - -26:63 These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the -priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by -Jordan near Jericho. - -26:64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron -the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the -wilderness of Sinai. - -26:65 For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the -wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son -of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. - -27:1 Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son -of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of -Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; -Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. - -27:2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and -before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the -tabernacle of the congregation, saying, 27:3 Our father died in the -wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered -themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died -in his own sin, and had no sons. - -27:4 Why should the name of our father be done away from among his -family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession -among the brethren of our father. - -27:5 And Moses brought their cause before the LORD. - -27:6 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 27:7 The daughters of -Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an -inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the -inheritance of their father to pass unto them. - -27:8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a -man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass -unto his daughter. - -27:9 And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance -unto his brethren. - -27:10 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance -unto his father's brethren. - -27:11 And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his -inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he -shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a -statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses. - -27:12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount -Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of -Israel. - -27:13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy -people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered. - -27:14 For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in -the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before -their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness -of Zin. - -27:15 And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying, 27:16 Let the LORD, the -God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, -27:17 Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, -and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the -congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd. - -27:18 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a -man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him; 27:19 And set -him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and -give him a charge in their sight. - -27:20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the -congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient. - -27:21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask -counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his -word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, -and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation. - -27:22 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and -set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation: -27:23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the -LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. - -28:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 28:2 Command the children -of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my -sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe -to offer unto me in their due season. - -28:3 And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire -which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year -without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering. - -28:4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb -shalt thou offer at even; 28:5 And a tenth part of an ephah of flour -for a meat offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten -oil. - -28:6 It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount -Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. - -28:7 And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin -for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine -to be poured unto the LORD for a drink offering. - -28:8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering -of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer -it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. - -28:9 And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, -and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, -and the drink offering thereof: 28:10 This is the burnt offering of -every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink -offering. - -28:11 And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt -offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs -of the first year without spot; 28:12 And three tenth deals of flour -for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth -deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram; -28:13 And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat -offering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a -sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. - -28:14 And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a -bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of -an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month -throughout the months of the year. - -28:15 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall -be offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink -offering. - -28:16 And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of -the LORD. - -28:17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days -shall unleavened bread be eaten. - -28:18 In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no -manner of servile work therein: 28:19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice -made by fire for a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, -and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you -without blemish: 28:20 And their meat offering shall be of flour -mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and -two tenth deals for a ram; 28:21 A several tenth deal shalt thou offer -for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs: 28:22 And one goat for a -sin offering, to make an atonement for you. - -28:23 Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, -which is for a continual burnt offering. - -28:24 After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven -days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto -the LORD: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and -his drink offering. - -28:25 And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye -shall do no servile work. - -28:26 Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat -offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy -convocation; ye shall do no servile work: 28:27 But ye shall offer the -burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; two young bullocks, -one ram, seven lambs of the first year; 28:28 And their meat offering -of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto one bullock, two -tenth deals unto one ram, 28:29 A several tenth deal unto one lamb, -throughout the seven lambs; 28:30 And one kid of the goats, to make an -atonement for you. - -28:31 Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his -meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their -drink offerings. - -29:1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall -have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of -blowing the trumpets unto you. - -29:2 And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the -LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year -without blemish: 29:3 And their meat offering shall be of flour -mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals -for a ram, 29:4 And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven -lambs: 29:5 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an -atonement for you: 29:6 Beside the burnt offering of the month, and -his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat -offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for -a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. - -29:7 And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy -convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work -therein: 29:8 But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for a -sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first -year; they shall be unto you without blemish: 29:9 And their meat -offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a -bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram, 29:10 A several tenth deal -for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: 29:11 One kid of the goats -for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the -continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink -offerings. - -29:12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an -holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a -feast unto the LORD seven days: 29:13 And ye shall offer a burnt -offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; -thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first -year; they shall be without blemish: 29:14 And their meat offering -shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every -bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the -two rams, 29:15 And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen -lambs: 29:16 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the -continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. - -29:17 And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two -rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot: 29:18 And their -meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the -rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the -manner: 29:19 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the -continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their -drink offerings. - -29:20 And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs -of the first year without blemish; 29:21 And their meat offering and -their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the -lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:22 And -one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and -his meat offering, and his drink offering. - -29:23 And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs -of the first year without blemish: 29:24 Their meat offering and their -drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, -shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:25 And one -kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt -offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. - -29:26 And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs -of the first year without spot: 29:27 And their meat offering and -their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the -lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:28 And -one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and -his meat offering, and his drink offering. - -29:29 And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen -lambs of the first year without blemish: 29:30 And their meat offering -and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the -lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:31 And -one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his -meat offering, and his drink offering. - -29:32 And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen -lambs of the first year without blemish: 29:33 And their meat offering -and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the -lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:34 And -one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his -meat offering, and his drink offering. - -29:35 On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do -no servile work therein: 29:36 But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a -sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: one bullock, -one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish: 29:37 Their -meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, -and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the -manner: 29:38 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual -burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. - -29:39 These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, -beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt -offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, -and for your peace offerings. - -29:40 And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the -LORD commanded Moses. - -30:1 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the -children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath -commanded. - -30:2 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his -soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according -to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. - -30:3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a -bond, being in her father's house in her youth; 30:4 And her father -hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her -father shall hold his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and -every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. - -30:5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not -any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, -shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father -disallowed her. - -30:6 And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered -ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul; 30:7 And her -husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard -it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her -soul shall stand. - -30:8 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; -then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered -with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the -LORD shall forgive her. - -30:9 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith -they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. - -30:10 And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a -bond with an oath; 30:11 And her husband heard it, and held his peace -at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and -every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. - -30:12 But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he -heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her -vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband -hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her. - -30:13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her -husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. - -30:14 But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to -day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are -upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the -day that he heard them. - -30:15 But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard -them; then he shall bear her iniquity. - -30:16 These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between -a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in -her youth in her father's house. - -31:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 31:2 Avenge the children -of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy -people. - -31:3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves -unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the -LORD of Midian. - -31:4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, -shall ye send to the war. - -31:5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a -thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. - -31:6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them -and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy -instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand. - -31:7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded -Moses; and they slew all the males. - -31:8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that -were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five -kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. - -31:9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, -and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all -their flocks, and all their goods. - -31:10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all -their goodly castles, with fire. - -31:11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and -of beasts. - -31:12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto -Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the -children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by -Jordan near Jericho. - -31:13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the -congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. - -31:14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the -captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from -the battle. - -31:15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? -31:16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel -of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, -and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD. - -31:17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill -every woman that hath known man by lying with him. - -31:18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying -with him, keep alive for yourselves. - -31:19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath -killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both -yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day. - -31:20 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and -all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood. - -31:21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to -the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded -Moses; 31:22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the -tin, and the lead, 31:23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall -make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it -shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth -not the fire ye shall make go through the water. - -31:24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall -be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp. - -31:25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 31:26 Take the sum of the -prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the -priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation: 31:27 And divide -the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who -went out to battle, and between all the congregation: 31:28 And levy a -tribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle: one -soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of -the asses, and of the sheep: 31:29 Take it of their half, and give it -unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD. - -31:30 And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one -portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of -the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, -which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. - -31:31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded -Moses. - -31:32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war -had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five -thousand sheep, 31:33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves, 31:34 -And threescore and one thousand asses, 31:35 And thirty and two -thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with -him. - -31:36 And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to -war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty -thousand and five hundred sheep: 31:37 And the LORD's tribute of the -sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen. - -31:38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD's -tribute was threescore and twelve. - -31:39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which -the LORD's tribute was threescore and one. - -31:40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD's -tribute was thirty and two persons. - -31:41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave offering, -unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses. - -31:42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from -the men that warred, 31:43 (Now the half that pertained unto the -congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven -thousand and five hundred sheep, 31:44 And thirty and six thousand -beeves, 31:45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred, 31:46 And -sixteen thousand persons;) 31:47 Even of the children of Israel's -half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and -gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of -the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. - -31:48 And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the -captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses: -31:49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the -men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man -of us. - -31:50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every -man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, -earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the -LORD. - -31:51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all -wrought jewels. - -31:52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the -LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, -was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. - -31:53 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.) -31:54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains -of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of -the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the -LORD. - -32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very -great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and -the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; -32:2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake -unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the -congregation, saying, 32:3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, -and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, 32:4 Even -the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is -a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle: 32:5 Wherefore, said -they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto -thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan. - -32:6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of -Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? 32:7 -And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from -going over into the land which the LORD hath given them? 32:8 Thus -did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land. - -32:9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the -land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they -should not go into the land which the LORD had given them. - -32:10 And the LORD's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, -saying, 32:11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from -twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto -Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly -followed me: 32:12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and -Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD. - -32:13 And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made -them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, -that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed. - -32:14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase -of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward -Israel. - -32:15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them -in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people. - -32:16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds -here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: 32:17 But we -ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we -have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in -the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land. - -32:18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel -have inherited every man his inheritance. - -32:19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or -forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan -eastward. - -32:20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will -go armed before the LORD to war, 32:21 And will go all of you armed -over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from -before him, 32:22 And the land be subdued before the LORD: then -afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and -before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD. - -32:23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the -LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out. - -32:24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; -and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth. - -32:25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto -Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. - -32:26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, -shall be there in the cities of Gilead: 32:27 But thy servants will -pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my -lord saith. - -32:28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and -Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the -children of Israel: 32:29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of -Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every -man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued -before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a -possession: 32:30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they -shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. - -32:31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, -saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. - -32:32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, -that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be -ours. - -32:33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to -the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of -Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of -Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, -even the cities of the country round about. - -32:34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, -32:35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, 32:36 And -Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep. - -32:37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and -Kirjathaim, 32:38 And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) -and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded. - -32:39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, -and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it. - -32:40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he -dwelt therein. - -32:41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns -thereof, and called them Havothjair. - -32:42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and -called it Nobah, after his own name. - -33:1 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went -forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of -Moses and Aaron. - -33:2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by -the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to -their goings out. - -33:3 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the -fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the -children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the -Egyptians. - -33:4 For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had -smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments. - -33:5 And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in -Succoth. - -33:6 And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in -the edge of the wilderness. - -33:7 And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth, -which is before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol. - -33:8 And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the -midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in -the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah. - -33:9 And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were -twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they -pitched there. - -33:10 And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea. - -33:11 And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the -wilderness of Sin. - -33:12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and -encamped in Dophkah. - -33:13 And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush. - -33:14 And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was -no water for the people to drink. - -33:15 And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness -of Sinai. - -33:16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at -Kibrothhattaavah. - -33:17 And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped at -Hazeroth. - -33:18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah. - -33:19 And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmonparez. - -33:20 And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah. - -33:21 And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah. - -33:22 And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah. - -33:23 And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher. - -33:24 And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah. - -33:25 And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth. - -33:26 And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath. - -33:27 And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah. - -33:28 And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah. - -33:29 And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah. - -33:30 And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth. - -33:31 And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Benejaakan. - -33:32 And they removed from Benejaakan, and encamped at Horhagidgad. - -33:33 And they went from Horhagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah. - -33:34 And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah. - -33:35 And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber. - -33:36 And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness -of Zin, which is Kadesh. - -33:37 And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the -edge of the land of Edom. - -33:38 And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment -of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children -of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the -fifth month. - -33:39 And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he -died in mount Hor. - -33:40 And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the -land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. - -33:41 And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah. - -33:42 And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon. - -33:43 And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth. - -33:44 And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ijeabarim, in the -border of Moab. - -33:45 And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibongad. - -33:46 And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in Almondiblathaim. - -33:47 And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the -mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. - -33:48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in -the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. - -33:49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto -Abelshittim in the plains of Moab. - -33:50 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan -near Jericho, saying, 33:51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say -unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan; -33:52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from -before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their -molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places: 33:53 And -ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: -for I have given you the land to possess it. - -33:54 And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among -your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and -to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's -inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to -the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit. - -33:55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from -before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain -of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and -shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. - -33:56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I -thought to do unto them. - -34:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 34:2 Command the children -of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; -(this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even -the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) 34:3 Then your south -quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of -Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea -eastward: 34:4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent -of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be -from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and -pass on to Azmon: 34:5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon -unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. - -34:6 And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea -for a border: this shall be your west border. - -34:7 And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall -point out for you mount Hor: 34:8 From mount Hor ye shall point out -your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the -border shall be to Zedad: 34:9 And the border shall go on to Ziphron, -and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your -north border. - -34:10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to -Shepham: 34:11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on -the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach -unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward: 34:12 And the border -shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt -sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about. - -34:13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the -land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give -unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe: 34:14 For the tribe of -the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and -the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their -fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of -Manasseh have received their inheritance: 34:15 The two tribes and the -half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near -Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising. - -34:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 34:17 These are the names -of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, -and Joshua the son of Nun. - -34:18 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land -by inheritance. - -34:19 And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb -the son of Jephunneh. - -34:20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of -Ammihud. - -34:21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. - -34:22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the -son of Jogli. - -34:23 The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the -children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod. - -34:24 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel -the son of Shiphtan. - -34:25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, -Elizaphan the son of Parnach. - -34:26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel -the son of Azzan. - -34:27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the -son of Shelomi. - -34:28 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel -the son of Ammihud. - -34:29 These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance -unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan. - -35:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan -near Jericho, saying, 35:2 Command the children of Israel, that they -give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to -dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the -cities round about them. - -35:3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of -them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their -beasts. - -35:4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the -Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand -cubits round about. - -35:5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two -thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the -west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand -cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the -suburbs of the cities. - -35:6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there -shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the -manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty -and two cities. - -35:7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be -forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs. - -35:8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of -the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; -but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of -his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he -inheriteth. - -35:9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 35:10 Speak unto the -children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan -into the land of Canaan; 35:11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be -cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which -killeth any person at unawares. - -35:12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; -that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in -judgment. - -35:13 And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have -for refuge. - -35:14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities -shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge. - -35:15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of -Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that -every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither. - -35:16 And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, -he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. - -35:17 And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, -and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to -death. - -35:18 Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may -die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to -death. - -35:19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he -meeteth him, he shall slay him. - -35:20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of -wait, that he die; 35:21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he -die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a -murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he -meeteth him. - -35:22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon -him any thing without laying of wait, 35:23 Or with any stone, -wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he -die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm: 35:24 Then the -congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood -according to these judgments: 35:25 And the congregation shall deliver -the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the -congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he -was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, -which was anointed with the holy oil. - -35:26 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of -the city of his refuge, whither he was fled; 35:27 And the revenger of -blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the -revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood: -35:28 Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until -the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest -the slayer shall return into the land of his possession. - -35:29 So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you -throughout your generations in all your dwellings. - -35:30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by -the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any -person to cause him to die. - -35:31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a -murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to -death. - -35:32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the -city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, -until the death of the priest. - -35:33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it -defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that -is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. - -35:34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I -dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel. - -36:1 And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, -the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of -Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the -chief fathers of the children of Israel: 36:2 And they said, The LORD -commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the -children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the -inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. - -36:3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of -the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the -inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the -tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot -of our inheritance. - -36:4 And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then -shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe -whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away -from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. - -36:5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word -of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well. - -36:6 This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the -daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think -best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they -marry. - -36:7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove -from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall -keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. - -36:8 And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe -of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the -tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man -the inheritance of his fathers. - -36:9 Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another -tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall -keep himself to his own inheritance. - -36:10 Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of -Zelophehad: 36:11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and -Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's -brothers' sons: 36:12 And they were married into the families of the -sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in -the tribe of the family of their father. - -36:13 These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD -commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the -plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. - - - - -The Fifth Book of Moses: Called Deuteronomy - - -1:1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side -Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, -between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. - -1:2 (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount -Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.) 1:3 And it came to pass in the fortieth -year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses -spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD -had given him in commandment unto them; 1:4 After he had slain Sihon -the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of -Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei: 1:5 On this side Jordan, in -the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying, 1:6 The -LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough -in this mount: 1:7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the -mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the -plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea -side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great -river, the river Euphrates. - -1:8 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land -which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to -give unto them and to their seed after them. - -1:9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear -you myself alone: 1:10 The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, -behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. - -1:11 (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many -more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!) 1:12 How can -I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? -1:13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your -tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. - -1:14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is -good for us to do. - -1:15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made -them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over -hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and -officers among your tribes. - -1:16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes -between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his -brother, and the stranger that is with him. - -1:17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the -small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; -for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, -bring it unto me, and I will hear it. - -1:18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should -do. - -1:19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great -and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of -the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to -Kadeshbarnea. - -1:20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the -Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us. - -1:21 Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and -possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear -not, neither be discouraged. - -1:22 And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send -men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us -word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall -come. - -1:23 And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one -of a tribe: 1:24 And they turned and went up into the mountain, and -came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. - -1:25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and -brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a -good land which the LORD our God doth give us. - -1:26 Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the -commandment of the LORD your God: 1:27 And ye murmured in your tents, -and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of -the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to -destroy us. - -1:28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, -saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great -and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the -Anakims there. - -1:29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. - -1:30 The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, -according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes; 1:31 -And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God -bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, -until ye came into this place. - -1:32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God, 1:33 Who -went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your -tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and -in a cloud by day. - -1:34 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and -sware, saying, 1:35 Surely there shall not one of these men of this -evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your -fathers. - -1:36 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will -I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, -because he hath wholly followed the LORD. - -1:37 Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also -shalt not go in thither. - -1:38 But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall -go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. - -1:39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and -your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and -evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they -shall possess it. - -1:40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the -wilderness by the way of the Red sea. - -1:41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the -LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God -commanded us. - -And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready -to go up into the hill. - -1:42 And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them. Go not up, neither -fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies. - -1:43 So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against -the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill. - -1:44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against -you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto -Hormah. - -1:45 And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not -hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. - -1:46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye -abode there. - -2:1 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the -way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount -Seir many days. - -2:2 And the LORD spake unto me, saying, 2:3 Ye have compassed this -mountain long enough: turn you northward. - -2:4 And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the -coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and -they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves -therefore: 2:5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their -land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount -Seir unto Esau for a possession. - -2:6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall -also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink. - -2:7 For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy -hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these -forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked -nothing. - -2:8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, -which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from -Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. - -2:9 And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither -contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land -for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for -a possession. - -2:10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, -and tall, as the Anakims; 2:11 Which also were accounted giants, as -the Anakims; but the Moabites called them Emims. - -2:12 The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of -Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, -and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his -possession, which the LORD gave unto them. - -2:13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we -went over the brook Zered. - -2:14 And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were -come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the -generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as -the LORD sware unto them. - -2:15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them -from among the host, until they were consumed. - -2:16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and -dead from among the people, 2:17 That the LORD spake unto me, saying, -2:18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day: -2:19 And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, -distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of -the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given -it unto the children of Lot for a possession. - -2:20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein -in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; 2:21 A people -great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them -before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead: 2:22 -As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he -destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and -dwelt in their stead even unto this day: 2:23 And the Avims which -dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth -out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.) 2:24 Rise -ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I -have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his -land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. - -2:25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of -thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear -report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. - -2:26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto -Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, 2:27 Let me pass -through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn -unto the right hand nor to the left. - -2:28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me -water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my -feet; 2:29 (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the -Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over -Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us. - -2:30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the -LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that -he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day. - -2:31 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and -his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his -land. - -2:32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight -at Jahaz. - -2:33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, -and his sons, and all his people. - -2:34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed -the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left -none to remain: 2:35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto -ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. - -2:36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from -the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one -city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us: 2:37 -Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto -any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, -nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us. - -3:1 Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of -Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. - -3:2 And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, -and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do -unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at -Heshbon. - -3:3 So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of -Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to -him remaining. - -3:4 And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city -which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of -Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. - -3:5 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; -beside unwalled towns a great many. - -3:6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of -Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every -city. - -3:7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a -prey to ourselves. - -3:8 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the -Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of -Arnon unto mount Hermon; 3:9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; -and the Amorites call it Shenir;) 3:10 All the cities of the plain, -and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the -kingdom of Og in Bashan. - -3:11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; -behold his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of -the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four -cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. - -3:12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which -is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, -gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites. - -3:13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, -gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with -all Bashan, which was called the land of giants. - -3:14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the -coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, -Bashanhavothjair, unto this day. - -3:15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir. - -3:16 And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead -even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto -the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; 3:17 -The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth -even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah -eastward. - -3:18 And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath -given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before -your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war. - -3:19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I -know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I -have given you; 3:20 Until the LORD have given rest unto your -brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land -which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall -ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you. - -3:21 And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen -all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall -the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest. - -3:22 Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for -you. - -3:23 And I besought the LORD at that time, saying, 3:24 O Lord GOD, -thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty -hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do -according to thy works, and according to thy might? 3:25 I pray thee, -let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that -goodly mountain, and Lebanon. - -3:26 But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear -me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto -me of this matter. - -3:27 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes -westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it -with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan. - -3:28 But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he -shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit -the land which thou shalt see. - -3:29 So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor. - -4:1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the -judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go -in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you. - -4:2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall -ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the -LORD your God which I command you. - -4:3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all -the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them -from among you. - -4:4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one -of you this day. - -4:5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD -my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to -possess it. - -4:6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your -understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these -statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and -understanding people. - -4:7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, -as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? 4:8 -And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so -righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? 4:9 Only -take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget -the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy -heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' -sons; 4:10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy -God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people -together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to -fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that -they may teach their children. - -4:11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain -burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and -thick darkness. - -4:12 And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye -heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a -voice. - -4:13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to -perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of -stone. - -4:14 And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and -judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to -possess it. - -4:15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner -of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of -the midst of the fire: 4:16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a -graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or -female, 4:17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the -likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, 4:18 The likeness -of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish -that is in the waters beneath the earth: 4:19 And lest thou lift up -thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and -the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship -them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all -nations under the whole heaven. - -4:20 But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the -iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of -inheritance, as ye are this day. - -4:21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware -that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto -that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance: -4:22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye -shall go over, and possess that good land. - -4:23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the -LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or -the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee. - -4:24 For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. - -4:25 When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye -shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, -and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do -evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger: 4:26 I -call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall -soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to -possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly -be destroyed. - -4:27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be -left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you. - -4:28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and -stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. - -4:29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt -find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. - -4:30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon -thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and -shalt be obedient unto his voice; 4:31 (For the LORD thy God is a -merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor -forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. - -4:32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, -since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the -one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such -thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it? 4:33 Did -ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the -fire, as thou hast heard, and live? 4:34 Or hath God assayed to go -and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by -temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty -hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to -all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? -4:35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he -is God; there is none else beside him. - -4:36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might -instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou -heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. - -4:37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed -after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power -out of Egypt; 4:38 To drive out nations from before thee greater and -mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for -an inheritance, as it is this day. - -4:39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the -LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is -none else. - -4:40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, -which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with -thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon -the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever. - -4:41 Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the -sunrising; 4:42 That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill -his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that -fleeing unto one of these cities he might live: 4:43 Namely, Bezer in -the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in -Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites. - -4:44 And this is the law which Moses set before the children of -Israel: 4:45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the -judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they -came forth out of Egypt. - -4:46 On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the -land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses -and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of -Egypt: 4:47 And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of -Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan -toward the sunrising; 4:48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the -river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon, 4:49 And all the -plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, -under the springs of Pisgah. - -5:1 And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, -the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that -ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. - -5:2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. - -5:3 The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, -even us, who are all of us here alive this day. - -5:4 The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the -midst of the fire, 5:5 (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, -to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the -fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying, 5:6 I am the LORD thy -God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of -bondage. - -5:7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me. - -5:8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any -thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or -that is in the waters beneath the earth: 5:9 Thou shalt not bow down -thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous -God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the -third and fourth generation of them that hate me, 5:10 And shewing -mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. - -5:11 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the -LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. - -5:12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath -commanded thee. - -5:13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: 5:14 But the -seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not -do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, -nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy -cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant -and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. - -5:15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and -that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand -and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee -to keep the sabbath day. - -5:16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath -commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go -well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. - -5:17 Thou shalt not kill. - -5:18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery. - -5:19 Neither shalt thou steal. - -5:20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour. - -5:21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt -thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his -maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's. - -5:22 These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount -out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, -with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two -tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. - -5:23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of -the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near -unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; 5:24 And -ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his -greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: -we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth. - -5:25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume -us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall -die. - -5:26 For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the -living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and -lived? 5:27 Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall -say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto -thee; and we will hear it, and do it. - -5:28 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto -me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of -this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all -that they have spoken. - -5:29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, -and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, -and with their children for ever! 5:30 Go say to them, Get you into -your tents again. - -5:31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto -thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which -thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give -them to possess it. - -5:32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath -commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the -left. - -5:33 Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath -commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and -that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess. - -6:1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, -which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them -in the land whither ye go to possess it: 6:2 That thou mightest fear -the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which -I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of -thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. - -6:3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be -well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of -thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and -honey. - -6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: 6:5 And thou shalt -love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and -with all thy might. - -6:6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine -heart: 6:7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and -shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou -walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. - -6:8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they -shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. - -6:9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy -gates. - -6:10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee -into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, -and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou -buildedst not, 6:11 And houses full of all good things, which thou -filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and -olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and -be full; 6:12 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought -thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. - -6:13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear -by his name. - -6:14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which -are round about you; 6:15 (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among -you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and -destroy thee from off the face of the earth. - -6:16 Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in -Massah. - -6:17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, -and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. - -6:18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of -the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in -and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers. - -6:19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath -spoken. - -6:20 And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean -the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD -our God hath commanded you? 6:21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We -were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt -with a mighty hand: 6:22 And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great -and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before -our eyes: 6:23 And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring -us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. - -6:24 And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the -LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as -it is at this day. - -6:25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these -commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us. - -7:1 When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou -goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the -Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, -and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations -greater and mightier than thou; 7:2 And when the LORD thy God shall -deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy -them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: -7:3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou -shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy -son. - -7:4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may -serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against -you, and destroy thee suddenly. - -7:5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, -and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their -graven images with fire. - -7:6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy -God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all -people that are upon the face of the earth. - -7:7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye -were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all -people: 7:8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep -the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought -you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of -bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. - -7:9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, -which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his -commandments to a thousand generations; 7:10 And repayeth them that -hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him -that hateth him, he will repay him to his face. - -7:11 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and -the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them. - -7:12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these -judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep -unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers: -7:13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will -also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, -and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks -of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give -thee. - -7:14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male -or female barren among you, or among your cattle. - -7:15 And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put -none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but -will lay them upon all them that hate thee. - -7:16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God -shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither -shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee. - -7:17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; -how can I dispossess them? 7:18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but -shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto -all Egypt; 7:19 The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the -signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out -arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy -God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid. - -7:20 Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until -they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed. - -7:21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is -among you, a mighty God and terrible. - -7:22 And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by -little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the -beasts of the field increase upon thee. - -7:23 But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall -destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed. - -7:24 And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt -destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to -stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. - -7:25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou -shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto -thee, lest thou be snared therin: for it is an abomination to the LORD -thy God. - -7:26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest -thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and -thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing. - -8:1 All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye -observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess -the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers. - -8:2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led -thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove -thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his -commandments, or no. - -8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee -with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that -he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by -every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live. - -8:4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, -these forty years. - -8:5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth -his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. - -8:6 Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to -walk in his ways, and to fear him. - -8:7 For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of -brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys -and hills; 8:8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, -and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; 8:9 A land wherein -thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing -in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou -mayest dig brass. - -8:10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD -thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. - -8:11 Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his -commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command -thee this day: 8:12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast -built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; 8:13 And when thy herds and -thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and -all that thou hast is multiplied; 8:14 Then thine heart be lifted up, -and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the -land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; 8:15 Who led thee through -that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and -scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee -forth water out of the rock of flint; 8:16 Who fed thee in the -wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might -humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy -latter end; 8:17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might -of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. - -8:18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that -giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant -which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. - -8:19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and -walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify -against you this day that ye shall surely perish. - -8:20 As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so -shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of -the LORD your God. - -9:1 Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to -possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and -fenced up to heaven, 9:2 A people great and tall, the children of the -Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can -stand before the children of Anak! 9:3 Understand therefore this day, -that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a -consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down -before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them -quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee. - -9:4 Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath -cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD -hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of -these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee. - -9:5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, -dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these -nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and -that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, -Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. - -9:6 Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this -good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a -stiffnecked people. - -9:7 Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to -wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of -the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been -rebellious against the LORD. - -9:8 Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was -angry with you to have destroyed you. - -9:9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, -even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I -abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat -bread nor drink water: 9:10 And the LORD delivered unto me two tables -of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written -according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount -out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. - -9:11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, -that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the -covenant. - -9:12 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from -hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have -corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way -which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image. - -9:13 Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this -people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: 9:14 Let me alone, -that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: -and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. - -9:15 So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned -with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. - -9:16 And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your -God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out -of the way which the LORD had commanded you. - -9:17 And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and -brake them before your eyes. - -9:18 And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and -forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all -your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, -to provoke him to anger. - -9:19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the -LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto -me at that time also. - -9:20 And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and -I prayed for Aaron also the same time. - -9:21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it -with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was -as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that -descended out of the mount. - -9:22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye -provoked the LORD to wrath. - -9:23 Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up -and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against -the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor -hearkened to his voice. - -9:24 Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew -you. - -9:25 Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as -I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy -you. - -9:26 I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy -not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through -thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a -mighty hand. - -9:27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto -the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their -sin: 9:28 Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the -LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, -and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in -the wilderness. - -9:29 Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou -broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm. - -10:1 At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone -like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee -an ark of wood. - -10:2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first -tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark. - -10:3 And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone -like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables -in mine hand. - -10:4 And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the -ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of -the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave -them unto me. - -10:5 And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the -tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD -commanded me. - -10:6 And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the -children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was -buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his -stead. - -10:7 From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to -Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters. - -10:8 At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the -ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister -unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day. - -10:9 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; -the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised -him. - -10:10 And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty -days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time -also, and the LORD would not destroy thee. - -10:11 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the -people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto -their fathers to give unto them. - -10:12 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but -to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, -and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy -soul, 10:13 To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, -which I command thee this day for thy good? 10:14 Behold, the heaven -and the heaven of heavens is the LORD's thy God, the earth also, with -all that therein is. - -10:15 Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he -chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this -day. - -10:16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more -stiffnecked. - -10:17 For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great -God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh -reward: 10:18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and -widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. - -10:19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the -land of Egypt. - -10:20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to -him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name. - -10:21 He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee -these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen. - -10:22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten -persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of -heaven for multitude. - -11:1 Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, -and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway. - -11:2 And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which -have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD -your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm, -11:3 And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of -Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land; 11:4 And -what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their -chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as -they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this -day; 11:5 And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came -into this place; 11:6 And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons -of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and -swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the -substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel: -11:7 But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he -did. - -11:8 Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you -this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, -whither ye go to possess it; 11:9 And that ye may prolong your days in -the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and -to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey. - -11:10 For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the -land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, -and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs: 11:11 But the -land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and -drinketh water of the rain of heaven: 11:12 A land which the LORD thy -God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from -the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year. - -11:13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto -my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your -God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, -11:14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, -the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy -corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. - -11:15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou -mayest eat and be full. - -11:16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye -turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; 11:17 And then the -LORD's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that -there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye -perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you. - -11:18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in -your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be -as frontlets between your eyes. - -11:19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when -thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when -thou liest down, and when thou risest up. - -11:20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, -and upon thy gates: 11:21 That your days may be multiplied, and the -days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your -fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth. - -11:22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I -command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his -ways, and to cleave unto him; 11:23 Then will the LORD drive out all -these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations -and mightier than yourselves. - -11:24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be -yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river -Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be. - -11:25 There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD -your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the -land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you. - -11:26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; 11:27 -A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I -command you this day: 11:28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the -commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which -I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not -known. - -11:29 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought -thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou -shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount -Ebal. - -11:30 Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun -goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the -champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh? 11:31 For -ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD -your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein. - -11:32 And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which -I set before you this day. - -12:1 These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to -do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to -possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. - -12:2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations -which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and -upon the hills, and under every green tree: 12:3 And ye shall -overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves -with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and -destroy the names of them out of that place. - -12:4 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God. - -12:5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of -all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall -ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: 12:6 And thither ye shall bring -your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave -offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, -and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: 12:7 And there ye -shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that -ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy -God hath blessed thee. - -12:8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, -every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes. - -12:9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, -which the LORD your God giveth you. - -12:10 But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD -your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all -your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety; 12:11 Then there -shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his -name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; -your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave -offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the -LORD: 12:12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and -your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your -maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as -he hath no part nor inheritance with you. - -12:13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in -every place that thou seest: 12:14 But in the place which the LORD -shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt -offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee. - -12:15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, -whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the -LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may -eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart. - -12:16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth -as water. - -12:17 Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or -of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy -flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill -offerings, or heave offering of thine hand: 12:18 But thou must eat -them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall -choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and -thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou -shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine -hands unto. - -12:19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as -thou livest upon the earth. - -12:20 When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath -promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul -longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul -lusteth after. - -12:21 If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name -there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of -thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, -and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. - -12:22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat -them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike. - -12:23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the -life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh. - -12:24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as -water. - -12:25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with -thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the -sight of the LORD. - -12:26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt -take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose: 12:27 And -thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon -the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall -be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat -the flesh. - -12:28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it -may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when -thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy -God. - -12:29 When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before -thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, -and dwellest in their land; 12:30 Take heed to thyself that thou be -not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before -thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did -these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. - -12:31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every -abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their -gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the -fire to their gods. - -12:32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt -not add thereto, nor diminish from it. - -13:1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and -giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 13:2 And the sign or the wonder come -to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other -gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 13:3 Thou -shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of -dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the -LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. - -13:4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his -commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave -unto him. - -13:5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to -death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, -which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of -the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy -God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from -the midst of thee. - -13:6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy -daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine -own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other -gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; 13:7 Namely, -of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, -or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the -other end of the earth; 13:8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor -hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou -spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: 13:9 But thou shalt surely kill -him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and -afterwards the hand of all the people. - -13:10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he -hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought -thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. - -13:11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any -such wickedness as this is among you. - -13:12 If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy -God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, 13:13 Certain men, the -children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn -the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, -which ye have not known; 13:14 Then shalt thou enquire, and make -search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing -certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; 13:15 Thou shalt -surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, -destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle -thereof, with the edge of the sword. - -13:16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the -street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil -thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for -ever; it shall not be built again. - -13:17 And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: -that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee -mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath -sworn unto thy fathers; 13:18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice of -the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee -this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God. - -14:1 Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut -yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. - -14:2 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD -hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the -nations that are upon the earth. - -14:3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. - -14:4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and -the goat, 14:5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the -wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. - -14:6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft -into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall -eat. - -14:7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or -of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and -the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore -they are unclean unto you. - -14:8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the -cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor -touch their dead carcase. - -14:9 These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have -fins and scales shall ye eat: 14:10 And whatsoever hath not fins and -scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you. - -14:11 Of all clean birds ye shall eat. - -14:12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the -ossifrage, and the ospray, 14:13 And the glede, and the kite, and the -vulture after his kind, 14:14 And every raven after his kind, 14:15 -And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after -his kind, 14:16 The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, 14:17 -And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant, 14:18 And the -stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. - -14:19 And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they -shall not be eaten. - -14:20 But of all clean fowls ye may eat. - -14:21 Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt -give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or -thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto -the LORD thy God. - -Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. - -14:22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the -field bringeth forth year by year. - -14:23 And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which -he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy -wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy -flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always. - -14:24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able -to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy -God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath -blessed thee: 14:25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up -the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD -thy God shall choose: 14:26 And thou shalt bestow that money for -whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for -wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and -thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, -thou, and thine household, 14:27 And the Levite that is within thy -gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance -with thee. - -14:28 At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe -of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: -14:29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with -thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are -within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the -LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou -doest. - -15:1 At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. - -15:2 And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that -lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact -it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the -LORD's release. - -15:3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is -thine with thy brother thine hand shall release; 15:4 Save when there -shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in -the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to -possess it: 15:5 Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the -LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command -thee this day. - -15:6 For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou -shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou -shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee. - -15:7 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within -any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou -shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor -brother: 15:8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt -surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. - -15:9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, -The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be -evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry -unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. - -15:10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved -when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy -God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest -thine hand unto. - -15:11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I -command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy -brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. - -15:12 And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold -unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou -shalt let him go free from thee. - -15:13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let -him go away empty: 15:14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy -flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that -wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. - -15:15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of -Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee -this thing to day. - -15:16 And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from -thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with -thee; 15:17 Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear -unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy -maidservant thou shalt do likewise. - -15:18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away -free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, -in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in -all that thou doest. - -15:19 All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock -thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with -the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep. - -15:20 Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the -place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household. - -15:21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, -or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy -God. - -15:22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean -person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart. - -15:23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it -upon the ground as water. - -16:1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD -thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth -out of Egypt by night. - -16:2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy -God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall -choose to place his name there. - -16:3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou -eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou -camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest -remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all -the days of thy life. - -16:4 And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy -coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which -thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the -morning. - -16:5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, -which the LORD thy God giveth thee: 16:6 But at the place which the -LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt -sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the -season that thou camest forth out of Egypt. - -16:7 And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy -God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy -tents. - -16:8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day -shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work -therein. - -16:9 Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the -seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the -corn. - -16:10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God -with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt -give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed -thee: 16:11 And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and -thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, -and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the -fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the -LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there. - -16:12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and -thou shalt observe and do these statutes. - -16:13 Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after -that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine: 16:14 And thou shalt -rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy -manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the -fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. - -16:15 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God -in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God -shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine -hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. - -16:16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD -thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened -bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and -they shall not appear before the LORD empty: 16:17 Every man shall -give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God -which he hath given thee. - -16:18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which -the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall -judge the people with just judgment. - -16:19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, -neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and -pervert the words of the righteous. - -16:20 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou -mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. - -16:21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the -altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee. - -16:22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God -hateth. - -17:1 Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or -sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an -abomination unto the LORD thy God. - -17:2 If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the -LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness -in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, 17:3 -And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the -sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not -commanded; 17:4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and -enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, -that such abomination is wrought in Israel: 17:5 Then shalt thou bring -forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, -unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with -stones, till they die. - -17:6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that -is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he -shall not be put to death. - -17:7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to -death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put -the evil away from among you. - -17:8 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between -blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, -being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, -and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose; -17:9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the -judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew -thee the sentence of judgment: 17:10 And thou shalt do according to -the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose -shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that -they inform thee: 17:11 According to the sentence of the law which -they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall -tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence -which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. - -17:12 And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken -unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy -God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put -away the evil from Israel. - -17:13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more -presumptuously. - -17:14 When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth -thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I -will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me; -17:15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy -God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over -thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy -brother. - -17:16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the -people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: -forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return -no more that way. - -17:17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn -not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and -gold. - -17:18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, -that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which -is before the priests the Levites: 17:19 And it shall be with him, and -he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to -fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these -statutes, to do them: 17:20 That his heart be not lifted up above his -brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the -right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in -his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel. - -18:1 The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no -part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the -LORD made by fire, and his inheritance. - -18:2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: -the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. - -18:3 And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them -that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give -unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. - -18:4 The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, -and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. - -18:5 For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to -stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever. - -18:6 And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, -where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the -place which the LORD shall choose; 18:7 Then he shall minister in the -name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which -stand there before the LORD. - -18:8 They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of -the sale of his patrimony. - -18:9 When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth -thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those -nations. - -18:10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son -or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or -an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. - -18:11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, -or a necromancer. - -18:12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: -and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out -from before thee. - -18:13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God. - -18:14 For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto -observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy -God hath not suffered thee so to do. - -18:15 The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the -midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall -hearken; 18:16 According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy -God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again -the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any -more, that I die not. - -18:17 And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they -have spoken. - -18:18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like -unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto -them all that I shall command him. - -18:19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto -my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. - -18:20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, -which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the -name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. - -18:21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which -the LORD hath not spoken? 18:22 When a prophet speaketh in the name -of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the -thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it -presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him. - -19:1 When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the -LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in -their cities, and in their houses; 19:2 Thou shalt separate three -cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God -giveth thee to possess it. - -19:3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, -which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that -every slayer may flee thither. - -19:4 And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, -that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he -hated not in time past; 19:5 As when a man goeth into the wood with -his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe -to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and -lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of -those cities, and live: 19:6 Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the -slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is -long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he -hated him not in time past. - -19:7 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three -cities for thee. - -19:8 And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto -thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto -thy fathers; 19:9 If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do -them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to -walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, -beside these three: 19:10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, -which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be -upon thee. - -19:11 But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and -rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth -into one of these cities: 19:12 Then the elders of his city shall send -and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of -blood, that he may die. - -19:13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt -of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. - -19:14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of -old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in -the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it. - -19:15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or -for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two -witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be -established. - -19:16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against -him that which is wrong; 19:17 Then both the men, between whom the -controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and -the judges, which shall be in those days; 19:18 And the judges shall -make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false -witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; 19:19 Then -shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: -so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. - -19:20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall -henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. - -19:21 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye -for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. - -20:1 When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest -horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of -them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of -the land of Egypt. - -20:2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the -priest shall approach and speak unto the people, 20:3 And shall say -unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against -your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, -neither be ye terrified because of them; 20:4 For the LORD your God is -he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save -you. - -20:5 And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is -there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him -go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man -dedicate it. - -20:6 And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet -eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in -the battle, and another man eat of it. - -20:7 And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not -taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the -battle, and another man take her. - -20:8 And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they -shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him -go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well -as his heart. - -20:9 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking -unto the people that they shall make captains of the armies to lead -the people. - -20:10 When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then -proclaim peace unto it. - -20:11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto -thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein -shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. - -20:12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war -against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: 20:13 And when the LORD thy -God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male -thereof with the edge of the sword: 20:14 But the women, and the -little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the -spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the -spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. - -20:15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off -from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. - -20:16 But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth -give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that -breatheth: 20:17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the -Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the -Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: -20:18 That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, -which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the -LORD your God. - -20:19 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war -against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by -forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou -shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to -employ them in the siege: 20:20 Only the trees which thou knowest that -they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and -thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, -until it be subdued. - -21:1 If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth -thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath -slain him: 21:2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and -they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is -slain: 21:3 And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the -slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which -hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke; 21:4 -And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough -valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the -heifer's neck there in the valley: 21:5 And the priests the sons of -Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to -minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their -word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried: 21:6 And all -the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash -their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley: 21:7 And -they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither -have our eyes seen it. - -21:8 Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast -redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's -charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them. - -21:9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among -you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD. - -21:10 When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD -thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them -captive, 21:11 And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and -hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife; 21:12 -Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave her -head, and pare her nails; 21:13 And she shall put the raiment of her -captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail -her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go -in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife. - -21:14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt -let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for -money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast -humbled her. - -21:15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and -they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if -the firstborn son be hers that was hated: 21:16 Then it shall be, when -he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make -the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is -indeed the firstborn: 21:17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the -hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he -hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the -firstborn is his. - -21:18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey -the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when -they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: 21:19 Then shall -his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the -elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 21:20 And they -shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and -rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a -drunkard. - -21:21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he -die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall -hear, and fear. - -21:22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to -be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: 21:23 His body shall not -remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him -that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be -not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. - -22:1 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and -hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto -thy brother. - -22:2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him -not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be -with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it -to him again. - -22:3 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do -with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he -hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest -not hide thyself. - -22:4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the -way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift -them up again. - -22:5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, -neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are -abomination unto the LORD thy God. - -22:6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, -or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam -sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam -with the young: 22:7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and -take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou -mayest prolong thy days. - -22:8 When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement -for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man -fall from thence. - -22:9 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit -of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be -defiled. - -22:10 Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. - -22:11 Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and -linen together. - -22:12 Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy -vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself. - -22:13 If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, 22:14 -And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name -upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found -her not a maid: 22:15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and her -mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto -the elders of the city in the gate: 22:16 And the damsel's father -shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, -and he hateth her; 22:17 And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech -against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these -are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the -cloth before the elders of the city. - -22:18 And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise -him; 22:19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, -and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought -up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he -may not put her away all his days. - -22:20 But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not -found for the damsel: 22:21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to -the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone -her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in -Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put -evil away from among you. - -22:22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then -they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and -the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel. - -22:23 If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a -man find her in the city, and lie with her; 22:24 Then ye shall bring -them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with -stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the -city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so -thou shalt put away evil from among you. - -22:25 But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man -force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall -die. - -22:26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the -damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his -neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter: 22:27 For he found -her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none -to save her. - -22:28 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, -and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; 22:29 Then -the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty -shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled -her, he may not put her away all his days. - -22:30 A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his -father's skirt. - -23:1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut -off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. - -23:2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even -to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of -the LORD. - -23:3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of -the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the -congregation of the LORD for ever: 23:4 Because they met you not with -bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and -because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of -Mesopotamia, to curse thee. - -23:5 Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but -the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because -the LORD thy God loved thee. - -23:6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days -for ever. - -23:7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou -shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land. - -23:8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the -congregation of the LORD in their third generation. - -23:9 When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee -from every wicked thing. - -23:10 If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of -uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of -the camp, he shall not come within the camp: 23:11 But it shall be, -when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the -sun is down, he shall come into the camp again. - -23:12 Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou -shalt go forth abroad: 23:13 And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy -weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou -shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh -from thee: 23:14 For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy -camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; -therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in -thee, and turn away from thee. - -23:15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is -escaped from his master unto thee: 23:16 He shall dwell with thee, -even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy -gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him. - -23:17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a -sodomite of the sons of Israel. - -23:18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, -into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these -are abomination unto the LORD thy God. - -23:19 Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, -usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: 23:20 -Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou -shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all -that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to -possess it. - -23:21 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not -slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; -and it would be sin in thee. - -23:22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. - -23:23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; -even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD -thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth. - -23:24 When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest -eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any -in thy vessel. - -23:25 When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then -thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a -sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn. - -24:1 When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to -pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some -uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and -give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. - -24:2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be -another man's wife. - -24:3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of -divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his -house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife; -24:4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again -to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination -before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the -LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. - -24:5 When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, -neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at -home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken. - -24:6 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: -for he taketh a man's life to pledge. - -24:7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of -Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief -shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you. - -24:8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, -and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: -as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do. - -24:9 Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after -that ye were come forth out of Egypt. - -24:10 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go -into his house to fetch his pledge. - -24:11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend -shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee. - -24:12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: -24:13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun -goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and -it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God. - -24:14 Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, -whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy -land within thy gates: 24:15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, -neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his -heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin -unto thee. - -24:16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither -shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be -put to death for his own sin. - -24:17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the -fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: 24:18 But thou shalt -remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God -redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing. - -24:19 When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast -forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it -shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that -the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. - -24:20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the -boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and -for the widow. - -24:21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not -glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, -and for the widow. - -24:22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of -Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing. - -25:1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto -judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the -righteous, and condemn the wicked. - -25:2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that -the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his -face, according to his fault, by a certain number. - -25:3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should -exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother -should seem vile unto thee. - -25:4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. - -25:5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no -child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: -her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to -wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her. - -25:6 And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall -succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not -put out of Israel. - -25:7 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his -brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My -husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in -Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother. - -25:8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: -and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her; 25:9 Then -shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, -and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall -answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build -up his brother's house. - -25:10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that -hath his shoe loosed. - -25:11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the -one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him -that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the -secrets: 25:12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not -pity her. - -25:13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a -small. - -25:14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and -a small. - -25:15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and -just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the -land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. - -25:16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are -an abomination unto the LORD thy God. - -25:17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come -forth out of Egypt; 25:18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the -hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou -wast faint and weary; and he feared not God. - -25:19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee -rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD -thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt -blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not -forget it. - -26:1 And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the -LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and -dwellest therein; 26:2 That thou shalt take of the first of all the -fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD -thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto -the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there. - -26:3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, -and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am -come unto the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to -give us. - -26:4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set -it down before the altar of the LORD thy God. - -26:5 And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian -ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and -sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, -and populous: 26:6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted -us, and laid upon us hard bondage: 26:7 And when we cried unto the -LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our -affliction, and our labour, and our oppression: 26:8 And the LORD -brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an -outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and -with wonders: 26:9 And he hath brought us into this place, and hath -given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey. - -26:10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, -which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the -LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God: 26:11 And thou -shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given -unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the -stranger that is among you. - -26:12 When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine -increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given -it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that -they may eat within thy gates, and be filled; 26:13 Then thou shalt -say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things -out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto -the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all -thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed -thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them. - -26:14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken -away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for -the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and -have done according to all that thou hast commanded me. - -26:15 Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy -people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest -unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey. - -26:16 This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these -statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all -thine heart, and with all thy soul. - -26:17 Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk -in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his -judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: 26:18 And the LORD hath -avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised -thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; 26:19 And to -make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in -name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the -LORD thy God, as he hath spoken. - -27:1 And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, -Keep all the commandments which I command you this day. - -27:2 And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto -the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee -up great stones, and plaister them with plaister: 27:3 And thou shalt -write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, -that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth -thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy -fathers hath promised thee. - -27:4 Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall -set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and -thou shalt plaister them with plaister. - -27:5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an -altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them. - -27:6 Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: -and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God: -27:7 And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and -rejoice before the LORD thy God. - -27:8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law -very plainly. - -27:9 And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, -saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the -people of the LORD thy God. - -27:10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do -his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day. - -27:11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 27:12 These -shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come -over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, -and Benjamin: 27:13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; -Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. - -27:14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel -with a loud voice, 27:15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or -molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of -the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people -shall answer and say, Amen. - -27:16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And -all the people shall say, Amen. - -27:17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the -people shall say, Amen. - -27:18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And -all the people shall say, Amen. - -27:19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, -fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. - -27:20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he -uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen. - -27:21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the -people shall say, Amen. - -27:22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his -father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, -Amen. - -27:23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the -people shall say, Amen. - -27:24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the -people shall say, Amen. - -27:25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And -all the people shall say, Amen. - -27:26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do -them. And all the people shall say, Amen. - -28:1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto -the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his -commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will -set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 28:2 And all these -blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken -unto the voice of the LORD thy God. - -28:3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in -the field. - -28:4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy -ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the -flocks of thy sheep. - -28:5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. - -28:6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou -be when thou goest out. - -28:7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to -be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, -and flee before thee seven ways. - -28:8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, -and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee -in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. - -28:9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he -hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD -thy God, and walk in his ways. - -28:10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by -the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee. - -28:11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of -thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy -ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give -thee. - -28:12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to -give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work -of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt -not borrow. - -28:13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and -thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou -hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command -thee this day, to observe and to do them: 28:14 And thou shalt not go -aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the -right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. - -28:15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the -voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and -his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses -shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: 28:16 Cursed shalt thou be in -the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. - -28:17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. - -28:18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy -land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. - -28:19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou -be when thou goest out. - -28:20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in -all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be -destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of -thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. - -28:21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he -have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess -it. - -28:22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, -and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the -sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee -until thou perish. - -28:23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the -earth that is under thee shall be iron. - -28:24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from -heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. - -28:25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: -thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before -them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. - -28:26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and -unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. - -28:27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the -emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not -be healed. - -28:28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and -astonishment of heart: 28:29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the -blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and -thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall -save thee. - -28:30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: -thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou -shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. - -28:31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not -eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy -face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto -thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them. - -28:32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, -and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day -long; and there shall be no might in thine hand. - -28:33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which -thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed -alway: 28:34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes -which thou shalt see. - -28:35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a -sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the -top of thy head. - -28:36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set -over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have -known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. - -28:37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, -among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee. - -28:38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather -but little in; for the locust shall consume it. - -28:39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither -drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat -them. - -28:40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou -shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his -fruit. - -28:41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy -them; for they shall go into captivity. - -28:42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. - -28:43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very -high; and thou shalt come down very low. - -28:44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall -be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. - -28:45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue -thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou -hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his -commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: 28:46 And they -shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for -ever. - -28:47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and -with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; 28:48 -Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send -against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want -of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he -have destroyed thee. - -28:49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the -end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue -thou shalt not understand; 28:50 A nation of fierce countenance, which -shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: -28:51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy -land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either -corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy -sheep, until he have destroyed thee. - -28:52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and -fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy -land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy -land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. - -28:53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy -sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in -the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall -distress thee: 28:54 So that the man that is tender among you, and -very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward -the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he -shall leave: 28:55 So that he will not give to any of them of the -flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left -him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall -distress thee in all thy gates. - -28:56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not -adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness -and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, -and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 28:57 And toward her -young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her -children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all -things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy -shall distress thee in thy gates. - -28:58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that -are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and -fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; 28:59 Then the LORD will make thy -plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, -and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. - -28:60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, -which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. - -28:61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in -the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou -be destroyed. - -28:62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars -of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of -the LORD thy God. - -28:63 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to -do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to -destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from -off the land whither thou goest to possess it. - -28:64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one -end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other -gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and -stone. - -28:65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall -the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a -trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: 28:66 And -thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and -night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: 28:67 In the morning -thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, -Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou -shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. - -28:68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by -the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: -and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and -bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. - -29:1 These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded -Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside -the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. - -29:2 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have -seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto -Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; 29:3 The -great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those -great miracles: 29:4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to -perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. - -29:5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes -are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy -foot. - -29:6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong -drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God. - -29:7 And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and -Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote -them: 29:8 And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto -the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh. - -29:9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye -may prosper in all that ye do. - -29:10 Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your -captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the -men of Israel, 29:11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger -that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy -water: 29:12 That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy -God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this -day: 29:13 That he may establish thee to day for a people unto -himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto -thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and -to Jacob. - -29:14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath; -29:15 But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD -our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day: 29:16 -(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came -through the nations which ye passed by; 29:17 And ye have seen their -abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which -were among them:) 29:18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, -or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD -our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should -be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; 29:19 And it come -to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless -himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the -imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: 29:20 The -LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his -jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are -written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out -his name from under heaven. - -29:21 And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes -of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are -written in this book of the law: 29:22 So that the generation to come -of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that -shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of -that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it; 29:23 -And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, -that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like -the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the -LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: 29:24 Even all nations -shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what -meaneth the heat of this great anger? 29:25 Then men shall say, -Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their -fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the -land of Egypt: 29:26 For they went and served other gods, and -worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given -unto them: 29:27 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this -land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book: -29:28 And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in -wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as -it is this day. - -29:29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things -which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that -we may do all the words of this law. - -30:1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon -thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and -thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD -thy God hath driven thee, 30:2 And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, -and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this -day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy -soul; 30:3 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and -have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all -the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee. - -30:4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, -from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he -fetch thee: 30:5 And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land -which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do -thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. - -30:6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart -of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with -all thy soul, that thou mayest live. - -30:7 And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine -enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee. - -30:8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all -his commandments which I command thee this day. - -30:9 And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of -thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, -and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again -rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: 30:10 If -thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his -commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the -law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and -with all thy soul. - -30:11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not -hidden from thee, neither is it far off. - -30:12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up -for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do -it? 30:13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who -shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear -it, and do it? 30:14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy -mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. - -30:15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death -and evil; 30:16 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy -God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his -statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and -the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to -possess it. - -30:17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but -shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; 30:18 I -denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye -shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over -Jordan to go to possess it. - -30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I -have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore -choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 30:20 That thou -mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and -that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length -of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware -unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. - -31:1 And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel. - -31:2 And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this -day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto -me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. - -31:3 The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will -destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: -and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said. - -31:4 And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, -kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed. - -31:5 And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do -unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded -you. - -31:6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: -for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not -fail thee, nor forsake thee. - -31:7 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of -all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with -this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers -to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. - -31:8 And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with -thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither -be dismayed. - -31:9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the -sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto -all the elders of Israel. - -31:10 And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven -years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of -tabernacles, 31:11 When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD -thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law -before all Israel in their hearing. - -31:12 Gather the people together, men and women, and children, and thy -stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they -may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words -of this law: 31:13 And that their children, which have not known any -thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye -live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. - -31:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that -thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle -of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and -Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the -congregation. - -31:15 And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: -and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle. - -31:16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy -fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods -of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and -will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. - -31:17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I -will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall -be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that -they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because -our God is not among us? 31:18 And I will surely hide my face in that -day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are -turned unto other gods. - -31:19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the -children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a -witness for me against the children of Israel. - -31:20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware -unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall -have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn -unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my -covenant. - -31:21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are -befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; -for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I -know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have -brought them into the land which I sware. - -31:22 Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the -children of Israel. - -31:23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong -and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel -into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee. - -31:24 And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the -words of this law in a book, until they were finished, 31:25 That -Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the -LORD, saying, 31:26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side -of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there -for a witness against thee. - -31:27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am -yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; -and how much more after my death? 31:28 Gather unto me all the elders -of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in -their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them. - -31:29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt -yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; -and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil -in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of -your hands. - -31:30 And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel -the words of this song, until they were ended. - -32:1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the -words of my mouth. - -32:2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the -dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon -the grass: 32:3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe -ye greatness unto our God. - -32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are -judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. - -32:5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his -children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. - -32:6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not -he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and -established thee? 32:7 Remember the days of old, consider the years -of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy -elders, and they will tell thee. - -32:8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when -he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people -according to the number of the children of Israel. - -32:9 For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his -inheritance. - -32:10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling -wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the -apple of his eye. - -32:11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, -spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: -32:12 So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god -with him. - -32:13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might -eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of -the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; 32:14 Butter of kine, and -milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and -goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure -blood of the grape. - -32:15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art -grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which -made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. - -32:16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with -abominations provoked they him to anger. - -32:17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew -not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. - -32:18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast -forgotten God that formed thee. - -32:19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the -provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. - -32:20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what -their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children -in whom is no faith. - -32:21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they -have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to -jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to -anger with a foolish nation. - -32:22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the -lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on -fire the foundations of the mountains. - -32:23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon -them. - -32:24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, -and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon -them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. - -32:25 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the -young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray -hairs. - -32:26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the -remembrance of them to cease from among men: 32:27 Were it not that I -feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave -themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and -the LORD hath not done all this. - -32:28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any -understanding in them. - -32:29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they -would consider their latter end! 32:30 How should one chase a -thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had -sold them, and the LORD had shut them up? 32:31 For their rock is not -as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. - -32:32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of -Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter: -32:33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of -asps. - -32:34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my -treasures? 32:35 To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot -shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and -the things that shall come upon them make haste. - -32:36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his -servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none -shut up, or left. - -32:37 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they -trusted, 32:38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank -the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and -be your protection. - -32:39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I -kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that -can deliver out of my hand. - -32:40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. - -32:41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on -judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward -them that hate me. - -32:42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall -devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the -captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. - -32:43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the -blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, -and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. - -32:44 And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears -of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun. - -32:45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel: -32:46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which -I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to -observe to do, all the words of this law. - -32:47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and -through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye -go over Jordan to possess it. - -32:48 And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying, 32:49 -Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in -the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of -Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession: -32:50 And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto -thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered -unto his people: 32:51 Because ye trespassed against me among the -children of Israel at the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness -of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of -Israel. - -32:52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go -thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel. - -33:1 And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed -the children of Israel before his death. - -33:2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto -them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands -of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. - -33:3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and -they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words. - -33:4 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the -congregation of Jacob. - -33:5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the -tribes of Israel were gathered together. - -33:6 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. - -33:7 And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the -voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be -sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies. - -33:8 And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy -holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst -strive at the waters of Meribah; 33:9 Who said unto his father and to -his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his -brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, -and kept thy covenant. - -33:10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they -shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine -altar. - -33:11 Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands; -smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them -that hate him, that they rise not again. - -33:12 And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in -safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he -shall dwell between his shoulders. - -33:13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the -precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth -beneath, 33:14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, -and for the precious things put forth by the moon, 33:15 And for the -chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of -the lasting hills, 33:16 And for the precious things of the earth and -fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: -let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the -head of him that was separated from his brethren. - -33:17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns -are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people -together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of -Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. - -33:18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, -Issachar, in thy tents. - -33:19 They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall -offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the -abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. - -33:20 And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he -dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. - -33:21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a -portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of -the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments -with Israel. - -33:22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from -Bashan. - -33:23 And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and -full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the -south. - -33:24 And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let -him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. - -33:25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy -strength be. - -33:26 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the -heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. - -33:27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the -everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; -and shall say, Destroy them. - -33:28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob -shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop -down dew. - -33:29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved -by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy -excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou -shalt tread upon their high places. - -34:1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of -Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD -shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, 34:2 And all Naphtali, -and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto -the utmost sea, 34:3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of -Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. - -34:4 And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto -Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy -seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not -go over thither. - -34:5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, -according to the word of the LORD. - -34:6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against -Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. - -34:7 And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his -eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. - -34:8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab -thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. - -34:9 And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for -Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel -hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses. - -34:10 And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, -whom the LORD knew face to face, 34:11 In all the signs and the -wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to -Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, 34:12 And in -all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed -in the sight of all Israel. - - - - -The Book of Joshua - - -1:1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to -pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, -saying, 1:2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over -this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give -to them, even to the children of Israel. - -1:3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have -I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. - -1:4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, -the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great -sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. - -1:5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days -of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not -fail thee, nor forsake thee. - -1:6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou -divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers -to give them. - -1:7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe -to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: -turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest -prosper withersoever thou goest. - -1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou -shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do -according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy -way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. - -1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not -afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee -whithersoever thou goest. - -1:10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 1:11 -Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you -victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go -in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess -it. - -1:12 And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe -of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying, 1:13 Remember the word which Moses -the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath -given you rest, and hath given you this land. - -1:14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in -the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass -before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help -them; 1:15 Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath -given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your -God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your -possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD's servant gave you on -this side Jordan toward the sunrising. - -1:16 And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we -will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go. - -1:17 According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we -hearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with -Moses. - -1:18 Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will -not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall -be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage. - -2:1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy -secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and -came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there. - -2:2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came -men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the -country. - -2:3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the -men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for -they be come to search out all the country. - -2:4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There -came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were: 2:5 And it came to -pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that -the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them -quickly; for ye shall overtake them. - -2:6 But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them -with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof. - -2:7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: -and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut -the gate. - -2:8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the -roof; 2:9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given -you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the -inhabitants of the land faint because of you. - -2:10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea -for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings -of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, -whom ye utterly destroyed. - -2:11 And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, -neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: -for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth -beneath. - -2:12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I -have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my -father's house, and give me a true token: 2:13 And that ye will save -alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and -all that they have, and deliver our lives from death. - -2:14 And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not -this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the -land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee. - -2:15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her -house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. - -2:16 And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the -pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the -pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way. - -2:17 And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine -oath which thou hast made us swear. - -2:18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of -scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou -shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy -father's household, home unto thee. - -2:19 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy -house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will -be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood -shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. - -2:20 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of -thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. - -2:21 And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent -them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the -window. - -2:22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three -days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them -throughout all the way, but found them not. - -2:23 So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and -passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all -things that befell them: 2:24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the -LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the -inhabitants of the country do faint because of us. - -3:1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from -Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and -lodged there before they passed over. - -3:2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went -through the host; 3:3 And they commanded the people, saying, When ye -see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the -Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after -it. - -3:4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand -cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by -which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore. - -3:5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to -morrow the LORD will do wonders among you. - -3:6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the -covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of -the covenant, and went before the people. - -3:7 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify -thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was -with Moses, so I will be with thee. - -3:8 And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the -covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of -Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan. - -3:9 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear -the words of the LORD your God. - -3:10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is -among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the -Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and -the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites. - -3:11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth -passeth over before you into Jordan. - -3:12 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, -out of every tribe a man. - -3:13 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of -the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth, -shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be -cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall -stand upon an heap. - -3:14 And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to -pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant -before the people; 3:15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto -Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in -the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the -time of harvest,) 3:16 That the waters which came down from above -stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is -beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, -even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed -over right against Jericho. - -3:17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD -stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the -Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed -clean over Jordan. - -4:1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over -Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, 4:2 Take you twelve -men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, 4:3 And command ye -them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the -place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall -carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where -ye shall lodge this night. - -4:4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the -children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: 4:5 And Joshua said unto -them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of -Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, -according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel: 4:6 -That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their -fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones? 4:7 -Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off -before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over -Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be -for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever. - -4:8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up -twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto -Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of -Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they -lodged, and laid them down there. - -4:9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the -place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant -stood: and they are there unto this day. - -4:10 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, -until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak -unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the -people hasted and passed over. - -4:11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, -that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence -of the people. - -4:12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the -tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as -Moses spake unto them: 4:13 About forty thousand prepared for war -passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. - -4:14 On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; -and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life. - -4:15 And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, 4:16 Command the priests -that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. - -4:17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of -Jordan. - -4:18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the -covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the -soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the -waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his -banks, as they did before. - -4:19 And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the -first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. - -4:20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did -Joshua pitch in Gilgal. - -4:21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your -children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean -these stones? 4:22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, -Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. - -4:23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before -you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red -sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: 4:24 -That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that -it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever. - -5:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which -were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the -Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up -the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were -passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them -any more, because of the children of Israel. - -5:2 At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, -and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. - -5:3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of -Israel at the hill of the foreskins. - -5:4 And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people -that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died -in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt. - -5:5 Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the -people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth -out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised. - -5:6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, -till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, -were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto -whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the -LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that -floweth with milk and honey. - -5:7 And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua -circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not -circumcised them by the way. - -5:8 And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the -people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were -whole. - -5:9 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the -reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is -called Gilgal unto this day. - -5:10 And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the -passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of -Jericho. - -5:11 And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after -the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day. - -5:12 And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the -old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any -more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. - -5:13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted -up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against -him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and -said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? 5:14 And he -said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And -Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto -him, What saith my Lord unto his servant? 5:15 And the captain of the -LORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for -the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so. - -6:1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of -Israel: none went out, and none came in. - -6:2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand -Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. - -6:3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round -about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. - -6:4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of -rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven -times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. - -6:5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with -the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the -people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall -fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight -before him. - -6:6 And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, -Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven -trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD. - -6:7 And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and -let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD. - -6:8 And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that -the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on -before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the -covenant of the LORD followed them. - -6:9 And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the -trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, -and blowing with the trumpets. - -6:10 And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, -nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out -of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout. - -6:11 So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: -and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. - -6:12 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the -ark of the LORD. - -6:13 And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before -the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: -and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the -ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. - -6:14 And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned -into the camp: so they did six days. - -6:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early -about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same -manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven -times. - -6:16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew -with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD -hath given you the city. - -6:17 And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are -therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all -that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we -sent. - -6:18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest -ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and -make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. - -6:19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are -consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the -LORD. - -6:20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: -and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, -and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down -flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight -before him, and they took the city. - -6:21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and -woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the -sword. - -6:22 But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the -country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, -and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her. - -6:23 And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, -and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she -had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the -camp of Israel. - -6:24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only -the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they -put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. - -6:25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's -household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto -this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out -Jericho. - -6:26 And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man -before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he -shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest -son shall he set up the gates of it. - -6:27 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout -all the country. - -7:1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed -thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of -Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the -anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel. - -7:2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, -on the east of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the -country. - -And the men went up and viewed Ai. - -7:3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the -people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite -Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but -few. - -7:4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: -and they fled before the men of Ai. - -7:5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they -chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in -the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became -as water. - -7:6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face -before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of -Israel, and put dust upon their heads. - -7:7 And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at all -brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the -Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt -on the other side Jordan! 7:8 O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel -turneth their backs before their enemies! 7:9 For the Canaanites and -all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us -round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto -thy great name? 7:10 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; -wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? 7:11 Israel hath sinned, and -they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for -they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and -dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. - -7:12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their -enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they -were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy -the accursed from among you. - -7:13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to -morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed -thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before -thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you. - -7:14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your -tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall -come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD -shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD -shall take shall come man by man. - -7:15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing -shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath -transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought -folly in Israel. - -7:16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by -their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: 7:17 And he brought -the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he -brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: -7:18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of -Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was -taken. - -7:19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to -the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now -what thou hast done; hide it not from me. - -7:20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against -the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: 7:21 When I saw -among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels -of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted -them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the -midst of my tent, and the silver under it. - -7:22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, -behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. - -7:23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them -unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out -before the LORD. - -7:24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, -and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, -and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his -tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of -Achor. - -7:25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall -trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and -burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones. - -7:26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So -the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name -of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day. - -8:1 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: -take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I -have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, -and his land: 8:2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst -unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle -thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush -for the city behind it. - -8:3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: -and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent -them away by night. - -8:4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait -against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, -but be ye all ready: 8:5 And I, and all the people that are with me, -will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come -out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them, 8:6 -(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the -city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: -therefore we will flee before them. - -8:7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: -for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. - -8:8 And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set -the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye -do. See, I have commanded you. - -8:9 Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, -and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua -lodged that night among the people. - -8:10 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, -and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai. - -8:11 And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, -went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the -north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai. - -8:12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in -ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city. - -8:13 And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on -the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the -city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley. - -8:14 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted -and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to -battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; -but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the -city. - -8:15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before -them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. - -8:16 And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue -after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from -the city. - -8:17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out -after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel. - -8:18 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in -thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua -stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city. - -8:19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as -soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, -and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire. - -8:20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, -the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to -flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness -turned back upon the pursuers. - -8:21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the -city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, -and slew the men of Ai. - -8:22 And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were -in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and -they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape. - -8:23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. - -8:24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all -the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they -chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, -until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, -and smote it with the edge of the sword. - -8:25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and -women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. - -8:26 For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the -spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. - -8:27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey -unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he -commanded Joshua. - -8:28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a -desolation unto this day. - -8:29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as -soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his -carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of -the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth -unto this day. - -8:30 Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount -Ebal, 8:31 As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of -Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of -whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they -offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace -offerings. - -8:32 And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, -which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel. - -8:33 And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, -stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the -Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the -stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against -mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the -servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the -people of Israel. - -8:34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and -cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law. - -8:35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua -read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and -the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them. - -9:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side -Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the -great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the -Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof; -9:2 That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and -with Israel, with one accord. - -9:3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto -Jericho and to Ai, 9:4 They did work wilily, and went and made as if -they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and -wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; 9:5 And old shoes and -clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread -of their provision was dry and mouldy. - -9:6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto -him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now -therefore make ye a league with us. - -9:7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell -among us; and how shall we make a league with you? 9:8 And they said -unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are -ye? and from whence come ye? 9:9 And they said unto him, From a very -far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy -God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, -9:10 And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were -beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, -which was at Ashtaroth. - -9:11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake -to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet -them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a -league with us. - -9:12 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on -the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and -it is mouldy: 9:13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were -new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes -are become old by reason of the very long journey. - -9:14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the -mouth of the LORD. - -9:15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to -let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them. - -9:16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made -a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, -and that they dwelt among them. - -9:17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities -on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and -Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim. - -9:18 And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of -the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And -all the congregation murmured against the princes. - -9:19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn -unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch -them. - -9:20 This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath -be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them. - -9:21 And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be -hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the -princes had promised them. - -9:22 And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, -Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when -ye dwell among us? 9:23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall -none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and -drawers of water for the house of my God. - -9:24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told -thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to -give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land -from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of -you, and have done this thing. - -9:25 And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and -right unto thee to do unto us, do. - -9:26 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of -the children of Israel, that they slew them not. - -9:27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water -for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this -day, in the place which he should choose. - -10:1 Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heard -how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done -to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how -the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among -them; 10:2 That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, -as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and -all the men thereof were mighty. - -10:3 Wherefore Adonizedec king of Jerusalem, sent unto Hoham king of -Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of -Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying, 10:4 Come up unto me, -and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with -Joshua and with the children of Israel. - -10:5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, -the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king -of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all -their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it. - -10:6 And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, -saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, -and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell -in the mountains are gathered together against us. - -10:7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war -with him, and all the mighty men of valour. - -10:8 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have -delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand -before thee. - -10:9 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal -all night. - -10:10 And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with -a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth -up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah. - -10:11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were -in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones -from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which -died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with -the sword. - -10:12 Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered -up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the -sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in -the valley of Ajalon. - -10:13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people -had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the -book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and -hasted not to go down about a whole day. - -10:14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the -LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for -Israel. - -10:15 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to -Gilgal. - -10:16 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at -Makkedah. - -10:17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in -a cave at Makkedah. - -10:18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, -and set men by it for to keep them: 10:19 And stay ye not, but pursue -after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to -enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered them -into your hand. - -10:20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had -made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they -were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into -fenced cities. - -10:21 And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in -peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. - -10:22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out -those five kings unto me out of the cave. - -10:23 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out -of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of -Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. - -10:24 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto -Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto -the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put -your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put -their feet upon the necks of them. - -10:25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong -and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies -against whom ye fight. - -10:26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them -on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening. - -10:27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, -that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast -them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in -the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day. - -10:28 And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of -the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all -the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the -king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho. - -10:29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto -Libnah, and fought against Libnah: 10:30 And the LORD delivered it -also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it -with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he -let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto -the king of Jericho. - -10:31 And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto -Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: 10:32 And the -LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the -second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls -that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah. - -10:33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua -smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining. - -10:34 And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with -him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it: 10:35 And -they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and -all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, -according to all that he had done to Lachish. - -10:36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto -Hebron; and they fought against it: 10:37 And they took it, and smote -it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the -cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none -remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed -it utterly, and all the souls that were therein. - -10:38 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and -fought against it: 10:39 And he took it, and the king thereof, and all -the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, -and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none -remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the -king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king. - -10:40 So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, -and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none -remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of -Israel commanded. - -10:41 And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza, and all -the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon. - -10:42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, -because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel. - -10:43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to -Gilgal. - -11:1 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those -things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of -Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, 11:2 And to the kings that were -on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, -and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west, 11:3 And to -the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the -Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to -the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh. - -11:4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much -people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with -horses and chariots very many. - -11:5 And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched -together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel. - -11:6 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for -to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before -Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with -fire. - -11:7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them -by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them. - -11:8 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote -them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and -unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they -left them none remaining. - -11:9 And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their -horses, and burnt their chariots with fire. - -11:10 And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote -the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of -all those kingdoms. - -11:11 And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of -the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: -and he burnt Hazor with fire. - -11:12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, -did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he -utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded. - -11:13 But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel -burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn. - -11:14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children -of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote -with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither -left they any to breathe. - -11:15 As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command -Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD -commanded Moses. - -11:16 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south -country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, -and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same; 11:17 Even -from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the -valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and -smote them, and slew them. - -11:18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. - -11:19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of -Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they -took in battle. - -11:20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should -come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and -that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the -LORD commanded Moses. - -11:21 And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the -mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the -mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua -destroyed them utterly with their cities. - -11:22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children -of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained. - -11:23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD -said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel -according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from -war. - -12:1 Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel -smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the -rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the -plain on the east: 12:2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in -Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river -Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even -unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; -12:3 And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto -the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to -Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah: 12:4 And the -coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, -that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, 12:5 And reigned in mount -Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the -Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon -king of Heshbon. - -12:6 Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel -smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto -the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh. - -12:7 And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the -children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad -in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to -Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession -according to their divisions; 12:8 In the mountains, and in the -valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, -and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the -Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: 12:9 The -king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; -12:10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; 12:11 The -king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; 12:12 The king of -Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; 12:13 The king of Debir, one; the -king of Geder, one; 12:14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, -one; 12:15 The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; 12:16 -The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one; 12:17 The king of -Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one; 12:18 The king of Aphek, one; -the king of Lasharon, one; 12:19 The king of Madon, one; the king of -Hazor, one; 12:20 The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph, -one; 12:21 The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; 12:22 -The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one; 12:23 The -king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of -Gilgal, one; 12:24 The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and -one. - -13:1 Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto -him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very -much land to be possessed. - -13:2 This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the -Philistines, and all Geshuri, 13:3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt, -even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the -Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the -Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also -the Avites: 13:4 From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and -Mearah that is beside the Sidonians unto Aphek, to the borders of the -Amorites: 13:5 And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward -the sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into -Hamath. - -13:6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto -Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from -before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the -Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee. - -13:7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine -tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh, 13:8 With whom the Reubenites -and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave -them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD -gave them; 13:9 From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, -and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of -Medeba unto Dibon; 13:10 And all the cities of Sihon king of the -Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of -Ammon; 13:11 And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and -Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; 13:12 -All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in -Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses -smite, and cast them out. - -13:13 Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, -nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell -among the Israelites until this day. - -13:14 Only unto the tribes of Levi he gave none inheritance; the -sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their -inheritance, as he said unto them. - -13:15 And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben -inheritance according to their families. - -13:16 And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river -Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the -plain by Medeba; 13:17 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the -plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon, 13:18 And Jahaza, and -Kedemoth, and Mephaath, 13:19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and -Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley, 13:20 And Bethpeor, and -Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth, 13:21 And all the cities of the -plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which -reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, -and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, -dwelling in the country. - -13:22 Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of -Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them. - -13:23 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the -border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben -after their families, the cities and the villages thereof. - -13:24 And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the -children of Gad according to their families. - -13:25 And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and -half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before -Rabbah; 13:26 And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and -from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; 13:27 And in the valley, -Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the -kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the -edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward. - -13:28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their -families, the cities, and their villages. - -13:29 And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and -this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh -by their families. - -13:30 And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom -of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, -threescore cities: 13:31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, -cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the -children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the -children of Machir by their families. - -13:32 These are the countries which Moses did distribute for -inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by -Jericho, eastward. - -13:33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the -LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them. - -14:1 And these are the countries which the children of Israel -inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua -the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the -children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them. - -14:2 By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand -of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe. - -14:3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half -tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none -inheritance among them. - -14:4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: -therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities -to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their -substance. - -14:5 As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and -they divided the land. - -14:6 Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb -the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the -thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and -thee in Kadeshbarnea. - -14:7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me -from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again -as it was in mine heart. - -14:8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of -the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God. - -14:9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy -feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for -ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God. - -14:10 And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these -forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, -while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, -I am this day fourscore and five years old. - -14:11 As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses -sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, -both to go out, and to come in. - -14:12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in -that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, -and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be -with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said. - -14:13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh -Hebron for an inheritance. - -14:14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of -Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed -the LORD God of Israel. - -14:15 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a -great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war. - -15:1 This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by -their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin -southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. - -15:2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from -the bay that looketh southward: 15:3 And it went out to the south side -to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the -south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up -to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa: 15:4 From thence it passed -toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out -of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast. - -15:5 And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of -Jordan. - -And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at -the uttermost part of Jordan: 15:6 And the border went up to -Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border -went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: 15:7 And the border -went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, -looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which -is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the -waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel: 15:8 -And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the -south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went -up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom -westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward: -15:9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the -fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount -Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim: -15:10 And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, -and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on -the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah: -15:11 And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and -the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and -went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the -sea. - -15:12 And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. - -This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to -their families. - -15:13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the -children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, -even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron. - -15:14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and -Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. - -15:15 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name -of Debir before was Kirjathsepher. - -15:16 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to -him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. - -15:17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and -he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. - -15:18 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to -ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said -unto her, What wouldest thou? 15:19 Who answered, Give me a blessing; -for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. -And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs. - -15:20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah -according to their families. - -15:21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah -toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, -15:22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, 15:23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, -and Ithnan, 15:24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, 15:25 And Hazor, -Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor, 15:26 Amam, and -Shema, and Moladah, 15:27 And Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet, -15:28 And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah, 15:29 Baalah, and -Iim, and Azem, 15:30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, 15:31 And -Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, 15:32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, -and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their -villages: 15:33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah, -15:34 And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam, 15:35 Jarmuth, and -Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, 15:36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and -Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages: 15:37 -Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad, 15:38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and -Joktheel, 15:39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, 15:40 And Cabbon, and -Lahmam, and Kithlish, 15:41 And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and -Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages: 15:42 Libnah, and Ether, -and Ashan, 15:43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, 15:44 And Keilah, -and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages: 15:45 -Ekron, with her towns and her villages: 15:46 From Ekron even unto the -sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages: 15:47 Ashdod with -her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto -the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof: 15:48 -And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, 15:49 And Dannah, -and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir, 15:50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and -Anim, 15:51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their -villages: 15:52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, 15:53 And Janum, and -Bethtappuah, and Aphekah, 15:54 And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is -Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages: 15:55 Maon, Carmel, -and Ziph, and Juttah, 15:56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, -15:57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages: 15:58 -Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor, 15:59 And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and -Eltekon; six cities with their villages: 15:60 Kirjathbaal, which is -Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages: 15:61 In -the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah, 15:62 And Nibshan, -and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages. - -15:63 As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children -of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with the -children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day. - -16:1 And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by -Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that -goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel, 16:2 And goeth out from -Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, -16:3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast -of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof are -at the sea. - -16:4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their -inheritance. - -16:5 And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their -families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east -side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper; 16:6 And the border -went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the -border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the -east to Janohah; 16:7 And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to -Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan. - -16:8 The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; -and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of -the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families. - -16:9 And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among -the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their -villages. - -16:10 And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but -the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve -under tribute. - -17:1 There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the -firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the -father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead -and Bashan. - -17:2 There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by -their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of -Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of -Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of -Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by -their families. - -17:3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of -Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are -the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and -Tirzah. - -17:4 And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua -the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded -Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore -according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance -among the brethren of their father. - -17:5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of -Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan; 17:6 Because -the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the -rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead. - -17:7 And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that -lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto -the inhabitants of Entappuah. - -17:8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border -of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim; 17:9 And the coast -descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities -of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh -also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were -at the sea: 17:10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was -Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher -on the north, and in Issachar on the east. - -17:11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her -towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her -towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants -of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her -towns, even three countries. - -17:12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants -of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. - -17:13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen -strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not utterly -drive them out. - -17:14 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast -thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a -great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto? 17:15 -And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up -to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the -Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee. - -17:16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: -and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have -chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and -they who are of the valley of Jezreel. - -17:17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and -to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: -thou shalt not have one lot only: 17:18 But the mountain shall be -thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings -of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though -they have iron chariots, and though they be strong. - -18:1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled -together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation -there. And the land was subdued before them. - -18:2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, -which had not yet received their inheritance. - -18:3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye -slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers -hath given you? 18:4 Give out from among you three men for each -tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the -land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they -shall come again to me. - -18:5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in -their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their -coasts on the north. - -18:6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring -the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before -the LORD our God. - -18:7 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the -LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of -Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, -which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them. - -18:8 And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that -went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and -describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you -before the LORD in Shiloh. - -18:9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by -cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the -host at Shiloh. - -18:10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and -there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to -their divisions. - -18:11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up -according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth -between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. - -18:12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the -border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up -through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the -wilderness of Bethaven. - -18:13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of -Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to -Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether -Bethhoron. - -18:14 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the -sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron southward; -and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is -Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west -quarter. - -18:15 And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the -border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of -Nephtoah: 18:16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain -that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the -valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of -Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel, -18:17 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and -went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of -Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, 18:18 -And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and -went down unto Arabah: 18:19 And the border passed along to the side -of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the -north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the -south coast. - -18:20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the -inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round -about, according to their families. - -18:21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin -according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the -valley of Keziz, 18:22 And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel, 18:23 -And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah, 18:24 And Chepharhaammonai, and -Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages: 18:25 Gibeon, and -Ramah, and Beeroth, 18:26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, 18:27 -And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, 18:28 And Zelah, Eleph, and -Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with -their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin -according to their families. - -19:1 And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of -the children of Simeon according to their families: and their -inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah. - -19:2 And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and -Moladah, 19:3 And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem, 19:4 And Eltolad, -and Bethul, and Hormah, 19:5 And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and -Hazarsusah, 19:6 And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and -their villages: 19:7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities -and their villages: 19:8 And all the villages that were round about -these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the -inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their -families. - -19:9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance -of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was -too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their -inheritance within the inheritance of them. - -19:10 And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according -to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid: -19:11 And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and -reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before -Jokneam; 19:12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising -unto the border of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and -goeth up to Japhia, 19:13 And from thence passeth on along on the east -to Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin, and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to -Neah; 19:14 And the border compasseth it on the north side to -Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel: -19:15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and -Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. - -19:16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to -their families, these cities with their villages. - -19:17 And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of -Issachar according to their families. - -19:18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, -19:19 And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath, 19:20 And Rabbith, and -Kishion, and Abez, 19:21 And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and -Bethpazzez; 19:22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and -Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen -cities with their villages. - -19:23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar -according to their families, the cities and their villages. - -19:24 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of -Asher according to their families. - -19:25 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, -19:26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel -westward, and to Shihorlibnath; 19:27 And turneth toward the sunrising -to Bethdagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel -toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul -on the left hand, 19:28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, -even unto great Zidon; 19:29 And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and -to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the -outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib: 19:30 Ummah -also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages. - -19:31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher -according to their families, these cities with their villages. - -19:32 The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the -children of Naphtali according to their families. - -19:33 And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and -Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were -at Jordan: 19:34 And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor, -and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the -south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon -Jordan toward the sunrising. - -19:35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and -Chinnereth, 19:36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, 19:37 And Kedesh, -and Edrei, and Enhazor, 19:38 And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and -Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. - -19:39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali -according to their families, the cities and their villages. - -19:40 And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of -Dan according to their families. - -19:41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and -Irshemesh, 19:42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah, 19:43 And -Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, 19:44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and -Baalath, 19:45 And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon, 19:46 And -Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho. - -19:47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for -them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, -and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed -it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan -their father. - -19:48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan -according to their families, these cities with their villages. - -19:49 When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance -by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua -the son of Nun among them: 19:50 According to the word of the LORD -they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in mount -Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein. - -19:51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua -the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the -children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before -the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they -made an end of dividing the country. - -20:1 The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying, 20:2 Speak to the -children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, -whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: 20:3 That the slayer -that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and -they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. - -20:4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand -at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause -in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the -city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. - -20:5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not -deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour -unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime. - -20:6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the -congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that -shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto -his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he -fled. - -20:7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and -Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the -mountain of Judah. - -20:8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned -Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and -Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of -the tribe of Manasseh. - -20:9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, -and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever -killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the -hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation. - -21:1 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto -Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads -of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel; 21:2 And they -spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD -commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the -suburbs thereof for our cattle. - -21:3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their -inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their -suburbs. - -21:4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the -children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot -out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of -the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. - -21:5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the -families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out -of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. - -21:6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the -tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe -of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen -cities. - -21:7 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of -Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, -twelve cities. - -21:8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these -cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. - -21:9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out -of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here -mentioned by name. - -21:10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the -Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the -first lot. - -21:11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which -city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof -round about it. - -21:12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they -to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. - -21:13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with -her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with -her suburbs, 21:14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her -suburbs, 21:15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs, -21:16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and -Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. - -21:17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba -with her suburbs, 21:18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her -suburbs; four cities. - -21:19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were -thirteen cities with their suburbs. - -21:20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which -remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their -lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. - -21:21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to -be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs, 21:22 -And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four -cities. - -21:23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon -with her suburbs, 21:24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her -suburbs; four cities. - -21:25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, -and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities. - -21:26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of -the children of Kohath that remained. - -21:27 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the -Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in -Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and -Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities. - -21:28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, -Dabareh with her suburbs, 21:29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim -with her suburbs; four cities. - -21:30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon -with her suburbs, 21:31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her -suburbs; four cities. - -21:32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her -suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with -her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities. - -21:33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families -were thirteen cities with their suburbs. - -21:34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the -Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and -Kartah with her suburbs, 21:35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with -her suburbs; four cities. - -21:36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and -Jahazah with her suburbs, 21:37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and -Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities. - -21:38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, -to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs, -21:39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in -all. - -21:40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, -which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot -twelve cities. - -21:41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the -children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs. - -21:42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: -thus were all these cities. - -21:43 And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to -give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. - -21:44 And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that -he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their -enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their -hand. - -21:45 There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had -spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. - -22:1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half -tribe of Manasseh, 22:2 And said unto them, Ye have kept all that -Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice -in all that I commanded you: 22:3 Ye have not left your brethren these -many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment -of the LORD your God. - -22:4 And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as -he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your -tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant -of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan. - -22:5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which -Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, -and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to -cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all -your soul. - -22:6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto -their tents. - -22:7 Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given -possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua -among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua -sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them, 22:8 And -he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, -and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, -and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your -enemies with your brethren. - -22:9 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half -tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel -out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country -of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were -possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. - -22:10 And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the -land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the -half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar -to see to. - -22:11 And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of -Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have -built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of -Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel. - -22:12 And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole -congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at -Shiloh, to go up to war against them. - -22:13 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and -to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the -land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, 22:14 And with -him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the -tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their -fathers among the thousands of Israel. - -22:15 And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children -of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, -and they spake with them, saying, 22:16 Thus saith the whole -congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed -against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the -LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this -day against the LORD? 22:17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for -us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was -a plague in the congregation of the LORD, 22:18 But that ye must turn -away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel -to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be wroth with the -whole congregation of Israel. - -22:19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then -pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the -LORD's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel -not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar -beside the altar of the LORD our God. - -22:20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed -thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man -perished not alone in his iniquity. - -22:21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half -tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands -of Israel, 22:22 The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he -knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in -transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,) 22:23 That we -have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer -thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace -offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it; 22:24 And if we -have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to -come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye -to do with the LORD God of Israel? 22:25 For the LORD hath made -Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children -of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our -children cease from fearing the LORD. - -22:26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not -for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice: 22:27 But that it may be a -witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we -might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, -and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your -children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part -in the LORD. - -22:28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to -us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, -Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, -not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness -between us and you. - -22:29 God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this -day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, -for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD -our God that is before his tabernacle. - -22:30 And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the -congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, -heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad -and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them. - -22:31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the -children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of -Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye -have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have -delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD. - -22:32 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, -returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, -out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of -Israel, and brought them word again. - -22:33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children -of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in -battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad -dwelt. - -22:34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the -altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God. - -23:1 And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given -rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed -old and stricken in age. - -23:2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for -their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said -unto them, I am old and stricken in age: 23:3 And ye have seen all -that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of -you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you. - -23:4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, -to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the -nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward. - -23:5 And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and -drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as -the LORD your God hath promised unto you. - -23:6 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is -written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside -therefrom to the right hand or to the left; 23:7 That ye come not -among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention -of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve -them, nor bow yourselves unto them: 23:8 But cleave unto the LORD your -God, as ye have done unto this day. - -23:9 For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and -strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto -this day. - -23:10 One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he -it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you. - -23:11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD -your God. - -23:12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant -of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make -marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: 23:13 Know -for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of -these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto -you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye -perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. - -23:14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and -ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing -hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake -concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath -failed thereof. - -23:15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are -come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD -bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off -this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. - -23:16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, -which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed -yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled -against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which -he hath given unto you. - -24:1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and -called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their -judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before -God. - -24:2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of -Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, -even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they -served other gods. - -24:3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, -and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his -seed, and gave him Isaac. - -24:4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount -Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. - -24:5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to -that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out. - -24:6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the -sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and -horsemen unto the Red sea. - -24:7 And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you -and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; -and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the -wilderness a long season. - -24:8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on -the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into -your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from -before you. - -24:9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred -against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse -you: 24:10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed -you still: so I delivered you out of his hand. - -24:11 And you went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of -Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the -Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and -the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand. - -24:12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from -before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy -sword, nor with thy bow. - -24:13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and -cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and -oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat. - -24:14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in -truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other -side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. - -24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this -day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served -that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, -in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the -LORD. - -24:16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should -forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; 24:17 For the LORD our God, he -it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, -from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our -sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all -the people through whom we passed: 24:18 And the LORD drave out from -before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: -therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God. - -24:19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for -he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your -transgressions nor your sins. - -24:20 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will -turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you -good. - -24:21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the -LORD. - -24:22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against -yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they -said, We are witnesses. - -24:23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are -among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel. - -24:24 And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, -and his voice will we obey. - -24:25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them -a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. - -24:26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and -took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the -sanctuary of the LORD. - -24:27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be -a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which -he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye -deny your God. - -24:28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance. - -24:29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of -Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years -old. - -24:30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in -Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill -of Gaash. - -24:31 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the -days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the -works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel. - -24:32 And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up -out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which -Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred -pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of -Joseph. - -24:33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill -that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount -Ephraim. - - - - -The Book of Judges - - -1:1 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children -of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the -Canaanites first, to fight against them? 1:2 And the LORD said, Judah -shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. - -1:3 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my -lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go -with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him. - -1:4 And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the -Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten -thousand men. - -1:5 And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, -and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. - -1:6 But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, -and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. - -1:7 And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs -and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I -have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, -and there he died. - -1:8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had -taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city -on fire. - -1:9 And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the -Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the -valley. - -1:10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now -the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and -Ahiman, and Talmai. - -1:11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the -name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher: 1:12 And Caleb said, He that -smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my -daughter to wife. - -1:13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: -and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. - -1:14 And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to -ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb -said unto her, What wilt thou? 1:15 And she said unto him, Give me a -blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of -water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs. - -1:16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out -of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the -wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went -and dwelt among the people. - -1:17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the -Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the -name of the city was called Hormah. - -1:18 Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the -coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. - -1:19 And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of -the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, -because they had chariots of iron. - -1:20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled -thence the three sons of Anak. - -1:21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that -inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of -Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day. - -1:22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and -the LORD was with them. - -1:23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of -the city before was Luz.) 1:24 And the spies saw a man come forth out -of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the -entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy. - -1:25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote -the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all -his family. - -1:26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, -and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this -day. - -1:27 Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and -her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and -her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the -inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell -in that land. - -1:28 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the -Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out. - -1:29 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; -but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. - -1:30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the -inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and -became tributaries. - -1:31 Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the -inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor -of Aphik, nor of Rehob: 1:32 But the Asherites dwelt among the -Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them -out. - -1:33 Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, -nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, -the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of -Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them. - -1:34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: -for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: 1:35 But -the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: -yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became -tributaries. - -1:36 And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, -from the rock, and upward. - -2:1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, -I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land -which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my -covenant with you. - -2:2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye -shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why -have ye done this? 2:3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them -out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and -their gods shall be a snare unto you. - -2:4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words -unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their -voice, and wept. - -2:5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed -there unto the LORD. - -2:6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went -every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. - -2:7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the -days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great -works of the LORD, that he did for Israel. - -2:8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an -hundred and ten years old. - -2:9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in -Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill -Gaash. - -2:10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: -and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the -LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. - -2:11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and -served Baalim: 2:12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, -which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, -of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed -themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger. - -2:13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. - -2:14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he -delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he -sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they -could not any longer stand before their enemies. - -2:15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against -them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto -them: and they were greatly distressed. - -2:16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out -of the hand of those that spoiled them. - -2:17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a -whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned -quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the -commandments of the LORD; but they did not so. - -2:18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with -the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the -days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings -by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. - -2:19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, -and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other -gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from -their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. - -2:20 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, -Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I -commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; 2:21 I -also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations -which Joshua left when he died: 2:22 That through them I may prove -Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as -their fathers did keep it, or not. - -2:23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out -hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. - -3:1 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by -them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; -3:2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to -teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; 3:3 -Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the -Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount -Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath. - -3:4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would -hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their -fathers by the hand of Moses. - -3:5 And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, -and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites: 3:6 And they -took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to -their sons, and served their gods. - -3:7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and -forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves. - -3:8 Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he -sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and -the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years. - -3:9 And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD -raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, -even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. - -3:10 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, -and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of -Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against -Chushanrishathaim. - -3:11 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz -died. - -3:12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the -LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, -because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. - -3:13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and -went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. - -3:14 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen -years. - -3:15 But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD -raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man -lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto -Eglon the king of Moab. - -3:16 But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit -length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh. - -3:17 And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was -a very fat man. - -3:18 And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away -the people that bare the present. - -3:19 But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by -Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, -Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him. - -3:20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, -which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from -God unto thee. - -And he arose out of his seat. - -3:21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his -right thigh, and thrust it into his belly: 3:22 And the haft also went -in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he -could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out. - -3:23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the -parlour upon him, and locked them. - -3:24 When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, -behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he -covereth his feet in his summer chamber. - -3:25 And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened -not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened -them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth. - -3:26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the -quarries, and escaped unto Seirath. - -3:27 And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in -the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him -from the mount, and he before them. - -3:28 And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath -delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down -after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not -a man to pass over. - -3:29 And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all -lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man. - -3:30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the -land had rest fourscore years. - -3:31 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the -Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered -Israel. - -4:1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the -LORD, when Ehud was dead. - -4:2 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that -reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in -Harosheth of the Gentiles. - -4:3 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine -hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the -children of Israel. - -4:4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel -at that time. - -4:5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and -Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for -judgment. - -4:6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of -Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel -commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee -ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of -Zebulun? 4:7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, -the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and -I will deliver him into thine hand. - -4:8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: -but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go. - -4:9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the -journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD -shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and -went with Barak to Kedesh. - -4:10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up -with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him. - -4:11 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the -father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and -pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh. - -4:12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up -to mount Tabor. - -4:13 And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred -chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from -Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon. - -4:14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the -LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out -before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men -after him. - -4:15 And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all -his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera -lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet. - -4:16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto -Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the -edge of the sword; and there was not a man left. - -4:17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife -of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of -Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. - -4:18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my -lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into -the tent, she covered him with a mantle. - -4:19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to -drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him -drink, and covered him. - -4:20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it -shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is -there any man here? that thou shalt say, No. - -4:21 Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an -hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into -his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep -and weary. So he died. - -4:22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, -and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou -seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and -the nail was in his temples. - -4:23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the -children of Israel. - -4:24 And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed -against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king -of Canaan. - -5:1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, -saying, 5:2 Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the -people willingly offered themselves. - -5:3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing -unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel. - -5:4 LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of -the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the -clouds also dropped water. - -5:5 The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from -before the LORD God of Israel. - -5:6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the -highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. - -5:7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, -until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. - -5:8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield -or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? 5:9 My heart is toward -the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the -people. Bless ye the LORD. - -5:10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and -walk by the way. - -5:11 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places -of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the -LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages -in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates. - -5:12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, -and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam. - -5:13 Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles -among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty. - -5:14 Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after -thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, -and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer. - -5:15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and -also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of -Reuben there were great thoughts of heart. - -5:16 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of -the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of -heart. - -5:17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? -Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches. - -5:18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives -unto the death in the high places of the field. - -5:19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in -Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money. - -5:20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought -against Sisera. - -5:21 The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the -river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength. - -5:22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, -the pransings of their mighty ones. - -5:23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the -inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to -the help of the LORD against the mighty. - -5:24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, -blessed shall she be above women in the tent. - -5:25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter -in a lordly dish. - -5:26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's -hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, -when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. - -5:27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, -he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead. - -5:28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through -the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the -wheels of his chariots? 5:29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she -returned answer to herself, 5:30 Have they not sped? have they not -divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of -divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers -colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that -take the spoil? 5:31 So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let -them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And -the land had rest forty years. - -6:1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and -the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. - -6:2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of -the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in -the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. - -6:3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, -and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up -against them; 6:4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the -increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no -sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. - -6:5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came -as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were -without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it. - -6:6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and -the children of Israel cried unto the LORD. - -6:7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the -LORD because of the Midianites, 6:8 That the LORD sent a prophet unto -the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God -of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of -the house of bondage; 6:9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the -Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave -them out from before you, and gave you their land; 6:10 And I said -unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, -in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice. - -6:11 And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which -was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son -Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the -Midianites. - -6:12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, -The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. - -6:13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why -then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our -fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? -but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of -the Midianites. - -6:14 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and -thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I -sent thee? 6:15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I -save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the -least in my father's house. - -6:16 And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou -shalt smite the Midianites as one man. - -6:17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, -then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me. - -6:18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring -forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry -until thou come again. - -6:19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of -an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth -in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it. - -6:20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the -unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. -And he did so. - -6:21 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that -was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and -there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the -unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his -sight. - -6:22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, -Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God! for because I have seen an angel of the -LORD face to face. - -6:23 And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou -shalt not die. - -6:24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it -Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. - -6:25 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, -Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven -years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and -cut down the grove that is by it: 6:26 And build an altar unto the -LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take -the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the -grove which thou shalt cut down. - -6:27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had -said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's -household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, -that he did it by night. - -6:28 And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, -the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was -by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was -built. - -6:29 And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when -they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done -this thing. - -6:30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that -he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because -he hath cut down the grove that was by it. - -6:31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for -Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to -death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for -himself, because one hath cast down his altar. - -6:32 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal -plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar. - -6:33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of -the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the -valley of Jezreel. - -6:34 But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a -trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him. - -6:35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was -gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto -Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them. - -6:36 And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, -as thou hast said, 6:37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the -floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all -the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine -hand, as thou hast said. - -6:38 And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the -fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of -water. - -6:39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, -and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this -once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon -all the ground let there be dew. - -6:40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, -and there was dew on all the ground. - -7:1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with -him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the -host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of -Moreh, in the valley. - -7:2 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are -too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel -vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. - -7:3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, -Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from -mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two -thousand; and there remained ten thousand. - -7:4 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring -them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it -shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the -same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall -not go with thee, the same shall not go. - -7:5 So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said -unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a -dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that -boweth down upon his knees to drink. - -7:6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their -mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed -down upon their knees to drink water. - -7:7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that -lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: -and let all the other people go every man unto his place. - -7:8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and -he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained -those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the -valley. - -7:9 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, -Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine -hand. - -7:10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down -to the host: 7:11 And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward -shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went -he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that -were in the host. - -7:12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the -east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and -their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for -multitude. - -7:13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a -dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a -cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a -tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay -along. - -7:14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the -sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand -hath God delivered Midian, and all the host. - -7:15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and -the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the -host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your -hand the host of Midian. - -7:16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he -put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps -within the pitchers. - -7:17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, -when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so -shall ye do. - -7:18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow -ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword -of the LORD, and of Gideon. - -7:19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the -outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had -but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the -pitchers that were in their hands. - -7:20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the -pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in -their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the -LORD, and of Gideon. - -7:21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and -all the host ran, and cried, and fled. - -7:22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every -man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the -host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of -Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath. - -7:23 And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of -Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after -the Midianites. - -7:24 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, -come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto -Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves -together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. - -7:25 And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and -they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress -of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to -Gideon on the other side Jordan. - -8:1 And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us -thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the -Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. - -8:2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? -Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage -of Abiezer? 8:3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of -Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? -Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. - -8:4 And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three -hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. - -8:5 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of -bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am -pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. - -8:6 And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and -Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army? -8:7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and -Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns -of the wilderness and with briers. - -8:8 And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and -the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him. - -8:9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come -again in peace, I will break down this tower. - -8:10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, -about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the -children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand -men that drew sword. - -8:11 And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the -east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was -secure. - -8:12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took -the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the -host. - -8:13 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun -was up, 8:14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and -enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and -the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men. - -8:15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and -Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah -and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men -that are weary? 8:16 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns -of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of -Succoth. - -8:17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the -city. - -8:18 Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were -they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were -they; each one resembled the children of a king. - -8:19 And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: -as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you. - -8:20 And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the -youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth. - -8:21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as -the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and -Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' -necks. - -8:22 Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both -thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us -from the hand of Midian. - -8:23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither -shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you. - -8:24 And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that -ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had -golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.) 8:25 And they -answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and -did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey. - -8:26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a -thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and -collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and -beside the chains that were about their camels' necks. - -8:27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in -Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing -became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house. - -8:28 Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that -they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness -forty years in the days of Gideon. - -8:29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. - -8:30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for -he had many wives. - -8:31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, -whose name he called Abimelech. - -8:32 And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was -buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the -Abiezrites. - -8:33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the -children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and -made Baalberith their god. - -8:34 And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who -had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every -side: 8:35 Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, -namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto -Israel. - -9:1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his -mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of -the house of his mother's father, saying, 9:2 Speak, I pray you, in -the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either -that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, -reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am -your bone and your flesh. - -9:3 And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men -of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow -Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother. - -9:4 And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the -house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, -which followed him. - -9:5 And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his -brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon -one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal -was left; for he hid himself. - -9:6 And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of -Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar -that was in Shechem. - -9:7 And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of -mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, -Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. - -9:8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and -they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. - -9:9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, -wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over -the trees? 9:10 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and -reign over us. - -9:11 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, -and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees? 9:12 Then -said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us. - -9:13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which -cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? 9:14 Then -said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. - -9:15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me -king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, -let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. - -9:16 Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye -have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and -his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his -hands; 9:17 (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life -far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: 9:18 And ye are -risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, -threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, -the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he -is your brother;) 9:19 If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with -Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, -and let him also rejoice in you: 9:20 But if not, let fire come out -from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; -and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of -Millo, and devour Abimelech. - -9:21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, -for fear of Abimelech his brother. - -9:22 When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, 9:23 Then God -sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the -men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech: 9:24 That the -cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, -and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; -and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his -brethren. - -9:25 And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of -the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: -and it was told Abimelech. - -9:26 And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to -Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him. - -9:27 And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, -and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their -god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech. - -9:28 And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is -Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and -Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for -why should we serve him? 9:29 And would to God this people were under -my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, -Increase thine army, and come out. - -9:30 And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the -son of Ebed, his anger was kindled. - -9:31 And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, -Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, -they fortify the city against thee. - -9:32 Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, -and lie in wait in the field: 9:33 And it shall be, that in the -morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon -the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come -out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find -occasion. - -9:34 And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by -night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies. - -9:35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of -the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were -with him, from lying in wait. - -9:36 And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there -come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto -him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men. - -9:37 And Gaal spake again, and said, See there come people down by the -middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of -Meonenim. - -9:38 Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou -saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the -people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with -them. - -9:39 And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with -Abimelech. - -9:40 And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were -overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate. - -9:41 And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his -brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem. - -9:42 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into -the field; and they told Abimelech. - -9:43 And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, -and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were -come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote -them. - -9:44 And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, -and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other -companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew -them. - -9:45 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took -the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the -city, and sowed it with salt. - -9:46 And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they -entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith. - -9:47 And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of -Shechem were gathered together. - -9:48 And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people -that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut -down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, -and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, -make haste, and do as I have done. - -9:49 And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and -followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire -upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, -about a thousand men and women. - -9:50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and -took it. - -9:51 But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled -all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, -and gat them up to the top of the tower. - -9:52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and -went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. - -9:53 And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's -head, and all to brake his skull. - -9:54 Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and -said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A -women slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. - -9:55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they -departed every man unto his place. - -9:56 Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto -his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: 9:57 And all the evil of -the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came -the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. - -10:1 And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of -Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in -mount Ephraim. - -10:2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was -buried in Shamir. - -10:3 And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty -and two years. - -10:4 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they -had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which -are in the land of Gilead. - -10:5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon. - -10:6 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the -LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the -gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of -Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and -served not him. - -10:7 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold -them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the -children of Ammon. - -10:8 And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: -eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side -Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. - -10:9 Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also -against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; -so that Israel was sore distressed. - -10:10 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have -sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also -served Baalim. - -10:11 And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver -you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of -Ammon, and from the Philistines? 10:12 The Zidonians also, and the -Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and -I delivered you out of their hand. - -10:13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will -deliver you no more. - -10:14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver -you in the time of your tribulation. - -10:15 And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: -do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we -pray thee, this day. - -10:16 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served -the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. - -10:17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped -in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, -and encamped in Mizpeh. - -10:18 And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What -man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he -shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. - -11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was -the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. - -11:2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and -they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in -our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman. - -11:3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of -Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with -him. - -11:4 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of -Ammon made war against Israel. - -11:5 And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against -Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of -Tob: 11:6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that -we may fight with the children of Ammon. - -11:7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, -and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now -when ye are in distress? 11:8 And the elders of Gilead said unto -Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go -with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over -all the inhabitants of Gilead. - -11:9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home -again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver -them before me, shall I be your head? 11:10 And the elders of Gilead -said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so -according to thy words. - -11:11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people -made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his -words before the LORD in Mizpeh. - -11:12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of -Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come -against me to fight in my land? 11:13 And the king of the children of -Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took -away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto -Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again -peaceably. - -11:14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children -of Ammon: 11:15 And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took -not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon: -11:16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the -wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh; 11:17 Then Israel -sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, -pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. -And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not -consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh. - -11:18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the -land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the -land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not -within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab. - -11:19 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the -king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, -through thy land into my place. - -11:20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but -Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and -fought against Israel. - -11:21 And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people -into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all -the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country. - -11:22 And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon -even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan. - -11:23 So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites -from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it? 11:24 -Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to -possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before -us, them will we possess. - -11:25 And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, -king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight -against them, 11:26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and -in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the -coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover -them within that time? 11:27 Wherefore I have not sinned against -thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be -judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of -Ammon. - -11:28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the -words of Jephthah which he sent him. - -11:29 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed -over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from -Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon. - -11:30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt -without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, 11:31 Then -it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to -meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall -surely be the LORD's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering. - -11:32 So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight -against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands. - -11:33 And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, -even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very -great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the -children of Israel. - -11:34 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his -daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she -was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. - -11:35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, -and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou -art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the -LORD, and I cannot go back. - -11:36 And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth -unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of -thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of -thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon. - -11:37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let -me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and -bewail my virginity, I and my fellows. - -11:38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she -went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the -mountains. - -11:39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned -unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had -vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel, 11:40 That -the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah -the Gileadite four days in a year. - -12:1 And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went -northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to -fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with -thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire. - -12:2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife -with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not -out of their hands. - -12:3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my -hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD -delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me -this day, to fight against me? 12:4 Then Jephthah gathered together -all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead -smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of -Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites. - -12:5 And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the -Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were -escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, -Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; 12:6 Then said they unto him, -Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to -pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages -of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and -two thousand. - -12:7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the -Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. - -12:8 And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. - -12:9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent -abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he -judged Israel seven years. - -12:10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem. - -12:11 And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged -Israel ten years. - -12:12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the -country of Zebulun. - -12:13 And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged -Israel. - -12:14 And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on -threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. - -12:15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried -in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites. - -13:1 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the -LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines -forty years. - -13:2 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the -Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not. - -13:3 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto -her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt -conceive, and bear a son. - -13:4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong -drink, and eat not any unclean thing: 13:5 For, lo, thou shalt -conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the -child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin -to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. - -13:6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God -came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel -of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told -he me his name: 13:7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, -and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat -any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the -womb to the day of his death. - -13:8 Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man -of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we -shall do unto the child that shall be born. - -13:9 And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God -came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her -husband was not with her. - -13:10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and -said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto -me the other day. - -13:11 And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, -and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And -he said, I am. - -13:12 And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we -order the child, and how shall we do unto him? 13:13 And the angel of -the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her -beware. - -13:14 She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither -let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all -that I commanded her let her observe. - -13:15 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us -detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. - -13:16 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain -me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt -offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that -he was an angel of the LORD. - -13:17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, -that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour? 13:18 And -the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my -name, seeing it is secret? 13:19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat -offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did -wonderously; and Manoah and his wife looked on. - -13:20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from -off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the -altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces -to the ground. - -13:21 But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to -his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD. - -13:22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we -have seen God. - -13:23 But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, -he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our -hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as -at this time have told us such things as these. - -13:24 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the -child grew, and the LORD blessed him. - -13:25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the -camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol. - -14:1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of -the daughters of the Philistines. - -14:2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I -have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now -therefore get her for me to wife. - -14:3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a -woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, -that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And -Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well. - -14:4 But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, -that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time -the Philistines had dominion over Israel. - -14:5 Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, -and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared -against him. - -14:6 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent -him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but -he told not his father or his mother what he had done. - -14:7 And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased -Samson well. - -14:8 And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to -see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees -and honey in the carcase of the lion. - -14:9 And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to -his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told -not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion. - -14:10 So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a -feast; for so used the young men to do. - -14:11 And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty -companions to be with him. - -14:12 And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto -you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the -feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty -change of garments: 14:13 But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall -ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said -unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it. - -14:14 And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out -of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days -expound the riddle. - -14:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto -Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the -riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye -called us to take that we have? is it not so? 14:16 And Samson's wife -wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: -thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast -not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my -father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee? 14:17 And she wept -before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to -pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon -him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people. - -14:18 And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before -the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger -than a lion? and he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my -heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. - -14:19 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to -Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave -change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger -was kindled, and he went up to his father's house. - -14:20 But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used -as his friend. - -15:1 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat -harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will -go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him -to go in. - -15:2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly -hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger -sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. - -15:3 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless -than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. - -15:4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took -firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst -between two tails. - -15:5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the -standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and -also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives. - -15:6 Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, -Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, -and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt -her and her father with fire. - -15:7 And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I -be avenged of you, and after that I will cease. - -15:8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he -went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. - -15:9 Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread -themselves in Lehi. - -15:10 And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And -they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath -done to us. - -15:11 Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock -Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are -rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said -unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them. - -15:12 And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we -may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said -unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves. - -15:13 And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, -and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. -And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the -rock. - -15:14 And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: -and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that -were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his -bands loosed from off his hands. - -15:15 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, -and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. - -15:16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, -with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. - -15:17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that -he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place -Ramathlehi. - -15:18 And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou -hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and -now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the -uncircumcised? 15:19 But God clave an hollow place that was in the -jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit -came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof -Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day. - -15:20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty -years. - -16:1 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in -unto her. - -16:2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And -they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of -the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when -it is day, we shall kill him. - -16:3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the -doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with -them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them -up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron. - -16:4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the -valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. - -16:5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto -her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what -means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; -and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. - -16:6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy -great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict -thee. - -16:7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs -that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. - -16:8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green -withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. - -16:9 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the -chamber. - -And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he -brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the -fire. So his strength was not known. - -16:10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and -told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be -bound. - -16:11 And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that -never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. - -16:12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and -said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were -liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his -arms like a thread. - -16:13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and -told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said -unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web. - -16:14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The -Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and -went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. - -16:15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when -thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and -hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. - -16:16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, -and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; 16:17 That he -told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor -upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's -womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall -become weak, and be like any other man. - -16:18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she -sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this -once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the -Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. - -16:19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, -and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she -began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. - -16:20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke -out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, -and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him. - -16:21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought -him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did -grind in the prison house. - -16:22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was -shaven. - -16:23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to -offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they -said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. - -16:24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they -said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the -destroyer of our country, which slew many of us. - -16:25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they -said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for -Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set -him between the pillars. - -16:26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer -me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I -may lean upon them. - -16:27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of -the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three -thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport. - -16:28 And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember -me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O -God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. - -16:29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the -house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right -hand, and of the other with his left. - -16:30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed -himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and -upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at -his death were more than they which he slew in his life. - -16:31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and -took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol -in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty -years. - -17:1 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. - -17:2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver -that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of -also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his -mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son. - -17:3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to -his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto -the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten -image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee. - -17:4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took -two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made -thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house -of Micah. - -17:5 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and -teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. - -17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that -which was right in his own eyes. - -17:7 And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of -Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. - -17:8 And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to -sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to -the house of Micah, as he journeyed. - -17:9 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto -him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may -find a place. - -17:10 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father -and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, -and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in. - -17:11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young -man was unto him as one of his sons. - -17:12 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his -priest, and was in the house of Micah. - -17:13 Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, -seeing I have a Levite to my priest. - -18:1 In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the -tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto -that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the -tribes of Israel. - -18:2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their -coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the -land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: -who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they -lodged there. - -18:3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the -young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, -Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what -hast thou here? 18:4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth -Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest. - -18:5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that -we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. - -18:6 And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is -your way wherein ye go. - -18:7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people -that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the -Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, -that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the -Zidonians, and had no business with any man. - -18:8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their -brethren said unto them, What say ye? 18:9 And they said, Arise, that -we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it -is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to -possess the land. - -18:10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large -land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no -want of any thing that is in the earth. - -18:11 And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of -Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of -war. - -18:12 And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: -wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it -is behind Kirjathjearim. - -18:13 And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the -house of Micah. - -18:14 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of -Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these -houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? -now therefore consider what ye have to do. - -18:15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young -man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him. - -18:16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, -which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate. - -18:17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came -in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the -teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering -of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons -of war. - -18:18 And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, -the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the -priest unto them, What do ye? 18:19 And they said unto him, Hold thy -peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a -father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the -house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family -in Israel? 18:20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the -ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst -of the people. - -18:21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the -cattle and the carriage before them. - -18:22 And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men -that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, -and overtook the children of Dan. - -18:23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their -faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with -such a company? 18:24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I -made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and -what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee? 18:25 And the -children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, -lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the -lives of thy household. - -18:26 And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that -they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house. - -18:27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest -which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet -and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt -the city with fire. - -18:28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and -they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth -by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein. - -18:29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan -their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city -was Laish at the first. - -18:30 And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, -the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests -to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land. - -18:31 And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all -the time that the house of God was in Shiloh. - -19:1 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in -Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of -mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah. - -19:2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away -from him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four -whole months. - -19:3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto -her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple -of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the -father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. - -19:4 And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he -abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged -there. - -19:5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in -the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said -unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and -afterward go your way. - -19:6 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: -for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray -thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry. - -19:7 And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: -therefore he lodged there again. - -19:8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and -the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they -tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them. - -19:9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and -his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, -Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all -night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart -may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou -mayest go home. - -19:10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and -departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there -were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him. - -19:11 And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the -servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in -into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it. - -19:12 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into -the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will -pass over to Gibeah. - -19:13 And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one -of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah. - -19:14 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down -upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin. - -19:15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: -and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for -there was no man that took them into his house to lodging. - -19:16 And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the -field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in -Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites. - -19:17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in -the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and -whence comest thou? 19:18 And he said unto him, We are passing from -Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and -I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD; -and there is no man that receiveth me to house. - -19:19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there -is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young -man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing. - -19:20 And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy -wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street. - -19:21 So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the -asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. - -19:22 Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of -the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and -beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, -saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may -know him. - -19:23 And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and -said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; -seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly. - -19:24 Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I -will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth -good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing. - -19:25 But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his -concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and -abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to -spring, they let her go. - -19:26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at -the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light. - -19:27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the -house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his -concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were -upon the threshold. - -19:28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none -answered. - -Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him -unto his place. - -19:29 And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid -hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into -twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel. - -19:30 And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed -done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of -the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and -speak your minds. - -20:1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation -was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the -land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh. - -20:2 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of -Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, -four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword. - -20:3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel -were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, -how was this wickedness? 20:4 And the Levite, the husband of the -woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that -belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. - -20:5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round -about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine -have they forced, that she is dead. - -20:6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her -throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have -committed lewdness and folly in Israel. - -20:7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and -counsel. - -20:8 And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of -us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house. - -20:9 But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we -will go up by lot against it; 20:10 And we will take ten men of an -hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a -thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the -people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, -according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel. - -20:11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit -together as one man. - -20:12 And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of -Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you? -20:13 Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which -are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from -Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of -their brethren the children of Israel. - -20:14 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of -the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of -Israel. - -20:15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of -the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the -inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men. - -20:16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men -lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not -miss. - -20:17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four -hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war. - -20:18 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of -God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first -to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, -Judah shall go up first. - -20:19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped -against Gibeah. - -20:20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and -the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at -Gibeah. - -20:21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and -destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two -thousand men. - -20:22 And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set -their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in -array the first day. - -20:23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD -until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again -to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD -said, Go up against him.) 20:24 And the children of Israel came near -against the children of Benjamin the second day. - -20:25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second -day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again -eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword. - -20:26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, -and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the -LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and -peace offerings before the LORD. - -20:27 And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of -the covenant of God was there in those days, 20:28 And Phinehas, the -son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) -saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of -Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for -to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand. - -20:29 And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah. - -20:30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of -Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, -as at other times. - -20:31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and -were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, -and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to -the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty -men of Israel. - -20:32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before -us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and -draw them from the city unto the highways. - -20:33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put -themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came -forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah. - -20:34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all -Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near -them. - -20:35 And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of -Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand -and an hundred men: all these drew the sword. - -20:36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the -men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto -the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah. - -20:37 And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the -liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the -edge of the sword. - -20:38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and -the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise -up out of the city. - -20:39 And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began -to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they -said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle. - -20:40 But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a -pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the -flame of the city ascended up to heaven. - -20:41 And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin -were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them. - -20:42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto -the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them -which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them. - -20:43 Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, -and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the -sunrising. - -20:44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were -men of valour. - -20:45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of -Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; -and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of -them. - -20:46 So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five -thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour. - -20:47 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the -rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months. - -20:48 And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of -Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men -of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set -on fire all the cities that they came to. - -21:1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall -not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. - -21:2 And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till -even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; 21:3 And -said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that -there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel? 21:4 And it came -to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an -altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. - -21:5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the -tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? -For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the -LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death. - -21:6 And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their -brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. - -21:7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have -sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to -wives? 21:8 And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel -that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none -to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly. - -21:9 For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the -inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there. - -21:10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the -valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants -of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the -children. - -21:11 And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy -every male, and every woman that hath lain by man. - -21:12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four -hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: -and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of -Canaan. - -21:13 And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of -Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto -them. - -21:14 And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives -which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet so -they sufficed them not. - -21:15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD -had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. - -21:16 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for -wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of -Benjamin? 21:17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them -that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of -Israel. - -21:18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the -children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife -to Benjamin. - -21:19 Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh -yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east -side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the -south of Lebonah. - -21:20 Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go -and lie in wait in the vineyards; 21:21 And see, and, behold, if the -daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of -the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of -Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. - -21:22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto -us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them -for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the -war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be -guilty. - -21:23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, -according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and -they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the -cities, and dwelt in them. - -21:24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every -man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence -every man to his inheritance. - -21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that -which was right in his own eyes. - - - - -The Book of Ruth - - -1:1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there -was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to -sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. - -1:2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife -Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of -Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued -there. - -1:3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two -sons. - -1:4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one -was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there -about ten years. - -1:5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was -left of her two sons and her husband. - -1:6 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return -from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how -that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread. - -1:7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her -two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto -the land of Judah. - -1:8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to -her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt -with the dead, and with me. - -1:9 The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house -of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, -and wept. - -1:10 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy -people. - -1:11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? -are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your -husbands? 1:12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too -old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have -an husband also to night, and should also bear sons; 1:13 Would ye -tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from -having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your -sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me. - -1:14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed -her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her. - -1:15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her -people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law. - -1:16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from -following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where -thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God -my God: 1:17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: -the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and -me. - -1:18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then -she left speaking unto her. - -1:19 So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to -pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved -about them, and they said, Is this Naomi? 1:20 And she said unto -them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt -very bitterly with me. - -1:21 I went out full and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: -why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, -and the Almighty hath afflicted me? 1:22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth -the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of -the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of -barley harvest. - -2:1 And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, -of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz. - -2:2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the -field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find -grace. - -And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. - -2:3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the -reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging -unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech. - -2:4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, -The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee. - -2:5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, -Whose damsel is this? 2:6 And the servant that was set over the -reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back -with Naomi out of the country of Moab: 2:7 And she said, I pray you, -let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she -came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she -tarried a little in the house. - -2:8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to -glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by -my maidens: 2:9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and -go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall -not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and -drink of that which the young men have drawn. - -2:10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and -said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou -shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? 2:11 And Boaz -answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that -thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine -husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the -land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest -not heretofore. - -2:12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of -the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. - -2:13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that -thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto -thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens. - -2:14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of -the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the -reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was -sufficed, and left. - -2:15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, -saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not: -2:16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and -leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not. - -2:17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had -gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. - -2:18 And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law -saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that -she had reserved after she was sufficed. - -2:19 And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to -day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge -of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, -and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz. - -2:20 And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the -LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the -dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of -our next kinsmen. - -2:21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt -keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest. - -2:22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my -daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not -in any other field. - -2:23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of -barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law. - -3:1 Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I -not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? 3:2 And now is -not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he -winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor. - -3:3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon -thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto -the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. - -3:4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the -place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, -and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do. - -3:5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do. - -3:6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that -her mother in law bade her. - -3:7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he -went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, -and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. - -3:8 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and -turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. - -3:9 And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine -handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art -a near kinsman. - -3:10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou -hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, -inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich. - -3:11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou -requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a -virtuous woman. - -3:12 And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a -kinsman nearer than I. - -3:13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will -perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the -kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, -then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie -down until the morning. - -3:14 And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before -one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman -came into the floor. - -3:15 Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold -it. - -And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it -on her: and she went into the city. - -3:16 And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, -my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. - -3:17 And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he -said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law. - -3:18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the -matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have -finished the thing this day. - -4:1 Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, -behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, -such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat -down. - -4:2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye -down here. And they sat down. - -4:3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the -country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother -Elimelech's: 4:4 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it -before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou -wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell -me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I -am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it. - -4:5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of -Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the -dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance. - -4:6 And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar -mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot -redeem it. - -4:7 Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning -redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man -plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a -testimony in Israel. - -4:8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew -off his shoe. - -4:9 And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are -witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and -all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi. - -4:10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased -to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, -that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and -from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day. - -4:11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, -We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine -house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of -Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem: -4:12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare -unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young -woman. - -4:13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto -her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son. - -4:14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath -not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous -in Israel. - -4:15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher -of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is -better to thee than seven sons, hath born him. - -4:16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became -nurse unto it. - -4:17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a -son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of -Jesse, the father of David. - -4:18 Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, -4:19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, 4:20 And Amminadab -begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, 4:21 And Salmon begat Boaz, -and Boaz begat Obed, 4:22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David. - - - - -The First Book of Samuel - -Otherwise Called: - -The First Book of the Kings - - -1:1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, -and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the -son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: 1:2 And he had two wives; -the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: -and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. - -1:3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to -sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, -Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there. - -1:4 And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah -his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions: 1:5 But -unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the -LORD had shut up her womb. - -1:6 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, -because the LORD had shut up her womb. - -1:7 And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of -the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. - -1:8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? -and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better -to thee than ten sons? 1:9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in -Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat -by a post of the temple of the LORD. - -1:10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and -wept sore. - -1:11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt -indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and -not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man -child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, -and there shall no razor come upon his head. - -1:12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, -that Eli marked her mouth. - -1:13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her -voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. - -1:14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away -thy wine from thee. - -1:15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a -sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have -poured out my soul before the LORD. - -1:16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the -abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. - -1:17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel -grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. - -1:18 And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the -woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad. - -1:19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the -LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew -Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her. - -1:20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after -Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, -saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD. - -1:21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the -LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. - -1:22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not -go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he -may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever. - -1:23 And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; -tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So -the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him. - -1:24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three -bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought -him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young. - -1:25 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. - -1:26 And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the -woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD. - -1:27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition -which I asked of him: 1:28 Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; -as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped -the LORD there. - -2:1 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine -horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; -because I rejoice in thy salvation. - -2:2 There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: -neither is there any rock like our God. - -2:3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of -your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are -weighed. - -2:4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are -girded with strength. - -2:5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they -that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she -that hath many children is waxed feeble. - -2:6 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, -and bringeth up. - -2:7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and -lifteth up. - -2:8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar -from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit -the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and -he hath set the world upon them. - -2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be -silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. - -2:10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of -heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of -the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the -horn of his anointed. - -2:11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did -minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest. - -2:12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD. - -2:13 And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man -offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in -seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; 2:14 And he -struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the -fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in -Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither. - -2:15 Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and -said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; -for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw. - -2:16 And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat -presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would -answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will -take it by force. - -2:17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the -LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD. - -2:18 But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with -a linen ephod. - -2:19 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him -from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the -yearly sacrifice. - -2:20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give -thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And -they went unto their own home. - -2:21 And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare -three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the -LORD. - -2:22 Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all -Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of -the tabernacle of the congregation. - -2:23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your -evil dealings by all this people. - -2:24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the -LORD's people to transgress. - -2:25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if -a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding -they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD -would slay them. - -2:26 And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the -LORD, and also with men. - -2:27 And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus -saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, -when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house? 2:28 And did I choose him -out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine -altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give -unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the -children of Israel? 2:29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at -mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest -thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the -offerings of Israel my people? 2:30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel -saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, -should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from -me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me -shall be lightly esteemed. - -2:31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm -of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine -house. - -2:32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth -which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in -thine house for ever. - -2:33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, -shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the -increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age. - -2:34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two -sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them. - -2:35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according -to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a -sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever. - -2:36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine -house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel -of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' -offices, that I may eat a piece of bread. - -3:1 And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the -word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision. - -3:2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his -place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see; 3:3 And -ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark -of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; 3:4 That the LORD -called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. - -3:5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. -And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down. - -3:6 And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went -to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, -I called not, my son; lie down again. - -3:7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the -LORD yet revealed unto him. - -3:8 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and -went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli -perceived that the LORD had called the child. - -3:9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if -he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant -heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. - -3:10 And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, -Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. - -3:11 And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, -at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. - -3:12 In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have -spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end. - -3:13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the -iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and -he restrained them not. - -3:14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the -iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor -offering for ever. - -3:15 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the -house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision. - -3:16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he -answered, Here am I. - -3:17 And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? -I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if -thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee. - -3:18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he -said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good. - -3:19 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of -his words fall to the ground. - -3:20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was -established to be a prophet of the LORD. - -3:21 And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed -himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD. - -4:1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out -against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and -the Philistines pitched in Aphek. - -4:2 And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and -when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: -and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men. - -4:3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel -said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the -Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of -Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of -the hand of our enemies. - -4:4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence -the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between -the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were -there with the ark of the covenant of God. - -4:5 And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, -all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again. - -4:6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, -What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? -And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp. - -4:7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into -the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a -thing heretofore. - -4:8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty -Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues -in the wilderness. - -4:9 Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye -be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit -yourselves like men, and fight. - -4:10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled -every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for -there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. - -4:11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and -Phinehas, were slain. - -4:12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to -Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his -head. - -4:13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside -watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man -came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out. - -4:14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth -the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli. - -4:15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, -that he could not see. - -4:16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and -I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my -son? 4:17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before -the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the -people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the -ark of God is taken. - -4:18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that -he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his -neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had -judged Israel forty years. - -4:19 And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to -be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was -taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed -herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her. - -4:20 And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said -unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, -neither did she regard it. - -4:21 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed -from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her -father in law and her husband. - -4:22 And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of -God is taken. - -5:1 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from -Ebenezer unto Ashdod. - -5:2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the -house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. - -5:3 And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon -was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And -they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. - -5:4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was -fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the -head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the -threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him. - -5:5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into -Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this -day. - -5:6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he -destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the -coasts thereof. - -5:7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark -of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore -upon us, and upon Dagon our god. - -5:8 They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines -unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of -Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried -about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about -thither. - -5:9 And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of -the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he -smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods -in their secret parts. - -5:10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, -as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, -They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us -and our people. - -5:11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the -Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let -it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for -there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of -God was very heavy there. - -5:12 And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the -cry of the city went up to heaven. - -6:1 And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines -seven months. - -6:2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, -saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we -shall send it to his place. - -6:3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send -it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye -shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not -removed from you. - -6:4 Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall -return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden -mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one -plague was on you all, and on your lords. - -6:5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your -mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of -Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from -off your gods, and from off your land. - -6:6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and -Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among -them, did they not let the people go, and they departed? 6:7 Now -therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there -hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their -calves home from them: 6:8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it -upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a -trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, -that it may go. - -6:9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to -Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we -shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that -happened to us. - -6:10 And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the -cart, and shut up their calves at home: 6:11 And they laid the ark of -the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the -images of their emerods. - -6:12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and -went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to -the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went -after them unto the border of Bethshemesh. - -6:13 And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the -valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced -to see it. - -6:14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and -stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of -the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD. - -6:15 And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer -that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the -great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and -sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD. - -6:16 And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they -returned to Ekron the same day. - -6:17 And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned -for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, -for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; 6:18 And the golden -mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines -belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country -villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the -ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of -Joshua, the Bethshemite. - -6:19 And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into -the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and -threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had -smitten many of the people with a great slaughter. - -6:20 And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this -holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us? 6:21 And they sent -messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The -Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and -fetch it up to you. - -7:1 And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the -LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and -sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD. - -7:2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that -the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of -Israel lamented after the LORD. - -7:3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do -return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange -gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the -LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of -the Philistines. - -7:4 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and -served the LORD only. - -7:5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for -you unto the LORD. - -7:6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured -it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We -have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel -in Mizpeh. - -7:7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were -gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up -against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were -afraid of the Philistines. - -7:8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto -the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the -Philistines. - -7:9 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt -offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for -Israel; and the LORD heard him. - -7:10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines -drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a -great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; -and they were smitten before Israel. - -7:11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the -Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar. - -7:12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and -called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped -us. - -7:13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the -coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines -all the days of Samuel. - -7:14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were -restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof -did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was -peace between Israel and the Amorites. - -7:15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. - -7:16 And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, -and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. - -7:17 And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there -he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD. - -8:1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons -judges over Israel. - -8:2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his -second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba. - -8:3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, -and took bribes, and perverted judgment. - -8:4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and -came to Samuel unto Ramah, 8:5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art -old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us -like all the nations. - -8:6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to -judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. - -8:7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the -people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected -thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. - -8:8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that -I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have -forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. - -8:9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest -solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall -reign over them. - -8:10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that -asked of him a king. - -8:11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign -over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for -his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his -chariots. - -8:12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains -over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his -harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his -chariots. - -8:13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be -cooks, and to be bakers. - -8:14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your -oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. - -8:15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, -and give to his officers, and to his servants. - -8:16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and -your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. - -8:17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his -servants. - -8:18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye -shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. - -8:19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and -they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; 8:20 That we also may -be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out -before us, and fight our battles. - -8:21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed -them in the ears of the LORD. - -8:22 And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make -them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man -unto his city. - -9:1 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of -Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a -Benjamite, a mighty man of power. - -9:2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a -goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier -person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any -of the people. - -9:3 And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to -Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go -seek the asses. - -9:4 And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land -of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the -land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the -land of the Benjamites, but they found them not. - -9:5 And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his -servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father -leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us. - -9:6 And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of -God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to -pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that -we should go. - -9:7 Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall -we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is -not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we? 9:8 And the -servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the -fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, -to tell us our way. - -9:9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he -spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a -Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.) 9:10 Then said Saul to his -servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where -the man of God was. - -9:11 And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young -maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here? -9:12 And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before -you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a -sacrifice of the people to day in the high place: 9:13 As soon as ye -be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up -to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, -because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be -bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find -him. - -9:14 And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the -city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high -place. - -9:15 Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, -saying, 9:16 To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of -the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my -people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the -Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is -come unto me. - -9:17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man -whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people. - -9:18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I -pray thee, where the seer's house is. - -9:19 And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before -me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow -I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart. - -9:20 And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy -mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of -Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house? 9:21 And -Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the -tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the -tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me? 9:22 And -Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, -and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, -which were about thirty persons. - -9:23 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave -thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee. - -9:24 And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, -and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! -set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for -thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with -Samuel that day. - -9:25 And when they were come down from the high place into the city, -Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. - -9:26 And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the -day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that -I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, -he and Samuel, abroad. - -9:27 And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said -to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on), but -stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God. - -10:1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and -kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to -be captain over his inheritance? 10:2 When thou art departed from me -to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the -border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses -which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left -the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do -for my son? 10:3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou -shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men -going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another -carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine: -10:4 And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; -which thou shalt receive of their hands. - -10:5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the -garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art -come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets -coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a -pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: 10:6 And the -Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with -them, and shalt be turned into another man. - -10:7 And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do -as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee. - -10:8 And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will -come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice -sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I -come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do. - -10:9 And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from -Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass -that day. - -10:10 And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of -prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he -prophesied among them. - -10:11 And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, -behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to -another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also -among the prophets? 10:12 And one of the same place answered and -said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul -also among the prophets? 10:13 And when he had made an end of -prophesying, he came to the high place. - -10:14 And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went -ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no -where, we came to Samuel. - -10:15 And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said -unto you. - -10:16 And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses -were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he -told him not. - -10:17 And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh; -10:18 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of -Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the -hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of -them that oppressed you: 10:19 And ye have this day rejected your God, -who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your -tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. -Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and -by your thousands. - -10:20 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come -near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. - -10:21 When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their -families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was -taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found. - -10:22 Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should -yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold he hath hid himself -among the stuff. - -10:23 And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the -people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and -upward. - -10:24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath -chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the -people shouted, and said, God save the king. - -10:25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote -it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the -people away, every man to his house. - -10:26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a -band of men, whose hearts God had touched. - -10:27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And -they despised him, and brought no presents. But he held his peace. - -11:1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against -Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a -covenant with us, and we will serve thee. - -11:2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I -make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, -and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel. - -11:3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' -respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: -and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee. - -11:4 Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings -in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, -and wept. - -11:5 And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul -said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the -tidings of the men of Jabesh. - -11:6 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, -and his anger was kindled greatly. - -11:7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent -them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, -saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so -shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the -people, and they came out with one consent. - -11:8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were -three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. - -11:9 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say -unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, -ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men -of Jabesh; and they were glad. - -11:10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out -unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you. - -11:11 And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three -companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning -watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came -to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them -were not left together. - -11:12 And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul -reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death. - -11:13 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: -for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel. - -11:14 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, -and renew the kingdom there. - -11:15 And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king -before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of -peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of -Israel rejoiced greatly. - -12:1 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto -your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. - -12:2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and -grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked -before you from my childhood unto this day. - -12:3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before -his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or -whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I -received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it -you. - -12:4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, -neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand. - -12:5 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his -anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. -And they answered, He is witness. - -12:6 And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced -Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of -Egypt. - -12:7 Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the -LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to -your fathers. - -12:8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the -LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your -fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. - -12:9 And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the -hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the -Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought -against them. - -12:10 And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because -we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but -now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. - -12:11 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and -Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every -side, and ye dwelled safe. - -12:12 And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon -came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over -us: when the LORD your God was your king. - -12:13 Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye -have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you. - -12:14 If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and -not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and -also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your -God: 12:15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel -against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD -be against you, as it was against your fathers. - -12:16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD -will do before your eyes. - -12:17 Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and -he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your -wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in -asking you a king. - -12:18 So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and -rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. - -12:19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto -the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins -this evil, to ask us a king. - -12:20 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this -wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the -LORD with all your heart; 12:21 And turn ye not aside: for then should -ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are -vain. - -12:22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's -sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people. - -12:23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the -LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the -right way: 12:24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all -your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you. - -12:25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye -and your king. - -13:1 Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over -Israel, 13:2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two -thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a -thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the -people he sent every man to his tent. - -13:3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in -Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet -throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear. - -13:4 And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the -Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the -Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal. - -13:5 And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with -Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and -people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they -came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven. - -13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the -people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, -and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits. - -13:7 And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and -Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed -him trembling. - -13:8 And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel -had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were -scattered from him. - -13:9 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace -offerings. And he offered the burnt offering. - -13:10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of -offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to -meet him, that he might salute him. - -13:11 And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I -saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not -within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered -themselves together at Michmash; 13:12 Therefore said I, The -Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made -supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a -burnt offering. - -13:13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not -kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for -now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. - -13:14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him -a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be -captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the -LORD commanded thee. - -13:15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of -Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, -about six hundred men. - -13:16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present -with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped -in Michmash. - -13:17 And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in -three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to -Ophrah, unto the land of Shual: 13:18 And another company turned the -way to Bethhoron: and another company turned to the way of the border -that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. - -13:19 Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: -for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears: -13:20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen -every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. - -13:21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and -for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. - -13:22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither -sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with -Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there -found. - -13:23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of -Michmash. - -14:1 Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul -said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over -to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told -not his father. - -14:2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a -pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him -were about six hundred men; 14:3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, -Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD's -priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that -Jonathan was gone. - -14:4 And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over -unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one -side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was -Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. - -14:5 The forefront of the one was situate northward over against -Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. - -14:6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, -and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be -that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD -to save by many or by few. - -14:7 And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine -heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart. - -14:8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and -we will discover ourselves unto them. - -14:9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we -will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. - -14:10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for -the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign -unto us. - -14:11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the -Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth -out of the holes where they had hid themselves. - -14:12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his -armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. -And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the -LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel. - -14:13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and -his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his -armourbearer slew after him. - -14:14 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer -made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, -which a yoke of oxen might plow. - -14:15 And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all -the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and -the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling. - -14:16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, -behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one -another. - -14:17 Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, -and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, -Jonathan and his armourbearer were not there. - -14:18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the -ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel. - -14:19 And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the -noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: -and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand. - -14:20 And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled -themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's -sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. - -14:21 Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that -time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round -about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with -Saul and Jonathan. - -14:22 Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount -Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also -followed hard after them in the battle. - -14:23 So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over -unto Bethaven. - -14:24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had -adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food -until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the -people tasted any food. - -14:25 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey -upon the ground. - -14:26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey -dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared -the oath. - -14:27 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with -the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his -hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; -and his eyes were enlightened. - -14:28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly -charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth -any food this day. And the people were faint. - -14:29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I -pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a -little of this honey. - -14:30 How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of -the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been -now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines? 14:31 And they -smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the -people were very faint. - -14:32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, -and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them -with the blood. - -14:33 Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the -LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have -transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day. - -14:34 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say -unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, -and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating -with the blood. - -And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and -slew them there. - -14:35 And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first -altar that he built unto the LORD. - -14:36 And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, -and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of -them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said -the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God. - -14:37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the -Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he -answered him not that day. - -14:38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: -and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day. - -14:39 For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in -Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among -all the people that answered him. - -14:40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and -Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto -Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee. - -14:41 Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect -lot. - -And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped. - -14:42 And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And -Jonathan was taken. - -14:43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And -Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the -end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die. - -14:44 And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt -surely die, Jonathan. - -14:45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath -wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD -liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for -he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, -that he died not. - -14:46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the -Philistines went to their own place. - -14:47 So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his -enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of -Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against -the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them. - -14:48 And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered -Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. - -14:49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: -and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the -firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal: 14:50 And the -name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name -of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. - -14:51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was -the son of Abiel. - -14:52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of -Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took -him unto him. - -15:1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be -king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the -voice of the words of the LORD. - -15:2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to -Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from -Egypt. - -15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, -and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, -ox and sheep, camel and ass. - -15:4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in -Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. - -15:5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. - -15:6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from -among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed -kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of -Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. - -15:7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to -Shur, that is over against Egypt. - -15:8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly -destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. - -15:9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, -and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was -good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was -vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. - -15:10 Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying, 15:11 It -repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back -from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it -grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night. - -15:12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was -told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a -place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. - -15:13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou -of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD. - -15:14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in -mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? 15:15 And Saul -said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people -spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the -LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. - -15:16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the -LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on. - -15:17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast -thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed -thee king over Israel? 15:18 And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and -said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight -against them until they be consumed. - -15:19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but -didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD? -15:20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the -LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought -Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. - -15:21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of -the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto -the LORD thy God in Gilgal. - -15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt -offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, -to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. - -15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is -as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the -LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king. - -15:24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have -transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I -feared the people, and obeyed their voice. - -15:25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with -me, that I may worship the LORD. - -15:26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou -hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee -from being king over Israel. - -15:27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the -skirt of his mantle, and it rent. - -15:28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of -Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, -that is better than thou. - -15:29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he -is not a man, that he should repent. - -15:30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, -before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with -me, that I may worship the LORD thy God. - -15:31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD. - -15:32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the -Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely -the bitterness of death is past. - -15:33 And Samuel said, As the sword hath made women childless, so -shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in -pieces before the LORD in Gilgal. - -15:34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to -Gibeah of Saul. - -15:35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: -nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he -had made Saul king over Israel. - -16:1 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, -seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn -with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I -have provided me a king among his sons. - -16:2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. -And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to -sacrifice to the LORD. - -16:3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou -shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee. - -16:4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. -And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest -thou peaceably? 16:5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice -unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. -And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the -sacrifice. - -16:6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on -Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him. - -16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on -the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD -seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but -the LORD looketh on the heart. - -16:8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And -he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. - -16:9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the -LORD chosen this. - -16:10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And -Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these. - -16:11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he -said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the -sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not -sit down till he come hither. - -16:12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of -a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, -Arise, anoint him: for this is he. - -16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst -of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that -day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. - -16:14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil -spirit from the LORD troubled him. - -16:15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit -from God troubleth thee. - -16:16 Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to -seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come -to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall -play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. - -16:17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can -play well, and bring him to me. - -16:18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen -a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a -mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a -comely person, and the LORD is with him. - -16:19 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me -David thy son, which is with the sheep. - -16:20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, -and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. - -16:21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him -greatly; and he became his armourbearer. - -16:22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand -before me; for he hath found favour in my sight. - -16:23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon -Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was -refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. - -17:1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and -were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and -pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim. - -17:2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and -pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the -Philistines. - -17:3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and -Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley -between them. - -17:4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, -named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. - -17:5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed -with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand -shekels of brass. - -17:6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass -between his shoulders. - -17:7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his -spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a -shield went before him. - -17:8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto -them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a -Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let -him come down to me. - -17:9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be -your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall -ye be our servants, and serve us. - -17:10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; -give me a man, that we may fight together. - -17:11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, -they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. - -17:12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, -whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among -men for an old man in the days of Saul. - -17:13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the -battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were -Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third -Shammah. - -17:14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. - -17:15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep -at Bethlehem. - -17:16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented -himself forty days. - -17:17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an -ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp -of thy brethren; 17:18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of -their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. - -17:19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the -valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. - -17:20 And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with -a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came -to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted -for the battle. - -17:21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army -against army. - -17:22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the -carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren. - -17:23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, -the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the -Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard -them. - -17:24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, -and were sore afraid. - -17:25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come -up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the -man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and -will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in -Israel. - -17:26 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall -be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the -reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that -he should defy the armies of the living God? 17:27 And the people -answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man -that killeth him. - -17:28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; -and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest -thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the -wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for -thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. - -17:29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? -17:30 And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same -manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner. - -17:31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed -them before Saul: and he sent for him. - -17:32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; -thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. - -17:33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this -Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man -of war from his youth. - -17:34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, -and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: -17:35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of -his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, -and smote him, and slew him. - -17:36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this -uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath -defied the armies of the living God. - -17:37 David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw -of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of -the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the -LORD be with thee. - -17:38 And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of -brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. - -17:39 And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to -go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go -with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him. - -17:40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth -stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he -had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near -to the Philistine. - -17:41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man -that bare the shield went before him. - -17:42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he -disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair -countenance. - -17:43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest -to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. - -17:44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give -thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. - -17:45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a -sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the -name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou -hast defied. - -17:46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will -smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the -carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the -air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know -that there is a God in Israel. - -17:47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with -sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you -into our hands. - -17:48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and -drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army -to meet the Philistine. - -17:49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and -slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone -sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. - -17:50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a -stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword -in the hand of David. - -17:51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his -sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut -off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion -was dead, they fled. - -17:52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and -pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the -gates of Ekron. - -And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, -even unto Gath, and unto Ekron. - -17:53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the -Philistines, and they spoiled their tents. - -17:54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to -Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent. - -17:55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said -unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? -And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. - -17:56 And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is. - -17:57 And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, -Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the -Philistine in his hand. - -17:58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And -David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite. - -18:1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto -Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and -Jonathan loved him as his own soul. - -18:2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to -his father's house. - -18:3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as -his own soul. - -18:4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and -gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, -and to his girdle. - -18:5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved -himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was -accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of -Saul's servants. - -18:6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from -the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities -of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with -joy, and with instruments of musick. - -18:7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul -hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. - -18:8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he -said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have -ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? -18:9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward. - -18:10 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God -came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David -played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in -Saul's hand. - -18:11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even -to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice. - -18:12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and -was departed from Saul. - -18:13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain -over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. - -18:14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD -was with him. - -18:15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he -was afraid of him. - -18:16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and -came in before them. - -18:17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will -I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD's -battles. - -For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the -Philistines be upon him. - -18:18 And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my -father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king? -18:19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter -should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the -Meholathite to wife. - -18:20 And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and -the thing pleased him. - -18:21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to -him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. -Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in -the one of the twain. - -18:22 And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David -secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his -servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law. - -18:23 And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And -David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, -seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed? 18:24 And the -servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David. - -18:25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not -any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged -of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand -of the Philistines. - -18:26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David -well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired. - -18:27 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the -Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and -they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's -son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. - -18:28 And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that -Michal Saul's daughter loved him. - -18:29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became -David's enemy continually. - -18:30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to -pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely -than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by. - -19:1 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that -they should kill David. - -19:2 But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan -told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now -therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and -abide in a secret place, and hide thyself: 19:3 And I will go out and -stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune -with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee. - -19:4 And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said -unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; -because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have -been to thee-ward very good: 19:5 For he did put his life in his hand, -and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for -all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt -thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? 19:6 -And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the -LORD liveth, he shall not be slain. - -19:7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those -things. - -And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in -times past. - -19:8 And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the -Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from -him. - -19:9 And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his -house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand. - -19:10 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the -javelin: but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the -javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night. - -19:11 Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and -to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, -If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain. - -19:12 So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and -fled, and escaped. - -19:13 And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a -pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. - -19:14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is -sick. - -19:15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring -him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. - -19:16 And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image -in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster. - -19:17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and -sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He -said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee? 19:18 So David fled, -and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul -had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. - -19:19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in -Ramah. - -19:20 And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the -company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed -over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they -also prophesied. - -19:21 And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they -prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, -and they prophesied also. - -19:22 Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in -Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one -said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah. - -19:23 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God -was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to -Naioth in Ramah. - -19:24 And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before -Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that -night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? 20:1 And -David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, -What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy -father, that he seeketh my life? 20:2 And he said unto him, God -forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either -great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father -hide this thing from me? it is not so. - -20:3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth -that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan -know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as -thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death. - -20:4 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I -will even do it for thee. - -20:5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, -and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, -that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even. - -20:6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked -leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a -yearly sacrifice there for all the family. - -20:7 If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if -he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him. - -20:8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast -brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: -notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why -shouldest thou bring me to thy father? 20:9 And Jonathan said, Far be -it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my -father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? 20:10 Then -said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father -answer thee roughly? 20:11 And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and -let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the -field. - -20:12 And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have -sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, -behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, -and shew it thee; 20:13 The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but -if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and -send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with -thee, as he hath been with my father. - -20:14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of -the LORD, that I die not: 20:15 But also thou shalt not cut off thy -kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off -the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth. - -20:16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let -the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies. - -20:17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: -for he loved him as he loved his own soul. - -20:18 Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou -shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty. - -20:19 And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down -quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the -business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel. - -20:20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I -shot at a mark. - -20:21 And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. -If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side -of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no -hurt; as the LORD liveth. - -20:22 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are -beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away. - -20:23 And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, -behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever. - -20:24 So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was -come, the king sat him down to eat meat. - -20:25 And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a -seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, -and David's place was empty. - -20:26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, -Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean. - -20:27 And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of -the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan -his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither -yesterday, nor to day? 20:28 And Jonathan answered Saul, David -earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem: 20:29 And he said, Let -me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and -my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found -favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my -brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table. - -20:30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto -him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that -thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the -confusion of thy mother's nakedness? 20:31 For as long as the son of -Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy -kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely -die. - -20:32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, -Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done? 20:33 And Saul cast a -javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was -determined of his father to slay David. - -20:34 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no -meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, -because his father had done him shame. - -20:35 And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into -the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him. - -20:36 And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I -shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. - -20:37 And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which -Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the -arrow beyond thee? 20:38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make -speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and -came to his master. - -20:39 But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the -matter. - -20:40 And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, -Go, carry them to the city. - -20:41 And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place -toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed -himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with -another, until David exceeded. - -20:42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have -sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between -me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose -and departed: and Jonathan went into the city. - -21:1 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was -afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, -and no man with thee? 21:2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, -The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no -man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I -have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such -a place. - -21:3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of -bread in mine hand, or what there is present. - -21:4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread -under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have -kept themselves at least from women. - -21:5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth -women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, -and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a -manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel. - -21:6 So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread -there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put -hot bread in the day when it was taken away. - -21:7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, -detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the -chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul. - -21:8 And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine -hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my -weapons with me, because the king's business required haste. - -21:9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom -thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a -cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is -no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give -it me. - -21:10 And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to -Achish the king of Gath. - -21:11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the -king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, -saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands? -21:12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid -of Achish the king of Gath. - -21:13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself -mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let -his spittle fall down upon his beard. - -21:14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: -wherefore then have ye brought him to me? 21:15 Have I need of mad -men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my -presence? shall this fellow come into my house? 22:1 David therefore -departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his -brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither -to him. - -22:2 And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in -debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto -him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about -four hundred men. - -22:3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the -king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, -and be with you, till I know what God will do for me. - -22:4 And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with -him all the while that David was in the hold. - -22:5 And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; -depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and -came into the forest of Hareth. - -22:6 When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were -with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his -spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;) 22:7 -Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye -Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and -vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of -hundreds; 22:8 That all of you have conspired against me, and there is -none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of -Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto -me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, -as at this day? 22:9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set -over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to -Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. - -22:10 And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and -gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine. - -22:11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of -Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and -they came all of them to the king. - -22:12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, -Here I am, my lord. - -22:13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou -and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, -and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to -lie in wait, as at this day? 22:14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, -and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, -which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is -honourable in thine house? 22:15 Did I then begin to enquire of God -for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his -servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew -nothing of all this, less or more. - -22:16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and -all thy father's house. - -22:17 And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, -and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with -David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. -But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall -upon the priests of the LORD. - -22:18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. -And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on -that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. - -22:19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the -sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and -asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword. - -22:20 And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named -Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. - -22:21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD's -priests. - -22:22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the -Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned -the death of all the persons of thy father's house. - -22:23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life -seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard. - -23:1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight -against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors. - -23:2 Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and -smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite -the Philistines, and save Keilah. - -23:3 And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in -Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of -the Philistines? 23:4 Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And -the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will -deliver the Philistines into thine hand. - -23:5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the -Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a -great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. - -23:6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to -David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand. - -23:7 And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul -said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by -entering into a town that hath gates and bars. - -23:8 And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to -Keilah, to besiege David and his men. - -23:9 And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; -and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. - -23:10 Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath -certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the -city for my sake. - -23:11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul -come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech -thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down. - -23:12 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men -into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up. - -23:13 Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and -departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it -was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go -forth. - -23:14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained -in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every -day, but God delivered him not into his hand. - -23:15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David -was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. - -23:16 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, -and strengthened his hand in God. - -23:17 And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father -shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall -be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth. - -23:18 And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in -the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. - -23:19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not -David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of -Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? 23:20 Now therefore, O -king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; -and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand. - -23:21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion -on me. - -23:22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where -his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he -dealeth very subtilly. - -23:23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places -where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, -and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the -land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of -Judah. - -23:24 And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his -men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of -Jeshimon. - -23:25 Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David; -wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of -Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the -wilderness of Maon. - -23:26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his -men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for -fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round -about to take them. - -23:27 But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and -come; for the Philistines have invaded the land. - -23:28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went -against the Philistines: therefore they called that place -Selahammahlekoth. - -23:29 And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at -Engedi. - -24:1 And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the -Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the -wilderness of Engedi. - -24:2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and -went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. - -24:3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and -Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the -sides of the cave. - -24:4 And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the -LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine -hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then -David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily. - -24:5 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, -because he had cut off Saul's skirt. - -24:6 And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this -thing unto my master, the LORD's anointed, to stretch forth mine hand -against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD. - -24:7 So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them -not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went -on his way. - -24:8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried -after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, -David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself. - -24:9 And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, -saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt? 24:10 Behold, this day thine -eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine -hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared -thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for -he is the LORD's anointed. - -24:11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my -hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee -not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in -mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my -soul to take it. - -24:12 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of -thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. - -24:13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from -the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. - -24:14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou -pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. - -24:15 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and -see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand. - -24:16 And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking -these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son -David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. - -24:17 And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou -hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. - -24:18 And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with -me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou -killedst me not. - -24:19 For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? -wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me -this day. - -24:20 And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and -that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand. - -24:21 Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut -off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my -father's house. - -24:22 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his -men gat them up unto the hold. - -25:1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, -and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David -arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. - -25:2 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; -and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a -thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. - -25:3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife -Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful -countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he -was of the house of Caleb. - -25:4 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. - -25:5 And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young -men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name: -25:6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be -both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that -thou hast. - -25:7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds -which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing -unto them, all the while they were in Carmel. - -25:8 Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the -young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, -I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to -thy son David. - -25:9 And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to -all those words in the name of David, and ceased. - -25:10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and -who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break -away every man from his master. - -25:11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I -have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not -whence they be? 25:12 So David's young men turned their way, and went -again, and came and told him all those sayings. - -25:13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And -they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his -sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two -hundred abode by the stuff. - -25:14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, -Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our -master; and he railed on them. - -25:15 But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, -neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, -when we were in the fields: 25:16 They were a wall unto us both by -night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. - -25:17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is -determined against our master, and against all his household: for he -is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him. - -25:18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two -bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of -parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred -cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. - -25:19 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come -after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. - -25:20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the -covert on the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against -her; and she met them. - -25:21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this -fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that -pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good. - -25:22 So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of -all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against -the wall. - -25:23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, -and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, -25:24 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let -this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine -audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid. - -25:25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even -Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is -with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom -thou didst send. - -25:26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul -liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed -blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine -enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. - -25:27 And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my -lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord. - -25:28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the -LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord -fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee -all thy days. - -25:29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the -soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy -God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out -of the middle of a sling. - -25:30 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my -lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, -and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel; 25:31 That this shall -be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that -thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: -but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember -thine handmaid. - -25:32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, -which sent thee this day to meet me: 25:33 And blessed be thy advice, -and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed -blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. - -25:34 For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath -kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to -meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning -light any that pisseth against the wall. - -25:35 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, -and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have -hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person. - -25:36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his -house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within -him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or -more, until the morning light. - -25:37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out -of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died -within him, and he became as a stone. - -25:38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote -Nabal, that he died. - -25:39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be -the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of -Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned -the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed -with Abigail, to take her to him to wife. - -25:40 And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, -they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to -him to wife. - -25:41 And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and -said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the -servants of my lord. - -25:42 And Abigail hasted, and arose and rode upon an ass, with five -damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers -of David, and became his wife. - -25:43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of -them his wives. - -25:44 But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti -the son of Laish, which was of Gallim. - -26:1 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David -hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? 26:2 -Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three -thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the -wilderness of Ziph. - -26:3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before -Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw -that Saul came after him into the wilderness. - -26:4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come -in very deed. - -26:5 And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: -and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, -the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people -pitched round about him. - -26:6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to -Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down -with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with -thee. - -26:7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, -Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground -at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him. - -26:8 Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into -thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with -the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the -second time. - -26:9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch -forth his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guiltless? 26:10 -David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; -or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and -perish. - -26:11 The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against -the LORD's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is -at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. - -26:12 So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's -bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, -neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from -the LORD was fallen upon them. - -26:13 Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of -an hill afar off; a great space being between them: 26:14 And David -cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest -thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that -criest to the king? 26:15 And David said to Abner, Art not thou a -valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast -thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in -to destroy the king thy lord. - -26:16 This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, -ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD's -anointed. - -And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was -at his bolster. - -26:17 And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son -David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. - -26:18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his -servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand? 26:19 -Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his -servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept -an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before -the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the -inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods. - -26:20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the -face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, -as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. - -26:21 Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will -no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this -day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. - -26:22 And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let -one of the young men come over and fetch it. - -26:23 The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his -faithfulness; for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I -would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed. - -26:24 And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, -so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him -deliver me out of all tribulation. - -26:25 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou -shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David -went on his way, and Saul returned to his place. - -27:1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the -hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should -speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall -despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I -escape out of his hand. - -27:2 And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that -were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath. - -27:3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man -with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the -Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife. - -27:4 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought -no more again for him. - -27:5 And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine -eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may -dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with -thee? 27:6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag -pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day. - -27:7 And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines -was a full year and four months. - -27:8 And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and -the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the -inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of -Egypt. - -27:9 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, -and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, -and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish. - -27:10 And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David -said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the -Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites. - -27:11 And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to -Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and -so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the -Philistines. - -27:12 And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people -Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for -ever. - -28:1 And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered -their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish -said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me -to battle, thou and thy men. - -28:2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant -can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of -mine head for ever. - -28:3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried -him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that -had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. - -28:4 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and -pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they -pitched in Gilboa. - -28:5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and -his heart greatly trembled. - -28:6 And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, -neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. - -28:7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a -familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his -servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar -spirit at Endor. - -28:8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he -went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and -he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring -me him up, whom I shall name unto thee. - -28:9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath -done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the -wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my -life, to cause me to die? 28:10 And Saul sware to her by the LORD, -saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee -for this thing. - -28:11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he -said, Bring me up Samuel. - -28:12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and -the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou -art Saul. - -28:13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? -And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. - -28:14 And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old -man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived -that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and -bowed himself. - -28:15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring -me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines -make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no -more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called -thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. - -28:16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the -LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy? 28:17 And the -LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the -kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to -David: 28:18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor -executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done -this thing unto thee this day. - -28:19 Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the -hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with -me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of -the Philistines. - -28:20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore -afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in -him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night. - -28:21 And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, -and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I -have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which -thou spakest unto me. - -28:22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of -thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, -that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way. - -28:23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, -together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their -voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. - -28:24 And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and -killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened -bread thereof: 28:25 And she brought it before Saul, and before his -servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that -night. - -29:1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: -and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel. - -29:2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by -thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with -Achish. - -29:3 Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews -here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not -this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been -with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him -since he fell unto me unto this day? 29:4 And the princes of the -Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines -said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his -place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us -to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith -should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the -heads of these men? 29:5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to -another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten -thousands? 29:6 Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, -as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy -coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not -found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: -nevertheless the lords favour thee not. - -29:7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not -the lords of the Philistines. - -29:8 And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast -thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this -day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king? -29:9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good -in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the -Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle. - -29:10 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's -servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the -morning, and have light, depart. - -29:11 So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to -return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up -to Jezreel. - -30:1 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag -on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and -Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; 30:2 And had -taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either -great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. - -30:3 So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned -with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were -taken captives. - -30:4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their -voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. - -30:5 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the -Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. - -30:6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning -him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his -sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD -his God. - -30:7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray -thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the -ephod to David. - -30:8 And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this -troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou -shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. - -30:9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and -came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed. - -30:10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred -abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the -brook Besor. - -30:11 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to -David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink -water; 30:12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two -clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to -him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and -three nights. - -30:13 And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art -thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; -and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick. - -30:14 We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon -the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and -we burned Ziklag with fire. - -30:15 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? -And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor -deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to -this company. - -30:16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread -abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because -of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the -Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. - -30:17 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of -the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred -young men, which rode upon camels, and fled. - -30:18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: -and David rescued his two wives. - -30:19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, -neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had -taken to them: David recovered all. - -30:20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave -before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil. - -30:21 And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that -they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the -brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people -that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted -them. - -30:22 Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those -that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will -not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every -man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and -depart. - -30:23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that -which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the -company that came against us into our hand. - -30:24 For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is -that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by -the stuff: they shall part alike. - -30:25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute -and an ordinance for Israel unto this day. - -30:26 And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the -elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you -of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD; 30:27 To them which were in -Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were -in Jattir, 30:28 And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which -were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa, 30:29 And to -them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the -Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites, -30:30 And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in -Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach, 30:31 And to them which -were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men -were wont to haunt. - -31:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel -fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. - -31:2 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; -and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, -Saul's sons. - -31:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; -and he was sore wounded of the archers. - -31:4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust -me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me -through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore -afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. - -31:5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell -likewise upon his sword, and died with him. - -31:6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all -his men, that same day together. - -31:7 And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the -valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men -of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the -cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. - -31:8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to -strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in -mount Gilboa. - -31:9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent -into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the -house of their idols, and among the people. - -31:10 And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they -fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan. - -31:11 And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the -Philistines had done to Saul; 31:12 All the valiant men arose, and -went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons -from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. - -31:13 And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at -Jabesh, and fasted seven days. - - - - -The Second Book of Samuel - -Otherwise Called: - -The Second Book of the Kings - - -1:1 Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was -returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two -days in Ziklag; 1:2 It came even to pass on the third day, that, -behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, -and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he -fell to the earth, and did obeisance. - -1:3 And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto -him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. - -1:4 And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell -me. - -And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of -the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are -dead also. - -1:5 And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou -that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead? 1:6 And the young man that -told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul -leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed -hard after him. - -1:7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And -I answered, Here am I. - -1:8 And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an -Amalekite. - -1:9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: -for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me. - -1:10 So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he -could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was -upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought -them hither unto my lord. - -1:11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise -all the men that were with him: 1:12 And they mourned, and wept, and -fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the -people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were -fallen by the sword. - -1:13 And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? -And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite. - -1:14 And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch -forth thine hand to destroy the LORD's anointed? 1:15 And David -called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And -he smote him that he died. - -1:16 And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy -mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD's -anointed. - -1:17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over -Jonathan his son: 1:18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah -the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.) -1:19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the -mighty fallen! 1:20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the -streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, -lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. - -1:21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be -rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the -mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not -been anointed with oil. - -1:22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow -of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty. - -1:23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in -their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they -were stronger than lions. - -1:24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in -scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your -apparel. - -1:25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, -thou wast slain in thine high places. - -1:26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast -thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of -women. - -1:27 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! 2:1 -And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD, -saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD -said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he -said, Unto Hebron. - -2:2 So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the -Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite. - -2:3 And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with -his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron. - -2:4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over -the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of -Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul. - -2:5 And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said -unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this -kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him. - -2:6 And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will -requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing. - -2:7 Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: -for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have -anointed me king over them. - -2:8 But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth -the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; 2:9 And made him -king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over -Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. - -2:10 Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign -over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed -David. - -2:11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of -Judah was seven years and six months. - -2:12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son -of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. - -2:13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, -and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on -the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool. - -2:14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play -before us. And Joab said, Let them arise. - -2:15 Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, -which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the -servants of David. - -2:16 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his -sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that -place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon. - -2:17 And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, -and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. - -2:18 And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, -and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe. - -2:19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the -right hand nor to the left from following Abner. - -2:20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he -answered, I am. - -2:21 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to -thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his -armour. - -But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him. - -2:22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following -me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I -hold up my face to Joab thy brother? 2:23 Howbeit he refused to turn -aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him -under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell -down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as -many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still. - -2:24 Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down -when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by -the way of the wilderness of Gibeon. - -2:25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after -Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill. - -2:26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for -ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? -how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from -following their brethren? 2:27 And Joab said, As God liveth, unless -thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up -every one from following his brother. - -2:28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and -pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more. - -2:29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, -and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to -Mahanaim. - -2:30 And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered -all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men -and Asahel. - -2:31 But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's -men, so that three hundred and threescore men died. - -2:32 And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his -father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, -and they came to Hebron at break of day. - -3:1 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of -David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul -waxed weaker and weaker. - -3:2 And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was -Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; 3:3 And his second, Chileab, of -Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the -son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; 3:4 And the -fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son -of Abital; 3:5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These -were born to David in Hebron. - -3:6 And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul -and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house -of Saul. - -3:7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of -Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto -my father's concubine? 3:8 Then was Abner very wroth for the words of -Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew -kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, -and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of -David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this -woman? 3:9 So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD -hath sworn to David, even so I do to him; 3:10 To translate the -kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over -Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba. - -3:11 And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared -him. - -3:12 And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose -is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my -hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee. - -3:13 And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing -I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou -first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face. - -3:14 And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, -Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred -foreskins of the Philistines. - -3:15 And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from -Phaltiel the son of Laish. - -3:16 And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to -Bahurim. - -Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned. - -3:17 And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye -sought for David in times past to be king over you: 3:18 Now then do -it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my -servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the -Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies. - -3:19 And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also -to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to -Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin. - -3:20 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And -David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast. - -3:21 And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather -all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with -thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. -And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace. - -3:22 And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a -troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with -David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace. - -3:23 When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told -Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent -him away, and he is gone in peace. - -3:24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? -behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, -and he is quite gone? 3:25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he -came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and -to know all that thou doest. - -3:26 And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after -Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew -it not. - -3:27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the -gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth -rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. - -3:28 And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are -guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of -Ner: 3:29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's -house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an -issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth -on the sword, or that lacketh bread. - -3:30 So Joab, and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain -their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle. - -3:31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, -Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before -Abner. And king David himself followed the bier. - -3:32 And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his -voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept. - -3:33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool -dieth? 3:34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: -as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the -people wept again over him. - -3:35 And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it -was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I -taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down. - -3:36 And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as -whatsoever the king did pleased all the people. - -3:37 For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was -not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. - -3:38 And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a -prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel? 3:39 And I am this -day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be -too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to -his wickedness. - -4:1 And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands -were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. - -4:2 And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the name -of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of -Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also -was reckoned to Benjamin. - -4:3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there -until this day.) 4:4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was -lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul -and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and -it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became -lame. And his name was Mephibosheth. - -4:5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, -and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay -on a bed at noon. - -4:6 And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they -would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and -Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. - -4:7 For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his -bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and -took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night. - -4:8 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and -said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine -enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the -king this day of Saul, and of his seed. - -4:9 And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of -Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who -hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, 4:10 When one told me, -saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I -took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would -have given him a reward for his tidings: 4:11 How much more, when -wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his -bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and -take you away from the earth? 4:12 And David commanded his young men, -and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged -them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, -and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron. - -5:1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and -spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. - -5:2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that -leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou -shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. - -5:3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king -David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they -anointed David king over Israel. - -5:4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned -forty years. - -5:5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in -Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. - -5:6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the -inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou -take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: -thinking, David cannot come in hither. - -5:7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the -city of David. - -5:8 And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, -and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind that are hated -of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, -The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. - -5:9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And -David built round about from Millo and inward. - -5:10 And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was -with him. - -5:11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, -and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house. - -5:12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over -Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's -sake. - -5:13 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, -after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters -born to David. - -5:14 And these be the names of those that were born unto him in -Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, 5:15 Ibhar -also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 5:16 And Elishama, and -Eliada, and Eliphalet. - -5:17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king -over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David -heard of it, and went down to the hold. - -5:18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of -Rephaim. - -5:19 And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the -Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said -unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into -thine hand. - -5:20 And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and -said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the -breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place -Baalperazim. - -5:21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned -them. - -5:22 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in -the valley of Rephaim. - -5:23 And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go -up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against -the mulberry trees. - -5:24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops -of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then -shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the -Philistines. - -5:25 And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the -Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer. - -6:1 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, -thirty thousand. - -6:2 And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him -from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose -name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between -the cherubims. - -6:3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of -the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons -of Abinadab, drave the new cart. - -6:4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at -Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark. - -6:5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on -all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on -psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. - -6:6 And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his -hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. - -6:7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote -him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God. - -6:8 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon -Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day. - -6:9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the -ark of the LORD come to me? 6:10 So David would not remove the ark of -the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside -into the house of Obededom the Gittite. - -6:11 And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the -Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his -household. - -6:12 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the -house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the -ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house -of Obededom into the city of David with gladness. - -6:13 And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had -gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings. - -6:14 And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David -was girded with a linen ephod. - -6:15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the -LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. - -6:16 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal -Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping -and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart. - -6:17 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, -in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and -David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. - -6:18 And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings -and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of -hosts. - -6:19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude -of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, -and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people -departed every one to his house. - -6:20 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the -daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was -the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of -the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly -uncovereth himself! 6:21 And David said unto Michal, It was before -the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, -to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: -therefore will I play before the LORD. - -6:22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine -own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them -shall I be had in honour. - -6:23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day -of her death. - -7:1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD -had given him rest round about from all his enemies; 7:2 That the king -said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, -but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. - -7:3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; -for the LORD is with thee. - -7:4 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came -unto Nathan, saying, 7:5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the -LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? 7:6 Whereas I -have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the -children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in -a tent and in a tabernacle. - -7:7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of -Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I -commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an -house of cedar? 7:8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant -David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, -from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: 7:9 -And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all -thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like -unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. - -7:10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will -plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no -more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, -as beforetime, 7:11 And as since the time that I commanded judges to -be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine -enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house. - -7:12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy -fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of -thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. - -7:13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the -throne of his kingdom for ever. - -7:14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit -iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes -of the children of men: 7:15 But my mercy shall not depart away from -him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. - -7:16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever -before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. - -7:17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, -so did Nathan speak unto David. - -7:18 Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, -Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me -hitherto? 7:19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord -GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great -while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD? 7:20 And -what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy -servant. - -7:21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou -done all these great things, to make thy servant know them. - -7:22 Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like -thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we -have heard with our ears. - -7:23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like -Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make -him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, -before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the -nations and their gods? 7:24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy -people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art -become their God. - -7:25 And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning -thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do -as thou hast said. - -7:26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts -is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be -established before thee. - -7:27 For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy -servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy -servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. - -7:28 And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, -and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: 7:29 Therefore -now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may -continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: -and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for -ever. - -8:1 And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, -and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the -Philistines. - -8:2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them -down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, -and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became -David's servants, and brought gifts. - -8:3 David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he -went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. - -8:4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred -horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the -chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots. - -8:5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of -Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. - -8:6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians -became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved -David whithersoever he went. - -8:7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of -Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. - -8:8 And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David -took exceeding much brass. - -8:9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host -of Hadadezer, 8:10 Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to -salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, -and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought -with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass: -8:11 Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver -and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued; 8:12 -Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the -Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of -Rehob, king of Zobah. - -8:13 And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the -Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men. - -8:14 And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he -garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the LORD -preserved David whithersoever he went. - -8:15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment -and justice unto all his people. - -8:16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat -the son of Ahilud was recorder; 8:17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and -Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the -scribe; 8:18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the -Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers. - -9:1 And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of -Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake? 9:2 And there -was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they -had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And -he said, Thy servant is he. - -9:3 And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that -I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, -Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet. - -9:4 And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the -king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in -Lodebar. - -9:5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, -the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar. - -9:6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was -come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David -said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant! 9:7 And -David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness -for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of -Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. - -9:8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou -shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am? 9:9 Then the king called -to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy -master's son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house. - -9:10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the -land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's -son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat -bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty -servants. - -9:11 Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the -king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for -Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the -king's sons. - -9:12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all -that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth. - -9:13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at -the king's table; and was lame on both his feet. - -10:1 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of -Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. - -10:2 Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of -Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to -comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's -servants came into the land of the children of Ammon. - -10:3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their -lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath -sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants -unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? -10:4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one -half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even -to their buttocks, and sent them away. - -10:5 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the -men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until -your beards be grown, and then return. - -10:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, -the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob and the -Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a -thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men. - -10:7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the -mighty men. - -10:8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array -at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, -and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field. - -10:9 When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before -and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in -array against the Syrians: 10:10 And the rest of the people he -delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them -in array against the children of Ammon. - -10:11 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou -shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, -then I will come and help thee. - -10:12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and -for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him -good. - -10:13 And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the -battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him. - -10:14 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, -then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab -returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. - -10:15 And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, -they gathered themselves together. - -10:16 And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond -the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host -of Hadarezer went before them. - -10:17 And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and -passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves -in array against David, and fought with him. - -10:18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of -seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, -and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there. - -10:19 And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that -they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and -served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any -more. - -11:1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when -kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with -him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and -besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem. - -11:2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off -his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the -roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful -to look upon. - -11:3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not -this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? -11:4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto -him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: -and she returned unto her house. - -11:5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am -with child. - -11:6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And -Joab sent Uriah to David. - -11:7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab -did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. - -11:8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. -And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a -mess of meat from the king. - -11:9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the -servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. - -11:10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto -his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? -why then didst thou not go down unto thine house? 11:11 And Uriah -said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and -my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open -fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to -lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not -do this thing. - -11:12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I -will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the -morrow. - -11:13 And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; -and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with -the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house. - -11:14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to -Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. - -11:15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the -forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may -be smitten, and die. - -11:16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he -assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. - -11:17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and -there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the -Hittite died also. - -11:18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war; -11:19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of -telling the matters of the war unto the king, 11:20 And if so be that -the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye -so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would -shoot from the wall? 11:21 Who smote Abimelech the son of -Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him -from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then -say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. - -11:22 So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab -had sent him for. - -11:23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed -against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them -even unto the entering of the gate. - -11:24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and -some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite -is dead also. - -11:25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto -Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one -as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and -overthrow it: and encourage thou him. - -11:26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was -dead, she mourned for her husband. - -11:27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to -his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing -that David had done displeased the LORD. - -12:1 And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and -said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the -other poor. - -12:2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: 12:3 But the -poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought -and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his -children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and -lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. - -12:4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to -take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring -man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed -it for the man that was come to him. - -12:5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he -said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing -shall surely die: 12:6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because -he did this thing, and because he had no pity. - -12:7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD -God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee -out of the hand of Saul; 12:8 And I gave thee thy master's house, and -thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel -and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have -given unto thee such and such things. - -12:9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do -evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, -and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the -sword of the children of Ammon. - -12:10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; -because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the -Hittite to be thy wife. - -12:11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee -out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, -and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in -the sight of this sun. - -12:12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all -Israel, and before the sun. - -12:13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And -Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou -shalt not die. - -12:14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to -the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto -thee shall surely die. - -12:15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the -child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. - -12:16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, -and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. - -12:17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him -up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with -them. - -12:18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And -the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for -they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, -and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, -if we tell him that the child is dead? 12:19 But when David saw that -his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: -therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they -said, He is dead. - -12:20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed -himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, -and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, -they set bread before him, and he did eat. - -12:21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou -hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; -but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. - -12:22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: -for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the -child may live? 12:23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? -can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return -to me. - -12:24 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, -and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: -and the LORD loved him. - -12:25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his -name Jedidiah, because of the LORD. - -12:26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and -took the royal city. - -12:27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought -against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. - -12:28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp -against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called -after my name. - -12:29 And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, -and fought against it, and took it. - -12:30 And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight -whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set -on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great -abundance. - -12:31 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them -under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and -made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the -cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned -unto Jerusalem. - -13:1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had -a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved -her. - -13:2 And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; -for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do anything -to her. - -13:3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of -Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man. - -13:4 And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean -from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I -love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister. - -13:5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make -thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I -pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the -meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand. - -13:6 So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was -come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my -sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat -at her hand. - -13:7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother -Amnon's house, and dress him meat. - -13:8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. -And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and -did bake the cakes. - -13:9 And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he -refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they -went out every man from him. - -13:10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that -I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, -and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother. - -13:11 And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of -her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister. - -13:12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no -such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly. - -13:13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, -thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray -thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee. - -13:14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger -than she, forced her, and lay with her. - -13:15 Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith -he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And -Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone. - -13:16 And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending -me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he -would not hearken unto her. - -13:17 Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, -Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her. - -13:18 And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such -robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his -servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her. - -13:19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers -colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on -crying. - -13:20 And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother -been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; -regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother -Absalom's house. - -13:21 But when king David heard of all these things, he was very -wroth. - -13:22 And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: -for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. - -13:23 And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had -sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom -invited all the king's sons. - -13:24 And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant -hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go -with thy servant. - -13:25 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now -go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he -would not go, but blessed him. - -13:26 Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go -with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee? -13:27 But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's -sons go with him. - -13:28 Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when -Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite -Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be -courageous, and be valiant. - -13:29 And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had -commanded. - -Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his -mule, and fled. - -13:30 And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings -came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and -there is not one of them left. - -13:31 Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the -earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent. - -13:32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and -said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men -the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of -Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his -sister Tamar. - -13:33 Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his -heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is -dead. - -13:34 But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted -up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the -way of the hill side behind him. - -13:35 And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as -thy servant said, so it is. - -13:36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, -that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and -wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore. - -13:37 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king -of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day. - -13:38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years. - -13:39 And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for -he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead. - -14:1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was -toward Absalom. - -14:2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and -said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on -now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a -woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: 14:3 And come to the -king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her -mouth. - -14:4 And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her -face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king. - -14:5 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I -am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead. - -14:6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in -the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the -other, and slew him. - -14:7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, -and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill -him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the -heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall -not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth. - -14:8 And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will -give charge concerning thee. - -14:9 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the -iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his -throne be guiltless. - -14:10 And the king said, Whoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to -me, and he shall not touch thee any more. - -14:11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy -God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy -any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, -there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth. - -14:12 Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one -word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on. - -14:13 And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a -thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as -one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his -banished. - -14:14 For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, -which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any -person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled -from him. - -14:15 Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord -the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy -handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king -will perform the request of his handmaid. - -14:16 For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand -of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the -inheritance of God. - -14:17 Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now -be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to -discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee. - -14:18 Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from -me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, -Let my lord the king now speak. - -14:19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all -this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord -the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought -that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, -and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid: 14:20 To -fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: -and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to -know all things that are in the earth. - -14:21 And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: -go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again. - -14:22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and -thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I -have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath -fulfilled the request of his servant. - -14:23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to -Jerusalem. - -14:24 And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him -not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the -king's face. - -14:25 But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as -Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of -his head there was no blemish in him. - -14:26 And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end -that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he -polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels -after the king's weight. - -14:27 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, -whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance. - -14:28 So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the -king's face. - -14:29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; -but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, -he would not come. - -14:30 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near -mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's -servants set the field on fire. - -14:31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said -unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire? 14:32 And -Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, -that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from -Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now -therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in -me, let him kill me. - -14:33 So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called -for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the -ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom. - -15:1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him -chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. - -15:2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: -and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the -king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what -city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of -Israel. - -15:3 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; -but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. - -15:4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, -that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I -would do him justice! 15:5 And it was so, that when any man came nigh -to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and -kissed him. - -15:6 And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the -king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. - -15:7 And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the -king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto -the LORD, in Hebron. - -15:8 For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, -saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I -will serve the LORD. - -15:9 And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to -Hebron. - -15:10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, -saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall -say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron. - -15:11 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that -were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any -thing. - -15:12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's -counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered -sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased -continually with Absalom. - -15:13 And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the -men of Israel are after Absalom. - -15:14 And David said unto all his servants that were with him at -Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from -Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring -evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword. - -15:15 And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants -are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint. - -15:16 And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And -the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house. - -15:17 And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and -tarried in a place that was far off. - -15:18 And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the -Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred -men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. - -15:19 Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou -also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou -art a stranger, and also an exile. - -15:20 Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee -go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and -take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee. - -15:21 And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and -as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king -shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant -be. - -15:22 And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite -passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with -him. - -15:23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people -passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and -all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness. - -15:24 And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing -the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and -Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the -city. - -15:25 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the -city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me -again, and shew me both it, and his habitation: 15:26 But if he thus -say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as -seemeth good unto him. - -15:27 The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? -return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy -son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. - -15:28 See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there -come word from you to certify me. - -15:29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to -Jerusalem: and they tarried there. - -15:30 And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he -went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the -people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, -weeping as they went up. - -15:31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators -with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of -Ahithophel into foolishness. - -15:32 And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the -mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to -meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head: 15:33 Unto whom -David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden -unto me: 15:34 But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I -will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant -hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me -defeat the counsel of Ahithophel. - -15:35 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the -priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt -hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar -the priests. - -15:36 Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz -Zadok's son, and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall send -unto me every thing that ye can hear. - -15:37 So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came -into Jerusalem. - -16:1 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, -Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses -saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred -bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of -wine. - -16:2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba -said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread -and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as -be faint in the wilderness may drink. - -16:3 And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said -unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day -shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father. - -16:4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained -unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may -find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king. - -16:5 And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a -man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son -of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came. - -16:6 And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king -David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right -hand and on his left. - -16:7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou -bloody man, and thou man of Belial: 16:8 The LORD hath returned upon -thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast -reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of -Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because -thou art a bloody man. - -16:9 Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should -this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and -take off his head. - -16:10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of -Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse -David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so? 16:11 And -David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which -came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this -Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath -bidden him. - -16:12 It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that -the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day. - -16:13 And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on -the hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw -stones at him, and cast dust. - -16:14 And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, -and refreshed themselves there. - -16:15 And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to -Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. - -16:16 And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, -was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the -king, God save the king. - -16:17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? -why wentest thou not with thy friend? 16:18 And Hushai said unto -Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men of -Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide. - -16:19 And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the -presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so -will I be in thy presence. - -16:20 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we -shall do. - -16:21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's -concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall -hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all -that are with thee be strong. - -16:22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and -Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all -Israel. - -16:23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those -days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all -the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. - -17:1 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out -twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this -night: 17:2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak -handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him -shall flee; and I will smite the king only: 17:3 And I will bring back -all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all -returned: so all the people shall be in peace. - -17:4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of -Israel. - -17:5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us -hear likewise what he saith. - -17:6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, -saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after -his saying? if not; speak thou. - -17:7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath -given is not good at this time. - -17:8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they -be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of -her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not -lodge with the people. - -17:9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it -will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that -whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people -that follow Absalom. - -17:10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a -lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a -mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men. - -17:11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto -thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for -multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person. - -17:12 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, -and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of -him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so -much as one. - -17:13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel -bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until -there be not one small stone found there. - -17:14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of -Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the -LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the -intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom. - -17:15 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus -and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and -thus and thus have I counselled. - -17:16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not -this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; -lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him. - -17:17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not -be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and -they went and told king David. - -17:18 Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went -both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which -had a well in his court; whither they went down. - -17:19 And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, -and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known. - -17:20 And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they -said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, -They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and -could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem. - -17:21 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up -out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, -Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel -counselled against you. - -17:22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and -they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of -them that was not gone over Jordan. - -17:23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he -saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his -city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, -and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. - -17:24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he -and all the men of Israel with him. - -17:25 And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: -which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that -went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's -mother. - -17:26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead. - -17:27 And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi -the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the -son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, -17:28 Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and -barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and -parched pulse, 17:29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of -kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for -they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the -wilderness. - -18:1 And David numbered the people that were with him, and set -captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds over them. - -18:2 And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of -Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, -Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. -And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you -myself also. - -18:3 But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee -away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they -care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now -it is better that thou succour us out of the city. - -18:4 And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And -the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by -hundreds and by thousands. - -18:5 And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal -gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the -people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning -Absalom. - -18:6 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the -battle was in the wood of Ephraim; 18:7 Where the people of Israel -were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great -slaughter that day of twenty thousand men. - -18:8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the -country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword -devoured. - -18:9 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a -mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his -head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven -and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away. - -18:10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw -Absalom hanged in an oak. - -18:11 And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou -sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and -I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle. - -18:12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand -shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand -against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and -Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man -Absalom. - -18:13 Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: -for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest -have set thyself against me. - -18:14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took -three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, -while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak. - -18:15 And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and -smote Absalom, and slew him. - -18:16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing -after Israel: for Joab held back the people. - -18:17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the -wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel -fled every one to his tent. - -18:18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself -a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to -keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own -name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place. - -18:19 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the -king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies. - -18:20 And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, -but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear -no tidings, because the king's son is dead. - -18:21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. -And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran. - -18:22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But -howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, -Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings -ready? 18:23 But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto -him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi. - -18:24 And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to -the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and -looked, and behold a man running alone. - -18:25 And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If -he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and -drew near. - -18:26 And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman -called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. -And the king said, He also bringeth tidings. - -18:27 And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost -is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He -is a good man, and cometh with good tidings. - -18:28 And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he -fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, -Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that -lifted up their hand against my lord the king. - -18:29 And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz -answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw -a great tumult, but I knew not what it was. - -18:30 And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he -turned aside, and stood still. - -18:31 And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the -king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up -against thee. - -18:32 And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And -Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise -against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is. - -18:33 And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the -gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my -son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, -my son! 19:1 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and -mourneth for Absalom. - -19:2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the -people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for -his son. - -19:3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as -people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. - -19:4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud -voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son! 19:5 And Joab -came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day -the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and -the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy -wives, and the lives of thy concubines; 19:6 In that thou lovest thine -enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that -thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, -that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had -pleased thee well. - -19:7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy -servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will -not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee -than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now. - -19:8 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all -the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the -people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his -tent. - -19:9 And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of -Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and -he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled -out of the land for Absalom. - -19:10 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now -therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back? 19:11 -And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, -Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring -the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to -the king, even to his house. - -19:12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then -are ye the last to bring back the king? 19:13 And say ye to Amasa, -Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more -also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the -room of Joab. - -19:14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the -heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return -thou, and all thy servants. - -19:15 So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to -Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan. - -19:16 And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, -hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David. - -19:17 And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the -servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty -servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king. - -19:18 And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's -household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera -fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan; 19:19 And said -unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do -thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my -lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to -his heart. - -19:20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, -I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to -meet my lord the king. - -19:21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not -Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's -anointed? 19:22 And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons -of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall -there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know -that I am this day king over Israel? 19:23 Therefore the king said -unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him. - -19:24 And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and -had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his -clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in -peace. - -19:25 And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the -king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, -Mephibosheth? 19:26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant -deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may -ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame. - -19:27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my -lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in -thine eyes. - -19:28 For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord -the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at -thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto -the king? 19:29 And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any -more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land. - -19:30 And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, -forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own -house. - -19:31 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went -over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan. - -19:32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and -he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for -he was a very great man. - -19:33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I -will feed thee with me in Jerusalem. - -19:34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that -I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem? 19:35 I am this day -fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy -servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the -voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy -servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king? 19:36 Thy servant will -go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king -recompense it me with such a reward? 19:37 Let thy servant, I pray -thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried -by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant -Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what -shall seem good unto thee. - -19:38 And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will -do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou -shalt require of me, that will I do for thee. - -19:39 And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come -over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto -his own place. - -19:40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: -and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the -people of Israel. - -19:41 And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said -unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee -away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's -men with him, over Jordan? 19:42 And all the men of Judah answered -the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore -then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's -cost? or hath he given us any gift? 19:43 And the men of Israel -answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, -and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise -us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? -And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the -men of Israel. - -20:1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was -Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and -said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son -of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel. - -20:2 So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed -Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, -from Jordan even to Jerusalem. - -20:3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the -ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put -them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were -shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood. - -20:4 Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within -three days, and be thou here present. - -20:5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer -than the set time which he had appointed him. - -20:6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do -us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and -pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us. - -20:7 And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and -the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of -Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. - -20:8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went -before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto -him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the -sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out. - -20:9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab -took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. - -20:10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so -he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to -the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai -his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri. - -20:11 And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth -Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab. - -20:12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And -when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out -of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw -that every one that came by him stood still. - -20:13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on -after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. - -20:14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to -Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and -went also after him. - -20:15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they -cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all -the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. - -20:16 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray -you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. - -20:17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou -Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the -words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. - -20:18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, -saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the -matter. - -20:19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou -seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou -swallow up the inheritance of the LORD? 20:20 And Joab answered and -said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or -destroy. - -20:21 The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son -of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even -against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And -the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee -over the wall. - -20:22 Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they -cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. -And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to -his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king. - -20:23 Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of -Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites: 20:24 And -Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was -recorder: 20:25 And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the -priests: 20:26 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David. - -21:1 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year -after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It -is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. - -21:2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the -Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of -the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul -sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.) -21:3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for -you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the -inheritance of the LORD? 21:4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, We -will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us -shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, -that will I do for you. - -21:5 And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that -devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any -of the coasts of Israel, 21:6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered -unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, -whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them. - -21:7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of -Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David -and Jonathan the son of Saul. - -21:8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, -whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of -Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of -Barzillai the Meholathite: 21:9 And he delivered them into the hands -of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: -and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of -harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest. - -21:10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it -for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water -dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the -air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. - -21:11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the -concubine of Saul, had done. - -21:12 And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of -Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them -from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, -when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: 21:13 And he brought up -from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and -they gathered the bones of them that were hanged. - -21:14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the -country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and -they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was -intreated for the land. - -21:15 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and -David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the -Philistines: and David waxed faint. - -21:16 And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight -of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he -being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David. - -21:17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the -Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, -saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench -not the light of Israel. - -21:18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle -with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, -which was of the sons of the giant. - -21:19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where -Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of -Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's -beam. - -21:20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great -stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six -toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant. - -21:21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the -brother of David slew him. - -21:22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand -of David, and by the hand of his servants. - -22:1 And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day -that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, -and out of the hand of Saul: 22:2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, -and my fortress, and my deliverer; 22:3 The God of my rock; in him -will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high -tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. - -22:4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I -be saved from mine enemies. - -22:5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men -made me afraid; 22:6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the -snares of death prevented me; 22:7 In my distress I called upon the -LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, -and my cry did enter into his ears. - -22:8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven -moved and shook, because he was wroth. - -22:9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his -mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. - -22:10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under -his feet. - -22:11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the -wings of the wind. - -22:12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and -thick clouds of the skies. - -22:13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. - -22:14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his -voice. - -22:15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and -discomfited them. - -22:16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the -world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of -the breath of his nostrils. - -22:17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters; -22:18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated -me: for they were too strong for me. - -22:19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my -stay. - -22:20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, -because he delighted in me. - -22:21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to -the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. - -22:22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly -departed from my God. - -22:23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I -did not depart from them. - -22:24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine -iniquity. - -22:25 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my -righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight. - -22:26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the -upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright. - -22:27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward -thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury. - -22:28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon -the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. - -22:29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my -darkness. - -22:30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped -over a wall. - -22:31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: -he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. - -22:32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God? -22:33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect. - -22:34 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high -places. - -22:35 He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by -mine arms. - -22:36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy -gentleness hath made me great. - -22:37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not -slip. - -22:38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not -again until I had consumed them. - -22:39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not -arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet. - -22:40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose -up against me hast thou subdued under me. - -22:41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might -destroy them that hate me. - -22:42 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but -he answered them not. - -22:43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did -stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. - -22:44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, -thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not -shall serve me. - -22:45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, -they shall be obedient unto me. - -22:46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their -close places. - -22:47 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God -of the rock of my salvation. - -22:48 It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people -under me. - -22:49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast -lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast -delivered me from the violent man. - -22:50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the -heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name. - -22:51 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to -his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore. - -23:1 Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse -said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God -of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 23:2 The Spirit of -the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. - -23:3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that -ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. - -23:4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, -even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of -the earth by clear shining after rain. - -23:5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an -everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all -my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. - -23:6 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust -away, because they cannot be taken with hands: 23:7 But the man that -shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; -and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place. - -23:8 These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The -Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same -was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom -he slew at one time. - -23:9 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the -three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that -were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were -gone away: 23:10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand -was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a -great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to -spoil. - -23:11 And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the -Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of -ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines. - -23:12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and -slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory. - -23:13 And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in -the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the -Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim. - -23:14 And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the -Philistines was then in Bethlehem. - -23:15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of -the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate! 23:16 And -the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and -drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and -took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink -thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD. - -23:17 And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: -is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? -therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty -men. - -23:18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief -among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and -slew them, and had the name among three. - -23:19 Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their -captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three. - -23:20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of -Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he -went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow: -23:21 And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a -spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked -the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. - -23:22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name -among three mighty men. - -23:23 He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to -the first three. And David set him over his guard. - -23:24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the -son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 23:25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the -Harodite, 23:26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, -23:27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, 23:28 Zalmon -the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, 23:29 Heleb the son of Baanah, -a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children -of Benjamin, 23:30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of -Gaash, 23:31 Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, 23:32 -Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, 23:33 -Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, 23:34 -Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the -son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, 23:35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the -Arbite, 23:36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, 23:37 -Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the -son of Zeruiah, 23:38 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite, 23:39 Uriah -the Hittite: thirty and seven in all. - -24:1 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and -he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. - -24:2 For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with -him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to -Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the -people. - -24:3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the -people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of -my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in -this thing? 24:4 Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against -Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains -of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the -people of Israel. - -24:5 And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right -side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and -toward Jazer: 24:6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of -Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon, 24:7 And -came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, -and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even -to Beersheba. - -24:8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to -Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. - -24:9 And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the -king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that -drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men. - -24:10 And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the -people. - -And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have -done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy -servant; for I have done very foolishly. - -24:11 For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came -unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, 24:12 Go and say unto -David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one -of them, that I may do it unto thee. - -24:13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall -seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee -three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that -there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what -answer I shall return to him that sent me. - -24:14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now -into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not -fall into the hand of man. - -24:15 So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even -to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to -Beersheba seventy thousand men. - -24:16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to -destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel -that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the -angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. - -24:17 And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote -the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but -these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be -against me, and against my father's house. - -24:18 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear -an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite. - -24:19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD -commanded. - -24:20 And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on -toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on -his face upon the ground. - -24:21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his -servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build -an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people. - -24:22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer -up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt -sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen -for wood. - -24:23 All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And -Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee. - -24:24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of -thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my -God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the -threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. - -24:25 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt -offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, -and the plague was stayed from Israel. - - - - -The First Book of the Kings - -Commonly Called: - -The Third Book of the Kings - - -1:1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered -him with clothes, but he gat no heat. - -1:2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my -lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and -let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the -king may get heat. - -1:3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of -Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. - -1:4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and -ministered to him: but the king knew her not. - -1:5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will -be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to -run before him. - -1:6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why -hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother -bare him after Absalom. - -1:7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar -the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him. - -1:8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan -the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to -David, were not with Adonijah. - -1:9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of -Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king's -sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants: 1:10 But Nathan -the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, -he called not. - -1:11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, -saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth -reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? 1:12 Now therefore come, -let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine -own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. - -1:13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not -thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly -Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? -why then doth Adonijah reign? 1:14 Behold, while thou yet talkest -there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy -words. - -1:15 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the -king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the -king. - -1:16 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the -king said, What wouldest thou? 1:17 And she said unto him, My lord, -thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, -Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon -my throne. - -1:18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, -thou knowest it not: 1:19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and -sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and -Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy -servant hath he not called. - -1:20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, -that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord -the king after him. - -1:21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall -sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted -offenders. - -1:22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet -also came in. - -1:23 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And -when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king -with his face to the ground. - -1:24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall -reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? 1:25 For he is gone -down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in -abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of -the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink -before him, and say, God save king Adonijah. - -1:26 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah -the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called. - -1:27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed -it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king -after him? 1:28 Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. -And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king. - -1:29 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath -redeemed my soul out of all distress, 1:30 Even as I sware unto thee -by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall -reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so -will I certainly do this day. - -1:31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did -reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever. - -1:32 And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the -prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the -king. - -1:33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your -lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring -him down to Gihon: 1:34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the -prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the -trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon. - -1:35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my -throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to -be ruler over Israel and over Judah. - -1:36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, -Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too. - -1:37 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with -Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king -David. - -1:38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son -of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and -caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to -Gihon. - -1:39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, -and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people -said, God save king Solomon. - -1:40 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with -pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the -sound of them. - -1:41 And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as -they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the -trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an -uproar? 1:42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of -Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for -thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings. - -1:43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king -David hath made Solomon king. - -1:44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the -prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the -Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule: -1:45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him -king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the -city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard. - -1:46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. - -1:47 And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king -David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and -make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself -upon the bed. - -1:48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, -which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even -seeing it. - -1:49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose -up, and went every man his way. - -1:50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and -caught hold on the horns of the altar. - -1:51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king -Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, -saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me today that he will not slay his -servant with the sword. - -1:52 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there -shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be -found in him, he shall die. - -1:53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. -And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto -him, Go to thine house. - -2:1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged -Solomon his son, saying, 2:2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou -strong therefore, and shew thyself a man; 2:3 And keep the charge of -the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his -commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written -in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, -and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: 2:4 That the LORD may continue -his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take -heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and -with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the -throne of Israel. - -2:5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, -and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner -the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and -shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his -girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his -feet. - -2:6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go -down to the grave in peace. - -2:7 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and -let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me -when I fled because of Absalom thy brother. - -2:8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a -Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day -when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I -sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with -the sword. - -2:9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and -knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring -thou down to the grave with blood. - -2:10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of -David. - -2:11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: -seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned -he in Jerusalem. - -2:12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his -kingdom was established greatly. - -2:13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of -Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. - -2:14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, -Say on. - -2:15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all -Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom -is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the -LORD. - -2:16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said -unto him, Say on. - -2:17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he -will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to -wife. - -2:18 And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king. - -2:19 Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for -Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto -her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the -king's mother; and she sat on his right hand. - -2:20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, -say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I -will not say thee nay. - -2:21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy -brother to wife. - -2:22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost -thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom -also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the -priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. - -2:23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and -more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life. - -2:24 Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and -set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an -house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day. - -2:25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; -and he fell upon him that he died. - -2:26 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, -unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at -this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the LORD -God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in -all wherein my father was afflicted. - -2:27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; -that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning -the house of Eli in Shiloh. - -2:28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, -though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle -of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. - -2:29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the -tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon -sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. - -2:30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto -him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die -here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, -and thus he answered me. - -2:31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon -him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, -which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father. - -2:32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell -upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the -sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of -Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, -captain of the host of Judah. - -2:33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and -upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, -and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever -from the LORD. - -2:34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and -slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. - -2:35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the -host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar. - -2:36 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build -thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence -any whither. - -2:37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over -the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely -die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head. - -2:38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the -king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem -many days. - -2:39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the -servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. -And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. - -2:40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish -to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from -Gath. - -2:41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to -Gath, and was come again. - -2:42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I -not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, -Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any -whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word -that I have heard is good. - -2:43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the -commandment that I have charged thee with? 2:44 The king said -moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart -is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD -shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head; 2:45 And king Solomon -shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before -the LORD for ever. - -2:46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went -out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established -in the hand of Solomon. - -3:1 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took -Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he -had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, -and the wall of Jerusalem round about. - -3:2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no -house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days. - -3:3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his -father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. - -3:4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the -great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon -that altar. - -3:5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and -God said, Ask what I shall give thee. - -3:6 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my -father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and -in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast -kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to -sit on his throne, as it is this day. - -3:7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of -David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out -or come in. - -3:8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast -chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for -multitude. - -3:9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy -people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to -judge this thy so great a people? 3:10 And the speech pleased the -LORD, that Solomon had asked this thing. - -3:11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and -hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for -thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for -thyself understanding to discern judgment; 3:12 Behold, I have done -according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an -understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, -neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. - -3:13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both -riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings -like unto thee all thy days. - -3:14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my -commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy -days. - -3:15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to -Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and -offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a -feast to all his servants. - -3:16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and -stood before him. - -3:17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one -house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. - -3:18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, -that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no -stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. - -3:19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid -it. - -3:20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while -thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead -child in my bosom. - -3:21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it -was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was -not my son, which I did bear. - -3:22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the -dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the -living is my son. Thus they spake before the king. - -3:23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, -and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the -dead, and my son is the living. - -3:24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword -before the king. - -3:25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half -to the one, and half to the other. - -3:26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, -for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her -the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it -be neither mine nor thine, but divide it. - -3:27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and -in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof. - -3:28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; -and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in -him, to do judgment. - -4:1 So king Solomon was king over all Israel. - -4:2 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok -the priest, 4:3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; -Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. - -4:4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and -Abiathar were the priests: 4:5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over -the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and -the king's friend: 4:6 And Ahishar was over the household: and -Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute. - -4:7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided -victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year -made provision. - -4:8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: 4:9 -The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and -Elonbethhanan: 4:10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained -Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: 4:11 The son of Abinadab, in all -the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife: -4:12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, -and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from -Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam: -4:13 The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of -Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained -the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with -walls and brasen bars: 4:14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: -4:15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of -Solomon to wife: 4:16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in -Aloth: 4:17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: 4:18 Shimei -the son of Elah, in Benjamin: 4:19 Geber the son of Uri was in the -country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and -of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the -land. - -4:20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in -multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. - -4:21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the -land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought -presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life. - -4:22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine -flour, and threescore measures of meal, 4:23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty -oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and -roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl. - -4:24 For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, -from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: -and he had peace on all sides round about him. - -4:25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and -under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of -Solomon. - -4:26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, -and twelve thousand horsemen. - -4:27 And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all -that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they -lacked nothing. - -4:28 Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they -unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his -charge. - -4:29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and -largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. - -4:30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of -the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. - -4:31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and -Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in -all nations round about. - -4:32 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a -thousand and five. - -4:33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon -even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of -beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. - -4:34 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from -all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom. - -5:1 And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had -heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for -Hiram was ever a lover of David. - -5:2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, 5:3 Thou knowest how that David -my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God -for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put -them under the soles of his feet. - -5:4 But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that -there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent. - -5:5 And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD -my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom -I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto -my name. - -5:6 Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of -Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee -will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt -appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can -skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians. - -5:7 And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that -he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which -hath given unto David a wise son over this great people. - -5:8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things -which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning -timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. - -5:9 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I -will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt -appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt -receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for -my household. - -5:10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all -his desire. - -5:11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food -to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon -to Hiram year by year. - -5:12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there -was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league -together. - -5:13 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy -was thirty thousand men. - -5:14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a -month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was -over the levy. - -5:15 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, -and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; 5:16 Beside the chief -of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and -three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work. - -5:17 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly -stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. - -5:18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the -stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. - -6:1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after -the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the -fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is -the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. - -6:2 And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length -thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, -and the height thereof thirty cubits. - -6:3 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was -the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten -cubits was the breadth thereof before the house. - -6:4 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights. - -6:5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, -against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of -the oracle: and he made chambers round about: 6:6 The nethermost -chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, -and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the -house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be -fastened in the walls of the house. - -6:7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made -ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer -nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in -building. - -6:8 The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the -house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, -and out of the middle into the third. - -6:9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with -beams and boards of cedar. - -6:10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits -high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar. - -6:11 And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, 6:12 Concerning -this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my -statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to -walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake -unto David thy father: 6:13 And I will dwell among the children of -Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. - -6:14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it. - -6:15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, -both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he -covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the -house with planks of fir. - -6:16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the -floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it -within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place. - -6:17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits -long. - -6:18 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open -flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen. - -6:19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the -ark of the covenant of the LORD. - -6:20 And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and -twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and -he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of -cedar. - -6:21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made -a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid -it with gold. - -6:22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished -all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid -with gold. - -6:23 And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each -ten cubits high. - -6:24 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits -the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing -unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. - -6:25 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of -one measure and one size. - -6:26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the -other cherub. - -6:27 And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they -stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the -one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the -other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the -house. - -6:28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold. - -6:29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved -figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and -without. - -6:30 And the floors of the house he overlaid with gold, within and -without. - -6:31 And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: -the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall. - -6:32 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them -carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid -them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm -trees. - -6:33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a -fourth part of the wall. - -6:34 And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one -door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. - -6:35 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: -and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work. - -6:36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and -a row of cedar beams. - -6:37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD -laid, in the month Zif: 6:38 And in the eleventh year, in the month -Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all -the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he -seven years in building it. - -7:1 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he -finished all his house. - -7:2 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length -thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, -and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, -with cedar beams upon the pillars. - -7:3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on -forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. - -7:4 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light -in three ranks. - -7:5 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and -light was against light in three ranks. - -7:6 And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty -cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was -before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before -them. - -7:7 Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the -porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the -floor to the other. - -7:8 And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, -which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's -daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch. - -7:9 All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of -hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the -foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great -court. - -7:10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, -stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. - -7:11 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, -and cedars. - -7:12 And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed -stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the -house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house. - -7:13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. - -7:14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was -a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and -understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to -king Solomon, and wrought all his work. - -7:15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: -and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. - -7:16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops -of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and -the height of the other chapiter was five cubits: 7:17 And nets of -checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were -upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for -the other chapiter. - -7:18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one -network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with -pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter. - -7:19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of -lily work in the porch, four cubits. - -7:20 And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also -above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the -pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other -chapiter. - -7:21 And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set -up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up -the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz. - -7:22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of -the pillars finished. - -7:23 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the -other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a -line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. - -7:24 And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing -it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were -cast in two rows, when it was cast. - -7:25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and -three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and -three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, -and all their hinder parts were inward. - -7:26 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was -wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained -two thousand baths. - -7:27 And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one -base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height -of it. - -7:28 And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, -and the borders were between the ledges: 7:29 And on the borders that -were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the -ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were -certain additions made of thin work. - -7:30 And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and -the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were -undersetters molten, at the side of every addition. - -7:31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: -but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit -and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their -borders, foursquare, not round. - -7:32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the -wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit -and half a cubit. - -7:33 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: -their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, -were all molten. - -7:34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: -and the undersetters were of the very base itself. - -7:35 And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a -cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the -borders thereof were of the same. - -7:36 For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders -thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the -proportion of every one, and additions round about. - -7:37 After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one -casting, one measure, and one size. - -7:38 Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty -baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten -bases one laver. - -7:39 And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on -the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of -the house eastward over against the south. - -7:40 And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So -Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for -the house of the LORD: 7:41 The two pillars, and the two bowls of the -chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two -networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the -top of the pillars; 7:42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two -networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the -two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars; 7:43 And the -ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases; 7:44 And one sea, and twelve -oxen under the sea; 7:45 And the pots, and the shovels, and the -basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for -the house of the LORD, were of bright brass. - -7:46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground -between Succoth and Zarthan. - -7:47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were -exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out. - -7:48 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of -the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the -shewbread was, 7:49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the -right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, -and the lamps, and the tongs of gold, 7:50 And the bowls, and the -snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure -gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, -the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the -temple. - -7:51 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of -the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had -dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put -among the treasures of the house of the LORD. - -8:1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of -the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto -king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the -covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. - -8:2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon -at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. - -8:3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the -ark. - -8:4 And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the -congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, -even those did the priests and the Levites bring up. - -8:5 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were -assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep -and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. - -8:6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD -unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, -even under the wings of the cherubims. - -8:7 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of -the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof -above. - -8:8 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were -seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen -without: and there they are unto this day. - -8:9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which -Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the -children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. - -8:10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy -place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, 8:11 So that the -priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the -glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD. - -8:12 Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the -thick darkness. - -8:13 I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place -for thee to abide in for ever. - -8:14 And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the -congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;) -8:15 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake with -his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, -saying, 8:16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out -of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an -house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my -people Israel. - -8:17 And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for -the name of the LORD God of Israel. - -8:18 And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine -heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in -thine heart. - -8:19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that -shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my -name. - -8:20 And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am -risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of -Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of -the LORD God of Israel. - -8:21 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant -of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out -of the land of Egypt. - -8:22 And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of -all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward -heaven: 8:23 And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like -thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and -mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart: -8:24 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou -promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled -it with thine hand, as it is this day. - -8:25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my -father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a -man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children -take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked -before me. - -8:26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, -which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father. - -8:27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and -heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I -have builded? 8:28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy -servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the -cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day: -8:29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even -toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that -thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make -toward this place. - -8:30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy -people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou -in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive. - -8:31 If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid -upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar -in this house: 8:32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy -servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and -justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness. - -8:33 When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because -they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and -confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this -house: 8:34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy -people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest -unto their fathers. - -8:35 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have -sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy -name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them: 8:36 Then -hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy -people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should -walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people -for an inheritance. - -8:37 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, -mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege -them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever -sickness there be; 8:38 What prayer and supplication soever be made by -any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the -plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house: -8:39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, -and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; -(for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of -men;) 8:40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the -land which thou gavest unto our fathers. - -8:41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, -but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake; 8:42 (For they -shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy -stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house; -8:43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all -that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth -may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that -they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy -name. - -8:44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever -thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city -which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy -name: 8:45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their -supplication, and maintain their cause. - -8:46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) -and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that -they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near; -8:47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they -were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in -the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, -and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; 8:48 And so -return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the -land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee -toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city -which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name: -8:49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy -dwelling place, and maintain their cause, 8:50 And forgive thy people -that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein -they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before -them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them: -8:51 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou -broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron: -8:52 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, -and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them -in all that they call for unto thee. - -8:53 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the -earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses -thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O LORD -God. - -8:54 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all -this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the -altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up -to heaven. - -8:55 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a -loud voice, saying, 8:56 Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest -unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath -not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the -hand of Moses his servant. - -8:57 The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him -not leave us, nor forsake us: 8:58 That he may incline our hearts unto -him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his -statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers. - -8:59 And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before -the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he -maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel -at all times, as the matter shall require: 8:60 That all the people of -the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else. - -8:61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to -walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day. - -8:62 And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before -the LORD. - -8:63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he -offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred -and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel -dedicated the house of the LORD. - -8:64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was -before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, -and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the -brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the -burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace -offerings. - -8:65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a -great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of -Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even -fourteen days. - -8:66 On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the -king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the -goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel -his people. - -9:1 And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the -house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire -which he was pleased to do, 9:2 That the LORD appeared to Solomon the -second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. - -9:3 And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy -supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this -house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine -eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. - -9:4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in -integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I -have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: 9:5 -Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, -as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a -man upon the throne of Israel. - -9:6 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your -children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I -have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: -9:7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given -them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast -out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all -people: 9:8 And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth -by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why -hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house? 9:9 And -they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who -brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken -hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: -therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil. - -9:10 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had -built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house, -9:11 (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar -trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that -then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. - -9:12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had -given him; and they pleased him not. - -9:13 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my -brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day. - -9:14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold. - -9:15 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for -to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the -wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. - -9:16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt -it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and -given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife. - -9:17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether, 9:18 And -Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land, 9:19 And all the -cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and -cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in -Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. - -9:20 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, -Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of -Israel, 9:21 Their children that were left after them in the land, -whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, -upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day. - -9:22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but -they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his -captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen. - -9:23 These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's -work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that -wrought in the work. - -9:24 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her -house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo. - -9:25 And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and -peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he -burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished -the house. - -9:26 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is -beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. - -9:27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had -knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. - -9:28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four -hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon. - -10:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon -concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard -questions. - -10:2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels -that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when -she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her -heart. - -10:3 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing -hid from the king, which he told her not. - -10:4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and -the house that he had built, 10:5 And the meat of his table, and the -sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and -their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up -unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. - -10:6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in -mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. - -10:7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had -seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and -prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard. - -10:8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand -continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. - -10:9 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee -on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, -therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice. - -10:10 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and -of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more -such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to -king Solomon. - -10:11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, -brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious -stones. - -10:12 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of -the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for -singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day. - -10:13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, -whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal -bounty. - -So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants. - -10:14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six -hundred threescore and six talents of gold, 10:15 Beside that he had -of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of -all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country. - -10:16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six -hundred shekels of gold went to one target. - -10:17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of -gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the -forest of Lebanon. - -10:18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it -with the best gold. - -10:19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round -behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, -and two lions stood beside the stays. - -10:20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other -upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom. - -10:21 And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all -the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; -none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of -Solomon. - -10:22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of -Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, -and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. - -10:23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches -and for wisdom. - -10:24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which -God had put in his heart. - -10:25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and -vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and -mules, a rate year by year. - -10:26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had -a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, -whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at -Jerusalem. - -10:27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and -cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for -abundance. - -10:28 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the -king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. - -10:29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred -shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for -all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they -bring them out by their means. - -11:1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the -daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, -Zidonians, and Hittites: 11:2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD -said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither -shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart -after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. - -11:3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred -concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. - -11:4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned -away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with -the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father. - -11:5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, -and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. - -11:6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully -after the LORD, as did David his father. - -11:7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination -of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the -abomination of the children of Ammon. - -11:8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt -incense and sacrificed unto their gods. - -11:9 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned -from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, 11:10 -And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go -after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded. - -11:11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done -of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I -have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and -will give it to thy servant. - -11:12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy -father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. - -11:13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one -tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake -which I have chosen. - -11:14 And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the -Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom. - -11:15 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the -captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had -smitten every male in Edom; 11:16 (For six months did Joab remain -there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:) 11:17 -That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with -him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child. - -11:18 And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took -men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king -of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and -gave him land. - -11:19 And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he -gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes -the queen. - -11:20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom -Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's -household among the sons of Pharaoh. - -11:21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, -and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, -Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country. - -11:22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, -that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he -answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise. - -11:23 And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of -Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: 11:24 And -he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David -slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and -reigned in Damascus. - -11:25 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, -beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and -reigned over Syria. - -11:26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, -Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even -he lifted up his hand against the king. - -11:27 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the -king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of -David his father. - -11:28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon -seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over -all the charge of the house of Joseph. - -11:29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of -Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; -and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in -the field: 11:30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, -and rent it in twelve pieces: 11:31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee -ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will -rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes -to thee: 11:32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's -sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of -all the tribes of Israel:) 11:33 Because that they have forsaken me, -and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh -the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, -and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine -eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his -father. - -11:34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I -will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's -sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes: -11:35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give -it unto thee, even ten tribes. - -11:36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant -may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have -chosen me to put my name there. - -11:37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that -thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel. - -11:38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command -thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to -keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I -will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, -and will give Israel unto thee. - -11:39 And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever. - -11:40 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, -and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt -until the death of Solomon. - -11:41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and -his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? -11:42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel -was forty years. - -11:43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city -of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. - -12:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem -to make him king. - -12:2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet -in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king -Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) 12:3 That they sent and called -him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake -unto Rehoboam, saying, 12:4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now -therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy -yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. - -12:5 And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again -to me. And the people departed. - -12:6 And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before -Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that -I may answer this people? 12:7 And they spake unto him, saying, If -thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, -and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy -servants for ever. - -12:8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given -him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and -which stood before him: 12:9 And he said unto them, What counsel give -ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make -the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter? 12:10 And the -young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus -shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy -father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus -shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my -father's loins. - -12:11 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will -add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will -chastise you with scorpions. - -12:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, -as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day. - -12:13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old -men's counsel that they gave him; 12:14 And spake to them after the -counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and -I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but -I will chastise you with scorpions. - -12:15 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause -was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD -spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat. - -12:16 So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, -the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? -neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O -Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto -their tents. - -12:17 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of -Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. - -12:18 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and -all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king -Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to -Jerusalem. - -12:19 So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. - -12:20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was -come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and -made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house -of David, but the tribe of Judah only. - -12:21 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the -house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore -thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house -of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. - -12:22 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying, -12:23 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto -all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, -saying, 12:24 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight -against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his -house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word -of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the -LORD. - -12:25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; -and went out from thence, and built Penuel. - -12:26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to -the house of David: 12:27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the -house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people -turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they -shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. - -12:28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, -and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: -behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of -Egypt. - -12:29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan. - -12:30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship -before the one, even unto Dan. - -12:31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the -lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. - -12:32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the -fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and -he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the -calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the -high places which he had made. - -12:33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the -fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had -devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of -Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense. - -13:1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of -the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. - -13:2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, -O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born -unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer -the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's -bones shall be burnt upon thee. - -13:3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which -the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes -that are upon it shall be poured out. - -13:4 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the -man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put -forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, -which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it -in again to him. - -13:5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, -according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of -the LORD. - -13:6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now -the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be -restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the -king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before. - -13:7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and -refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward. - -13:8 And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half -thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor -drink water in this place: 13:9 For so was it charged me by the word -of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by -the same way that thou camest. - -13:10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came -to Bethel. - -13:11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and -told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in -Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told -also to their father. - -13:12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons -had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah. - -13:13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled -him the ass: and he rode thereon, 13:14 And went after the man of God, -and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the -man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am. - -13:15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. - -13:16 And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: -neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place: -13:17 For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no -bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou -camest. - -13:18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel -spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with -thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he -lied unto him. - -13:19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and -drank water. - -13:20 And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of -the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back: 13:21 And he -cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the -LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast -not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee, 13:22 -But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of -the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; -thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers. - -13:23 And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had -drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom -he had brought back. - -13:24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: -and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion -also stood by the carcase. - -13:25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, -and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the -city where the old prophet dwelt. - -13:26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard -thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the -word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, -which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, -which he spake unto him. - -13:27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they -saddled him. - -13:28 And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass -and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the -carcase, nor torn the ass. - -13:29 And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid -it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the -city, to mourn and to bury him. - -13:30 And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over -him, saying, Alas, my brother! 13:31 And it came to pass, after he -had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, -then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my -bones beside his bones: 13:32 For the saying which he cried by the -word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the -houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall -surely come to pass. - -13:33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but -made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: -whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests -of the high places. - -13:34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to -cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth. - -14:1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. - -14:2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise -thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get -thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me -that I should be king over this people. - -14:3 And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of -honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the -child. - -14:4 And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and -came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes -were set by reason of his age. - -14:5 And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam -cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and -thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, -that she shall feign herself to be another woman. - -14:6 And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she -came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why -feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy -tidings. - -14:7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch -as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my -people Israel, 14:8 And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, -and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who -kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do -that only which was right in mine eyes; 14:9 But hast done evil above -all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other -gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me -behind thy back: 14:10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the -house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth -against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will -take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away -dung, till it be all gone. - -14:11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and -him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the -LORD hath spoken it. - -14:12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy -feet enter into the city, the child shall die. - -14:13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of -Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some -good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. - -14:14 Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who -shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now. - -14:15 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the -water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he -gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, -because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger. - -14:16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who -did sin, and who made Israel to sin. - -14:17 And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and -when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died; 14:18 And -they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word -of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the -prophet. - -14:19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he -reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the -kings of Israel. - -14:20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: -and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead. - -14:21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was -forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned -seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out -of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's -name was Naamah an Ammonitess. - -14:22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked -him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all -that their fathers had done. - -14:23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on -every high hill, and under every green tree. - -14:24 And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did -according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast -out before the children of Israel. - -14:25 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that -Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: 14:26 And he took -away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the -king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields -of gold which Solomon had made. - -14:27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and -committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept -the door of the king's house. - -14:28 And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, -that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard -chamber. - -14:29 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are -they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -14:30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days. - -14:31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his -fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an -Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead. - -15:1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat -reigned Abijam over Judah. - -15:2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. and his mother's name was -Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. - -15:3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done -before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as -the heart of David his father. - -15:4 Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a -lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish -Jerusalem: 15:5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes of -the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him -all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the -Hittite. - -15:6 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of -his life. - -15:7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they -not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And -there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. - -15:8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the -city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. - -15:9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa -over Judah. - -15:10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his -mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. - -15:11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did -David his father. - -15:12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all -the idols that his fathers had made. - -15:13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being -queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her -idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron. - -15:14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart -was perfect with the LORD all his days. - -15:15 And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and -the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, -silver, and gold, and vessels. - -15:16 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all -their days. - -15:17 And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built -Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king -of Judah. - -15:18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the -treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's -house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa -sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of -Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 15:19 There is a league between -me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent -unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with -Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. - -15:20 So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of -the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, -and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of -Naphtali. - -15:21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off -building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. - -15:22 Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was -exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber -thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them -Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. - -15:23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that -he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the -book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time -of his old age he was diseased in his feet. - -15:24 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers -in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in -his stead. - -15:25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the -second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years. - -15:26 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way -of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. - -15:27 And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, -conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which -belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to -Gibbethon. - -15:28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, -and reigned in his stead. - -15:29 And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the -house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he -had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he -spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite: 15:30 Because of the sins -of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his -provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger. - -15:31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they -not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -15:32 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all -their days. - -15:33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of -Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years. - -15:34 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way -of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. - -16:1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against -Baasha, saying, 16:2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and -made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the -way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me -to anger with their sins; 16:3 Behold, I will take away the posterity -of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house -like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. - -16:4 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him -that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat. - -16:5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his -might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings -of Israel? 16:6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in -Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead. - -16:7 And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came -the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for -all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to -anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; -and because he killed him. - -16:8 In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the -son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years. - -16:9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired -against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house -of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah. - -16:10 And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty -and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead. - -16:11 And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat -on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not -one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his -friends. - -16:12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the -word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet. - -16:13 For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by -which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking -the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. - -16:14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they -not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -16:15 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri -reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against -Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. - -16:16 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath -conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made -Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp. - -16:17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and -they besieged Tirzah. - -16:18 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, -that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's -house over him with fire, and died. - -16:19 For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the -LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, -to make Israel to sin. - -16:20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he -wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the -kings of Israel? 16:21 Then were the people of Israel divided into -two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to -make him king; and half followed Omri. - -16:22 But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people -that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri -reigned. - -16:23 In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to -reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah. - -16:24 And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of -silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which -he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria. - -16:25 But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse -than all that were before him. - -16:26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and -in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of -Israel to anger with their vanities. - -16:27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might -that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of -the kings of Israel? 16:28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was -buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. - -16:29 And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began -Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri -reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. - -16:30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above -all that were before him. - -16:31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to -walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife -Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and -served Baal, and worshipped him. - -16:32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which -he had built in Samaria. - -16:33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God -of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him. - -16:34 In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the -foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates -thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, -which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun. - -17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, -said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, -there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. - -17:2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 17:3 Get thee -hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, -that is before Jordan. - -17:4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have -commanded the ravens to feed thee there. - -17:5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he -went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. - -17:6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and -bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. - -17:7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, -because there had been no rain in the land. - -17:8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 17:9 Arise, get -thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, -I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. - -17:10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate -of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: -and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water -in a vessel, that I may drink. - -17:11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, -Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. - -17:12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but -an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, -behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for -me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. - -17:13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: -but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and -after make for thee and for thy son. - -17:14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall -not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the -LORD sendeth rain upon the earth. - -17:15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, -and he, and her house, did eat many days. - -17:16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil -fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah. - -17:17 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the -woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so -sore, that there was no breath left in him. - -17:18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou -man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and -to slay my son? 17:19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he -took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he -abode, and laid him upon his own bed. - -17:20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou -also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her -son? 17:21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and -cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this -child's soul come into him again. - -17:22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the -child came into him again, and he revived. - -17:23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the -chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah -said, See, thy son liveth. - -17:24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a -man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth. - -18:1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD -came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; -and I will send rain upon the earth. - -18:2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore -famine in Samaria. - -18:3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. -(Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: 18:4 For it was so, when Jezebel -cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred -prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and -water.) 18:5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all -fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find -grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the -beasts. - -18:6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab -went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. - -18:7 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he -knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord -Elijah? 18:8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, -Elijah is here. - -18:9 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy -servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? 18:10 As the LORD thy God -liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent -to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of -the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not. - -18:11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. - -18:12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that -the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so -when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: -but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth. - -18:13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the -prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD's prophets -by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water? 18:14 And now -thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall -slay me. - -18:15 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I -stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day. - -18:16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to -meet Elijah. - -18:17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto -him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? 18:18 And he answered, I have -not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have -forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim. - -18:19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount -Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the -prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table. - -18:20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the -prophets together unto mount Carmel. - -18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye -between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, -then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. - -18:22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a -prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty -men. - -18:23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one -bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and -put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on -wood, and put no fire under: 18:24 And call ye on the name of your -gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that -answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and -said, It is well spoken. - -18:25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one -bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call -on the name of your gods, but put no fire under. - -18:26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed -it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, -saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that -answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. - -18:27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, -Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, -or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be -awaked. - -18:28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with -knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. - -18:29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied -until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there -was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded. - -18:30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all -the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD -that was broken down. - -18:31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the -tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, -saying, Israel shall be thy name: 18:32 And with the stones he built -an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the -altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed. - -18:33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and -laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour -it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. - -18:34 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second -time. - -And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time. - -18:35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the -trench also with water. - -18:36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening -sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of -Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art -God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all -these things at thy word. - -18:37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou -art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again. - -18:38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt -sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up -the water that was in the trench. - -18:39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and -they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God. - -18:40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not -one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down -to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. - -18:41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there -is a sound of abundance of rain. - -18:42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the -top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his -face between his knees, 18:43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look -toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is -nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. - -18:44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, -there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he -said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down -that the rain stop thee not. - -18:45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black -with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and -went to Jezreel. - -18:46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his -loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. - -19:1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he -had slain all the prophets with the sword. - -19:2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the -gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of -one of them by to morrow about this time. - -19:3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came -to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. - -19:4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came -and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that -he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; -for I am not better than my fathers. - -19:5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an -angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. - -19:6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, -and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid -him down again. - -19:7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched -him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for -thee. - -19:8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of -that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God. - -19:9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, -the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest -thou here, Elijah? 19:10 And he said, I have been very jealous for -the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy -covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the -sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it -away. - -19:11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. - -And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the -mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD -was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD -was not in the earthquake: 19:12 And after the earthquake a fire; but -the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. - -19:13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in -his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. -And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou -here, Elijah? 19:14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the -LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy -covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the -sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it -away. - -19:15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the -wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king -over Syria: 19:16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be -king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt -thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. - -19:17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of -Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu -shall Elisha slay. - -19:18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which -have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. - -19:19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who -was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the -twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. - -19:20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I -pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. -And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee? -19:21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew -them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and -gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after -Elijah, and ministered unto him. - -20:1 And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: -and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and -chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it. - -20:2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and -said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad, 20:3 Thy silver and thy gold is -mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine. - -20:4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, -according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have. - -20:5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad, -saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me -thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children; 20:6 Yet I -will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they -shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall -be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in -their hand, and take it away. - -20:7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and -said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he -sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and -for my gold; and I denied him not. - -20:8 And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not -unto him, nor consent. - -20:9 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord -the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I -will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and -brought him word again. - -20:10 And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, -and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for -all the people that follow me. - -20:11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him -that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. - -20:12 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he -was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his -servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array -against the city. - -20:13 And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, -saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? -behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt -know that I am the LORD. - -20:14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even -by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who -shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou. - -20:15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, -and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered -all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand. - -20:16 And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself -drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings -that helped him. - -20:17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out -first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men -come out of Samaria. - -20:18 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them -alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive. - -20:19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of -the city, and the army which followed them. - -20:20 And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and -Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an -horse with the horsemen. - -20:21 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and -chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter. - -20:22 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, -Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the -return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee. - -20:23 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods -are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let -us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger -than they. - -20:24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his -place, and put captains in their rooms: 20:25 And number thee an army, -like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for -chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we -shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and -did so. - -20:26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad -numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel. - -20:27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, -and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them -like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country. - -20:28 And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, -and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD -is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will -I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know -that I am the LORD. - -20:29 And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so -it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the -children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in -one day. - -20:30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell -upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad -fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. - -20:31 And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that -the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray -thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out -to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life. - -20:32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their -heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad -saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is -my brother. - -20:33 Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come -from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother -Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to -him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot. - -20:34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took -from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee -in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send -thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent -him away. - -20:35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his -neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man -refused to smite him. - -20:36 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of -the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall -slay thee. - -And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew -him. - -20:37 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And -the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him. - -20:38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and -disguised himself with ashes upon his face. - -20:39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, -Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man -turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if -by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or -else thou shalt pay a talent of silver. - -20:40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the -king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast -decided it. - -20:41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the -king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets. - -20:42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let -go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, -therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his -people. - -20:43 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, -and came to Samaria. - -21:1 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the -Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of -Ahab king of Samaria. - -21:2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I -may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: -and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem -good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. - -21:3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should -give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. - -21:4 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the -word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I -will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down -upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. - -21:5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy -spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread? 21:6 And he said unto her, -Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me -thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee -another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my -vineyard. - -21:7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the -kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: -I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. - -21:8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his -seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were -in his city, dwelling with Naboth. - -21:9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set -Naboth on high among the people: 21:10 And set two men, sons of -Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst -blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, -that he may die. - -21:11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were -the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as -it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. - -21:12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. - -21:13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before -him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, -in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and -the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him -with stones, that he died. - -21:14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is -dead. - -21:15 And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, -and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the -vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for -money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead. - -21:16 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that -Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to -take possession of it. - -21:17 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, -21:18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: -behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to -possess it. - -21:19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast -thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, -saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood -of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine. - -21:20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And -he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work -evil in the sight of the LORD. - -21:21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy -posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the -wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, 21:22 And will make -thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the -house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou -hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin. - -21:23 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat -Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. - -21:24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him -that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat. - -21:25 But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to -work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife -stirred up. - -21:26 And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all -things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children -of Israel. - -21:27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent -his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in -sackcloth, and went softly. - -21:28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, -21:29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he -humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but -in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house. - -22:1 And they continued three years without war between Syria and -Israel. - -22:2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king -of Judah came down to the king of Israel. - -22:3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that -Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the -hand of the king of Syria? 22:4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt -thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the -king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses -as thy horses. - -22:5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray -thee, at the word of the LORD to day. - -22:6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about -four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead -to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the LORD -shall deliver it into the hand of the king. - -22:7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD -besides, that we might enquire of him? 22:8 And the king of Israel -said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, -by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not -prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not -the king say so. - -22:9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten -hither Micaiah the son of Imlah. - -22:10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat -each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the -entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied -before them. - -22:11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he -said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, -until thou have consumed them. - -22:12 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to -Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the -king's hand. - -22:13 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, -saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the -king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of -one of them, and speak that which is good. - -22:14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto -me, that will I speak. - -22:15 So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, -shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And -he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into -the hand of the king. - -22:16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee -that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the -LORD? 22:17 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, -as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no -master: let them return every man to his house in peace. - -22:18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell -thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? 22:19 -And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD -sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on -his right hand and on his left. - -22:20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up -and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another -said on that manner. - -22:21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and -said, I will persuade him. - -22:22 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go -forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. -And he said, Thou shalt persude him, and prevail also: go forth, and -do so. - -22:23 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the -mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil -concerning thee. - -22:24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah -on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me -to speak unto thee? 22:25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in -that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. - -22:26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back -unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; 22:27 -And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed -him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I -come in peace. - -22:28 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath -not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you. - -22:29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up -to Ramothgilead. - -22:30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise -myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the -king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle. - -22:31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that -had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor -great, save only with the king of Israel. - -22:32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw -Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they -turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out. - -22:33 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived -that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from -pursuing him. - -22:34 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of -Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the -driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; -for I am wounded. - -22:35 And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in -his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran -out of the wound into the midst of the chariot. - -22:36 And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the -going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to -his own country. - -22:37 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried -the king in Samaria. - -22:38 And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs -licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the -word of the LORD which he spake. - -22:39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the -ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they -not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -22:40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in -his stead. - -22:41 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the -fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. - -22:42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to -reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his -mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. - -22:43 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not -aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: -nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people -offered and burnt incense yet in the high places. - -22:44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. - -22:45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he -shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the -chronicles of the kings of Judah? 22:46 And the remnant of the -sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out -of the land. - -22:47 There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king. - -22:48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but -they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber. - -22:49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my -servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not. - -22:50 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his -fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned -in his stead. - -22:51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria -the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two -years over Israel. - -22:52 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way -of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of -Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin: 22:53 For he served -Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of -Israel, according to all that his father had done. - - - - -The Second Book of the Kings - -Commonly Called: - -The Fourth Book of the Kings - - -1:1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. - -1:2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that -was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto -them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall -recover of this disease. - -1:3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go -up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, -Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire -of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? 1:4 Now therefore thus saith the LORD, -Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but -shalt surely die. And Elijah departed. - -1:5 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, -Why are ye now turned back? 1:6 And they said unto him, There came a -man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that -sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because -there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of -Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from -that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. - -1:7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to -meet you, and told you these words? 1:8 And they answered him, He was -an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And -he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite. - -1:9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And -he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he -spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down. - -1:10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a -man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and -thy fifty. - -And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. - -1:11 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his -fifty. - -And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king -said, Come down quickly. - -1:12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let -fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the -fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. - -1:13 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. -And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees -before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I -pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be -precious in thy sight. - -1:14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two -captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my -life now be precious in thy sight. - -1:15 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be -not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king. - -1:16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast -sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not -because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore -thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but -shalt surely die. - -1:17 So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had -spoken. - -And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son -of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son. - -1:18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not -written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 2:1 And -it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a -whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. - -2:2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD -hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, -and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to -Bethel. - -2:3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to -Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away -thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye -your peace. - -2:4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the -LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as -thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho. - -2:5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, -and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy -master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye -your peace. - -2:6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD -hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy -soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on. - -2:7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view -afar off: and they two stood by Jordan. - -2:8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the -waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two -went over on dry ground. - -2:9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said -unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from -thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit -be upon me. - -2:10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou -see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if -not, it shall not be so. - -2:11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, -behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and -parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into -heaven. - -2:12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the -chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: -and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. - -2:13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went -back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; 2:14 And he took the mantle of -Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is -the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they -parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over. - -2:15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho -saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they -came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. - -2:16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants -fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest -peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him -upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not -send. - -2:17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They -sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him -not. - -2:18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he -said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not? 2:19 And the men of -the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this -city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the -ground barren. - -2:20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they -brought it to him. - -2:21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the -salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these -waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land. - -2:22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying -of Elisha which he spake. - -2:23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by -the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked -him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. - -2:24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the -name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, -and tare forty and two children of them. - -2:25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he -returned to Samaria. - -3:1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria -the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve -years. - -3:2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his -father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that -his father had made. - -3:3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of -Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. - -3:4 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the -king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand -rams, with the wool. - -3:5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab -rebelled against the king of Israel. - -3:6 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered -all Israel. - -3:7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The -king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against -Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people -as thy people, and my horses as thy horses. - -3:8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way -through the wilderness of Edom. - -3:9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of -Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was -no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them. - -3:10 And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called -these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab! -3:11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, -that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of -Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of -Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah. - -3:12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the -king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. - -3:13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with -thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of -thy mother. - -And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called -these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab. - -3:14 And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I -stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat -the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee. - -3:15 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the -minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him. - -3:16 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of -ditches. - -3:17 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye -see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may -drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. - -3:18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will -deliver the Moabites also into your hand. - -3:19 And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and -shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every -good piece of land with stones. - -3:20 And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was -offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the -country was filled with water. - -3:21 And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to -fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, -and upward, and stood in the border. - -3:22 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the -water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as -blood: 3:23 And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, -and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil. - -3:24 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up -and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went -forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country. - -3:25 And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land -cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the -wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth -left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and -smote it. - -3:26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for -him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break -through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not. - -3:27 Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his -stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there -was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and -returned to their own land. - -4:1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the -prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou -knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come -to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. - -4:2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what -hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any -thing in the house, save a pot of oil. - -4:3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy -neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. - -4:4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and -upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou -shalt set aside that which is full. - -4:5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her -sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. - -4:6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said -unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is -not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. - -4:7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the -oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest. - -4:8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a -great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that -as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. - -4:9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is -an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually. - -4:10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let -us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a -candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn -in thither. - -4:11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into -the chamber, and lay there. - -4:12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when -he had called her, she stood before him. - -4:13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been -careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? -wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the -host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people. - -4:14 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi -answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old. - -4:15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in -the door. - -4:16 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, -thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, -do not lie unto thine handmaid. - -4:17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that -Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life. - -4:18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out -to his father to the reapers. - -4:19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a -lad, Carry him to his mother. - -4:20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat -on her knees till noon, and then died. - -4:21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and -shut the door upon him, and went out. - -4:22 And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, -one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man -of God, and come again. - -4:23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither -new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well. - -4:24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go -forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee. - -4:25 So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it -came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to -Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite: 4:26 Run now, I -pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it -well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It -is well: 4:27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she -caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And -the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: -and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me. - -4:28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do -not deceive me? 4:29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and -take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, -salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay -my staff upon the face of the child. - -4:30 And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy -soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her. - -4:31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the -face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore -he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not -awaked. - -4:32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was -dead, and laid upon his bed. - -4:33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and -prayed unto the LORD. - -4:34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon -his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: -and stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed -warm. - -4:35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went -up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, -and the child opened his eyes. - -4:36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he -called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy -son. - -4:37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the -ground, and took up her son, and went out. - -4:38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the -land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he -said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for -the sons of the prophets. - -4:39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild -vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and -shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not. - -4:40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as -they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou -man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof. - -4:41 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he -said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no -harm in the pot. - -4:42 And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of -God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears -of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that -they may eat. - -4:43 And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred -men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus -saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof. - -4:44 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, -according to the word of the LORD. - -5:1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great -man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given -deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was -a leper. - -5:2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away -captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on -Naaman's wife. - -5:3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the -prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy. - -5:4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the -maid that is of the land of Israel. - -5:5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter -unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten -talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of -raiment. - -5:6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when -this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my -servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy. - -5:7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, -that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make -alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his -leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a -quarrel against me. - -5:8 And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king -of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, -Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he -shall know that there is a prophet in Israel. - -5:9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at -the door of the house of Elisha. - -5:10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in -Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou -shalt be clean. - -5:11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, -He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the -LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the -leper. - -5:12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all -the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he -turned and went away in a rage. - -5:13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My -father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou -not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, -and be clean? 5:14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times -in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh -came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. - -5:15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and -came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there -is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, -take a blessing of thy servant. - -5:16 But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will -receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused. - -5:17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to -thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will -henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, -but unto the LORD. - -5:18 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master -goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my -hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself -in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing. - -5:19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a -little way. - -5:20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, -my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his -hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after -him, and take somewhat of him. - -5:21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running -after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is -all well? 5:22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, -saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two -young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a -talent of silver, and two changes of garments. - -5:23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, -and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of -garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them -before him. - -5:24 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and -bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed. - -5:25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto -him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no -whither. - -5:26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man -turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive -money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and -sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? 5:27 The leprosy -therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for -ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow. - -6:1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the -place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. - -6:2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a -beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he -answered, Go ye. - -6:3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. -And he answered, I will go. - -6:4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down -wood. - -6:5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: -and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. - -6:6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the -place. - -And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did -swim. - -6:7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, -and took it. - -6:8 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel -with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp. - -6:9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware -that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come -down. - -6:10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God -told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor -twice. - -6:11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for -this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye -not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel? 6:12 And one of -his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that -is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest -in thy bedchamber. - -6:13 And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch -him. - -And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. - -6:14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: -and they came by night, and compassed the city about. - -6:15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone -forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and -chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we -do? 6:16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more -than they that be with them. - -6:17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, -that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he -saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire -round about Elisha. - -6:18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and -said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote -them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. - -6:19 And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this -the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But -he led them to Samaria. - -6:20 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that -Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And -the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in -the midst of Samaria. - -6:21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My -father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? 6:22 And he answered, -Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast -taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water -before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. - -6:23 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten -and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the -bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel. - -6:24 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria -gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. - -6:25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they -besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of -silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of -silver. - -6:26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there -cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. - -6:27 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help -thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? 6:28 And the -king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman -said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will -eat my son to morrow. - -6:29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the -next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son. - -6:30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, -that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the -people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh. - -6:31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of -Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. - -6:32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the -king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he -said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to -take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, -and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet -behind him? 6:33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the -messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the -LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer? 7:1 Then Elisha -said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow -about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, -and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. - -7:2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, -and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this -thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but -shalt not eat thereof. - -7:3 And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: -and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? 7:4 If we -say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and -we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now -therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they -save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. - -7:5 And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the -Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of -Syria, behold, there was no man there. - -7:6 For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of -chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and -they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us -the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come -upon us. - -7:7 Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their -tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and -fled for their life. - -7:8 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they -went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, -and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and -entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid -it. - -7:9 Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day -of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning -light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we -may go and tell the king's household. - -7:10 So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they -told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, -there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and -asses tied, and the tents as they were. - -7:11 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house -within. - -7:12 And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I -will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we -be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves -in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch -them alive, and get into the city. - -7:13 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray -thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, -(behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: -behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites -that are consumed:) and let us send and see. - -7:14 They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after -the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see. - -7:15 And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was -full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their -haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king. - -7:16 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So -a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of -barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD. - -7:17 And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have -the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and -he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down -to him. - -7:18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, -saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine -flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of -Samaria: 7:19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, -behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing -be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt -not eat thereof. - -7:20 And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the -gate, and he died. - -8:1 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to -life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn -wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; -and it shall also come upon the land seven years. - -8:2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: -and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the -Philistines seven years. - -8:3 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman -returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry -unto the king for her house and for her land. - -8:4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, -saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath -done. - -8:5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had -restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he -had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her -land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is -her son, whom Elisha restored to life. - -8:6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king -appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was -hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the -land, even until now. - -8:7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was -sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither. - -8:8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and -go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall -I recover of this disease? 8:9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a -present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' -burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king -of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this -disease? 8:10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest -certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall -surely die. - -8:11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: -and the man of God wept. - -8:12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I -know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their -strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay -with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women -with child. - -8:13 And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should -do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that -thou shalt be king over Syria. - -8:14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to -him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou -shouldest surely recover. - -8:15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, -and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: -and Hazael reigned in his stead. - -8:16 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, -Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Je hoshaphat -king of Judah began to reign. - -8:17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he -reigned eight years in Jerusalem. - -8:18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house -of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the -sight of the LORD. - -8:19 Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's -sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his -children. - -8:20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made -a king over themselves. - -8:21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he -rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and -the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents. - -8:22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. -Then Libnah revolted at the same time. - -8:23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they -not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 8:24 -And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in -the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. - -8:25 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did -Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. - -8:26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and -he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, -the daughter of Omri king of Israel. - -8:27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in -the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in -law of the house of Ahab. - -8:28 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael -king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram. - -8:29 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds -which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against -Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah -went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was -sick. - -9:1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, -and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in -thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead: 9:2 And when thou comest thither, -look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go -in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an -inner chamber; 9:3 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, -and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. -Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not. - -9:4 So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to -Ramothgilead. - -9:5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; -and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto -which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain. - -9:6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on -his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have -anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. - -9:7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may -avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the -servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. - -9:8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from -Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and -left in Israel: 9:9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house -of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of -Ahijah: 9:10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, -and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled. - -9:11 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said -unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he -said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication. - -9:12 And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and -thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee -king over Israel. - -9:13 Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it -under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, -Jehu is king. - -9:14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired -against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, -because of Hazael king of Syria. - -9:15 But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds -which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of -Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth -nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel. - -9:16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay -there. - -And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram. - -9:17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied -the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram -said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it -peace? 9:18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, -Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do -with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The -messenger came to them, but he cometh not again. - -9:19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and -said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast -thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. - -9:20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh -not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of -Nimshi; for he driveth furiously. - -9:21 And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And -Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his -chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of -Naboth the Jezreelite. - -9:22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it -peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of -thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? 9:23 And Joram -turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O -Ahaziah. - -9:24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram -between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk -down in his chariot. - -9:25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in -the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how -that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD -laid this burden upon him; 9:26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood -of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will -requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast -him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD. - -9:27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way -of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him -also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is -by Ibleam. - -And he fled to Megiddo, and died there. - -9:28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and -buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David. - -9:29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah -to reign over Judah. - -9:30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she -painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window. - -9:31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, -who slew his master? 9:32 And he lifted up his face to the window, -and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or -three eunuchs. - -9:33 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of -her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode -her under foot. - -9:34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see -now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter. - -9:35 And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the -skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. - -9:36 Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the -word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, -saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: -9:37 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the -field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is -Jezebel. - -10:1 And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and -sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to -them that brought up Ahab's children, saying, 10:2 Now as soon as this -letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and -there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and -armour; 10:3 Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, -and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house. - -10:4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings -stood not before him: how then shall we stand? 10:5 And he that was -over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and -the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy -servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any -king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes. - -10:6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be -mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the -men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this -time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great -men of the city, which brought them up. - -10:7 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took -the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in -baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel. - -10:8 And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have -brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two -heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning. - -10:9 And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, -and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired -against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these? 10:10 Know -now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the -LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD -hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah. - -10:11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, -and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he -left him none remaining. - -10:12 And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at -the shearing house in the way, 10:13 Jehu met with the brethren of -Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are -the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the -king and the children of the queen. - -10:14 And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew -them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither -left he any of them. - -10:15 And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son -of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is -thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab -answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his -hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot. - -10:16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they -made him ride in his chariot. - -10:17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab -in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the -LORD, which he spake to Elijah. - -10:18 And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, -Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. - -10:19 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his -servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great -sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not -live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy -the worshippers of Baal. - -10:20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they -proclaimed it. - -10:21 And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of -Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they -came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one -end to another. - -10:22 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth -vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth -vestments. - -10:23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house -of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that -there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the -worshippers of Baal only. - -10:24 And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, -Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom -I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his -life shall be for the life of him. - -10:25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering -the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, -Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with -the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, -and went to the city of the house of Baal. - -10:26 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and -burned them. - -10:27 And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house -of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day. - -10:28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. - -10:29 Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made -Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden -calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan. - -10:30 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in -executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the -house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of -the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel. - -10:31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of -Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of -Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin. - -10:32 In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael -smote them in all the coasts of Israel; 10:33 From Jordan eastward, -all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the -Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and -Bashan. - -10:34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all -his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the -kings of Israel? 10:35 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they -buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. - -10:36 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty -and eight years. - -11:1 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was -dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. - -11:2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, -took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's -sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in -the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. - -11:3 And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And -Athaliah did reign over the land. - -11:4 And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over -hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him -into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an -oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son. - -11:5 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall -do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be -keepers of the watch of the king's house; 11:6 And a third part shall -be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: -so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down. - -11:7 And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they -shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king. - -11:8 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his -weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be -slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in. - -11:9 And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things -that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men -that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on -the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. - -11:10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king -David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD. - -11:11 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, -round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left -corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple. - -11:12 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, -and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; -and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king. - -11:13 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the -people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD. - -11:14 And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the -manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all -the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah -rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason. - -11:15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, -the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without -the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the -priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD. - -11:16 And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which -the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain. - -11:17 And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and -the people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the king -also and the people. - -11:18 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and -brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces -thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And -the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD. - -11:19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the -guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king -from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the -guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. - -11:20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in -quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house. - -11:21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign. - -12:1 In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty -years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of -Beersheba. - -12:2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all -his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. - -12:3 But the high places were not taken away: the people still -sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. - -12:4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated -things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of -every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set -at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into -the house of the LORD, 12:5 Let the priests take it to them, every man -of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, -wheresoever any breach shall be found. - -12:6 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king -Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. - -12:7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other -priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the -house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but -deliver it for the breaches of the house. - -12:8 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, -neither to repair the breaches of the house. - -12:9 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid -of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh -into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put -therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD. - -12:10 And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the -chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they -put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the -LORD. - -12:11 And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that -did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and -they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the -house of the LORD, 12:12 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to -buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the -LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. - -12:13 Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of -silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of -silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD: -12:14 But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the -house of the LORD. - -12:15 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they -delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt -faithfully. - -12:16 The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house -of the LORD: it was the priests'. - -12:17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and -took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. - -12:18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that -Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, -had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was -found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's -house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from -Jerusalem. - -12:19 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they -not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -12:20 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in -the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla. - -12:21 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of -Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with -his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his -stead. - -13:1 In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king -of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in -Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. - -13:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and -followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to -sin; he departed not therefrom. - -13:3 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he -delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the -hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days. - -13:4 And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: -for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria -oppressed them. - -13:5 (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from -under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in -their tents, as beforetime. - -13:6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of -Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained -the grove also in Samaria.) 13:7 Neither did he leave of the people -to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand -footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them -like the dust by threshing. - -13:8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and -his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the -kings of Israel? 13:9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they -buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead. - -13:10 In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began -Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and -reigned sixteen years. - -13:11 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he -departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made -Israel sin: but he walked therein. - -13:12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his -might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not -written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 13:13 -And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: -and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. - -13:14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And -Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, -and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the -horsemen thereof. - -13:15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto -him bow and arrows. - -13:16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. -And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's -hands. - -13:17 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then -Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD's -deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt -smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them. - -13:18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto -the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and -stayed. - -13:19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest -have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till -thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice. - -13:20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the -Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. - -13:21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, -they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of -Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of -Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. - -13:22 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of -Jehoahaz. - -13:23 And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, -and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, -Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them -from his presence as yet. - -13:24 So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in -his stead. - -13:25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of -Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the -hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, -and recovered the cities of Israel. - -14:1 In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel -reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. - -14:2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and -reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was -Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. - -14:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not -like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his -father did. - -14:4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people -did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. - -14:5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his -hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father. - -14:6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto -that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the -LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the -children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every -man shall be put to death for his own sin. - -14:7 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took -Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day. - -14:8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son -of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the -face. - -14:9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, -saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in -Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed -by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. - -14:10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee -up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to -thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? -14:11 But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel -went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the -face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah. - -14:12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled -every man to their tents. - -14:13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son -of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, -and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the -corner gate, four hundred cubits. - -14:14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that -were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the -king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria. - -14:15 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, -and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in -the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 14:16 And Jehoash -slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of -Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. - -14:17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death -of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. - -14:18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the -book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 14:19 Now they made a -conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they -sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. - -14:20 And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem -with his fathers in the city of David. - -14:21 And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen -years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. - -14:22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king -slept with his fathers. - -14:23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah -Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, -and reigned forty and one years. - -14:24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he -departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made -Israel to sin. - -14:25 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto -the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, -which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, -the prophet, which was of Gathhepher. - -14:26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very -bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper -for Israel. - -14:27 And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel -from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son -of Joash. - -14:28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and -his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, -which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book -of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 14:29 And Jeroboam slept -with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son -reigned in his stead. - -15:1 In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began -Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. - -15:2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned -two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah -of Jerusalem. - -15:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, -according to all that his father Amaziah had done; 15:4 Save that the -high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense -still on the high places. - -15:5 And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day -of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son -was over the house, judging the people of the land. - -15:6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are -they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -15:7 So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his -fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. - -15:8 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did -Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months. - -15:9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his -fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of -Nebat, who made Israel to sin. - -15:10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote -him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. - -15:11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written -in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. - -15:12 This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, -Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. -And so it came to pass. - -15:13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and -thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in -Samaria. - -15:14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to -Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, -and reigned in his stead. - -15:15 And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he -made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the -kings of Israel. - -15:16 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the -coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore -he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped -up. - -15:17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began -Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in -Samaria. - -15:18 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he -departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, -who made Israel to sin. - -15:19 And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem -gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him -to confirm the kingdom in his hand. - -15:20 And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty -men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the -king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not -there in the land. - -15:21 And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are -they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -15:22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned -in his stead. - -15:23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son -of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two -years. - -15:24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he -departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made -Israel to sin. - -15:25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired -against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's -house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: -and he killed him, and reigned in his room. - -15:26 And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, -behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of -Israel. - -15:27 In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the -son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned -twenty years. - -15:28 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he -departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made -Israel to sin. - -15:29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of -Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, -and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and -carried them captive to Assyria. - -15:30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the -son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his -stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. - -15:31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, -they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. - -15:32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel -began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. - -15:33 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he -reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, -the daughter of Zadok. - -15:34 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did -according to all that his father Uzziah had done. - -15:35 Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed -and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate -of the house of the LORD. - -15:36 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are -they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -15:37 In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the -king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. - -15:38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his -fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in -his stead. - -16:1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son -of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. - -16:2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned -sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the -sight of the LORD his God, like David his father. - -16:3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made -his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the -heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. - -16:4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on -the hills, and under every green tree. - -16:5 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel -came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not -overcome him. - -16:6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and -drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt -there unto this day. - -16:7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, -saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the -hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, -which rise up against me. - -16:8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of -the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a -present to the king of Assyria. - -16:9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of -Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people -of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. - -16:10 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of -Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to -Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, -according to all the workmanship thereof. - -16:11 And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king -Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king -Ahaz came from Damascus. - -16:12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the -altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. - -16:13 And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and -poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace -offerings, upon the altar. - -16:14 And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, -from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house -of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar. - -16:15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the -great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat -offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with -the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat -offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the -blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and -the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by. - -16:16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz -commanded. - -16:17 And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the -laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen -that were under it, and put it upon the pavement of stones. - -16:18 And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, -and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for -the king of Assyria. - -16:19 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not -written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 16:20 -And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in -the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. - -17:1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of -Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. - -17:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not -as the kings of Israel that were before him. - -17:3 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea -became his servant, and gave him presents. - -17:4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had -sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the -king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of -Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. - -17:5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and -went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. - -17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and -carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in -Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. - -17:7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the -LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, -from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other -gods, 17:8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD -cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of -Israel, which they had made. - -17:9 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were -not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places -in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced -city. - -17:10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and -under every green tree: 17:11 And there they burnt incense in all the -high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before -them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger: 17:12 -For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall -not do this thing. - -17:13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all -the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil -ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the -law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my -servants the prophets. - -17:14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, -like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD -their God. - -17:15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made -with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against -them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the -heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had -charged them, that they should not do like them. - -17:16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and -made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and -worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. - -17:17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through -the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to -do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. - -17:18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them -out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. - -17:19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but -walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. - -17:20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted -them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast -them out of his sight. - -17:21 For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made -Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from -following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin. - -17:22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam -which he did; they departed not from them; 17:23 Until the LORD -removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants -the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to -Assyria unto this day. - -17:24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from -Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed -them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and -they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof. - -17:25 And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that -they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, -which slew some of them. - -17:26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations -which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not -the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among -them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of -the God of the land. - -17:27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of -the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell -there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land. - -17:28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria -came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the -LORD. - -17:29 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the -houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation -in their cities wherein they dwelt. - -17:30 And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth -made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, 17:31 And the Avites -made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in -fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. - -17:32 So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest -of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the -houses of the high places. - -17:33 They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the -manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence. - -17:34 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not -the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their -ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded -the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel; 17:35 With whom the LORD -had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other -gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to -them: 17:36 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt -with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him -shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. - -17:37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the -commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for -evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods. - -17:38 And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; -neither shall ye fear other gods. - -17:39 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you -out of the hand of all your enemies. - -17:40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former -manner. - -17:41 So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven -images, both their children, and their children's children: as did -their fathers, so do they unto this day. - -18:1 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king -of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. - -18:2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he -reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was -Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. - -18:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, -according to all that David his father did. - -18:4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down -the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had -made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to -it: and he called it Nehushtan. - -18:5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none -like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him. - -18:6 For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, -but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses. - -18:7 And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went -forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him -not. - -18:8 He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders -thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. - -18:9 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which -was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that -Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. - -18:10 And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth -year of Hezekiah, that is in the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, -Samaria was taken. - -18:11 And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and -put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the -cities of the Medes: 18:12 Because they obeyed not the voice of the -LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the -servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them. - -18:13 Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king -of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took -them. - -18:14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to -Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou -puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto -Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty -talents of gold. - -18:15 And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house -of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house. - -18:16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the -temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah -had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria. - -18:17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh -from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And -they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they -came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the -highway of the fuller's field. - -18:18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them -Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna -the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder. - -18:19 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus -saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this -wherein thou trustest? 18:20 Thou sayest, (but they are but vain -words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou -trust, that thou rebellest against me? 18:21 Now, behold, thou -trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on -which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is -Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. - -18:22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that -he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and -hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar -in Jerusalem? 18:23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my -lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, -if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. - -18:24 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the -least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots -and for horsemen? 18:25 Am I now come up without the LORD against -this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this -land, and destroy it. - -18:26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto -Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; -for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in -the ears of the people that are on the wall. - -18:27 But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy -master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the -men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink -their own piss with you? 18:28 Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a -loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of -the great king, the king of Assyria: 18:29 Thus saith the king, Let -not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out -of his hand: 18:30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, -saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be -delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. - -18:31 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, -Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then -eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and -drink ye every one the waters of his cistern: 18:32 Until I come and -take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a -land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye -may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he -persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. - -18:33 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land -out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 18:34 Where are the gods of -Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and -Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand? 18:35 Who are -they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their -country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out -of mine hand? 18:36 But the people held their peace, and answered him -not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. - -18:37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the -household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the -recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words -of Rabshakeh. - -19:1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent -his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the -house of the LORD. - -19:2 And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the -scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to -Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. - -19:3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of -trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to -the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. - -19:4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, -whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living -God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: -wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left. - -19:5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. - -19:6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus -saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with -which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. - -19:7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, -and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the -sword in his own land. - -19:8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring -against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. - -19:9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is -come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto -Hezekiah, saying, 19:10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, -saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, -Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. - -19:11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to -all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered? -19:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers -have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of -Eden which were in Thelasar? 19:13 Where is the king of Hamath, and -the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, -and Ivah? 19:14 And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the -messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the -LORD, and spread it before the LORD. - -19:15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of -Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even -thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven -and earth. - -19:16 LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and -see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to -reproach the living God. - -19:17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the -nations and their lands, 19:18 And have cast their gods into the fire: -for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: -therefore they have destroyed them. - -19:19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out -of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art -the LORD God, even thou only. - -19:20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith -the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against -Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. - -19:21 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The -virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to -scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. - -19:22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast -thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against -the Holy One of Israel. - -19:23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said, -With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the -mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar -trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into -the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel. - -19:24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my -feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places. - -19:25 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient -times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou -shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps. - -19:26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were -dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as -the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted -before it be grown up. - -19:27 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and -thy rage against me. - -19:28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine -ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy -lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. - -19:29 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such -things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which -springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and -plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. - -19:30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet -again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. - -19:31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that -escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this. - -19:32 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He -shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come -before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it. - -19:33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall -not come into this city, saith the LORD. - -19:34 For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and -for my servant David's sake. - -19:35 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went -out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and -five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they -were all dead corpses. - -19:36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, -and dwelt at Nineveh. - -19:37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of -Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with -the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon -his son reigned in his stead. - -20:1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet -Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the -LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. - -20:2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, -saying, 20:3 I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked -before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that -which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. - -20:4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle -court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, 20:5 Turn again, -and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the -God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy -tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up -unto the house of the LORD. - -20:6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver -thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will -defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. - -20:7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it -on the boil, and he recovered. - -20:8 And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the -LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD -the third day? 20:9 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the -LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the -shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? 20:10 And -Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten -degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees. - -20:11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the -shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of -Ahaz. - -20:12 At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of -Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard -that Hezekiah had been sick. - -20:13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house -of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and -the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that -was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all -his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. - -20:14 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto -him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And -Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon. - -20:15 And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah -answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there -is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them. - -20:16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD. - -20:17 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that -which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be -carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. - -20:18 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt -beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace -of the king of Babylon. - -20:19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD -which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and -truth be in my days? 20:20 And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and -all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought -water into the city, are they not written in the book of the -chronicles of the kings of Judah? 20:21 And Hezekiah slept with his -fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. - -21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned -fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was -Hephzibah. - -21:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after -the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the -children of Israel. - -21:3 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father -had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as -did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and -served them. - -21:4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD -said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. - -21:5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts -of the house of the LORD. - -21:6 And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, -and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he -wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to -anger. - -21:7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the -house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In -this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of -Israel, will I put my name for ever: 21:8 Neither will I make the feet -of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; -only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded -them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded -them. - -21:9 But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil -than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of -Israel. - -21:10 And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying, 21:11 -Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath -done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, -and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols: 21:12 Therefore thus -saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon -Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall -tingle. - -21:13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the -plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man -wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down. - -21:14 And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver -them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and -a spoil to all their enemies; 21:15 Because they have done that which -was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day -their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day. - -21:16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had -filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he -made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the -LORD. - -21:17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and -his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the -chronicles of the kings of Judah? 21:18 And Manasseh slept with his -fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden -of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. - -21:19 Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he -reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was -Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. - -21:20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his -father Manasseh did. - -21:21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and -served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them: 21:22 -And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way -of the LORD. - -21:23 And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the -king in his own house. - -21:24 And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired -against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king -in his stead. - -21:25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not -written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 21:26 -And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah -his son reigned in his stead. - -22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned -thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, -the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. - -22:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and -walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the -right hand or to the left. - -22:3 And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that -the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the -scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, 22:4 Go up to Hilkiah the -high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the -house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the -people: 22:5 And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the -work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them -give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to -repair the breaches of the house, 22:6 Unto carpenters, and builders, -and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. - -22:7 Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that -was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully. - -22:8 And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have -found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave -the book to Shaphan, and he read it. - -22:9 And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king -word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was -found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that -do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD. - -22:10 And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the -priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. - -22:11 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the -book of the law, that he rent his clothes. - -22:12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of -Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and -Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying, 22:13 Go ye, enquire of the -LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the -words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD -that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened -unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is -written concerning us. - -22:14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and -Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son -of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt -in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her. - -22:15 And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell -the man that sent you to me, 22:16 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will -bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all -the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read: 22:17 Because -they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that -they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; -therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not -be quenched. - -22:18 But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, -thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As -touching the words which thou hast heard; 22:19 Because thine heart -was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou -heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants -thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast -rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith -the LORD. - -22:20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou -shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not -see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought -the king word again. - -23:1 And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of -Judah and of Jerusalem. - -23:2 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men -of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the -priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: -and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant -which was found in the house of the LORD. - -23:3 And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the -LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his -testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, -to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. -And all the people stood to the covenant. - -23:4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests -of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out -of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and -for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them -without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of -them unto Bethel. - -23:5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah -had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of -Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned -incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, -and to all the host of heaven. - -23:6 And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without -Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, -and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the -graves of the children of the people. - -23:7 And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the -house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove. - -23:8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and -defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from -Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that -were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the -city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city. - -23:9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the -altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened -bread among their brethren. - -23:10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children -of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass -through the fire to Molech. - -23:11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to -the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber -of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned -the chariots of the sun with fire. - -23:12 And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of -Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh -had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat -down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into -the brook Kidron. - -23:13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on -the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of -Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and -for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the -abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile. - -23:14 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and -filled their places with the bones of men. - -23:15 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which -Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that -altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and -stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove. - -23:16 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were -there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the -sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according -to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who -proclaimed these words. - -23:17 Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the -city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from -Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the -altar of Bethel. - -23:18 And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they -let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of -Samaria. - -23:19 And all the houses also of the high places that were in the -cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the -Lord to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the -acts that he had done in Bethel. - -23:20 And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there -upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to -Jerusalem. - -23:21 And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover -unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant. - -23:22 Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the -judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, -nor of the kings of Judah; 23:23 But in the eighteenth year of king -Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem. - -23:24 Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and -the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in -the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might -perform the words of the law which were written in the book that -Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. - -23:25 And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to -the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his -might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose -there any like him. - -23:26 Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his -great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of -all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal. - -23:27 And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as -I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I -have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there. - -23:28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are -they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -23:29 In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king -of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; -and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. - -23:30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and -brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the -people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, -and made him king in his father's stead. - -23:31 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; -and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was -Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. - -23:32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, -according to all that his fathers had done. - -23:33 And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of -Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a -tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. - -23:34 And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the -room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took -Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there. - -23:35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he -taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of -Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, -of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaohnechoh. - -23:36 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; -and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was -Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. - -23:37 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, -according to all that his fathers had done. - -24:1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim -became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against -him. - -24:2 And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of -the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of -Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the -word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets. - -24:3 Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to -remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to -all that he did; 24:4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: -for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not -pardon. - -24:5 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are -they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -24:6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son -reigned in his stead. - -24:7 And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: -for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the -river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt. - -24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he -reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, -the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. - -24:9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, -according to all that his father had done. - -24:10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came -up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. - -24:11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and -his servants did besiege it. - -24:12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of -Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and -his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of -his reign. - -24:13 And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the -LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the -vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of -the LORD, as the LORD had said. - -24:14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all -the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the -craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the -people of the land. - -24:15 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's -mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the -land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. - -24:16 And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and -smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the -king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. - -24:17 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king -in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. - -24:18 Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, -and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was -Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. - -24:19 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, -according to all that Jehoiakim had done. - -24:20 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem -and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah -rebelled against the king of Babylon. - -25:1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth -month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of -Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched -against it; and they built forts against it round about. - -25:2 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king -Zedekiah. - -25:3 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in -the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. - -25:4 And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night -by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's -garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the -king went the way toward the plain. - -25:5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook -him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from -him. - -25:6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon -to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him. - -25:7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out -the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried -him to Babylon. - -25:8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is -the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came -Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, -unto Jerusalem: 25:9 And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the -king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's -house burnt he with fire. - -25:10 And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of -the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. - -25:11 Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the -fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of -the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away. - -25:12 But the captain of the guard left of the door of the poor of the -land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. - -25:13 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and -the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did -the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to -Babylon. - -25:14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, -and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they -away. - -25:15 And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of -gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took -away. - -25:16 The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made -for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without -weight. - -25:17 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the -chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three -cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter -round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar -with wreathen work. - -25:18 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and -Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: 25:19 -And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of -war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were -found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which -mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of -the land that were found in the city: 25:20 And Nebuzaradan captain of -the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to -Riblah: 25:21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at -Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their -land. - -25:22 And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom -Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made -Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler. - -25:23 And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, -heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came -to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan -the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, -and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. - -25:24 And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto -them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, -and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you. - -25:25 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son -of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten -men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the -Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah. - -25:26 And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of -the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the -Chaldees. - -25:27 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the -captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the -seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of -Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of -Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; 25:28 And he spake kindly to -him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with -him in Babylon; 25:29 And changed his prison garments: and he did eat -bread continually before him all the days of his life. - -25:30 And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the -king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life. - - - - -The First Book of the Chronicles - - -1:1 Adam, Sheth, Enosh, 1:2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, 1:3 Henoch, -Methuselah, Lamech, 1:4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. - -1:5 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and -Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. - -1:6 And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. - -1:7 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. - -1:8 The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. - -1:9 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, -and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. - -1:10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth. - -1:11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, -1:12 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and -Caphthorim. - -1:13 And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth, 1:14 The Jebusite -also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, 1:15 And the Hivite, and -the Arkite, and the Sinite, 1:16 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, -and the Hamathite. - -1:17 The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and -Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. - -1:18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber. - -1:19 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; -because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's name was -Joktan. - -1:20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and -Jerah, 1:21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah, 1:22 And Ebal, and -Abimael, and Sheba, 1:23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these -were the sons of Joktan. - -1:24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, 1:25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 1:26 Serug, Nahor, -Terah, 1:27 Abram; the same is Abraham. - -1:28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael. - -1:29 These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; -then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 1:30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, -Hadad, and Tema, 1:31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons -of Ishmael. - -1:32 Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, -and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the -sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan. - -1:33 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, -and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah. - -1:34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel. - -1:35 The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and -Korah. - -1:36 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, -and Timna, and Amalek. - -1:37 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. - -1:38 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, -and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan. - -1:39 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's -sister. - -1:40 The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and -Onam. - -and the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah. - -1:41 The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and -Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. - -1:42 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of -Dishan; Uz, and Aran. - -1:43 Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before -any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: -and the name of his city was Dinhabah. - -1:44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned -in his stead. - -1:45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites -reigned in his stead. - -1:46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote -Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his -city was Avith. - -1:47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. - -1:48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned -in his stead. - -1:49 And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in -his stead. - -1:50 And when Baalhanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the -name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the -daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. - -1:51 Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke -Aliah, duke Jetheth, 1:52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, 1:53 -Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 1:54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. -These are the dukes of Edom. - -2:1 These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, -Issachar, and Zebulun, 2:2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, -and Asher. - -2:3 The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born -unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the -firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew -him. - -2:4 And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the -sons of Judah were five. - -2:5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul. - -2:6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, -and Dara: five of them in all. - -2:7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who -transgressed in the thing accursed. - -2:8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah. - -2:9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and -Ram, and Chelubai. - -2:10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of -the children of Judah; 2:11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat -Boaz, 2:12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse, 2:13 And Jesse -begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the -third, 2:14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 2:15 Ozem the -sixth, David the seventh: 2:16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and -Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, -three. - -2:17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the -Ishmeelite. - -2:18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, -and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. - -2:19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare -him Hur. - -2:20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel. - -2:21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father -of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she -bare him Segub. - -2:22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land -of Gilead. - -2:23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, -with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these -belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. - -2:24 And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah -Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa. - -2:25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the -firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah. - -2:26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was -the mother of Onam. - -2:27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and -Jamin, and Eker. - -2:28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of -Shammai; Nadab and Abishur. - -2:29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him -Ahban, and Molid. - -2:30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without -children. - -2:31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And -the children of Sheshan; Ahlai. - -2:32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and -Jonathan: and Jether died without children. - -2:33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons -of Jerahmeel. - -2:34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a -servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. - -2:35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and -she bare him Attai. - -2:36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, 2:37 And Zabad -begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, 2:38 And Obed begat Jehu, and -Jehu begat Azariah, 2:39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat -Eleasah, 2:40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum, -2:41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama. - -2:42 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his -firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the -father of Hebron. - -2:43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. - -2:44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat -Shammai. - -2:45 And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of -Bethzur. - -2:46 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: -and Haran begat Gazez. - -2:47 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, -and Ephah, and Shaaph. - -2:48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah. - -2:49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of -Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was -Achsa. - -2:50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of -Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim. - -2:51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader. - -2:52 And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half -of the Manahethites. - -2:53 And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, -and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, -and the Eshtaulites, 2:54 The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the -Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the -Manahethites, the Zorites. - -2:55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the -Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites -that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab. - -3:1 Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in -Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second -Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess: 3:2 The third, Absalom the son of -Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah -the son of Haggith: 3:3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, -Ithream by Eglah his wife. - -3:4 These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven -years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three -years. - -3:5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and -Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel: 3:6 -Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, 3:7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, -and Japhia, 3:8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. - -3:9 These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the -concubines, and Tamar their sister. - -3:10 And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, -Jehoshaphat his son, 3:11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his -son, 3:12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, 3:13 Ahaz -his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 3:14 Amon his son, Josiah -his son. - -3:15 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second -Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. - -3:16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. - -3:17 And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son, 3:18 -Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and -Nedabiah. - -3:19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the -sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their -sister: 3:20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, -Jushabhesed, five. - -3:21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of -Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of -Shechaniah. - -3:22 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; -Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. - -3:23 And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, -three. - -3:24 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and -Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven. - -4:1 The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. - -4:2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat -Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. - -4:3 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and -Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi: 4:4 And Penuel -the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons -of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem. - -4:5 And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. - -4:6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and -Haahashtari. - -These were the sons of Naarah. - -4:7 And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan. - -4:8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the -son of Harum. - -4:9 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother -called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. - -4:10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou -wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand -might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it -may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested. - -4:11 And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father -of Eshton. - -4:12 And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father -of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah. - -4:13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of -Othniel; Hathath. - -4:14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of -the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen. - -4:15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: -and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz. - -4:16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. - -4:17 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and -Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of -Eshtemoa. - -4:18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber -the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are -the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. - -4:19 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father -of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. - -4:20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and -Tilon. - -And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth. - -4:21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, -and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of -them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea, 4:22 And Jokim, -and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in -Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient things. - -4:23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and -hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work. - -4:24 The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and -Shaul: 4:25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. - -4:26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei -his son. - -4:27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters: but his brethren -had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to -the children of Judah. - -4:28 And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual, 4:29 -And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, 4:30 And at Bethuel, and at -Hormah, and at Ziklag, 4:31 And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and -at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign -of David. - -4:32 And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and -Ashan, five cities: 4:33 And all their villages that were round about -the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their -genealogy. - -4:34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah, 4:35 -And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of -Asiel, 4:36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, -and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 4:37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, -the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of -Shemaiah; 4:38 These mentioned by their names were princes in their -families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly. - -4:39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side -of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. - -4:40 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and -quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old. - -4:41 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of -Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found -there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their -rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks. - -4:42 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, -went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, -and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. - -4:43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and -dwelt there unto this day. - -5:1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the -firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his -birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and -the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. - -5:2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief -ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:) 5:3 The sons, I say, of -Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and -Carmi. - -5:4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, -5:5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son, 5:6 Beerah his son, -whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was -prince of the Reubenites. - -5:7 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their -generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, 5:8 -And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt -in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon: 5:9 And eastward he inhabited -unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: -because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead. - -5:10 And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who -fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the -east land of Gilead. - -5:11 And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of -Bashan unto Salcah: 5:12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and -Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan. - -5:13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, -and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, -seven. - -5:14 These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of -Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, -the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; 5:15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son -of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. - -5:16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all -the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders. - -5:17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king -of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. - -5:18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of -Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to -shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven -hundred and threescore, that went out to the war. - -5:19 And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, -and Nodab. - -5:20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were -delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried -to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put -their trust in him. - -5:21 And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, -and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two -thousand, and of men an hundred thousand. - -5:22 For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And -they dwelt in their steads until the captivity. - -5:23 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: -they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount -Hermon. - -5:24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even -Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, -and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house -of their fathers. - -5:25 And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went -a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed -before them. - -5:26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of -Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he -carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half -tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, -and to the river Gozan, unto this day. - -6:1 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. - -6:2 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. - -6:3 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons -also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. - -6:4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, 6:5 And Abishua -begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, 6:6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and -Zerahiah begat Meraioth, 6:7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat -Ahitub, 6:8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, 6:9 And -Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, 6:10 And Johanan -begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the -temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:) 6:11 And Azariah begat -Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 6:12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and -Zadok begat Shallum, 6:13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat -Azariah, 6:14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak, -6:15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away -Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. - -6:16 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. - -6:17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei. - -6:18 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and -Uzziel. - -6:19 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families -of the Levites according to their fathers. - -6:20 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 6:21 -Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son. - -6:22 The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his -son, 6:23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, -6:24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. - -6:25 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth. - -6:26 As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath -his son, 6:27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. - -6:28 And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah. - -6:29 The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza -his son, 6:30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. - -6:31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the -house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest. - -6:32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle -of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of -the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according -to their order. - -6:33 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons -of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of -Shemuel, 6:34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of -Eliel, the son of Toah, 6:35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the -son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 6:36 The son of Elkanah, the son of -Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 6:37 The son of -Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 6:38 -The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of -Israel. - -6:39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph -the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, 6:40 The son of Michael, the -son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, 6:41 The son of Ethni, the son -of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 6:42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, -the son of Shimei, 6:43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son -of Levi. - -6:44 And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: -Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, 6:45 The -son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, 6:46 The son -of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer, 6:47 The son of Mahli, -the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. - -6:48 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of -service of the tabernacle of the house of God. - -6:49 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt -offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the -work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, -according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. - -6:50 And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his -son, Abishua his son, 6:51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his -son, 6:52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 6:53 -Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. - -6:54 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in -their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: -for theirs was the lot. - -6:55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs -thereof round about it. - -6:56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave -to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. - -6:57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, -Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, -and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs, 6:58 And Hilen with her suburbs, -Debir with her suburbs, 6:59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and -Bethshemesh with her suburbs: 6:60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin; -Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with -her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen -cities. - -6:61 And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of -that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of -the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. - -6:62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the -tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe -of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen -cities. - -6:63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their -families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and -out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. - -6:64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with -their suburbs. - -6:65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, -and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe -of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their -names. - -6:66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities -of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim. - -6:67 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in -mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs, -6:68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs, -6:69 And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs: -6:70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and -Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of -Kohath. - -6:71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half -tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth -with her suburbs: 6:72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with -her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, 6:73 And Ramoth with her -suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs: 6:74 And out of the tribe of -Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs, 6:75 And -Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: 6:76 And out of -the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon -with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs. - -6:77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the -tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs: -6:78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of -Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the -wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs, 6:79 -Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs: 6:80 -And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and -Mahanaim with her suburbs, 6:81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and -Jazer with her suburbs. - -7:1 Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and -Shimrom, four. - -7:2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, -and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of -Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose -number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six -hundred. - -7:3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, -and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men. - -7:4 And with them, by their generations, after the house of their -fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: -for they had many wives and sons. - -7:5 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant -men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven -thousand. - -7:6 The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three. - -7:7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, -and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of -valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand -and thirty and four. - -7:8 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and -Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and -Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher. - -7:9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by their -generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of -valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred. - -7:10 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, -and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and -Ahishahar. - -7:11 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, -mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred -soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle. - -7:12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the -sons of Aher. - -7:13 The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, -the sons of Bilhah. - -7:14 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine -the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead: 7:15 And Machir took -to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was -Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad -had daughters. - -7:16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his -name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons -were Ulam and Rakem. - -7:17 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the -son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. - -7:18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah. - -7:19 And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and -Aniam. - -7:20 And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath -his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son, 7:21 And Zabad his -son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath -that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away -their cattle. - -7:22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came -to comfort him. - -7:23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, -and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house. - -7:24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and -the upper, and Uzzensherah.) 7:25 And Rephah was his son, also -Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son. - -7:26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son. - -7:27 Non his son, Jehoshuah his son. - -7:28 And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns -thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns -thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns -thereof: 7:29 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, -Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, -Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of -Israel. - -7:30 The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and -Serah their sister. - -7:31 And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of -Birzavith. - -7:32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their -sister. - -7:33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These -are the children of Japhlet. - -7:34 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. - -7:35 And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, -and Amal. - -7:36 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and -Imrah, 7:37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and -Beera. - -7:38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara. - -7:39 And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia. - -7:40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's -house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the -number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and -to battle was twenty and six thousand men. - -8:1 Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and -Aharah the third, 8:2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. - -8:3 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, 8:4 And -Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, 8:5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and -Huram. - -8:6 And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers -of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath: 8:7 And -Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and -Ahihud. - -8:8 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had -sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives. - -8:9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and -Malcham, 8:10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, -heads of the fathers. - -8:11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal. - -8:12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, -and Lod, with the towns thereof: 8:13 Beriah also, and Shema, who were -heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the -inhabitants of Gath: 8:14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, 8:15 And -Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, 8:16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, -the sons of Beriah; 8:17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and -Heber, 8:18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal; -8:19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, 8:20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, -and Eliel, 8:21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of -Shimhi; 8:22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, 8:23 And Abdon, and -Zichri, and Hanan, 8:24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah, 8:25 -And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak; 8:26 And Shamsherai, -and Shehariah, and Athaliah, 8:27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, -the sons of Jeroham. - -8:28 These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. - -These dwelt in Jerusalem. - -8:29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was -Maachah: 8:30 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and -Baal, and Nadab, 8:31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher. - -8:32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their -brethren in Jerusalem, over against them. - -8:33 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, -and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. - -8:34 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah. - -8:35 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and -Ahaz. - -8:36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and -Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza, 8:37 And Moza begat Binea: -Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son: 8:38 And Azel had -six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and -Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. - -8:39 And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, -Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third. - -8:40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had -many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the -sons of Benjamin. - -9:1 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were -written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried -away to Babylon for their transgression. - -9:2 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their -cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims. - -9:3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the -children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh; -9:4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the -son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah. - -9:5 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons. - -9:6 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred -and ninety. - -9:7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son -of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah, 9:8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, -and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of -Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; 9:9 And their -brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and -six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their -fathers. - -9:10 And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, 9:11 And -Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, -the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God; -9:12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of -Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son -of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer; 9:13 And -their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and -seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the -service of the house of God. - -9:14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of -Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 9:15 And -Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son -of Zichri, the son of Asaph; 9:16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the -son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the -son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. - -9:17 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, -and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; 9:18 Who hitherto waited in -the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the -children of Levi. - -9:19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of -Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, -were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the -tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were -keepers of the entry. - -9:20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time -past, and the LORD was with him. - -9:21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of -the tabernacle of the congregation. - -9:22 All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two -hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their -villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set -office. - -9:23 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the -house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards. - -9:24 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, -and south. - -9:25 And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come -after seven days from time to time with them. - -9:26 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set -office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. - -9:27 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge -was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to -them. - -9:28 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, -that they should bring them in and out by tale. - -9:29 Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all -the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, -and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. - -9:30 And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the -spices. - -9:31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of -Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were -made in the pans. - -9:32 And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were -over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath. - -9:33 And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, -who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in -that work day and night. - -9:34 These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their -generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem. - -9:35 And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's -name was Maachah: 9:36 And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and -Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab. - -9:37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth. - -9:38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their -brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren. - -9:39 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, -and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. - -9:40 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat Micah. - -9:41 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and -Ahaz. - -9:42 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and -Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza; 9:43 And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah -his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. - -9:44 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, -and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons -of Azel. - -10:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel -fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. - -10:2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; -and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the -sons of Saul. - -10:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, -and he was wounded of the archers. - -10:4 Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me -through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his -armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, -and fell upon it. - -10:5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell -likewise on the sword, and died. - -10:6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died -together. - -10:7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that -they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook -their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. - -10:8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to -strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount -Gilboa. - -10:9 And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his -armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to -carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people. - -10:10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened -his head in the temple of Dagon. - -10:11 And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had -done to Saul, 10:12 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the -body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, -and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. - -10:13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against -the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and -also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire -of it; 10:14 And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and -turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. - -11:1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, -Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. - -11:2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he -that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said -unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler -over my people Israel. - -11:3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; -and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and -they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the -LORD by Samuel. - -11:4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where -the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land. - -11:5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come -hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city -of David. - -11:6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be -chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was -chief. - -11:7 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city -of David. - -11:8 And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: -and Joab repaired the rest of the city. - -11:9 So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was -with him. - -11:10 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who -strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, -to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel. - -11:11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; -Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his -spear against three hundred slain by him at one time. - -11:12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was -one of the three mighties. - -11:13 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were -gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of -barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines. - -11:14 And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and -delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a -great deliverance. - -11:15 Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, -into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in -the valley of Rephaim. - -11:16 And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison -was then at Bethlehem. - -11:17 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of -the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate! 11:18 And -the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water -out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and -brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it -out to the LORD. - -11:19 And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: -shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in -jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. -Therefore he would not drink it. - -These things did these three mightiest. - -11:20 And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for -lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a -name among the three. - -11:21 Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was -their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three. - -11:22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of -Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: -also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day. - -11:23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits -high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and -he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the -Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. - -11:24 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name -among the three mighties. - -11:25 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to -the first three: and David set him over his guard. - -11:26 Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of -Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 11:27 Shammoth the -Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, 11:28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, -Abiezer the Antothite, 11:29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the -Ahohite, 11:30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the -Netophathite, 11:31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained -to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, 11:32 Hurai of -the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, 11:33 Azmaveth the -Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, 11:34 The sons of Hashem the -Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite, 11:35 Ahiam the son -of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, 11:36 Hepher the -Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, 11:37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai -the son of Ezbai, 11:38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of -Haggeri, 11:39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the -armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 11:40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb -the Ithrite, 11:41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, 11:42 -Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and -thirty with him, 11:43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the -Mithnite, 11:44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of -Hothan the Aroerite, 11:45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his -brother, the Tizite, 11:46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and -Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, 11:47 Eliel, -and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite. - -12:1 Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet -kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were -among the mighty men, helpers of the war. - -12:2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and -the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of -Saul's brethren of Benjamin. - -12:3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the -Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, -and Jehu the Antothite. - -12:4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and -over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad -the Gederathite, 12:5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and -Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite, 12:6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and -Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites, 12:7 And Joelah, and -Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. - -12:8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the -hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the -battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like -the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains; -12:9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, 12:10 -Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, 12:11 Attai the sixth, -Eliel the seventh, 12:12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, 12:13 -Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. - -12:14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the -least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand. - -12:15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it -had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the -valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west. - -12:16 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold -unto David. - -12:17 And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto -them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be -knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing -there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, -and rebuke it. - -12:18 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, -and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: -peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God -helpeth thee. - -Then David received them, and made them captains of the band. - -12:19 And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the -Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the -lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He -will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads. - -12:20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and -Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and -Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh. - -12:21 And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they -were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host. - -12:22 For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, -until it was a great host, like the host of God. - -12:23 And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to -the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to -him, according to the word of the LORD. - -12:24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six -thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war. - -12:25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, -seven thousand and one hundred. - -12:26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred. - -12:27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were -three thousand and seven hundred; 12:28 And Zadok, a young man mighty -of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains. - -12:29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three -thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of -the house of Saul. - -12:30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight -hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their -fathers. - -12:31 And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were -expressed by name, to come and make David king. - -12:32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had -understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads -of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their -commandment. - -12:33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with -all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they -were not of double heart. - -12:34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield -and spear thirty and seven thousand. - -12:35 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and -six hundred. - -12:36 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty -thousand. - -12:37 And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the -Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of -instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand. - -12:38 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect -heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest -also of Israel were of one heart to make David king. - -12:39 And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: -for their brethren had prepared for them. - -12:40 Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and -Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on -mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of -raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there -was joy in Israel. - -13:1 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, -and with every leader. - -13:2 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem -good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad -unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of -Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in -their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us: -13:3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired -not at it in the days of Saul. - -13:4 And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the -thing was right in the eyes of all the people. - -13:5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even -unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from -Kirjathjearim. - -13:6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to -Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of -God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is -called on it. - -13:7 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of -Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. - -13:8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, -and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with -timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. - -13:9 And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put -forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. - -13:10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote -him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God. - -13:11 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach -upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day. - -13:12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring -the ark of God home to me? 13:13 So David brought not the ark home to -himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of -Obededom the Gittite. - -13:14 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his -house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and -all that he had. - -14:1 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of -cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house. - -14:2 And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over -Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people -Israel. - -14:3 And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons -and daughters. - -14:4 Now these are the names of his children which he had in -Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, 14:5 And Ibhar, -and Elishua, and Elpalet, 14:6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 14:7 -And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet. - -14:8 And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over -all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard -of it, and went out against them. - -14:9 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of -Rephaim. - -14:10 And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the -Philistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD -said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand. - -14:11 So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then -David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the -breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place -Baalperazim. - -14:12 And when they had left their gods there, David gave a -commandment, and they were burned with fire. - -14:13 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the -valley. - -14:14 Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go -not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over -against the mulberry trees. - -14:15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the -tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for -God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines. - -14:16 David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the -host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer. - -14:17 And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD -brought the fear of him upon all nations. - -15:1 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a -place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. - -15:2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the -Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to -minister unto him for ever. - -15:3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up -the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it. - -15:4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites: 15:5 -Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred -and twenty: 15:6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his -brethren two hundred and twenty: 15:7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the -chief and his brethren an hundred and thirty: 15:8 Of the sons of -Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred: 15:9 Of -the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore: 15:10 -Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an -hundred and twelve. - -15:11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the -Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and -Amminadab, 15:12 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers -of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that -ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that -I have prepared for it. - -15:13 For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a -breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order. - -15:14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up -the ark of the LORD God of Israel. - -15:15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their -shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the -word of the LORD. - -15:16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their -brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and -harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. - -15:17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his -brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their -brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; 15:18 And with them their -brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and -Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, -and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, -the porters. - -15:19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound -with cymbals of brass; 15:20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and -Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and -Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth; 15:21 And Mattithiah, and -Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with -harps on the Sheminith to excel. - -15:22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed -about the song, because he was skilful. - -15:23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. - -15:24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and -Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the -trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were -doorkeepers for the ark. - -15:25 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over -thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of -the house of Obededom with joy. - -15:26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the -ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and -seven rams. - -15:27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the -Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master -of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of -linen. - -15:28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD -with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and -with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps. - -15:29 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came -to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at -a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in -her heart. - -16:1 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the -tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices -and peace offerings before God. - -16:2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings -and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the -LORD. - -16:3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every -one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. - -16:4 And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the -ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God -of Israel: 16:5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and -Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and -Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a -sound with cymbals; 16:6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with -trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God. - -16:7 Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the -LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren. - -16:8 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his -deeds among the people. - -16:9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous -works. - -16:10 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that -seek the LORD. - -16:11 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually. - -16:12 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, -and the judgments of his mouth; 16:13 O ye seed of Israel his servant, -ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. - -16:14 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth. - -16:15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he -commanded to a thousand generations; 16:16 Even of the covenant which -he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; 16:17 And hath -confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an -everlasting covenant, 16:18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of -Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; 16:19 When ye were but few, even -a few, and strangers in it. - -16:20 And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom -to another people; 16:21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he -reproved kings for their sakes, 16:22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, -and do my prophets no harm. - -16:23 Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day -his salvation. - -16:24 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among -all nations. - -16:25 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to -be feared above all gods. - -16:26 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the -heavens. - -16:27 Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are -in his place. - -16:28 Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the -LORD glory and strength. - -16:29 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an -offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of -holiness. - -16:30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, -that it be not moved. - -16:31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men -say among the nations, The LORD reigneth. - -16:32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields -rejoice, and all that is therein. - -16:33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the -LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth. - -16:34 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy -endureth for ever. - -16:35 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us -together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to -thy holy name, and glory in thy praise. - -16:36 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the -people said, Amen, and praised the LORD. - -16:37 So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD -Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as -every day's work required: 16:38 And Obededom with their brethren, -threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to -be porters: 16:39 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, -before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at -Gibeon, 16:40 To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of -the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do -according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he -commanded Israel; 16:41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest -that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the -LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever; 16:42 And with them Heman -and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a -sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun -were porters. - -16:43 And all the people departed every man to his house: and David -returned to bless his house. - -17:1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said -to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark -of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains. - -17:2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for -God is with thee. - -17:3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to -Nathan, saying, 17:4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the -LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in: 17:5 For I have -not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this -day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to -another. - -17:6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any -of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, -Why have ye not built me an house of cedars? 17:7 Now therefore thus -shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I -took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou -shouldest be ruler over my people Israel: 17:8 And I have been with -thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine -enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of -the great men that are in the earth. - -17:9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant -them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; -neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at -the beginning, 17:10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be -over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. -Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house. - -17:11 And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou -must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after -thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. - -17:12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for -ever. - -17:13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not -take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before -thee: 17:14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for -ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore. - -17:15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, -so did Nathan speak unto David. - -17:16 And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who -am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me -hitherto? 17:17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; -for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to -come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high -degree, O LORD God. - -17:18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? -for thou knowest thy servant. - -17:19 O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own -heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these -great things. - -17:20 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside -thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. - -17:21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom -God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of -greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy -people whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt? 17:22 For thy people -Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, -becamest their God. - -17:23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken -concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for -ever, and do as thou hast said. - -17:24 Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for -ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to -Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before -thee. - -17:25 For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build -him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray -before thee. - -17:26 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness -unto thy servant: 17:27 Now therefore let it please thee to bless the -house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou -blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever. - -18:1 Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, -and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the -Philistines. - -18:2 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and -brought gifts. - -18:3 And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went -to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates. - -18:4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand -horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the -chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots. - -18:5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of -Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. - -18:6 Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became -David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David -whithersoever he went. - -18:7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of -Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. - -18:8 Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, -brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, -and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. - -18:9 Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the -host of Hadarezer king of Zobah; 18:10 He sent Hadoram his son to king -David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he -had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war -with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and -brass. - -18:11 Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver -and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and -from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, -and from Amalek. - -18:12 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the -valley of salt eighteen thousand. - -18:13 And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became -David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went. - -18:14 So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and -justice among all his people. - -18:15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat -the son of Ahilud, recorder. - -18:16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, -were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe; 18:17 And Benaiah the son of -Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of -David were chief about the king. - -19:1 Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the -children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead. - -19:2 And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of -Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent -messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of -David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort -him. - -19:3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest -thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters -unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to -overthrow, and to spy out the land? 19:4 Wherefore Hanun took David's -servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst -hard by their buttocks, and sent them away. - -19:5 Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. -And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the -king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then -return. - -19:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves -odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand -talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of -Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah. - -19:7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of -Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the -children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and -came to battle. - -19:8 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the -mighty men. - -19:9 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array -before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by -themselves in the field. - -19:10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and -behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in -array against the Syrians. - -19:11 And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai -his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of -Ammon. - -19:12 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou -shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, -then I will help thee. - -19:13 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for -our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that -which is good in his sight. - -19:14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the -Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him. - -19:15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, -they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the -city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem. - -19:16 And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before -Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were -beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer -went before them. - -19:17 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed -over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against -them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, -they fought with him. - -19:18 But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the -Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty -thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host. - -19:19 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the -worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his -servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any -more. - -20:1 And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time -that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and -wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged -Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and -destroyed it. - -20:2 And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and -found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in -it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding -much spoil out of the city. - -20:3 And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with -saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David -with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the -people returned to Jerusalem. - -20:4 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer -with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew -Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued. - -20:5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son -of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear -staff was like a weaver's beam. - -20:6 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great -stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each -hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant. - -20:7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's -brother slew him. - -20:8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand -of David, and by the hand of his servants. - -21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number -Israel. - -21:2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, -number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them -to me, that I may know it. - -21:3 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so -many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my -lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will -he be a cause of trespass to Israel? 21:4 Nevertheless the king's -word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went -throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. - -21:5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And -all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand -men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten -thousand men that drew sword. - -21:6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's -word was abominable to Joab. - -21:7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote -Israel. - -21:8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have -done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy -servant; for I have done very foolishly. - -21:9 And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying, 21:10 Go and -tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things: -choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. - -21:11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, -Choose thee 21:12 Either three years' famine; or three months to be -destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies -overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the -pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying -throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what -word I shall bring again to him that sent me. - -21:13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now -into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me -not fall into the hand of man. - -21:14 So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of -Israel seventy thousand men. - -21:15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he -was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and -said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. -And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the -Jebusite. - -21:16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD -stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his -hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of -Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. - -21:17 And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people -to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; -but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray -thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on -thy people, that they should be plagued. - -21:18 Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that -David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the -threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. - -21:19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the -name of the LORD. - -21:20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with -him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. - -21:21 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went -out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to -the ground. - -21:22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this -threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou -shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed -from the people. - -21:23 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the -king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also -for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the -wheat for the meat offering; I give it all. - -21:24 And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for -the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, -nor offer burnt offerings without cost. - -21:25 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold -by weight. - -21:26 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt -offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he -answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering. - -21:27 And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again -into the sheath thereof. - -21:28 At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in -the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. - -21:29 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the -wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season -in the high place at Gibeon. - -21:30 But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was -afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD. - -22:1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is -the altar of the burnt offering for Israel. - -22:2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in -the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build -the house of God. - -22:3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors -of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without -weight; 22:4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they -of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David. - -22:5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house -that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of -fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make -preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death. - -22:6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an -house for the LORD God of Israel. - -22:7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind -to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God: 22:8 But the word -of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and -hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, -because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight. - -22:9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; -and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his -name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel -in his days. - -22:10 He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and -I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom -over Israel for ever. - -22:11 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build -the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee. - -22:12 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee -charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD -thy God. - -22:13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the -statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning -Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed. - -22:14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the -LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand -talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in -abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add -thereto. - -22:15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and -workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every -manner of work. - -22:16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is -no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee. - -22:17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon -his son, saying, 22:18 Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he -not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of -the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and -before his people. - -22:19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; -arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring -the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into -the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD. - -23:1 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son -king over Israel. - -23:2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the -priests and the Levites. - -23:3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and -upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and -eight thousand. - -23:4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work -of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges: -23:5 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised -the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise -therewith. - -23:6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, -namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. - -23:7 Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei. - -23:8 The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, -three. - -23:9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. -These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan. - -23:10 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and -Beriah. - -These four were the sons of Shimei. - -23:11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and -Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, -according to their father's house. - -23:12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. - -23:13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, -that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for -ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to -bless in his name for ever. - -23:14 Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the -tribe of Levi. - -23:15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer. - -23:16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief. - -23:17 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer -had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. - -23:18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief. - -23:19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, -Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. - -23:20 Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first and Jesiah the second. - -23:21 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; -Eleazar, and Kish. - -23:22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their -brethren the sons of Kish took them. - -23:23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. - -23:24 These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; -even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names -by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the -LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward. - -23:25 For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his -people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: 23:26 And also unto -the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels -of it for the service thereof. - -23:27 For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from -twenty years old and above: 23:28 Because their office was to wait on -the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the -courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, -and the work of the service of the house of God; 23:29 Both for the -shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the -unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that -which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size; 23:30 And to -stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at -even: 23:31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the -sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, -according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the -LORD: 23:32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of -the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of -the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the -LORD. - -24:1 Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of -Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. - -24:2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no -children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office. - -24:3 And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, -and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in -their service. - -24:4 And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than -of the sons of Ithamar, and thus were they divided. Among the sons of -Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, -and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their -fathers. - -24:5 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the -governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of -the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. - -24:6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, -wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and -Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of -the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for -Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar. - -24:7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, -24:8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, 24:9 The fifth to -Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, 24:10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the -eighth to Abijah, 24:11 The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah, -24:12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, 24:13 The -thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, 24:14 The fifteenth -to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, 24:15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the -eighteenth to Aphses, 24:16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth -to Jehezekel, 24:17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and -twentieth to Gamul, 24:18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four -and twentieth to Maaziah. - -24:19 These were the orderings of them in their service to come into -the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their -father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him. - -24:20 And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of -Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah. - -24:21 Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was -Isshiah. - -24:22 Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath. - -24:23 And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, -Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. - -24:24 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir. - -24:25 The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; -Zechariah. - -24:26 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; -Beno. - -24:27 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and -Ibri. - -24:28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons. - -24:29 Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel. - -24:30 The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These -were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers. - -24:31 These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of -Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and -the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the -principal fathers over against their younger brethren. - -25:1 Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the -service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who -should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the -number of the workmen according to their service was: 25:2 Of the sons -of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of -Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the -order of the king. - -25:3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and -Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their -father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to -praise the LORD. - -25:4 Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, -and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, -Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth: 25:5 All these were the -sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the -horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. - -25:6 All these were under the hands of their father for song in the -house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the -service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, -Jeduthun, and Heman. - -25:7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed -in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred -fourscore and eight. - -25:8 And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the -great, the teacher as the scholar. - -25:9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to -Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve: 25:10 The third -to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:11 The -fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:12 The -fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:13 -The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -25:14 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were -twelve: 25:15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, -were twelve: 25:16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his -brethren, were twelve: 25:17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and -his brethren, were twelve: 25:18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his -sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, -he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:20 The thirteenth to -Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:21 The -fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -25:22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were -twelve: 25:23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his -brethren, were twelve: 25:24 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his -sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:25 The eighteenth to Hanani, -he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:26 The nineteenth to -Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:27 The -twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -25:28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, -were twelve: 25:29 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, -and his brethren, were twelve: 25:30 The three and twentieth to -Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:31 The four -and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were -twelve. - -26:1 Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was -Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. - -26:2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, -Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 26:3 Elam -the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. - -26:4 Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, -Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and -Nethaneel the fifth. - -26:5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for -God blessed him. - -26:6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout -the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour. - -26:7 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, -whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah. - -26:8 All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their -brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and -two of Obededom. - -26:9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen. - -26:10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the -chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him -the chief;) 26:11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah -the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen. - -26:12 Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the -chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house -of the LORD. - -26:13 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to -the house of their fathers, for every gate. - -26:14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his -son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out -northward. - -26:15 To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim. - -26:16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate -Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward. - -26:17 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four -a day, and toward Asuppim two and two. - -26:18 At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar. - -26:19 These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, -and among the sons of Merari. - -26:20 And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house -of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things. - -26:21 As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite -Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli. - -26:22 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were -over the treasures of the house of the LORD. - -26:23 Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the -Uzzielites: 26:24 And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, -was ruler of the treasures. - -26:25 And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his -son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son. - -26:26 Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of -the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the -captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, -had dedicated. - -26:27 Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain -the house of the LORD. - -26:28 And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and -Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and -whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, -and of his brethren. - -26:29 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward -business over Israel, for officers and judges. - -26:30 And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of -valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of -Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, -and in the service of the king. - -26:31 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the -Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the -fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there -were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead. - -26:32 And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven -hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the -Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every -matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king. - -27:1 Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief -fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers -that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and -went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of -every course were twenty and four thousand. - -27:2 Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son -of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. - -27:3 Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the -host for the first month. - -27:4 And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and -of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were -twenty and four thousand. - -27:5 The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the -son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and -four thousand. - -27:6 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above -the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son. - -27:7 The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of -Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty -and four thousand. - -27:8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: -and in his course were twenty and four thousand. - -27:9 The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh -the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. - -27:10 The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the -Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty -and four thousand. - -27:11 The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the -Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four -thousand. - -27:12 The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the -Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four -thousand. - -27:13 The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the -Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four -thousand. - -27:14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the -Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty -and four thousand. - -27:15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the -Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four -thousand. - -27:16 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the -Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, -Shephatiah the son of Maachah: 27:17 Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son -of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok: 27:18 Of Judah, Elihu, one of the -brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael: 27:19 Of -Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of -Azriel: 27:20 Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: -of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah: 27:21 Of the -half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of -Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner: 27:22 Of Dan, Azareel the son of -Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel. - -27:23 But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and -under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the -stars of the heavens. - -27:24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, -because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number -put in the account of the chronicles of king David. - -27:25 And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and -over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the -villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah: 27:26 -And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground -was Ezri the son of Chelub: 27:27 And over the vineyards was Shimei -the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars -was Zabdi the Shiphmite: 27:28 And over the olive trees and the -sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: -and over the cellars of oil was Joash: 27:29 And over the herds that -fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were -in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai: 27:30 Over the camels -also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the -Meronothite: 27:31 And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All -these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's. - -27:32 Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a -scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons: 27:33 -And Ahithophel was the king's counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was -the king's companion: 27:34 And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son -of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army was Joab. - -28:1 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the -tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king -by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the -hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of -the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, -and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem. - -28:2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my -brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an -house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the -footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building: 28:3 But -God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because -thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood. - -28:4 Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of -my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to -be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and -among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all -Israel: 28:5 And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many -sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the -kingdom of the LORD over Israel. - -28:6 And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and -my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his -father. - -28:7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant -to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day. - -28:8 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the -LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the -commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, -and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever. - -28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and -serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD -searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the -thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou -forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. - -28:10 Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house -for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it. - -28:11 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and -of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper -chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place -of the mercy seat, 28:12 And the pattern of all that he had by the -spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the -chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of -the treasuries of the dedicated things: 28:13 Also for the courses of -the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of -the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house -of the LORD. - -28:14 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all -instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments -of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service: -28:15 Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their -lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps -thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the -candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of -every candlestick. - -28:16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for -every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver: 28:17 Also -pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the -golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise -silver by weight for every bason of silver: 28:18 And for the altar of -incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the -chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the -ark of the covenant of the LORD. - -28:19 All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by -his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern. - -28:20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good -courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even -my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, -until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of -the LORD. - -28:21 And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even -they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and -there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing -skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the -people will be wholly at thy commandment. - -29:1 Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, -Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, -and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD -God. - -29:2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the -gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of -silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of -iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, -glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious -stones, and marble stones in abundance. - -29:3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, -I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given -to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for -the holy house. - -29:4 Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and -seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the -houses withal: 29:5 The gold for things of gold, and the silver for -things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands -of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this -day unto the LORD? 29:6 Then the chief of the fathers and princes of -the tribes of Israel and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, -with the rulers of the king's work, offered willingly, 29:7 And gave -for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and -ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass -eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron. - -29:8 And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the -treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the -Gershonite. - -29:9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, -because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and -David the king also rejoiced with great joy. - -29:10 Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: -and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for -ever and ever. - -29:11 Thine, O LORD is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, -and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in -the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted -as head above all. - -29:12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; -and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make -great, and to give strength unto all. - -29:13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious -name. - -29:14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to -offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and -of thine own have we given thee. - -29:15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all -our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none -abiding. - -29:16 O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build -thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all -thine own. - -29:17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast -pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I -have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy -thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. - -29:18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep -this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy -people, and prepare their heart unto thee: 29:19 And give unto Solomon -my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and -thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for -the which I have made provision. - -29:20 And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your -God. - -And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and -bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king. - -29:21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt -offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand -bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink -offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel: 29:22 And did -eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And -they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed -him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest. - -29:23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of -David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him. - -29:24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons -likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king. - -29:25 And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all -Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on -any king before him in Israel. - -29:26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. - -29:27 And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven -years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in -Jerusalem. - -29:28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: -and Solomon his son reigned in his stead. - -29:29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are -written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the -prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer, 29:30 With all his reign and -his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over -all the kingdoms of the countries. - - - - -The Second Book of the Chronicles - - -1:1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and -the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly. - -1:2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands -and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all -Israel, the chief of the fathers. - -1:3 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high -place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the -congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in -the wilderness. - -1:4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the -place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for -it at Jerusalem. - -1:5 Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son -of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and -Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. - -1:6 And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, -which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a -thousand burnt offerings upon it. - -1:7 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask -what I shall give thee. - -1:8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David -my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead. - -1:9 Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be -established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of -the earth in multitude. - -1:10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in -before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so -great? 1:11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, -and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of -thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom -and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom -I have made thee king: 1:12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; -and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of -the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any -after thee have the like. - -1:13 Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at -Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, -and reigned over Israel. - -1:14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand -and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he -placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. - -1:15 And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as -stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the -vale for abundance. - -1:16 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the -king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. - -1:17 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for -six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: -and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and -for the kings of Syria, by their means. - -2:1 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, -and an house for his kingdom. - -2:2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear -burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three -thousand and six hundred to oversee them. - -2:3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst -deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an -house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. - -2:4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to -dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the -continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, -on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the -LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. - -2:5 And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above -all gods. - -2:6 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and -heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should -build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him? 2:7 Send -me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in -brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can -skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in -Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide. - -2:8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of -Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in -Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, 2:9 Even -to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to -build shall be wonderful great. - -2:10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut -timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand -measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty -thousand baths of oil. - -2:11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to -Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee -king over them. - -2:12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made -heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued -with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the -LORD, and an house for his kingdom. - -2:13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of -Huram my father's, 2:14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, -and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in -silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in -blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of -graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with -thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father. - -2:15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, -which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants: 2:16 And -we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we -will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry -it up to Jerusalem. - -2:17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of -Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered -them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three -thousand and six hundred. - -2:18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of -burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and -three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work. - -3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in -mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the -place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the -Jebusite. - -3:2 And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in -the fourth year of his reign. - -3:3 Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the -building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first -measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. - -3:4 And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it -was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the -height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure -gold. - -3:5 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid -with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains. - -3:6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and -the gold was gold of Parvaim. - -3:7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls -thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the -walls. - -3:8 And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according -to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof -twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six -hundred talents. - -3:9 And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he -overlaid the upper chambers with gold. - -3:10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, -and overlaid them with gold. - -3:11 And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing -of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: -and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of -the other cherub. - -3:12 And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the -wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to -the wing of the other cherub. - -3:13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty -cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward. - -3:14 And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine -linen, and wrought cherubims thereon. - -3:15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five -cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was -five cubits. - -3:16 And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads -of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the -chains. - -3:17 And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right -hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the -right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz. - -4:1 Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length -thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the -height thereof. - -4:2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round -in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty -cubits did compass it round about. - -4:3 And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it -round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows -of oxen were cast, when it was cast. - -4:4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and -three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and -three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, -and all their hinder parts were inward. - -4:5 And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it -like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it -received and held three thousand baths. - -4:6 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five -on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the -burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to -wash in. - -4:7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and -set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left. - -4:8 He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on -the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of -gold. - -4:9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, -and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass. - -4:10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over -against the south. - -4:11 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And -Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the -house of God; 4:12 To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the -chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two -wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the -top of the pillars; 4:13 And four hundred pomegranates on the two -wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two -pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars. - -4:14 He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases; 4:15 One -sea, and twelve oxen under it. - -4:16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their -instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house -of the LORD of bright brass. - -4:17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground -between Succoth and Zeredathah. - -4:18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the -weight of the brass could not be found out. - -4:19 And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, -the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set; -4:20 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn -after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold; 4:21 And the -flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that -perfect gold; 4:22 And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, -and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner -doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of -the temple, were of gold. - -5:1 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was -finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father -had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, -put he among the treasures of the house of God. - -5:2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of -the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto -Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the -city of David, which is Zion. - -5:3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king -in the feast which was in the seventh month. - -5:4 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the -ark. - -5:5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the -congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, -these did the priests and the Levites bring up. - -5:6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were -assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which -could not be told nor numbered for multitude. - -5:7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD -unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, -even under the wings of the cherubims: 5:8 For the cherubims spread -forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered -the ark and the staves thereof above. - -5:9 And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the -staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not -seen without. And there it is unto this day. - -5:10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put -therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of -Israel, when they came out of Egypt. - -5:11 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy -place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did -not then wait by course: 5:12 Also the Levites which were the singers, -all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their -brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries -and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an -hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) 5:13 It came even -to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound -to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up -their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, -and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth -for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house -of the LORD; 5:14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by -reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of -God. - -6:1 Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the -thick darkness. - -6:2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for -thy dwelling for ever. - -6:3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation -of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood. - -6:4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his -hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, -saying, 6:5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the -land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build -an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to -be a ruler over my people Israel: 6:6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, -that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my -people Israel. - -6:7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for -the name of the LORD God of Israel. - -6:8 But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine -heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in -thine heart: 6:9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but -thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the -house for my name. - -6:10 The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: -for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the -throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for -the name of the LORD God of Israel. - -6:11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the -LORD, that he made with the children of Israel. - -6:12 And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all -the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands: 6:13 For -Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and five -cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of -the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees -before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands -toward heaven. - -6:14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the -heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy -unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts: 6:15 -Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou -hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it -with thine hand, as it is this day. - -6:16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David -my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not -fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so -that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou -hast walked before me. - -6:17 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which -thou hast spoken unto thy servant David. - -6:18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, -heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less -this house which I have built! 6:19 Have respect therefore to the -prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to -hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before -thee: 6:20 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, -upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name -there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward -this place. - -6:21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of -thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou -from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, -forgive. - -6:22 If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him -to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house; -6:23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by -requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and -by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his -righteousness. - -6:24 And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, -because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess -thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house; -6:25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy -people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to -them and to their fathers. - -6:26 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they -have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and -confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict -them; 6:27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy -servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the -good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which -thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance. - -6:28 If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there -be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies -besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or -whatsoever sickness there be: 6:29 Then what prayer or what -supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people -Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and -shall spread forth his hands in this house: 6:30 Then hear thou from -heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man -according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only -knowest the hearts of the children of men:) 6:31 That they may fear -thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou -gavest unto our fathers. - -6:32 Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people -Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and -thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in -this house; 6:33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy -dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to -thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear -thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I -have built is called by thy name. - -6:34 If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that -thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which -thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name; 6:35 -Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, -and maintain their cause. - -6:36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth -not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their -enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or -near; 6:37 Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are -carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their -captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt -wickedly; 6:38 If they return to thee with all their heart and with -all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have -carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest -unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and -toward the house which I have built for thy name: 6:39 Then hear thou -from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their -supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which -have sinned against thee. - -6:40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let -thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. - -6:41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, -and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed -with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. - -6:42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember -the mercies of David thy servant. - -7:1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down -from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and -the glory of the LORD filled the house. - -7:2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, -because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house. - -7:3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, -and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with -their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and -praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for -ever. - -7:4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the -LORD. - -7:5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand -oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all -the people dedicated the house of God. - -7:6 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with -instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to -praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David -praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before -them, and all Israel stood. - -7:7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before -the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the -fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had -made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat -offerings, and the fat. - -7:8 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all -Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of -Hamath unto the river of Egypt. - -7:9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept -the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. - -7:10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent -the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the -goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to -Israel his people. - -7:11 Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's -house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of -the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected. - -7:12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I -have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an -house of sacrifice. - -7:13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the -locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; -7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble -themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked -ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and -will heal their land. - -7:15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer -that is made in this place. - -7:16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may -be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there -perpetually. - -7:17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father -walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt -observe my statutes and my judgments; 7:18 Then will I stablish the -throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy -father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. - -7:19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, -which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and -worship them; 7:20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my -land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified -for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a -proverb and a byword among all nations. - -7:21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every -one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done -thus unto this land, and unto this house? 7:22 And it shall be -answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which -brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other -gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought -all this evil upon them. - -8:1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon -had built the house of the LORD, and his own house, 8:2 That the -cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and -caused the children of Israel to dwell there. - -8:3 And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it. - -8:4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, -which he built in Hamath. - -8:5 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, -fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars; 8:6 And Baalath, and all -the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the -cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in -Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his -dominion. - -8:7 As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the -Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, -which were not of Israel, 8:8 But of their children, who were left -after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them -did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day. - -8:9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his -work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and -captains of his chariots and horsemen. - -8:10 And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two -hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people. - -8:11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of -David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife -shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the -places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come. - -8:12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar -of the LORD, which he had built before the porch, 8:13 Even after a -certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of -Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn -feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened -bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. - -8:14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the -courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their -charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of -every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: -for so had David the man of God commanded. - -8:15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the -priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the -treasures. - -8:16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the -foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the -house of the LORD was perfected. - -8:17 Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in -the land of Edom. - -8:18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and -servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the -servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty -talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon. - -9:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came -to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great -company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and -precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with -him of all that was in her heart. - -9:2 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid -from Solomon which he told her not. - -9:3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and -the house that he had built, 9:4 And the meat of his table, and the -sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and -their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent -by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more -spirit in her. - -9:5 And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in -mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom: 9:6 Howbeit I believed -not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, -the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou -exceedest the fame that I heard. - -9:7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand -continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. - -9:8 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee -on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved -Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over -them, to do judgment and justice. - -9:9 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and -of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any -such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon. - -9:10 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, -which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious -stones. - -9:11 And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the -LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: -and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah. - -9:12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, -whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. -So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants. - -9:13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six -hundred and threescore and six talents of gold; 9:14 Beside that which -chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and -governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. - -9:15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six -hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target. - -9:16 And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred -shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house -of the forest of Lebanon. - -9:17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it -with pure gold. - -9:18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, -which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the -sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays: 9:19 And twelve -lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. -There was not the like made in any kingdom. - -9:20 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and -all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure -gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the -days of Solomon. - -9:21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: -every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and -silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. - -9:22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and -wisdom. - -9:23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to -hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart. - -9:24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and -vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, -a rate year by year. - -9:25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and -twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and -with the king at Jerusalem. - -9:26 And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the -land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. - -9:27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees -made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance. - -9:28 And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all -lands. - -9:29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not -written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of -Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against -Jeroboam the son of Nebat? 9:30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over -all Israel forty years. - -9:31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city -of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. - -10:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come -to make him king. - -10:2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in -Egypt, whither he fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard -it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. - -10:3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and -spake to Rehoboam, saying, 10:4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now -therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and -his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee. - -10:5 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And -the people departed. - -10:6 And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood -before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel -give ye me to return answer to this people? 10:7 And they spake unto -him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and -speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever. - -10:8 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took -counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood -before him. - -10:9 And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return -answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat -the yoke that thy father did put upon us? 10:10 And the young men -that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou -answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our -yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou -say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's -loins. - -10:11 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more -to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise -you with scorpions. - -10:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third -day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day. - -10:13 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook -the counsel of the old men, 10:14 And answered them after the advice -of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will -add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise -you with scorpions. - -10:15 So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of -God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand -of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. - -10:16 And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto -them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in -David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to -your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all -Israel went to their tents. - -10:17 But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of -Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. - -10:18 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and -the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king -Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to -Jerusalem. - -10:19 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. - -11:1 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house -of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, -which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the -kingdom again to Rehoboam. - -11:2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, -11:3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all -Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, 11:4 Thus saith the LORD, Ye -shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to -his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of -the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam. - -11:5 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in -Judah. - -11:6 He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 11:7 And Bethzur, -and Shoco, and Adullam, 11:8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, 11:9 -And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, 11:10 And Zorah, and Aijalon, -and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities. - -11:11 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and -store of victual, and of oil and wine. - -11:12 And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made -them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side. - -11:13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted -to him out of all their coasts. - -11:14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and -came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them -off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD: 11:15 And he -ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for -the calves which he had made. - -11:16 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their -hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice -unto the LORD God of their fathers. - -11:17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the -son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the -way of David and Solomon. - -11:18 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son -of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; -11:19 Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham. - -11:20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which -bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. - -11:21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his -wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore -concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore -daughters.) 11:22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the -chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him -king. - -11:23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children -throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced -city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many -wives. - -12:1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, -and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all -Israel with him. - -12:2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam -Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had -transgressed against the LORD, 12:3 With twelve hundred chariots, and -threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that -came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the -Ethiopians. - -12:4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came -to Jerusalem. - -12:5 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of -Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, -and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and -therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. - -12:6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; -and they said, The LORD is righteous. - -12:7 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of -the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; -therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some -deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by -the hand of Shishak. - -12:8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my -service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. - -12:9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away -the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the -king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold -which Solomon had made. - -12:10 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and -committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the -entrance of the king's house. - -12:11 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard -came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber. - -12:12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from -him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah -things went well. - -12:13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: -for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and -he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had -chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his -mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. - -12:14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the -LORD. - -12:15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written -in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning -genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam -continually. - -12:16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city -of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead. - -13:1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign -over Judah. - -13:2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was -Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between -Abijah and Jeroboam. - -13:3 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of -war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the -battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, -being mighty men of valour. - -13:4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount -Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel; 13:5 Ought -ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over -Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of -salt? 13:6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the -son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord. - -13:7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, -and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, -when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand -them. - -13:8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand -of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with -your golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods. - -13:9 Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, -and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the -nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself -with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them -that are no gods. - -13:10 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken -him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of -Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business: 13:11 And they burn -unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and -sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure -table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn -every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have -forsaken him. - -13:12 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his -priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of -Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye -shall not prosper. - -13:13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so -they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them. - -13:14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and -behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the -trumpets. - -13:15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah -shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel -before Abijah and Judah. - -13:16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered -them into their hand. - -13:17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so -there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. - -13:18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and -the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God -of their fathers. - -13:19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, -Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, -and Ephraim with the towns thereof. - -13:20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of -Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died. - -13:21 But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat -twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. - -13:22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his -sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo. - -14:1 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city -of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land -was quiet ten years. - -14:2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD -his God: 14:3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the -high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves: 14:4 -And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do -the law and the commandment. - -14:5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places -and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. - -14:6 And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and -he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest. - -14:7 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make -about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet -before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought -him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and -prospered. - -14:8 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of -Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields -and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were -mighty men of valour. - -14:9 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host -of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto -Mareshah. - -14:10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array -in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. - -14:11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is -nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have -no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy -name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let no -man prevail against thee. - -14:12 So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; -and the Ethiopians fled. - -14:13 And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto -Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover -themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his -host; and they carried away very much spoil. - -14:14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of -the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there -was exceeding much spoil in them. - -14:15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and -camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem. - -15:1 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: 15:2 And -he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all -Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if -ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will -forsake you. - -15:3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and -without a teaching priest, and without law. - -15:4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of -Israel, and sought him, he was found of them. - -15:5 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor -to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants -of the countries. - -15:6 And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did -vex them with all adversity. - -15:7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your -work shall be rewarded. - -15:8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the -prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all -the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had -taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was -before the porch of the LORD. - -15:9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with -them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to -him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God -was with him. - -15:10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third -month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. - -15:11 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which -they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. - -15:12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their -fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; 15:13 That -whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to -death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. - -15:14 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with -shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. - -15:15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all -their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found -of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about. - -15:16 And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he -removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: -and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook -Kidron. - -15:17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: -nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. - -15:18 And he brought into the house of God the things that his father -had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, -and vessels. - -15:19 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of -the reign of Asa. - -16:1 In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of -Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he -might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. - -16:2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the -house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Benhadad king -of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 16:3 There is a league -between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: -behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with -Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. - -16:4 And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of -his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, -and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali. - -16:5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off -building of Ramah, and let his work cease. - -16:6 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the -stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was -building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. - -16:7 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and -said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not -relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria -escaped out of thine hand. - -16:8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very -many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, -he delivered them into thine hand. - -16:9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole -earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is -perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from -henceforth thou shalt have wars. - -16:10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; -for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed -some of the people the same time. - -16:11 And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are -written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. - -16:12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased -in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease -he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians. - -16:13 And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth -year of his reign. - -16:14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for -himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled -with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the -apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him. - -17:1 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened -himself against Israel. - -17:2 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set -garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which -Asa his father had taken. - -17:3 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first -ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; 17:4 But sought -to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not -after the doings of Israel. - -17:5 Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all -Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in -abundance. - -17:6 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he -took away the high places and groves out of Judah. - -17:7 Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even -to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to -Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah. - -17:8 And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and -Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, -and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and -Jehoram, priests. - -17:9 And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD -with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and -taught the people. - -17:10 And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands -that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against -Jehoshaphat. - -17:11 Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and -tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand -and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats. - -17:12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah -castles, and cities of store. - -17:13 And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of -war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem. - -17:14 And these are the numbers of them according to the house of -their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, -and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand. - -17:15 And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two -hundred and fourscore thousand. - -17:16 And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly -offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand -mighty men of valour. - -17:17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him -armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand. - -17:18 And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and -fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war. - -17:19 These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the -fenced cities throughout all Judah. - -18:1 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined -affinity with Ahab. - -18:2 And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab -killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he -had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead. - -18:3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt -thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I am as thou -art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war. - -18:4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray -thee, at the word of the LORD to day. - -18:5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four -hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to -battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver -it into the king's hand. - -18:6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD -besides, that we might enquire of him? 18:7 And the king of Israel -said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of -the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but -always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat -said, Let not the king say so. - -18:8 And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, -Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla. - -18:9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either -of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void -place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets -prophesied before them. - -18:10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, -and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until -they be consumed. - -18:11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to -Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand -of the king. - -18:12 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, -saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king -with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of -their's, and speak thou good. - -18:13 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, -that will I speak. - -18:14 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, -Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? -And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into -your hand. - -18:15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee -that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD? -18:16 Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, -as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no -master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace. - -18:17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee -that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil? 18:18 Again he -said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon -his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and -on his left. - -18:19 And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he -may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after this -manner, and another saying after that manner. - -18:20 Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and -said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? 18:21 -And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all -his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt -also prevail: go out, and do even so. - -18:22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the -mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against -thee. - -18:23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah -upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from -me to speak unto thee? 18:24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see -on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. - -18:25 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him -back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; -18:26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and -feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until -I return in peace. - -18:27 And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath -not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people. - -18:28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up -to Ramothgilead. - -18:29 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise -myself, and I will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the -king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle. - -18:30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots -that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save -only with the king of Israel. - -18:31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw -Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they -compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD -helped him; and God moved them to depart from him. - -18:32 For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots -perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again -from pursuing him. - -18:33 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of -Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his -chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the -host; for I am wounded. - -18:34 And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel -stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: -and about the time of the sun going down he died. - -19:1 And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace -to Jerusalem. - -19:2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and -said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love -them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the -LORD. - -19:3 Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou -hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine -heart to seek God. - -19:4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through -the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto -the LORD God of their fathers. - -19:5 And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of -Judah, city by city, 19:6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye -do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the -judgment. - -19:7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and -do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of -persons, nor taking of gifts. - -19:8 Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of -the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the -judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to -Jerusalem. - -19:9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the -LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart. - -19:10 And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that -dwell in your cities, between blood and blood, between law and -commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they -trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon -your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass. - -19:11 And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters -of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house -of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be -officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the -good. - -20:1 It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and -the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came -against Jehoshaphat to battle. - -20:2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh -a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; -and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi. - -20:3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and -proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. - -20:4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: -even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD. - -20:5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, -in the house of the LORD, before the new court, 20:6 And said, O LORD -God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou -over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not -power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee? 20:7 Art not -thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before -thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for -ever? 20:8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary -therein for thy name, saying, 20:9 If, when evil cometh upon us, as -the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this -house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry -unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. - -20:10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, -whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the -land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not; -20:11 Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy -possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. - -20:12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might -against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we -what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. - -20:13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, -their wives, and their children. - -20:14 Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the -son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, -came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation; 20:15 -And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, -and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid -nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not -yours, but God's. - -20:16 To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the -cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before -the wilderness of Jeruel. - -20:17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand -ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and -Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: -for the LORD will be with you. - -20:18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and -all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, -worshipping the LORD. - -20:19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the -children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel -with a loud voice on high. - -20:20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the -wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and -said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in -the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, -so shall ye prosper. - -20:21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers -unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they -went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy -endureth for ever. - -20:22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set -ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which -were come against Judah; and they were smitten. - -20:23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the -inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when -they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to -destroy another. - -20:24 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, -they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies -fallen to the earth, and none escaped. - -20:25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil -of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead -bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, -more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering -of the spoil, it was so much. - -20:26 And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of -Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the -same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day. - -20:27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and -Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with -joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. - -20:28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and -trumpets unto the house of the LORD. - -20:29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, -when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of -Israel. - -20:30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest -round about. - -20:31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years -old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in -Jerusalem. - -And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. - -20:32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not -from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD. - -20:33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the -people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers. - -20:34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, -they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is -mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel. - -20:35 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with -Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly: 20:36 And he joined -himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the -ships in Eziongaber. - -20:37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against -Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, -the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they -were not able to go to Tarshish. - -21:1 Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his -fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his -stead. - -21:2 And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, -and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these -were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel. - -21:3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, -and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom -gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn. - -21:4 Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he -strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and -divers also of the princes of Israel. - -21:5 Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and -he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. - -21:6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the -house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought -that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD. - -21:7 Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of -the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a -light to him and to his sons for ever. - -21:8 In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of -Judah, and made themselves a king. - -21:9 Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots -with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which -compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots. - -21:10 So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this -day. - -The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he -had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers. - -21:11 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah and -caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and -compelled Judah thereto. - -21:12 And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, -Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not -walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa -king of Judah, 21:13 But hast walked in the way of the kings of -Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a -whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast -slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than -thyself: 21:14 Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy -people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods: 21:15 And -thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy -bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day. - -21:16 Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the -Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians: 21:17 -And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all -the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, -and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, -the youngest of his sons. - -21:18 And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an -incurable disease. - -21:19 And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of -two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died -of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the -burning of his fathers. - -21:20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he -reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. -Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the -sepulchres of the kings. - -22:1 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son -king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to -the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king -of Judah reigned. - -22:2 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and -he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah -the daughter of Omri. - -22:3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother -was his counsellor to do wickedly. - -22:4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of -Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to -his destruction. - -22:5 He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son -of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at -Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram. - -22:6 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds -which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of -Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see -Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick. - -22:7 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for -when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of -Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. - -22:8 And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon -the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the -brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them. - -22:9 And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in -Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they -buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who -sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no -power to keep still the kingdom. - -22:10 But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was -dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of -Judah. - -22:11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son -of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, -and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the -daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she -was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew -him not. - -22:12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and -Athaliah reigned over the land. - -23:1 And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took -the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the -son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of -Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him. - -23:2 And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all -the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they -came to Jerusalem. - -23:3 And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the -house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall -reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David. - -23:4 This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering -on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of -the doors; 23:5 And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a -third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be -in the courts of the house of the LORD. - -23:6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, -and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are -holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD. - -23:7 And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man -with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the -house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he -cometh in, and when he goeth out. - -23:8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that -Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that -were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the -sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses. - -23:9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of -hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king -David's, which were in the house of God. - -23:10 And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his -hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the -temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about. - -23:11 Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the -crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and -his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king. - -23:12 Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and -praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD: -23:13 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the -entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the -people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the -singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. -Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. - -23:14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds -that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the -ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For -the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD. - -23:15 So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering -of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there. - -23:16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the -people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD's people. - -23:17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it -down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan -the priest of Baal before the altars. - -23:18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by -the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the -house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is -written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it -was ordained by David. - -23:19 And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, -that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in. - -23:20 And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the -governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought -down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the -high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of -the kingdom. - -23:21 And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, -after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword. - -24:1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned -forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of -Beersheba. - -24:2 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all -the days of Jehoiada the priest. - -24:3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and -daughters. - -24:4 And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair -the house of the LORD. - -24:5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to -them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money -to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye -hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not. - -24:6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, -Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and -out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses -the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the -tabernacle of witness? 24:7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked -woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated -things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim. - -24:8 And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it -without at the gate of the house of the LORD. - -24:9 And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to -bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid -upon Israel in the wilderness. - -24:10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, -and cast into the chest, until they had made an end. - -24:11 Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought -unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw -that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's -officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his -place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in -abundance. - -24:12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the -service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to -repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass -to mend the house of the LORD. - -24:13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and -they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it. - -24:14 And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the -money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the -house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and -spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt -offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of -Jehoiada. - -24:15 But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an -hundred and thirty years old was he when he died. - -24:16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, -because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his -house. - -24:17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and -made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them. - -24:18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and -served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for -this their trespass. - -24:19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; -and they testified against them: but they would not give ear. - -24:20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada -the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus -saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye -cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also -forsaken you. - -24:21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at -the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD. - -24:22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada -his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he -said, The LORD look upon it, and require it. - -24:23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of -Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and -destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and -sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus. - -24:24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, -and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they -had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment -against Joash. - -24:25 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in -great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood -of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he -died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him -not in the sepulchres of the kings. - -24:26 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of -Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess. - -24:27 Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid -upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are -written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son -reigned in his stead. - -25:1 Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and -he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name -was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. - -25:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not -with a perfect heart. - -25:3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, -that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father. - -25:4 But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the -law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The -fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die -for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin. - -25:5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains -over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of -their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them -from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand -choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and -shield. - -25:6 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of -Israel for an hundred talents of silver. - -25:7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the -army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, -with all the children of Ephraim. - -25:8 But if thou wilt go, do it; be strong for the battle: God shall -make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to -cast down. - -25:9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the -hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man -of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this. - -25:10 Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to -him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was -greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger. - -25:11 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and -went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten -thousand. - -25:12 And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah -carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and -cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in -pieces. - -25:13 But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they -should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from -Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and -took much spoil. - -25:14 Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the -slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of -Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before -them, and burned incense unto them. - -25:15 Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and -he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought -after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people -out of thine hand? 25:16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, -that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? -forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and -said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou -hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel. - -25:17 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the -son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us -see one another in the face. - -25:18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, -The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, -saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a -wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. - -25:19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart -lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle -to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with -thee? 25:20 But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he -might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought -after the gods of Edom. - -25:21 So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in -the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which -belongeth to Judah. - -25:22 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled -every man to his tent. - -25:23 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son -of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to -Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of -Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. - -25:24 And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels -that were found in the house of God with Obededom, and the treasures -of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria. - -25:25 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death -of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. - -25:26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are -they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? 25:27 -Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD -they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to -Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there. - -25:28 And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his -fathers in the city of Judah. - -26:1 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years -old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. - -26:2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king -slept with his fathers. - -26:3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he -reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was -Jecoliah of Jerusalem. - -26:4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, -according to all that his father Amaziah did. - -26:5 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding -in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him -to prosper. - -26:6 And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake -down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, -and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines. - -26:7 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the -Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims. - -26:8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread -abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself -exceedingly. - -26:9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and -at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified -them. - -26:10 Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for -he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: -husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: -for he loved husbandry. - -26:11 Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to -war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of -Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, -one of the king's captains. - -26:12 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men -of valour were two thousand and six hundred. - -26:13 And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and -seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to -help the king against the enemy. - -26:14 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, -and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast -stones. - -26:15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be -on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones -withal. - -And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till -he was strong. - -26:16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his -destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went -into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense. - -26:17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore -priests of the LORD, that were valiant men: 26:18 And they withstood -Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, -Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of -Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; -for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from -the LORD God. - -26:19 Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn -incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even -rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, -from beside the incense altar. - -26:20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon -him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him -out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD -had smitten him. - -26:21 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and -dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the -house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, -judging the people of the land. - -26:22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah -the prophet, the son of Amoz, write. - -26:23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his -fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for -they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. - -27:1 Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and -he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was -Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok. - -27:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, -according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not -into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly. - -27:3 He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall -of Ophel he built much. - -27:4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the -forests he built castles and towers. - -27:5 He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed -against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an -hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten -thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, -both the second year, and the third. - -27:6 So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the -LORD his God. - -27:7 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his -ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and -Judah. - -27:8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and -reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. - -27:9 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the -city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. - -28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned -sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the -sight of the LORD, like David his father: 28:2 For he walked in the -ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim. - -28:3 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and -burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen -whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. - -28:4 He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on -the hills, and under every green tree. - -28:5 Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the -king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude -of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also -delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a -great slaughter. - -28:6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty -thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had -forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. - -28:7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's -son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next -to the king. - -28:8 And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren -two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away -much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. - -28:9 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he -went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, -Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he -hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage -that reacheth up unto heaven. - -28:10 And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and -Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with -you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God? 28:11 Now hear me -therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive -of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you. - -28:12 Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah -the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah -the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them -that came from the war, 28:13 And said unto them, Ye shall not bring -in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD -already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for -our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel. - -28:14 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the -princes and all the congregation. - -28:15 And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the -captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, -and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, -and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and -brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: -then they returned to Samaria. - -28:16 At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to -help him. - -28:17 For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried -away captives. - -28:18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, -and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and -Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the -villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt -there. - -28:19 For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; -for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD. - -28:20 And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and -distressed him, but strengthened him not. - -28:21 For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and -out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the -king of Assyria: but he helped him not. - -28:22 And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against -the LORD: this is that king Ahaz. - -28:23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: -and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, -therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they -were the ruin of him, and of all Israel. - -28:24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and -cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors -of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of -Jerusalem. - -28:25 And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn -incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his -fathers. - -28:26 Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, -behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. - -28:27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the -city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres -of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. - -29:1 Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, -and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's -name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. - -29:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, -according to all that David his father had done. - -29:3 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the -doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them. - -29:4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them -together into the east street, 29:5 And said unto them, Hear me, ye -Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD -God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy -place. - -29:6 For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in -the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned -away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their -backs. - -29:7 Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the -lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the -holy place unto the God of Israel. - -29:8 Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and -he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as -ye see with your eyes. - -29:9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and -our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. - -29:10 Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of -Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us. - -29:11 My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to -stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, -and burn incense. - -29:12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the -son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of -Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of -the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah: -29:13 And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons -of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah: 29:14 And of the sons of Heman; -Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel. - -29:15 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and -came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the -LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD. - -29:16 And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the -LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they -found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the -LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook -Kidron. - -29:17 Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, -and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: -so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the -sixteenth day of the first month they made an end. - -29:18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have -cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, -with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the -vessels thereof. - -29:19 Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast -away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, -behold, they are before the altar of the LORD. - -29:20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of -the city, and went up to the house of the LORD. - -29:21 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven -lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for -the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of -Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD. - -29:22 So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, -and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the -rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the -lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar. - -29:23 And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before -the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them: -29:24 And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with -their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for -the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should -be made for all Israel. - -29:25 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, -with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of -David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was -the commandment of the LORD by his prophets. - -29:26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the -priests with the trumpets. - -29:27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the -altar. - -And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also -with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of -Israel. - -29:28 And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and -the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt -offering was finished. - -29:29 And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that -were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped. - -29:30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites -to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the -seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads -and worshipped. - -29:31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated -yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank -offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in -sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart -burnt offerings. - -29:32 And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation -brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two -hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD. - -29:33 And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three -thousand sheep. - -29:34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all -the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help -them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had -sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to -sanctify themselves than the priests. - -29:35 And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of -the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. -So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order. - -29:36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared -the people: for the thing was done suddenly. - -30:1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also -to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the -LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel. - -30:2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the -congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month. - -30:3 For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had -not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people -gathered themselves together to Jerusalem. - -30:4 And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation. - -30:5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all -Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the -passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not -done it of a long time in such sort as it was written. - -30:6 So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes -throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of -the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God -of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of -you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria. - -30:7 And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which -trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave -them up to desolation, as ye see. - -30:8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield -yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath -sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness -of his wrath may turn away from you. - -30:9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your -children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so -that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is -gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye -return unto him. - -30:10 So the posts passed from city to city through the country of -Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to -scorn, and mocked them. - -30:11 Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled -themselves, and came to Jerusalem. - -30:12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do -the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the -LORD. - -30:13 And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast -of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation. - -30:14 And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, -and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the -brook Kidron. - -30:15 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the -second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and -sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the -house of the LORD. - -30:16 And they stood in their place after their manner, according to -the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, -which they received of the hand of the Levites. - -30:17 For there were many in the congregation that were not -sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the -passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the -LORD. - -30:18 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and -Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did -they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah -prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one 30:19 That -prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though -he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary. - -30:20 And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people. - -30:21 And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept -the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the -Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud -instruments unto the LORD. - -30:22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught -the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast -seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the -LORD God of their fathers. - -30:23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: -and they kept other seven days with gladness. - -30:24 For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a -thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to -the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a -great number of priests sanctified themselves. - -30:25 And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the -Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the -strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in -Judah, rejoiced. - -30:26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of -Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in -Jerusalem. - -30:27 Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and -their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling -place, even unto heaven. - -31:1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went -out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut -down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of -all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had -utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, -every man to his possession, into their own cities. - -31:2 And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites -after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests -and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, -and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the -LORD. - -31:3 He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the -burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, -and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and -for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD. - -31:4 Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give -the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be -encouraged in the law of the LORD. - -31:5 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of -Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, -and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all -things brought they in abundantly. - -31:6 And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in -the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, -and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD -their God, and laid them by heaps. - -31:7 In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, -and finished them in the seventh month. - -31:8 And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they -blessed the LORD, and his people Israel. - -31:9 Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites -concerning the heaps. - -31:10 And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, -and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house -of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the -LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great -store. - -31:11 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the -LORD; and they prepared them, 31:12 And brought in the offerings and -the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah -the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next. - -31:13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, -and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were -overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the -commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house -of God. - -31:14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the -east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the -oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things. - -31:15 And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, -Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set -office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as -to the small: 31:16 Beside their genealogy of males, from three years -old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of -the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges -according to their courses; 31:17 Both to the genealogy of the priests -by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old -and upward, in their charges by their courses; 31:18 And to the -genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and -their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office -they sanctified themselves in holiness: 31:19 Also of the sons of -Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their -cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to -give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were -reckoned by genealogies among the Levites. - -31:20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that -which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God. - -31:21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of -God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did -it with all his heart, and prospered. - -32:1 After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib -king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the -fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself. - -32:2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was -purposed to fight against Jerusalem, 32:3 He took counsel with his -princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which -were without the city: and they did help him. - -32:4 So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the -fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, -saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water? -32:5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was -broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and -repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in -abundance. - -32:6 And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them -together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake -comfortably to them, saying, 32:7 Be strong and courageous, be not -afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude -that is with him: for there be more with us than with him: 32:8 With -him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, -and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the -words of Hezekiah king of Judah. - -32:9 After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to -Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his -power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that -were at Jerusalem, saying, 32:10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of -Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem? -32:11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by -famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of -the hand of the king of Assyria? 32:12 Hath not the same Hezekiah -taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and -Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense -upon it? 32:13 Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all -the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands -any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand? 32:14 Who was -there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly -destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your -God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand? 32:15 Now -therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this -manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom -was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand -of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine -hand? 32:16 And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and -against his servant Hezekiah. - -32:17 He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to -speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands -have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God -of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand. - -32:18 Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the -people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to -trouble them; that they might take the city. - -32:19 And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods -of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man. - -32:20 And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the -son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven. - -32:21 And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of -valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of -Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when -he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own -bowels slew him there with the sword. - -32:22 Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem -from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of -all other, and guided them on every side. - -32:23 And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents -to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of -all nations from thenceforth. - -32:24 In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto -the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign. - -32:25 But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done -unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon -him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. - -32:26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his -heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of -the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah. - -32:27 And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made -himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, -and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant -jewels; 32:28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and -oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks. - -32:29 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and -herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much. - -32:30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, -and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. -And Hezekiah prospered in all his works. - -32:31 Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of -Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in -the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in -his heart. - -32:32 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, -they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, -and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. - -32:33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the -chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the -inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his -son reigned in his stead. - -33:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he -reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: 33:2 But did that which was -evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the -heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. - -33:3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had -broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and -worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. - -33:4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD -had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. - -33:5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts -of the house of the LORD. - -33:6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley -of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, -and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with -wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him -to anger. - -33:7 And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the -house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, -In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the -tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: 33:8 Neither will I any -more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have -appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that -I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and -the ordinances by the hand of Moses. - -33:9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, -and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before -the children of Israel. - -33:10 And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they -would not hearken. - -33:11 Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of -the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound -him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. - -33:12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and -humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, 33:13 And -prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his -supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. -Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God. - -33:14 Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the -west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish -gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, -and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah. - -33:15 And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house -of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the -house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city. - -33:16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon -peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the -LORD God of Israel. - -33:17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, -yet unto the LORD their God only. - -33:18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his -God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the -LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings -of Israel. - -33:19 His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his -sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, -and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, -they are written among the sayings of the seers. - -33:20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his -own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. - -33:21 Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and -reigned two years in Jerusalem. - -33:22 But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did -Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images -which Manasseh his father had made, and served them; 33:23 And humbled -not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled -himself; but Amon trespassed more and more. - -33:24 And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own -house. - -33:25 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired -against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king -in his stead. - -34:1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned -in Jerusalem one and thirty years. - -34:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and -walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the -right hand, nor to the left. - -34:3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he -began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth -year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and -the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. - -34:4 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the -images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and -the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made -dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had -sacrificed unto them. - -34:5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and -cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. - -34:6 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, -even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about. - -34:7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had -beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols -throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. - -34:8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the -land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah -the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to -repair the house of the LORD his God. - -34:9 And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the -money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that -kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and -of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they -returned to Jerusalem. - -34:10 And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the -oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen -that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house: -34:11 Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn -stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the -kings of Judah had destroyed. - -34:12 And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them -were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and -Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it -forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments -of musick. - -34:13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers -of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the -Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters. - -34:14 And when they brought out the money that was brought into the -house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the -LORD given by Moses. - -34:15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have -found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah -delivered the book to Shaphan. - -34:16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king -word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they -do it. - -34:17 And they have gathered together the money that was found in the -house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the -overseers, and to the hand of the workmen. - -34:18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the -priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. - -34:19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the -law, that he rent his clothes. - -34:20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, -and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a -servant of the king's, saying, 34:21 Go, enquire of the LORD for me, -and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the -words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD -that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word -of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book. - -34:22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to -Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son -of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the -college:) and they spake to her to that effect. - -34:23 And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell -ye the man that sent you to me, 34:24 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I -will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, -even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read -before the king of Judah: 34:25 Because they have forsaken me, and -have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to -anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be -poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched. - -34:26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the -LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel -concerning the words which thou hast heard; 34:27 Because thine heart -was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou -heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants -thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, -and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD. - -34:28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be -gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the -evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of -the same. So they brought the king word again. - -34:29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah -and Jerusalem. - -34:30 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men -of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the -Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their -ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the -house of the LORD. - -34:31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the -LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his -testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his -soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this -book. - -34:32 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to -stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the -covenant of God, the God of their fathers. - -34:33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the -countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that -were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And -all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of -their fathers. - -35:1 Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and -they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. - -35:2 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to -the service of the house of the LORD, 35:3 And said unto the Levites -that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy -ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did -build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the -LORD your God, and his people Israel, 35:4 And prepare yourselves by -the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the -writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of -Solomon his son. - -35:5 And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the -families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the -division of the families of the Levites. - -35:6 So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your -brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the -hand of Moses. - -35:7 And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all -for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number -of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the -king's substance. - -35:8 And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, -and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the -house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two -thousand and six hundred small cattle and three hundred oxen. - -35:9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and -Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the -Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five -hundred oxen. - -35:10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their -place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's -commandment. - -35:11 And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the -blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them. - -35:12 And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give -according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer -unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they -with the oxen. - -35:13 And they roasted the passover with fire according to the -ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in -caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people. - -35:14 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the -priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering -of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites -prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron. - -35:15 And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according -to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the -king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not -depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for -them. - -35:16 So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to -keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the -LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah. - -35:17 And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover -at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. - -35:18 And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the -days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep -such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and -all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of -Jerusalem. - -35:19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover -kept. - -35:20 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king -of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah -went out against him. - -35:21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with -thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but -against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make -haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he -destroy thee not. - -35:22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but -disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not -unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in -the valley of Megiddo. - -35:23 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his -servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded. - -35:24 His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him -in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, -and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. -And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. - -35:25 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and -the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, -and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in -the lamentations. - -35:26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according -to that which was written in the law of the LORD, 35:27 And his deeds, -first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of -Israel and Judah. - -36:1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and -made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. - -36:2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, -and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. - -36:3 And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned -the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. - -36:4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah -and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took -Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt. - -36:5 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, -and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was -evil in the sight of the LORD his God. - -36:6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him -in fetters, to carry him to Babylon. - -36:7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the -LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. - -36:8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which -he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in -the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son -reigned in his stead. - -36:9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he -reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which -was evil in the sight of the LORD. - -36:10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and -brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the -LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. - -36:11 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, -and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. - -36:12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, -and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the -mouth of the LORD. - -36:13 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made -him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart -from turning unto the LORD God of Israel. - -36:14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, -transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and -polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. - -36:15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his -messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion -on his people, and on his dwelling place: 36:16 But they mocked the -messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, -until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was -no remedy. - -36:17 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who -slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, -and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that -stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand. - -36:18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and -the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, -and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon. - -36:19 And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of -Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed -all the goodly vessels thereof. - -36:20 And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to -Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign -of the kingdom of Persia: 36:21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the -mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as -long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and -ten years. - -36:22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of -the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the -LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a -proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, -saying, 36:23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the -earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to -build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among -you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up. - - - - -Ezra - - -1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of -the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred -up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation -throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 1:2 -Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me -all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an -house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. - -1:3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and -let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of -the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem. - -1:4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the -men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, -and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God -that is in Jerusalem. - -1:5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and -the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had -raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem. - -1:6 And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with -vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with -precious things, beside all that was willingly offered. - -1:7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the -LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had -put them in the house of his gods; 1:8 Even those did Cyrus king of -Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and -numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. - -1:9 And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a -thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, 1:10 Thirty -basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, -and other vessels a thousand. - -1:11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four -hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity -that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem. - -2:1 Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the -captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar -the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto -Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; 2:2 Which came with -Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, -Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of -Israel: 2:3 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy -and two. - -2:4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. - -2:5 The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five. - -2:6 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, -two thousand eight hundred and twelve. - -2:7 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. - -2:8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five. - -2:9 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. - -2:10 The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two. - -2:11 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three. - -2:12 The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two. - -2:13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six. - -2:14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six. - -2:15 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four. - -2:16 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. - -2:17 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three. - -2:18 The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve. - -2:19 The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three. - -2:20 The children of Gibbar, ninety and five. - -2:21 The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three. - -2:22 The men of Netophah, fifty and six. - -2:23 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight. - -2:24 The children of Azmaveth, forty and two. - -2:25 The children of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven -hundred and forty and three. - -2:26 The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. - -2:27 The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two. - -2:28 The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three. - -2:29 The children of Nebo, fifty and two. - -2:30 The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six. - -2:31 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and -four. - -2:32 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. - -2:33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and -five. - -2:34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. - -2:35 The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and -thirty. - -2:36 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, -nine hundred seventy and three. - -2:37 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. - -2:38 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. - -2:39 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. - -2:40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children -of Hodaviah, seventy and four. - -2:41 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight. - -2:42 The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the -children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the -children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty -and nine. - -2:43 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the -children of Tabbaoth, 2:44 The children of Keros, the children of -Siaha, the children of Padon, 2:45 The children of Lebanah, the -children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub, 2:46 The children of -Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan, 2:47 The -children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah, -2:48 The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of -Gazzam, 2:49 The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the -children of Besai, 2:50 The children of Asnah, the children of -Mehunim, the children of Nephusim, 2:51 The children of Bakbuk, the -children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, 2:52 The children of -Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, 2:53 The -children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah, -2:54 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. - -2:55 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the -children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda, 2:56 The children of -Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 2:57 The -children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of -Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami. - -2:58 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were -three hundred ninety and two. - -2:59 And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, -Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's -house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: 2:60 The children -of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six -hundred fifty and two. - -2:61 And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the -children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the -daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name: -2:62 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by -genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, -put from the priesthood. - -2:63 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the -most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with -Thummim. - -2:64 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three -hundred and threescore, 2:65 Beside their servants and their maids, of -whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and -there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women. - -2:66 Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two -hundred forty and five; 2:67 Their camels, four hundred thirty and -five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. - -2:68 And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house -of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God -to set it up in his place: 2:69 They gave after their ability unto the -treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and -five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments. - -2:70 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the -singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, -and all Israel in their cities. - -3:1 And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel -were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man -to Jerusalem. - -3:2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the -priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and -builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings -thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God. - -3:3 And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them -because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt -offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and -evening. - -3:4 They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and -offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, -as the duty of every day required; 3:5 And afterward offered the -continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set -feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that -willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD. - -3:6 From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt -offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD -was not yet laid. - -3:7 They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and -meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to -bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the -grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia. - -3:8 Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at -Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, -and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the -priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the -captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years -old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD. - -3:9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his -sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the -house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren -the Levites. - -3:10 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the -LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the -Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the -ordinance of David king of Israel. - -3:11 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks -unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever -toward Israel. - -And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the -LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. - -3:12 But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who -were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation -of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and -many shouted aloud for joy: 3:13 So that the people could not discern -the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the -people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was -heard afar off. - -4:1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the -children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of -Israel; 4:2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the -fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your -God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of -Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither. - -4:3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the -fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to -build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto -the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath -commanded us. - -4:4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of -Judah, and troubled them in building, 4:5 And hired counsellors -against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king -of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. - -4:6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, -wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and -Jerusalem. - -4:7 And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, -and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and -the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and -interpreted in the Syrian tongue. - -4:8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter -against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: 4:9 Then wrote -Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their -companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the -Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the -Dehavites, and the Elamites, 4:10 And the rest of the nations whom the -great and noble Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities of -Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a -time. - -4:11 This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto -Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and -at such a time. - -4:12 Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee -to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad -city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations. - -4:13 Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and -the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and -custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings. - -4:14 Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it -was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we -sent and certified the king; 4:15 That search may be made in the book -of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the -records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful -unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the -same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed. - -4:16 We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the -walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this -side the river. - -4:17 Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to -Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in -Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a -time. - -4:18 The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before -me. - -4:19 And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that -this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that -rebellion and sedition have been made therein. - -4:20 There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have -ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and -custom, was paid unto them. - -4:21 Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that -this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given -from me. - -4:22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow -to the hurt of the kings? 4:23 Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' -letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their -companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made -them to cease by force and power. - -4:24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. -So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of -Persia. - -5:1 Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of -Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the -name of the God of Israel, even unto them. - -5:2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son -of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: -and with them were the prophets of God helping them. - -5:3 At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the -river, and Shetharboznai and their companions, and said thus unto -them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this -wall? 5:4 Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the -names of the men that make this building? 5:5 But the eye of their -God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to -cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer -by letter concerning this matter. - -5:6 The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the -river, and Shetharboznai and his companions the Apharsachites, which -were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king: 5:7 They sent -a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all -peace. - -5:8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of -Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great -stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, -and prospereth in their hands. - -5:9 Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded -you to build this house, and to make up these walls? 5:10 We asked -their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of -the men that were the chief of them. - -5:11 And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of -the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded -these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up. - -5:12 But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto -wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of -Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the -people away into Babylon. - -5:13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king -Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. - -5:14 And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, -which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and -brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take -out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose -name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor; 5:15 And said unto -him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in -Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place. - -5:16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the -house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now -hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished. - -5:17 Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search -made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether -it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house -of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us -concerning this matter. - -6:1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the -house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. - -6:2 And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the -province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written: -6:3 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a -decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be -builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the -foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore -cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; 6:4 With three rows -of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be -given out of the king's house: 6:5 And also let the golden and silver -vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of -the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be -restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, -every one to his place, and place them in the house of God. - -6:6 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, -and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be -ye far from thence: 6:7 Let the work of this house of God alone; let -the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house -of God in his place. - -6:8 Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these -Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, -even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto -these men, that they be not hindered. - -6:9 And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, -and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, -wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are -at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail: 6:10 That -they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and -pray for the life of the king, and of his sons. - -6:11 Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, -let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be -hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this. - -6:12 And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all -kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy -this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; -let it be done with speed. - -6:13 Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and -their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so -they did speedily. - -6:14 And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through -the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. -And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the -God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, -and Artaxerxes king of Persia. - -6:15 And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, -which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. - -6:16 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the -rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this -house of God with joy. - -6:17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred -bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering -for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes -of Israel. - -6:18 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in -their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is -written in the book of Moses. - -6:19 And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the -fourteenth day of the first month. - -6:20 For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of -them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the -captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. - -6:21 And the children of Israel, which were come again out of -captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the -filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, -did eat, 6:22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with -joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the -king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of -the house of God, the God of Israel. - -7:1 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, -Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 7:2 -The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, 7:3 The son -of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 7:4 The son of -Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, 7:5 The son of Abishua, -the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief -priest: 7:6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe -in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the -king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD -his God upon him. - -7:7 And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the -priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the -Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. - -7:8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the -seventh year of the king. - -7:9 For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from -Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, -according to the good hand of his God upon him. - -7:10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and -to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. - -7:11 Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave -unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the -commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel. - -7:12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the -law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time. - -7:13 I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of -his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own -freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee. - -7:14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven -counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to -the law of thy God which is in thine hand; 7:15 And to carry the -silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely -offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, 7:16 -And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province -of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the -priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in -Jerusalem: 7:17 That thou mayest buy speedily with this money -bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink -offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God -which is in Jerusalem. - -7:18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to -do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of -your God. - -7:19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house -of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem. - -7:20 And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, -which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's -treasure house. - -7:21 And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the -treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the -priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of -you, it be done speedily, 7:22 Unto an hundred talents of silver, and -to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and -to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much. - -7:23 Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be -diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should -there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? 7:24 Also -we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, -porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be -lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them. - -7:25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine -hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that -are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach -ye them that know them not. - -7:26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the -king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto -death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to -imprisonment. - -7:27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a -thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD -which is in Jerusalem: 7:28 And hath extended mercy unto me before the -king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. -And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and -I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me. - -8:1 These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the -genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of -Artaxerxes the king. - -8:2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: -of the sons of David; Hattush. - -8:3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and -with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty. - -8:4 Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with -him two hundred males. - -8:5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three -hundred males. - -8:6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him -fifty males. - -8:7 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with -him seventy males. - -8:8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and -with him fourscore males. - -8:9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two -hundred and eighteen males. - -8:10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him -an hundred and threescore males. - -8:11 And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with -him twenty and eight males. - -8:12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with -him an hundred and ten males. - -8:13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, -Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males. - -8:14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them -seventy males. - -8:15 And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; -and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and -the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi. - -8:16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for -Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for -Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for -Elnathan, men of understanding. - -8:17 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place -Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his -brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring -unto us ministers for the house of our God. - -8:18 And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of -understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of -Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen; 8:19 -And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his -brethren and their sons, twenty; 8:20 Also of the Nethinims, whom -David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, -two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name. - -8:21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we -might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for -us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. - -8:22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and -horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had -spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for -good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them -that forsake him. - -8:23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated -of us. - -8:24 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, -Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, 8:25 And weighed unto -them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of -the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his -lords, and all Israel there present, had offered: 8:26 I even weighed -unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver -vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents; 8:27 Also -twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine -copper, precious as gold. - -8:28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are -holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto -the LORD God of your fathers. - -8:29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of -the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at -Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD. - -8:30 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and -the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house -of our God. - -8:31 Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of -the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was -upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such -as lay in wait by the way. - -8:32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. - -8:33 Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels -weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of -Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and -with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of -Binnui, Levites; 8:34 By number and by weight of every one: and all -the weight was written at that time. - -8:35 Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were -come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of -Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy -and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a -burnt offering unto the LORD. - -8:36 And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's -lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they -furthered the people, and the house of God. - -9:1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, -The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not -separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to -their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the -Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, -and the Amorites. - -9:2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for -their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the -people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath -been chief in this trespass. - -9:3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and -plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down -astonied. - -9:4 Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words -of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had -been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice. - -9:5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and -having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread -out my hands unto the LORD my God, 9:6 And said, O my God, I am -ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our -iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up -unto the heavens. - -9:7 Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass -unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our -priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to -the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as -it is this day. - -9:8 And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD -our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his -holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little -reviving in our bondage. - -9:9 For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our -bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of -Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to -repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in -Jerusalem. - -9:10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have -forsaken thy commandments, 9:11 Which thou hast commanded by thy -servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess -it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, -with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another -with their uncleanness. - -9:12 Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither -take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their -wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, -and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever. - -9:13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for -our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less -than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as -this; 9:14 Should we again break thy commandments, and join in -affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be -angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no -remnant nor escaping? 9:15 O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: -for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before -thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of -this. - -10:1 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and -casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him -out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: -for the people wept very sore. - -10:2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, -answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and -have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is -hope in Israel concerning this thing. - -10:3 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all -the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of -my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and -let it be done according to the law. - -10:4 Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with -thee: be of good courage, and do it. - -10:5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all -Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they -sware. - -10:6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the -chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he -did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the -transgression of them that had been carried away. - -10:7 And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto -all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves -together unto Jerusalem; 10:8 And that whosoever would not come within -three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, -all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the -congregation of those that had been carried away. - -10:9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves -together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on -the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street -of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the -great rain. - -10:10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have -transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass -of Israel. - -10:11 Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, -and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the -land, and from the strange wives. - -10:12 Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, -As thou hast said, so must we do. - -10:13 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we -are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or -two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing. - -10:14 Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all -them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed -times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, -until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us. - -10:15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah -were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the -Levite helped them. - -10:16 And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, -with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, -and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the -first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. - -10:17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange -wives by the first day of the first month. - -10:18 And among the sons of the priests there were found that had -taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, -and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah. - -10:19 And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; -and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass. - -10:20 And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah. - -10:21 And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, -and Jehiel, and Uzziah. - -10:22 And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, -Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah. - -10:23 Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same -is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. - -10:24 Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and -Telem, and Uri. - -10:25 Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, -and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah. - -10:26 And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and -Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah. - -10:27 And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and -Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. - -10:28 Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and -Athlai. - -10:29 And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, -and Sheal, and Ramoth. - -10:30 And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, -Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh. - -10:31 And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, -Shimeon, 10:32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah. - -10:33 Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, -Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei. - -10:34 Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel, 10:35 Benaiah, -Bedeiah, Chelluh, 10:36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, 10:37 Mattaniah, -Mattenai, and Jaasau, 10:38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei, 10:39 And -Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah, 10:40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, -10:41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah, 10:42 Shallum, Amariah, and -Joseph. - -10:43 Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, -and Joel, Benaiah. - -10:44 All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by -whom they had children. - - - - -The Book of Nehemiah - - -1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass -in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the -palace, 1:2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men -of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which -were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. - -1:3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity -there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall -of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned -with fire. - -1:4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and -wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God -of heaven, 1:5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the -great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that -love him and observe his commandments: 1:6 Let thine ear now be -attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of -thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the -children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children -of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's -house have sinned. - -1:7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the -commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou -commandedst thy servant Moses. - -1:8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy -servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad -among the nations: 1:9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep my -commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the -uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and -will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name -there. - -1:10 Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast -redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. - -1:11 O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the -prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire -to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and -grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's -cupbearer. - -2:1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of -Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, -and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his -presence. - -2:2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, -seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. -Then I was very sore afraid, 2:3 And said unto the king, Let the king -live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, -the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates -thereof are consumed with fire? 2:4 Then the king said unto me, For -what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. - -2:5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy -servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me -unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build -it. - -2:6 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For -how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it -pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time. - -2:7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters -be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me -over till I come into Judah; 2:8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of -the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the -gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall -of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king -granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. - -2:9 Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the -king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and -horsemen with me. - -2:10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the -Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come -a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. - -2:11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. - -2:12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither -told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: -neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon. - -2:13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before -the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of -Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed -with fire. - -2:14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's -pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass. - -2:15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, -and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so -returned. - -2:16 And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither -had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the -nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. - -2:17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how -Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: -come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a -reproach. - -2:18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as -also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let -us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good -work. - -2:19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the -Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, -and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye -rebel against the king? 2:20 Then answered I them, and said unto -them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants -will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, -in Jerusalem. - -3:1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the -priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set -up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, -unto the tower of Hananeel. - -3:2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them -builded Zaccur the son of Imri. - -3:3 But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid -the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, -and the bars thereof. - -3:4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of -Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the -son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of -Baana. - -3:5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not -their necks to the work of their LORD. - -3:6 Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and -Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set -up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. - -3:7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the -Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the -governor on this side the river. - -3:8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the -goldsmiths. - -Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the -apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall. - -3:9 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of -the half part of Jerusalem. - -3:10 And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even -over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of -Hashabniah. - -3:11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab, -repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces. - -3:12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler -of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters. - -3:13 The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; -they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and -the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung -gate. - -3:14 But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler -of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, -the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. - -3:15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of -Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, -and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, -and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the -stairs that go down from the city of David. - -3:16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the -half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of -David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the -mighty. - -3:17 After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto -him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his -part. - -3:18 After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the -ruler of the half part of Keilah. - -3:19 And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of -Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the -turning of the wall. - -3:20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other -piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of -Eliashib the high priest. - -3:21 After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz -another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end -of the house of Eliashib. - -3:22 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain. - -3:23 After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. - -After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by -his house. - -3:24 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from -the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the -corner. - -3:25 Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and -the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by the -court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh. - -3:26 Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over -against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out. - -3:27 After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the -great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel. - -3:28 From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over -against his house. - -3:29 After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his -house. - -After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of -the east gate. - -3:30 After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the -sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the -son of Berechiah over against his chamber. - -3:31 After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of -the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, -and to the going up of the corner. - -3:32 And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate -repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants. - -4:1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the -wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. - -4:2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and -said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will -they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the -stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? 4:3 Now -Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they -build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. - -4:4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon -their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: 4:5 -And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out -from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the -builders. - -4:6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto -the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work. - -4:7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the -Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls -of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, -then they were very wroth, 4:8 And conspired all of them together to -come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. - -4:9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch -against them day and night, because of them. - -4:10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is -decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build -the wall. - -4:11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till -we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to -cease. - -4:12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, -they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return -unto us they will be upon you. - -4:13 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the -higher places, I even set the people after their families with their -swords, their spears, and their bows. - -4:14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the -rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: -remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for your -brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses. - -4:15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known -unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned -all of us to the wall, every one unto his work. - -4:16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my -servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the -spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers -were behind all the house of Judah. - -4:17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with -those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, -and with the other hand held a weapon. - -4:18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and -so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me. - -4:19 And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of -the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the -wall, one far from another. - -4:20 In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort -ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us. - -4:21 So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from -the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. - -4:22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one -with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be -a guard to us, and labour on the day. - -4:23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of -the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving -that every one put them off for washing. - -5:1 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against -their brethren the Jews. - -5:2 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are -many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. - -5:3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, -vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. - -5:4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's -tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. - -5:5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as -their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our -daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto -bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other -men have our lands and vineyards. - -5:6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. - -5:7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the -rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. -And I set a great assembly against them. - -5:8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our -brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even -sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they -their peace, and found nothing to answer. - -5:9 Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in -the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our -enemies? 5:10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might -exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury. - -5:11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their -vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part -of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of -them. - -5:12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of -them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and -took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise. - -5:13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from -his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even -thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, -Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this -promise. - -5:14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor -in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and -thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my -brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor. - -5:15 But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable -unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty -shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: -but so did not I, because of the fear of God. - -5:16 Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we -any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work. - -5:17 Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews -and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that -are about us. - -5:18 Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six -choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days -store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread -of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people. - -5:19 Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have -done for this people. - -6:1 Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the -Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the -wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time -I had not set up the doors upon the gates;) 6:2 That Sanballat and -Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of -the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. - -6:3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, -so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave -it, and come down to you? 6:4 Yet they sent unto me four times after -this sort; and I answered them after the same manner. - -6:5 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth -time with an open letter in his hand; 6:6 Wherein was written, It is -reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the -Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou -mayest be their king, according to these words. - -6:7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at -Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be -reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and -let us take counsel together. - -6:8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as -thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. - -6:9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened -from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen -my hands. - -6:10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah -the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet -together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the -doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the -night will they come to slay thee. - -6:11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, -being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not -go in. - -6:12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he -pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had -hired him. - -6:13 Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and -sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they -might reproach me. - -6:14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these -their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the -prophets, that would have put me in fear. - -6:15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month -Elul, in fifty and two days. - -6:16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and -all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much -cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was -wrought of our God. - -6:17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto -Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them. - -6:18 For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the -son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had -taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah. - -6:19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words -to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. - -7:1 Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the -doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed, -7:2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the -palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared -God above many. - -7:3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened -until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the -doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of -Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against -his house. - -7:4 Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, -and the houses were not builded. - -7:5 And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and -the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. -And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the -first, and found written therein, 7:6 These are the children of the -province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been -carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried -away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his -city; 7:7 Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, -Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, -Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was -this; 7:8 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and -two. - -7:9 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. - -7:10 The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two. - -7:11 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, -two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen. - -7:12 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. - -7:13 The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five. - -7:14 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. - -7:15 The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight. - -7:16 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight. - -7:17 The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two. - -7:18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven. - -7:19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven. - -7:20 The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five. - -7:21 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. - -7:22 The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight. - -7:23 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four. - -7:24 The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve. - -7:25 The children of Gibeon, ninety and five. - -7:26 The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and -eight. - -7:27 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight. - -7:28 The men of Bethazmaveth, forty and two. - -7:29 The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred -forty and three. - -7:30 The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. - -7:31 The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two. - -7:32 The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three. - -7:33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two. - -7:34 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and -four. - -7:35 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. - -7:36 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. - -7:37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and -one. - -7:38 The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty. - -7:39 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, -nine hundred seventy and three. - -7:40 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. - -7:41 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. - -7:42 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. - -7:43 The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the -children of Hodevah, seventy and four. - -7:44 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight. - -7:45 The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the -children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the -children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight. - -7:46 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, -the children of Tabbaoth, 7:47 The children of Keros, the children of -Sia, the children of Padon, 7:48 The children of Lebana, the children -of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai, 7:49 The children of Hanan, the -children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, 7:50 The children of -Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, 7:51 The -children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah, -7:52 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of -Nephishesim, 7:53 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the -children of Harhur, 7:54 The children of Bazlith, the children of -Mehida, the children of Harsha, 7:55 The children of Barkos, the -children of Sisera, the children of Tamah, 7:56 The children of -Neziah, the children of Hatipha. - -7:57 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the -children of Sophereth, the children of Perida, 7:58 The children of -Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 7:59 The -children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of -Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon. - -7:60 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were -three hundred ninety and two. - -7:61 And these were they which went up also from Telmelah, Telharesha, -Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's -house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel. - -7:62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of -Nekoda, six hundred forty and two. - -7:63 And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, -the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of -Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name. - -7:64 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by -genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put -from the priesthood. - -7:65 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the -most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim. - -7:66 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three -hundred and threescore, 7:67 Beside their manservants and their -maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty -and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and -singing women. - -7:68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two -hundred forty and five: 7:69 Their camels, four hundred thirty and -five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses. - -7:70 And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The -Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, -five hundred and thirty priests' garments. - -7:71 And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the -work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred -pound of silver. - -7:72 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand -drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and -seven priests' garments. - -7:73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the -singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, -dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children -of Israel were in their cities. - -8:1 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into -the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra -the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had -commanded to Israel. - -8:2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both -of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the -first day of the seventh month. - -8:3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water -gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and -those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were -attentive unto the book of the law. - -8:4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had -made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and -Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and -on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and -Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam. - -8:5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he -was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood -up: 8:6 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people -answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed -their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground. - -8:7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, -Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the -Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood -in their place. - -8:8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave -the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. - -8:9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the -scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the -people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. -For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. - -8:10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the -sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for -this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of -the LORD is your strength. - -8:11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, -for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved. - -8:12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to -send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood -the words that were declared unto them. - -8:13 And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the -fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the -scribe, even to understand the words of the law. - -8:14 And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by -Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast -of the seventh month: 8:15 And that they should publish and proclaim -in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the -mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle -branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make -booths, as it is written. - -8:16 So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves -booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and -in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water -gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim. - -8:17 And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the -captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of -Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel -done so. And there was very great gladness. - -8:18 Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in -the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on -the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner. - -9:1 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of -Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth -upon them. - -9:2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, -and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their -fathers. - -9:3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law -of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth -part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God. - -9:4 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, -Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried -with a loud voice unto the LORD their God. - -9:5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, -Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless -the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, -which is exalted above all blessing and praise. - -9:6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven -of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are -therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them -all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. - -9:7 Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest -him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of -Abraham; 9:8 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a -covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, -the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the -Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy -words; for thou art righteous: 9:9 And didst see the affliction of our -fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea; 9:10 And -shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and -on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt -proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this -day. - -9:11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went -through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors -thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters. - -9:12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in -the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein -they should go. - -9:13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them -from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good -statutes and commandments: 9:14 And madest known unto them thy holy -sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the -hand of Moses thy servant: 9:15 And gavest them bread from heaven for -their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for -their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess -the land which thou hadst sworn to give them. - -9:16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, -and hearkened not to thy commandments, 9:17 And refused to obey, -neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but -hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to -return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious -and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest -them not. - -9:18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy -God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great -provocations; 9:19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them -not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them -by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, -to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go. - -9:20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and -withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for -their thirst. - -9:21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so -that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet -swelled not. - -9:22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide -them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land -of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. - -9:23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and -broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to -their fathers, that they should go in to possess it. - -9:24 So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou -subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and -gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the -land, that they might do with them as they would. - -9:25 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses -full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit -trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, -and delighted themselves in thy great goodness. - -9:26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, -and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which -testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great -provocations. - -9:27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, -who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto -thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold -mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of -their enemies. - -9:28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: -therefore leftest thou them in the land of their enemies, so that they -had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto -thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou -deliver them according to thy mercies; 9:29 And testifiedst against -them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt -proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against -thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and -withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. - -9:30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against -them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: -therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands. - -9:31 Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly -consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful -God. - -9:32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible -God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem -little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our -princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, -and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto -this day. - -9:33 Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou -hast done right, but we have done wickedly: 9:34 Neither have our -kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor -hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou -didst testify against them. - -9:35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great -goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which -thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works. - -9:36 Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou -gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, -behold, we are servants in it: 9:37 And it yieldeth much increase unto -the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they -have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, -and we are in great distress. - -9:38 And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; -and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it. - -10:1 Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of -Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, 10:2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 10:3 Pashur, -Amariah, Malchijah, 10:4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 10:5 Harim, -Meremoth, Obadiah, 10:6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 10:7 Meshullam, -Abijah, Mijamin, 10:8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the -priests. - -10:9 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the -sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; 10:10 And their brethren, Shebaniah, -Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 10:11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, 10:12 -Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 10:13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu. - -10:14 The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani, -10:15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 10:16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 10:17 Ater, -Hizkijah, Azzur, 10:18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, 10:19 Hariph, Anathoth, -Nebai, 10:20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, 10:21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, -Jaddua, 10:22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 10:23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub, -10:24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, 10:25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, -10:26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, 10:27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah. - -10:28 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the -porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated -themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their -wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, -and having understanding; 10:29 They clave to their brethren, their -nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's -law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and -do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and -his statutes; 10:30 And that we would not give our daughters unto the -people of the land, not take their daughters for our sons: 10:31 And -if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath -day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on -the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the -exaction of every debt. - -10:32 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with -the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God; -10:33 For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for -the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for -the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to -make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our -God. - -10:34 And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the -people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, -after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to -burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law: -10:35 And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits -of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD: -10:36 Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is -written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, -to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in -the house of our God: 10:37 And that we should bring the firstfruits -of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, -of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of -our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same -Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. - -10:38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when -the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of -the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the -treasure house. - -10:39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring -the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the -chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that -minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake -the house of our God. - -11:1 And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the -people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the -holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities. - -11:2 And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered -themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. - -11:3 Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: -but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their -cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the -Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants. - -11:4 And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of -the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of -Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of -Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez; 11:5 And -Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son of Hazaiah, -the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son -of Shiloni. - -11:6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred -threescore and eight valiant men. - -11:7 And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, -the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of -Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah. - -11:8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight. - -11:9 And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son -of Senuah was second over the city. - -11:10 Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin. - -11:11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of -Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the -house of God. - -11:12 And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight -hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of -Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, -the son of Malchiah. - -11:13 And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and -two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of -Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, 11:14 And their brethren, mighty men -of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was -Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men. - -11:15 Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of -Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; 11:16 And Shabbethai -and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the -outward business of the house of God. - -11:17 And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of -Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and -Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, -the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. - -11:18 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and -four. - -11:19 Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that -kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two. - -11:20 And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were -in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance. - -11:21 But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over -the Nethinims. - -11:22 The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son -of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. -Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house -of God. - -11:23 For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a -certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day. - -11:24 And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah -the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the -people. - -11:25 And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of -Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, -and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages -thereof, 11:26 And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Bethphelet, 11:27 -And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and in the villages thereof, -11:28 And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof, -11:29 And at Enrimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth, 11:30 Zanoah, -Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at -Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beersheba -unto the valley of Hinnom. - -11:31 The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and -Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages. - -11:32 And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 11:33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, -11:34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, 11:35 Lod, and Ono, the valley of -craftsmen. - -11:36 And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin. - -12:1 Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with -Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, -12:2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, 12:3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 12:4 -Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, 12:5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, 12:6 Shemaiah, -and Joiarib, Jedaiah, 12:7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were -the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua. - -12:8 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, -and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren. - -12:9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them -in the watches. - -12:10 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and -Eliashib begat Joiada, 12:11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan -begat Jaddua. - -12:12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the -fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; 12:13 Of Ezra, -Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; 12:14 Of Melicu, Jonathan; of -Shebaniah, Joseph; 12:15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; 12:16 Of -Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; 12:17 Of Abijah, Zichri; of -Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai: 12:18 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, -Jehonathan; 12:19 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; 12:20 Of -Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; 12:21 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of -Jedaiah, Nethaneel. - -12:22 The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and -Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the -reign of Darius the Persian. - -12:23 The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the -book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of -Eliashib. - -12:24 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua -the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise -and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of -God, ward over against ward. - -12:25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, -were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates. - -12:26 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of -Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the -priest, the scribe. - -12:27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the -Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep -the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with -singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. - -12:28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both -out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages -of Netophathi; 12:29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the -fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages -round about Jerusalem. - -12:30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and -purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. - -12:31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and -appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one -went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate: 12:32 And -after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, 12:33 And -Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, 12:34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, -and Jeremiah, 12:35 And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets; -namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of -Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph: -12:36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, -Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David -the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them. - -12:37 And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went -up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, -above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward. - -12:38 And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against -them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from -beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall; 12:39 And -from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the -fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto -the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate. - -12:40 So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house -of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me: 12:41 And the -priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, -and Hananiah, with trumpets; 12:42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and -Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. -And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. - -12:43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for -God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the -children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar -off. - -12:44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the -treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, -to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of -the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the -priests and for the Levites that waited. - -12:45 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, -and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of -David, and of Solomon his son. - -12:46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of -the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. - -12:47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of -Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day -his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the -Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron. - -13:1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the -people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the -Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; 13:2 -Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, -but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our -God turned the curse into a blessing. - -13:3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they -separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. - -13:4 And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the -chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah: 13:5 And he -had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the -meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of -the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given -to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of -the priests. - -13:6 But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and -thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and -after certain days obtained I leave of the king: 13:7 And I came to -Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in -preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. - -13:8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household -stuff to Tobiah out of the chamber. - -13:9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither -brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat -offering and the frankincense. - -13:10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been -given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were -fled every one to his field. - -13:11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of -God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their -place. - -13:12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine -and the oil unto the treasuries. - -13:13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, -and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them -was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were -counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their -brethren. - -13:14 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good -deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices -thereof. - -13:15 In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the -sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, -grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into -Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day -wherein they sold victuals. - -13:16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and -all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of -Judah, and in Jerusalem. - -13:17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, -What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day? -13:18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this -evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel -by profaning the sabbath. - -13:19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to -be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, -and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and -some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be -brought in on the sabbath day. - -13:20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without -Jerusalem once or twice. - -13:21 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye -about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that -time forth came they no more on the sabbath. - -13:22 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, -and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath -day. - -Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to -the greatness of thy mercy. - -13:23 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, -of Ammon, and of Moab: 13:24 And their children spake half in the -speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but -according to the language of each people. - -13:25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of -them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, -Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their -daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. - -13:26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among -many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, -and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did -outlandish women cause to sin. - -13:27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to -transgress against our God in marrying strange wives? 13:28 And one -of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in -law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me. - -13:29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the -priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites. - -13:30 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards -of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business; 13:31 And -for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. -Remember me, O my God, for good. - - - - -The Book of Esther - - -1:1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus -which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and -seven and twenty provinces:) 1:2 That in those days, when the king -Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the -palace, 1:3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all -his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the -nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him: 1:4 When he -shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his -excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days. - -1:5 And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all -the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great -and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's -palace; 1:6 Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with -cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: -the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, -and white, and black, marble. - -1:7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being -diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to -the state of the king. - -1:8 And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so -the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they -should do according to every man's pleasure. - -1:9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal -house which belonged to king Ahasuerus. - -1:10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with -wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, -Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence -of Ahasuerus the king, 1:11 To bring Vashti the queen before the king -with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: -for she was fair to look on. - -1:12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by -his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger -burned in him. - -1:13 Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so -was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment: 1:14 And -the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, -Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw -the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;) 1:15 What -shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath -not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the -chamberlains? 1:16 And Memucan answered before the king and the -princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but -also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the -provinces of the king Ahasuerus. - -1:17 For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so -that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be -reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought -in before him, but she came not. - -1:18 Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto -all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. -Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath. - -1:19 If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, -and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, -that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king -Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is -better than she. - -1:20 And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published -throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give -to their husbands honour, both to great and small. - -1:21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did -according to the word of Memucan: 1:22 For he sent letters into all -the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing -thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man -should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published -according to the language of every people. - -2:1 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, -he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed -against her. - -2:2 Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there -be fair young virgins sought for the king: 2:3 And let the king -appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may -gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to -the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's -chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for -purification be given them: 2:4 And let the maiden which pleaseth the -king be queen instead of Vashti. - -And the thing pleased the king; and he did so. - -2:5 Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was -Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a -Benjamite; 2:6 Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the -captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, -whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away. - -2:7 And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: -for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and -beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took -for his own daughter. - -2:8 So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was -heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the -palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the -king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. - -2:9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and -he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as -belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, -out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the -best place of the house of the women. - -2:10 Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai -had charged her that she should not shew it. - -2:11 And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's -house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her. - -2:12 Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, -after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the -women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to -wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, -and with other things for the purifying of the women;) 2:13 Then thus -came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her -to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house. - -2:14 In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the -second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's -chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no -more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by -name. - -2:15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of -Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto -the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, -the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the -sight of all them that looked upon her. - -2:16 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in -the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his -reign. - -2:17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained -grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he -set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of -Vashti. - -2:18 Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his -servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, -and gave gifts, according to the state of the king. - -2:19 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then -Mordecai sat in the king's gate. - -2:20 Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai -had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as -when she was brought up with him. - -2:21 In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the -king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, -were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus. - -2:22 And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the -queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name. - -2:23 And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; -therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the -book of the chronicles before the king. - -3:1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of -Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all -the princes that were with him. - -3:2 And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, -and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. -But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence. - -3:3 Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto -Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment? 3:4 Now it -came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not -unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters -would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew. - -3:5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, -then was Haman full of wrath. - -3:6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had -shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy -all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even -the people of Mordecai. - -3:7 In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year -of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from -day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, -the month Adar. - -3:8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people -scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces -of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither -keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit -to suffer them. - -3:9 If it please the king, let it be written that they may be -destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands -of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the -king's treasuries. - -3:10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman -the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. - -3:11 And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the -people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee. - -3:12 Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the -first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had -commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were -over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every -province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after -their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and -sealed with the king's ring. - -3:13 And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, -to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and -old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth -day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the -spoil of them for a prey. - -3:14 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every -province was published unto all people, that they should be ready -against that day. - -3:15 The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and -the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat -down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed. - -4:1 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his -clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst -of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; 4:2 And came even -before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate -clothed with sackcloth. - -4:3 And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and -his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, -and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes. - -4:4 So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then -was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe -Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it -not. - -4:5 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, -whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment -to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was. - -4:6 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, -which was before the king's gate. - -4:7 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of -the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's -treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them. - -4:8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was -given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to -declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the -king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him -for her people. - -4:9 And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai. - -4:10 Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto -Mordecai; 4:11 All the king's servants, and the people of the king's -provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or women, shall come -unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one -law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall -hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been -called to come in unto the king these thirty days. - -4:12 And they told to Mordecai Esther's words. - -4:13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself -that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. - -4:14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall -there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another -place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who -knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this? -4:15 Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, 4:16 Go, -gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye -for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and -my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, -which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish. - -4:17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther -had commanded him. - -5:1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal -apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over -against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in -the royal house, over against the gate of the house. - -5:2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the -court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to -Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, -and touched the top of the sceptre. - -5:3 Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and -what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the -kingdom. - -5:4 And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king -and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him. - -5:5 Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as -Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that -Esther had prepared. - -5:6 And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy -petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even -to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. - -5:7 Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is; 5:8 -If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the -king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and -Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do -to morrow as the king hath said. - -5:9 Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but -when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor -moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai. - -5:10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he -sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife. - -5:11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude -of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, -and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the -king. - -5:12 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in -with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and -to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king. - -5:13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the -Jew sitting at the king's gate. - -5:14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a -gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto -the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily -with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he -caused the gallows to be made. - -6:1 On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring -the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the -king. - -6:2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and -Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who -sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. - -6:3 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to -Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto -him, There is nothing done for him. - -6:4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into -the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang -Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. - -6:5 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in -the court. And the king said, Let him come in. - -6:6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done -unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in -his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to -myself? 6:7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king -delighteth to honour, 6:8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the -king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the -crown royal which is set upon his head: 6:9 And let this apparel and -horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble -princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth -to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, -and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the -king delighteth to honour. - -6:10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and -the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that -sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast -spoken. - -6:11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, -and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and -proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the -king delighteth to honour. - -6:12 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to -his house mourning, and having his head covered. - -6:13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing -that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto -him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast -begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely -fall before him. - -6:14 And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's -chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther -had prepared. - -7:1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. - -7:2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the -banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be -granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even -to the half of the kingdom. - -7:3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in -thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me -at my petition, and my people at my request: 7:4 For we are sold, I -and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we -had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, -although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage. - -7:5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, -Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so? -7:6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. -Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. - -7:7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went -into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his -life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined -against him by the king. - -7:8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of -the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther -was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the -house? As the word went out of king's mouth, they covered Haman's -face. - -7:9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, -Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for -Mordecai, who spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of -Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. - -7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for -Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified. - -8:1 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the -Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; -for Esther had told what he was unto her. - -8:2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and -gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of -Haman. - -8:3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his -feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman -the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews. - -8:4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther -arose, and stood before the king, 8:5 And said, If it please the king, -and if I have favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the -king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the -letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he -wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces: 8:6 -For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? -or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred? 8:7 Then -the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, -Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have -hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews. - -8:8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, -and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in -the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse. - -8:9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third -month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day -thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded -unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of -the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty -and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing -thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews -according to their writing, and according to their language. - -8:10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the -king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on -mules, camels, and young dromedaries: 8:11 Wherein the king granted -the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and -to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay and to cause to perish, -all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both -little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey, 8:12 -Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the -thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. - -8:13 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every -province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be -ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. - -8:14 So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being -hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was -given at Shushan the palace. - -8:15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal -apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a -garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and -was glad. - -8:16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour. - -8:17 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the -king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, -a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became -Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them. - -9:1 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the -thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree -drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the -Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the -contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;) 9:2 The -Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the -provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their -hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon -all people. - -9:3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the -deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear -of Mordecai fell upon them. - -9:4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out -throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and -greater. - -9:5 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the -sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto -those that hated them. - -9:6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred -men. - -9:7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, 9:8 And Poratha, and -Adalia, and Aridatha, 9:9 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and -Vajezatha, 9:10 The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy -of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand. - -9:11 On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the -palace was brought before the king. - -9:12 And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and -destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of -Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now -what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy -request further? and it shall be done. - -9:13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the -Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this -day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows. - -9:14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given -at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons. - -9:15 For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on -the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men -at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand. - -9:16 But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered -themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from -their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but -they laid not their hands on the prey, 9:17 On the thirteenth day of -the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and -made it a day of feasting and gladness. - -9:18 But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the -thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the -fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting -and gladness. - -9:19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled -towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and -feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another. - -9:20 And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the -Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh -and far, 9:21 To stablish this among them, that they should keep the -fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, -yearly, 9:22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, -and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from -mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting -and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the -poor. - -9:23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai -had written unto them; 9:24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the -Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to -destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and -to destroy them; 9:25 But when Esther came before the king, he -commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against -the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons -should be hanged on the gallows. - -9:26 Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. - -Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had -seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them, 9:27 The -Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all -such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that -they would keep these two days according to their writing, and -according to their appointed time every year; 9:28 And that these days -should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every -family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim -should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish -from their seed. - -9:29 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the -Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim. - -9:30 And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty -and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace -and truth, 9:31 To confirm these days of Purim in their times -appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had -enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their -seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry. - -9:32 And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it -was written in the book. - -10:1 And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the -isles of the sea. - -10:2 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the -declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced -him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings -of Media and Persia? 10:3 For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king -Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of -his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to -all his seed. - - - - -The Book of Job - - -1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that -man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. - -1:2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. - -1:3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand -camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and -a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the -men of the east. - -1:4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; -and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with -them. - -1:5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, -that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, -and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for -Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their -hearts. Thus did Job continually. - -1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present -themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. - -1:7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan -answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and -from walking up and down in it. - -1:8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, -that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright -man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? 1:9 Then Satan -answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? 1:10 Hast -not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all -that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, -and his substance is increased in the land. - -1:11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he -will curse thee to thy face. - -1:12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy -power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth -from the presence of the LORD. - -1:13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating -and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: 1:14 And there came -a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses -feeding beside them: 1:15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took -them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the -sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. - -1:16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The -fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and -the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell -thee. - -1:17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The -Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have -carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the -sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. - -1:18 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy -sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest -brother's house: 1:19 And, behold, there came a great wind from the -wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon -the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell -thee. - -1:20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and -fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 1:21 And said, Naked came I -out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD -gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. - -1:22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. - -2:1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present -themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present -himself before the LORD. - -2:2 And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan -answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and -from walking up and down in it. - -2:3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, -that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright -man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth -fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy -him without cause. - -2:4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all -that a man hath will he give for his life. - -2:5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, -and he will curse thee to thy face. - -2:6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but -save his life. - -2:7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job -with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. - -2:8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat -down among the ashes. - -2:9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine -integrity? curse God, and die. - -2:10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women -speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we -not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. - -2:11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come -upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the -Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they -had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to -comfort him. - -2:12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, -they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his -mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. - -2:13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven -nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief -was very great. - -3:1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. - -3:2 And Job spake, and said, 3:3 Let the day perish wherein I was -born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child -conceived. - -3:4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, -neither let the light shine upon it. - -3:5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell -upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. - -3:6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be -joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of -the months. - -3:7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. - -3:8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up -their mourning. - -3:9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for -light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: 3:10 -Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow -from mine eyes. - -3:11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost -when I came out of the belly? 3:12 Why did the knees prevent me? or -why the breasts that I should suck? 3:13 For now should I have lain -still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest, -3:14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate -places for themselves; 3:15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled -their houses with silver: 3:16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had -not been; as infants which never saw light. - -3:17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at -rest. - -3:18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the -oppressor. - -3:19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his -master. - -3:20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto -the bitter in soul; 3:21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and -dig for it more than for hid treasures; 3:22 Which rejoice -exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? 3:23 Why is -light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? -3:24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured -out like the waters. - -3:25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that -which I was afraid of is come unto me. - -3:26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet -trouble came. - -4:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 4:2 If we assay to -commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself -from speaking? 4:3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast -strengthened the weak hands. - -4:4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast -strengthened the feeble knees. - -4:5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, -and thou art troubled. - -4:6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the -uprightness of thy ways? 4:7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever -perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? 4:8 -Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap -the same. - -4:9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils -are they consumed. - -4:10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and -the teeth of the young lions, are broken. - -4:11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's -whelps are scattered abroad. - -4:12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a -little thereof. - -4:13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep -falleth on men, 4:14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all -my bones to shake. - -4:15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood -up: 4:16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an -image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, -saying, 4:17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be -more pure than his maker? 4:18 Behold, he put no trust in his -servants; and his angels he charged with folly: 4:19 How much less in -them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, -which are crushed before the moth? 4:20 They are destroyed from -morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it. - -4:21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, -even without wisdom. - -5:1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of -the saints wilt thou turn? 5:2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and -envy slayeth the silly one. - -5:3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his -habitation. - -5:4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the -gate, neither is there any to deliver them. - -5:5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the -thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. - -5:6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth -trouble spring out of the ground; 5:7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as -the sparks fly upward. - -5:8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: 5:9 -Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without -number: 5:10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon -the fields: 5:11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which -mourn may be exalted to safety. - -5:12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands -cannot perform their enterprise. - -5:13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of -the froward is carried headlong. - -5:14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday -as in the night. - -5:15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from -the hand of the mighty. - -5:16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. - -5:17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise -not thou the chastening of the Almighty: 5:18 For he maketh sore, and -bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. - -5:19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall -no evil touch thee. - -5:20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the -power of the sword. - -5:21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt -thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. - -5:22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be -afraid of the beasts of the earth. - -5:23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the -beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. - -5:24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and -thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. - -5:25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine -offspring as the grass of the earth. - -5:26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of -corn cometh in in his season. - -5:27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it -for thy good. - -6:1 But Job answered and said, 6:2 Oh that my grief were throughly -weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! 6:3 For now -it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are -swallowed up. - -6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof -drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array -against me. - -6:5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over -his fodder? 6:6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or -is there any taste in the white of an egg? 6:7 The things that my -soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat. - -6:8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the -thing that I long for! 6:9 Even that it would please God to destroy -me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! 6:10 Then -should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let -him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. - -6:11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, -that I should prolong my life? 6:12 Is my strength the strength of -stones? or is my flesh of brass? 6:13 Is not my help in me? and is -wisdom driven quite from me? 6:14 To him that is afflicted pity -should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the -Almighty. - -6:15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream -of brooks they pass away; 6:16 Which are blackish by reason of the -ice, and wherein the snow is hid: 6:17 What time they wax warm, they -vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. - -6:18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and -perish. - -6:19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for -them. - -6:20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, -and were ashamed. - -6:21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid. - -6:22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your -substance? 6:23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me -from the hand of the mighty? 6:24 Teach me, and I will hold my -tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. - -6:25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? -6:26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is -desperate, which are as wind? 6:27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, -and ye dig a pit for your friend. - -6:28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto -you if I lie. - -6:29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my -righteousness is in it. - -6:30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse -things? 7:1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not -his days also like the days of an hireling? 7:2 As a servant -earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the -reward of his work: 7:3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and -wearisome nights are appointed to me. - -7:4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? -and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. - -7:5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is -broken, and become loathsome. - -7:6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without -hope. - -7:7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. - -7:8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes -are upon me, and I am not. - -7:9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down -to the grave shall come up no more. - -7:10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place -know him any more. - -7:11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the -anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. - -7:12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? 7:13 -When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my -complaints; 7:14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me -through visions: 7:15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death -rather than my life. - -7:16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days -are vanity. - -7:17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou -shouldest set thine heart upon him? 7:18 And that thou shouldest -visit him every morning, and try him every moment? 7:19 How long wilt -thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my -spittle? 7:20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou -preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so -that I am a burden to myself? 7:21 And why dost thou not pardon my -transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the -dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be. - -8:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 8:2 How long wilt thou -speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like -a strong wind? 8:3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty -pervert justice? 8:4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he -have cast them away for their transgression; 8:5 If thou wouldest seek -unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; 8:6 If -thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and -make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. - -8:7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly -increase. - -8:8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself -to the search of their fathers: 8:9 (For we are but of yesterday, and -know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) 8:10 Shall -not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their -heart? 8:11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow -without water? 8:12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut -down, it withereth before any other herb. - -8:13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope -shall perish: 8:14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall -be a spider's web. - -8:15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall -hold it fast, but it shall not endure. - -8:16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his -garden. - -8:17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of -stones. - -8:18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, -I have not seen thee. - -8:19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall -others grow. - -8:20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he -help the evil doers: 8:21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and -thy lips with rejoicing. - -8:22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling -place of the wicked shall come to nought. - -9:1 Then Job answered and said, 9:2 I know it is so of a truth: but -how should man be just with God? 9:3 If he will contend with him, he -cannot answer him one of a thousand. - -9:4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened -himself against him, and hath prospered? 9:5 Which removeth the -mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. - -9:6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof -tremble. - -9:7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the -stars. - -9:8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves -of the sea. - -9:9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of -the south. - -9:10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders -without number. - -9:11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I -perceive him not. - -9:12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto -him, What doest thou? 9:13 If God will not withdraw his anger, the -proud helpers do stoop under him. - -9:14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to -reason with him? 9:15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not -answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. - -9:16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe -that he had hearkened unto my voice. - -9:17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds -without cause. - -9:18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with -bitterness. - -9:19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who -shall set me a time to plead? 9:20 If I justify myself, mine own -mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me -perverse. - -9:21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would -despise my life. - -9:22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect -and the wicked. - -9:23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the -innocent. - -9:24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the -faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he? 9:25 Now -my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. - -9:26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that -hasteth to the prey. - -9:27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my -heaviness, and comfort myself: 9:28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I -know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. - -9:29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? 9:30 If I wash myself -with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; 9:31 Yet shalt thou -plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. - -9:32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we -should come together in judgment. - -9:33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand -upon us both. - -9:34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify -me: 9:35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with -me. - -10:1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon -myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. - -10:2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou -contendest with me. - -10:3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou -shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel -of the wicked? 10:4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man -seeth? 10:5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's -days, 10:6 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest -after my sin? 10:7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is -none that can deliver out of thine hand. - -10:8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; -yet thou dost destroy me. - -10:9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and -wilt thou bring me into dust again? 10:10 Hast thou not poured me out -as milk, and curdled me like cheese? 10:11 Thou hast clothed me with -skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. - -10:12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath -preserved my spirit. - -10:13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this -is with thee. - -10:14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from -mine iniquity. - -10:15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I -not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine -affliction; 10:16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: -and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. - -10:17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine -indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. - -10:18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh -that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! 10:19 I should -have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from -the womb to the grave. - -10:20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may -take comfort a little, 10:21 Before I go whence I shall not return, -even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; 10:22 A land of -darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any -order, and where the light is as darkness. - -11:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 11:2 Should not -the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be -justified? 11:3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when -thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? 11:4 For thou hast -said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. - -11:5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; 11:6 -And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are -double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less -than thine iniquity deserveth. - -11:7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the -Almighty unto perfection? 11:8 It is as high as heaven; what canst -thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? 11:9 The measure -thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. - -11:10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can -hinder him? 11:11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; -will he not then consider it? 11:12 For vain men would be wise, -though man be born like a wild ass's colt. - -11:13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward -him; 11:14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not -wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. - -11:15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou -shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: 11:16 Because thou shalt forget -thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away: 11:17 And thine -age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou -shalt be as the morning. - -11:18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt -dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety. - -11:19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, -many shall make suit unto thee. - -11:20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not -escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost. - -12:1 And Job answered and said, 12:2 No doubt but ye are the people, -and wisdom shall die with you. - -12:3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to -you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? 12:4 I am as one -mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: -the just upright man is laughed to scorn. - -12:5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in -the thought of him that is at ease. - -12:6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are -secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. - -12:7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls -of the air, and they shall tell thee: 12:8 Or speak to the earth, and -it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto -thee. - -12:9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath -wrought this? 12:10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, -and the breath of all mankind. - -12:11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat? 12:12 -With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. - -12:13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and -understanding. - -12:14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he -shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. - -12:15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he -sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. - -12:16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver -are his. - -12:17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges -fools. - -12:18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a -girdle. - -12:19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty. - -12:20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the -understanding of the aged. - -12:21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of -the mighty. - -12:22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to -light the shadow of death. - -12:23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the -nations, and straiteneth them again. - -12:24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the -earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no -way. - -12:25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to -stagger like a drunken man. - -13:1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and -understood it. - -13:2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto -you. - -13:3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with -God. - -13:4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. - -13:5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your -wisdom. - -13:6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. - -13:7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him? -13:8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God? 13:9 Is it -good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do -ye so mock him? 13:10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly -accept persons. - -13:11 Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall -upon you? 13:12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to -bodies of clay. - -13:13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on -me what will. - -13:14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in -mine hand? 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I -will maintain mine own ways before him. - -13:16 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come -before him. - -13:17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears. - -13:18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be -justified. - -13:19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, -I shall give up the ghost. - -13:20 Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from -thee. - -13:21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me -afraid. - -13:22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer -thou me. - -13:23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my -transgression and my sin. - -13:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? -13:25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue -the dry stubble? 13:26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and -makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. - -13:27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly -unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. - -13:28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth -eaten. - -14:1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. - -14:2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as -a shadow, and continueth not. - -14:3 And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me -into judgment with thee? 14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an -unclean? not one. - -14:5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with -thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; 14:6 Turn -from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, -his day. - -14:7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will -sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. - -14:8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock -thereof die in the ground; 14:9 Yet through the scent of water it will -bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. - -14:10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, -and where is he? 14:11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood -decayeth and drieth up: 14:12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till -the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of -their sleep. - -14:13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest -keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me -a set time, and remember me! 14:14 If a man die, shall he live again? -all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. - -14:15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire -to the work of thine hands. - -14:16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my -sin? 14:17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up -mine iniquity. - -14:18 And surely the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the rock -is removed out of his place. - -14:19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which -grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of -man. - -14:20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou -changest his countenance, and sendest him away. - -14:21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are -brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. - -14:22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him -shall mourn. - -15:1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 15:2 Should a wise -man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? 15:3 -Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he -can do no good? 15:4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest -prayer before God. - -15:5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the -tongue of the crafty. - -15:6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips -testify against thee. - -15:7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before -the hills? 15:8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou -restrain wisdom to thyself? 15:9 What knowest thou, that we know not? -what understandest thou, which is not in us? 15:10 With us are both -the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father. - -15:11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret -thing with thee? 15:12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what -do thy eyes wink at, 15:13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, -and lettest such words go out of thy mouth? 15:14 What is man, that -he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be -righteous? 15:15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the -heavens are not clean in his sight. - -15:16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh -iniquity like water? 15:17 I will shew thee, hear me; and that which -I have seen I will declare; 15:18 Which wise men have told from their -fathers, and have not hid it: 15:19 Unto whom alone the earth was -given, and no stranger passed among them. - -15:20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number -of years is hidden to the oppressor. - -15:21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer -shall come upon him. - -15:22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is -waited for of the sword. - -15:23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth -that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. - -15:24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail -against him, as a king ready to the battle. - -15:25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth -himself against the Almighty. - -15:26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of -his bucklers: 15:27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and -maketh collops of fat on his flanks. - -15:28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man -inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. - -15:29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, -neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth. - -15:30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his -branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away. - -15:31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall -be his recompence. - -15:32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall -not be green. - -15:33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast -off his flower as the olive. - -15:34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire -shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. - -15:35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly -prepareth deceit. - -16:1 Then Job answered and said, 16:2 I have heard many such things: -miserable comforters are ye all. - -16:3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou -answerest? 16:4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my -soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head -at you. - -16:5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my -lips should asswage your grief. - -16:6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, -what am I eased? 16:7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made -desolate all my company. - -16:8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against -me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. - -16:9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me -with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. - -16:10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me -upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together -against me. - -16:11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into -the hands of the wicked. - -16:12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken -me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. - -16:13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins -asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground. - -16:14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like -a giant. - -16:15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the -dust. - -16:16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of -death; 16:17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is -pure. - -16:18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place. - -16:19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on -high. - -16:20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. - -16:21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for -his neighbour! 16:22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the -way whence I shall not return. - -17:1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready -for me. - -17:2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in -their provocation? 17:3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; -who is he that will strike hands with me? 17:4 For thou hast hid -their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. - -17:5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his -children shall fail. - -17:6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was -as a tabret. - -17:7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are -as a shadow. - -17:8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall -stir up himself against the hypocrite. - -17:9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean -hands shall be stronger and stronger. - -17:10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot -find one wise man among you. - -17:11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts -of my heart. - -17:12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of -darkness. - -17:13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the -darkness. - -17:14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou -art my mother, and my sister. - -17:15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? -17:16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest -together is in the dust. - -18:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 18:2 How long will it -be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak. - -18:3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your -sight? 18:4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be -forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? -18:5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of -his fire shall not shine. - -18:6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall -be put out with him. - -18:7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own -counsel shall cast him down. - -18:8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a -snare. - -18:9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail -against him. - -18:10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in -the way. - -18:11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him -to his feet. - -18:12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be -ready at his side. - -18:13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of -death shall devour his strength. - -18:14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it -shall bring him to the king of terrors. - -18:15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: -brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. - -18:16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch -be cut off. - -18:17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have -no name in the street. - -18:18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of -the world. - -18:19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any -remaining in his dwellings. - -18:20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they -that went before were affrighted. - -18:21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the -place of him that knoweth not God. - -19:1 Then Job answered and said, 19:2 How long will ye vex my soul, -and break me in pieces with words? 19:3 These ten times have ye -reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to -me. - -19:4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with -myself. - -19:5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead -against me my reproach: 19:6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and -hath compassed me with his net. - -19:7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but -there is no judgment. - -19:8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set -darkness in my paths. - -19:9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my -head. - -19:10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope -hath he removed like a tree. - -19:11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me -unto him as one of his enemies. - -19:12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and -encamp round about my tabernacle. - -19:13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are -verily estranged from me. - -19:14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten -me. - -19:15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a -stranger: I am an alien in their sight. - -19:16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him -with my mouth. - -19:17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the -children's sake of mine own body. - -19:18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against -me. - -19:19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are -turned against me. - -19:20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped -with the skin of my teeth. - -19:21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the -hand of God hath touched me. - -19:22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my -flesh? 19:23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were -printed in a book! 19:24 That they were graven with an iron pen and -lead in the rock for ever! 19:25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, -and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: 19:26 And -though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I -see God: 19:27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall -behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me. - -19:28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the -matter is found in me? 19:29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath -bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a -judgment. - -20:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 20:2 Therefore do -my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. - -20:3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my -understanding causeth me to answer. - -20:4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, -20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the -hypocrite but for a moment? 20:6 Though his excellency mount up to -the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; 20:7 Yet he shall -perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, -Where is he? 20:8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be -found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. - -20:9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall -his place any more behold him. - -20:10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall -restore their goods. - -20:11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down -with him in the dust. - -20:12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under -his tongue; 20:13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it -still within his mouth: 20:14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it -is the gall of asps within him. - -20:15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: -God shall cast them out of his belly. - -20:16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay -him. - -20:17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and -butter. - -20:18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not -swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, -and he shall not rejoice therein. - -20:19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he -hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; 20:20 Surely -he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that -which he desired. - -20:21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man -look for his goods. - -20:22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every -hand of the wicked shall come upon him. - -20:23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of -his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. - -20:24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall -strike him through. - -20:25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering -sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. - -20:26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown -shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his -tabernacle. - -20:27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise -up against him. - -20:28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow -away in the day of his wrath. - -20:29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage -appointed unto him by God. - -21:1 But Job answered and said, 21:2 Hear diligently my speech, and -let this be your consolations. - -21:3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock -on. - -21:4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should -not my spirit be troubled? 21:5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay -your hand upon your mouth. - -21:6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my -flesh. - -21:7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in -power? 21:8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and -their offspring before their eyes. - -21:9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon -them. - -21:10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and -casteth not her calf. - -21:11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their -children dance. - -21:12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the -organ. - -21:13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the -grave. - -21:14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not -the knowledge of thy ways. - -21:15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit -should we have, if we pray unto him? 21:16 Lo, their good is not in -their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me. - -21:17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh -their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. - -21:18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm -carrieth away. - -21:19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, -and he shall know it. - -21:20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the -wrath of the Almighty. - -21:21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the -number of his months is cut off in the midst? 21:22 Shall any teach -God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. - -21:23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. - -21:24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with -marrow. - -21:25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never -eateth with pleasure. - -21:26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover -them. - -21:27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye -wrongfully imagine against me. - -21:28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the -dwelling places of the wicked? 21:29 Have ye not asked them that go -by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, 21:30 That the wicked is -reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the -day of wrath. - -21:31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him -what he hath done? 21:32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and -shall remain in the tomb. - -21:33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man -shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. - -21:34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there -remaineth falsehood? 22:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and -said, 22:2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be -profitable unto himself? 22:3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, -that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy -ways perfect? 22:4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he -enter with thee into judgment? 22:5 Is not thy wickedness great? and -thine iniquities infinite? 22:6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy -brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. - -22:7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast -withholden bread from the hungry. - -22:8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable -man dwelt in it. - -22:9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless -have been broken. - -22:10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth -thee; 22:11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of -waters cover thee. - -22:12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the -stars, how high they are! 22:13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? -can he judge through the dark cloud? 22:14 Thick clouds are a -covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of -heaven. - -22:15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? -22:16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown -with a flood: 22:17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can -the Almighty do for them? 22:18 Yet he filled their houses with good -things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. - -22:19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them -to scorn. - -22:20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them -the fire consumeth. - -22:21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good -shall come unto thee. - -22:22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his -words in thine heart. - -22:23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou -shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. - -22:24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as -the stones of the brooks. - -22:25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have -plenty of silver. - -22:26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt -lift up thy face unto God. - -22:27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and -thou shalt pay thy vows. - -22:28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto -thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. - -22:29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting -up; and he shall save the humble person. - -22:30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered -by the pureness of thine hands. - -23:1 Then Job answered and said, 23:2 Even to day is my complaint -bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. - -23:3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to -his seat! 23:4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth -with arguments. - -23:5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand -what he would say unto me. - -23:6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would -put strength in me. - -23:7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be -delivered for ever from my judge. - -23:8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I -cannot perceive him: 23:9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I -cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot -see him: 23:10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried -me, I shall come forth as gold. - -23:11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not -declined. - -23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I -have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. - -23:13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul -desireth, even that he doeth. - -23:14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many -such things are with him. - -23:15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am -afraid of him. - -23:16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: -23:17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he -covered the darkness from my face. - -24:1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that -know him not see his days? 24:2 Some remove the landmarks; they -violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. - -24:3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's -ox for a pledge. - -24:4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide -themselves together. - -24:5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; -rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and -for their children. - -24:6 They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the -vintage of the wicked. - -24:7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no -covering in the cold. - -24:8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the -rock for want of a shelter. - -24:9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of -the poor. - -24:10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away -the sheaf from the hungry; 24:11 Which make oil within their walls, -and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. - -24:12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded -crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them. - -24:13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not -the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. - -24:14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, -and in the night is as a thief. - -24:15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, -No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face. - -24:16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for -themselves in the daytime: they know not the light. - -24:17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one -know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death. - -24:18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: -he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards. - -24:19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave -those which have sinned. - -24:20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; -he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a -tree. - -24:21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not -good to the widow. - -24:22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no -man is sure of life. - -24:23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet -his eyes are upon their ways. - -24:24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought -low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the -tops of the ears of corn. - -24:25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my -speech nothing worth? 25:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and -said, 25:2 Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high -places. - -25:3 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his -light arise? 25:4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can -he be clean that is born of a woman? 25:5 Behold even to the moon, -and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. - -25:6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a -worm? 26:1 But Job answered and said, 26:2 How hast thou helped him -that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength? -26:3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast -thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? 26:4 To whom hast thou -uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee? 26:5 Dead things are -formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. - -26:6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. - -26:7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the -earth upon nothing. - -26:8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is -not rent under them. - -26:9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud -upon it. - -26:10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and -night come to an end. - -26:11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof. - -26:12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he -smiteth through the proud. - -26:13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath -formed the crooked serpent. - -26:14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is -heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand? 27:1 -Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 27:2 As God liveth, who -hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; -27:3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my -nostrils; 27:4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter -deceit. - -27:5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not -remove mine integrity from me. - -27:6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart -shall not reproach me so long as I live. - -27:7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me -as the unrighteous. - -27:8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, -when God taketh away his soul? 27:9 Will God hear his cry when -trouble cometh upon him? 27:10 Will he delight himself in the -Almighty? will he always call upon God? 27:11 I will teach you by the -hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. - -27:12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus -altogether vain? 27:13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, -and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the -Almighty. - -27:14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his -offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. - -27:15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his -widows shall not weep. - -27:16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the -clay; 27:17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the -innocent shall divide the silver. - -27:18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper -maketh. - -27:19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he -openeth his eyes, and he is not. - -27:20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away -in the night. - -27:21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a -storm hurleth him out of his place. - -27:22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee -out of his hand. - -27:23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his -place. - -28:1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where -they fine it. - -28:2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the -stone. - -28:3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: -the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. - -28:4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters -forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men. - -28:5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned -up as it were fire. - -28:6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of -gold. - -28:7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's -eye hath not seen: 28:8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the -fierce lion passed by it. - -28:9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the -mountains by the roots. - -28:10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every -precious thing. - -28:11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is -hid bringeth he forth to light. - -28:12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of -understanding? 28:13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it -found in the land of the living. - -28:14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not -with me. - -28:15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed -for the price thereof. - -28:16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious -onyx, or the sapphire. - -28:17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it -shall not be for jewels of fine gold. - -28:18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price -of wisdom is above rubies. - -28:19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be -valued with pure gold. - -28:20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of -understanding? 28:21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, -and kept close from the fowls of the air. - -28:22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with -our ears. - -28:23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place -thereof. - -28:24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the -whole heaven; 28:25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth -the waters by measure. - -28:26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning -of the thunder: 28:27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared -it, yea, and searched it out. - -28:28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is -wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. - -29:1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 29:2 Oh that I were -as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; 29:3 When his -candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through -darkness; 29:4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of -God was upon my tabernacle; 29:5 When the Almighty was yet with me, -when my children were about me; 29:6 When I washed my steps with -butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; 29:7 When I went out -to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! -29:8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and -stood up. - -29:9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their -mouth. - -29:10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the -roof of their mouth. - -29:11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw -me, it gave witness to me: 29:12 Because I delivered the poor that -cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. - -29:13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I -caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. - -29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a -robe and a diadem. - -29:15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. - -29:16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I -searched out. - -29:17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of -his teeth. - -29:18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my -days as the sand. - -29:19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night -upon my branch. - -29:20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. - -29:21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my -counsel. - -29:22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon -them. - -29:23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their -mouth wide as for the latter rain. - -29:24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my -countenance they cast not down. - -29:25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the -army, as one that comforteth the mourners. - -30:1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose -fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. - -30:2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom -old age was perished? 30:3 For want and famine they were solitary; -fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. - -30:4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their -meat. - -30:5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as -after a thief;) 30:6 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves -of the earth, and in the rocks. - -30:7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were -gathered together. - -30:8 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were -viler than the earth. - -30:9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword. - -30:10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in -my face. - -30:11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also -let loose the bridle before me. - -30:12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and -they raise up against me the ways of their destruction. - -30:13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no -helper. - -30:14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the -desolation they rolled themselves upon me. - -30:15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and -my welfare passeth away as a cloud. - -30:16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction -have taken hold upon me. - -30:17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews -take no rest. - -30:18 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it -bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. - -30:19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and -ashes. - -30:20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou -regardest me not. - -30:21 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest -thyself against me. - -30:22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, -and dissolvest my substance. - -30:23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house -appointed for all living. - -30:24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though -they cry in his destruction. - -30:25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul -grieved for the poor? 30:26 When I looked for good, then evil came -unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. - -30:27 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction -prevented me. - -30:28 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the -congregation. - -30:29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. - -30:30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat. - -30:31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice -of them that weep. - -31:1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a -maid? 31:2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what -inheritance of the Almighty from on high? 31:3 Is not destruction to -the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? 31:4 -Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? 31:5 If I have -walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; 31:6 Let me -be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity. - -31:7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked -after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; 31:8 Then -let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. - -31:9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid -wait at my neighbour's door; 31:10 Then let my wife grind unto -another, and let others bow down upon her. - -31:11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be -punished by the judges. - -31:12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root -out all mine increase. - -31:13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my -maidservant, when they contended with me; 31:14 What then shall I do -when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? -31:15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one -fashion us in the womb? 31:16 If I have withheld the poor from their -desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 31:17 Or have -eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten -thereof; 31:18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a -father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) 31:19 If I have -seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; -31:20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with -the fleece of my sheep; 31:21 If I have lifted up my hand against the -fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: 31:22 Then let mine arm -fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. - -31:23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of -his highness I could not endure. - -31:24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou -art my confidence; 31:25 If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and -because mine hand had gotten much; 31:26 If I beheld the sun when it -shined, or the moon walking in brightness; 31:27 And my heart hath -been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: 31:28 This -also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have -denied the God that is above. - -31:29 If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted -up myself when evil found him: 31:30 Neither have I suffered my mouth -to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. - -31:31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his -flesh! we cannot be satisfied. - -31:32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors -to the traveller. - -31:33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity -in my bosom: 31:34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt -of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the -door? 31:35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the -Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. - -31:36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown -to me. - -31:37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince -would I go near unto him. - -31:38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof -complain; 31:39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or -have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: 31:40 Let thistles -grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. - -The words of Job are ended. - -32:1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous -in his own eyes. - -32:2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the -Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, -because he justified himself rather than God. - -32:3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because -they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job. - -32:4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder -than he. - -32:5 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these -three men, then his wrath was kindled. - -32:6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am -young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew -you mine opinion. - -32:7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach -wisdom. - -32:8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty -giveth them understanding. - -32:9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand -judgment. - -32:10 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion. - -32:11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, -whilst ye searched out what to say. - -32:12 Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you -that convinced Job, or that answered his words: 32:13 Lest ye should -say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man. - -32:14 Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I -answer him with your speeches. - -32:15 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking. - -32:16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and -answered no more;) 32:17 I said, I will answer also my part, I also -will shew mine opinion. - -32:18 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. - -32:19 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to -burst like new bottles. - -32:20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and -answer. - -32:21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me -give flattering titles unto man. - -32:22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker -would soon take me away. - -33:1 Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all -my words. - -33:2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my -mouth. - -33:3 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips -shall utter knowledge clearly. - -33:4 The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty -hath given me life. - -33:5 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand -up. - -33:6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am -formed out of the clay. - -33:7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my -hand be heavy upon thee. - -33:8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the -voice of thy words, saying, 33:9 I am clean without transgression, I -am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me. - -33:10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his -enemy, 33:11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my -paths. - -33:12 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God -is greater than man. - -33:13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of -any of his matters. - -33:14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. - -33:15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth -upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; 33:16 Then he openeth the ears -of men, and sealeth their instruction, 33:17 That he may withdraw man -from his purpose, and hide pride from man. - -33:18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from -perishing by the sword. - -33:19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude -of his bones with strong pain: 33:20 So that his life abhorreth bread, -and his soul dainty meat. - -33:21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his -bones that were not seen stick out. - -33:22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the -destroyers. - -33:23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a -thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness: 33:24 Then he is gracious -unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have -found a ransom. - -33:25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to -the days of his youth: 33:26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be -favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will -render unto man his righteousness. - -33:27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and -perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; 33:28 He will -deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the -light. - -33:29 Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, 33:30 To -bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of -the living. - -33:31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will -speak. - -33:32 If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to -justify thee. - -33:33 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee -wisdom. - -34:1 Furthermore Elihu answered and said, 34:2 Hear my words, O ye -wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. - -34:3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. - -34:4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is -good. - -34:5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my -judgment. - -34:6 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without -transgression. - -34:7 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? 34:8 -Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with -wicked men. - -34:9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should -delight himself with God. - -34:10 Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it -from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he -should commit iniquity. - -34:11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every -man to find according to his ways. - -34:12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty -pervert judgment. - -34:13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed -the whole world? 34:14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather -unto himself his spirit and his breath; 34:15 All flesh shall perish -together, and man shall turn again unto dust. - -34:16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice -of my words. - -34:17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn -him that is most just? 34:18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art -wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? 34:19 How much less to him -that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more -than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands. - -34:20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at -midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without -hand. - -34:21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his -goings. - -34:22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of -iniquity may hide themselves. - -34:23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should -enter into judgment with God. - -34:24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set -others in their stead. - -34:25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the -night, so that they are destroyed. - -34:26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; -34:27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of -his ways: 34:28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto -him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted. - -34:29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he -hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a -nation, or against a man only: 34:30 That the hypocrite reign not, -lest the people be ensnared. - -34:31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne -chastisement, I will not offend any more: 34:32 That which I see not -teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. - -34:33 Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, -whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore -speak what thou knowest. - -34:34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken -unto me. - -34:35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without -wisdom. - -34:36 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his -answers for wicked men. - -34:37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands -among us, and multiplieth his words against God. - -35:1 Elihu spake moreover, and said, 35:2 Thinkest thou this to be -right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? 35:3 -For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit -shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? 35:4 I will answer thee, -and thy companions with thee. - -35:5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are -higher than thou. - -35:6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy -transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? 35:7 If thou -be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine -hand? 35:8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy -righteousness may profit the son of man. - -35:9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed -to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. - -35:10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the -night; 35:11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and -maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? 35:12 There they cry, but -none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. - -35:13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty -regard it. - -35:14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is -before him; therefore trust thou in him. - -35:15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet -he knoweth it not in great extremity: 35:16 Therefore doth Job open -his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge. - -36:1 Elihu also proceeded, and said, 36:2 Suffer me a little, and I -will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf. - -36:3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe -righteousness to my Maker. - -36:4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in -knowledge is with thee. - -36:5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in -strength and wisdom. - -36:6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the -poor. - -36:7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings -are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they -are exalted. - -36:8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of -affliction; 36:9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their -transgressions that they have exceeded. - -36:10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that -they return from iniquity. - -36:11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in -prosperity, and their years in pleasures. - -36:12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they -shall die without knowledge. - -36:13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he -bindeth them. - -36:14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean. - -36:15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears -in oppression. - -36:16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a -broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be -set on thy table should be full of fatness. - -36:17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and -justice take hold on thee. - -36:18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his -stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. - -36:19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of -strength. - -36:20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place. - -36:21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather -than affliction. - -36:22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him? 36:23 -Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought -iniquity? 36:24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men -behold. - -36:25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off. - -36:26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the -number of his years be searched out. - -36:27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain -according to the vapour thereof: 36:28 Which the clouds do drop and -distil upon man abundantly. - -36:29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the -noise of his tabernacle? 36:30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon -it, and covereth the bottom of the sea. - -36:31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance. - -36:32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to -shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt. - -36:33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also -concerning the vapour. - -37:1 At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place. - -37:2 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth -out of his mouth. - -37:3 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto -the ends of the earth. - -37:4 After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his -excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard. - -37:5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth -he, which we cannot comprehend. - -37:6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the -small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. - -37:7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his -work. - -37:8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places. - -37:9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. - -37:10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the -waters is straitened. - -37:11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his -bright cloud: 37:12 And it is turned round about by his counsels: that -they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world -in the earth. - -37:13 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, -or for mercy. - -37:14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous -works of God. - -37:15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of -his cloud to shine? 37:16 Dost thou know the balancings of the -clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge? -37:17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the -south wind? 37:18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is -strong, and as a molten looking glass? 37:19 Teach us what we shall -say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness. - -37:20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he -shall be swallowed up. - -37:21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but -the wind passeth, and cleanseth them. - -37:22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible -majesty. - -37:23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent -in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not -afflict. - -37:24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise -of heart. - -38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 38:2 -Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? 38:3 -Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and -answer thou me. - -38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? -declare, if thou hast understanding. - -38:5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath -stretched the line upon it? 38:6 Whereupon are the foundations -thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; 38:7 When the -morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? -38:8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it -had issued out of the womb? 38:9 When I made the cloud the garment -thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, 38:10 And brake up -for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, 38:11 And said, -Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud -waves be stayed? 38:12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy -days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; 38:13 That it might -take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken -out of it? 38:14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as -a garment. - -38:15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm -shall be broken. - -38:16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou -walked in the search of the depth? 38:17 Have the gates of death been -opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? -38:18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou -knowest it all. - -38:19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, -where is the place thereof, 38:20 That thou shouldest take it to the -bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house -thereof? 38:21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or -because the number of thy days is great? 38:22 Hast thou entered into -the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the -hail, 38:23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against -the day of battle and war? 38:24 By what way is the light parted, -which scattereth the east wind upon the earth? 38:25 Who hath divided -a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the -lightning of thunder; 38:26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no -man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 38:27 To satisfy -the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb -to spring forth? 38:28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten -the drops of dew? 38:29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary -frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? 38:30 The waters are hid as -with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. - -38:31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the -bands of Orion? 38:32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? -or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? 38:33 Knowest thou the -ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the -earth? 38:34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that -abundance of waters may cover thee? 38:35 Canst thou send lightnings, -that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are? 38:36 Who hath put -wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the -heart? 38:37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the -bottles of heaven, 38:38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the -clods cleave fast together? 38:39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the -lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, 38:40 When they couch -in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? 38:41 Who -provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, -they wander for lack of meat. - -39:1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring -forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? 39:2 Canst thou -number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they -bring forth? 39:3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young -ones, they cast out their sorrows. - -39:4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they -go forth, and return not unto them. - -39:5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands -of the wild ass? 39:6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the -barren land his dwellings. - -39:7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the -crying of the driver. - -39:8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after -every green thing. - -39:9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? -39:10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will -he harrow the valleys after thee? 39:11 Wilt thou trust him, because -his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? 39:12 -Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it -into thy barn? 39:13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? -or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? 39:14 Which leaveth her eggs -in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, 39:15 And forgetteth that the -foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. - -39:16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not -her's: her labour is in vain without fear; 39:17 Because God hath -deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding. - -39:18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse -and his rider. - -39:19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck -with thunder? 39:20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the -glory of his nostrils is terrible. - -39:21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth -on to meet the armed men. - -39:22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he -back from the sword. - -39:23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the -shield. - -39:24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither -believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. - -39:25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle -afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. - -39:26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward -the south? 39:27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her -nest on high? 39:28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the -crag of the rock, and the strong place. - -39:29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. - -39:30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, -there is she. - -40:1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, 40:2 Shall he that -contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let -him answer it. - -40:3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said, 40:4 Behold, I am vile; -what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. - -40:5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will -proceed no further. - -40:6 Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, -40:7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and -declare thou unto me. - -40:8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that -thou mayest be righteous? 40:9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst -thou thunder with a voice like him? 40:10 Deck thyself now with -majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. - -40:11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is -proud, and abase him. - -40:12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread -down the wicked in their place. - -40:13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret. - -40:14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can -save thee. - -40:15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as -an ox. - -40:16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the -navel of his belly. - -40:17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are -wrapped together. - -40:18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars -of iron. - -40:19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make -his sword to approach unto him. - -40:20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts -of the field play. - -40:21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and -fens. - -40:22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the -brook compass him about. - -40:23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth -that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. - -40:24 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares. - -41:1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a -cord which thou lettest down? 41:2 Canst thou put an hook into his -nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? 41:3 Will he make many -supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? 41:4 -Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant -for ever? 41:5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou -bind him for thy maidens? 41:6 Shall the companions make a banquet of -him? shall they part him among the merchants? 41:7 Canst thou fill -his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? 41:8 Lay -thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. - -41:9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down -even at the sight of him? 41:10 None is so fierce that dare stir him -up: who then is able to stand before me? 41:11 Who hath prevented me, -that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. - -41:12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely -proportion. - -41:13 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him -with his double bridle? 41:14 Who can open the doors of his face? his -teeth are terrible round about. - -41:15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. - -41:16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. - -41:17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they -cannot be sundered. - -41:18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the -eyelids of the morning. - -41:19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. - -41:20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or -caldron. - -41:21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. - -41:22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy -before him. - -41:23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in -themselves; they cannot be moved. - -41:24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the -nether millstone. - -41:25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of -breakings they purify themselves. - -41:26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the -dart, nor the habergeon. - -41:27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. - -41:28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him -into stubble. - -41:29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a -spear. - -41:30 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things -upon the mire. - -41:31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a -pot of ointment. - -41:32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to -be hoary. - -41:33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. - -41:34 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children -of pride. - -42:1 Then Job answered the LORD, and said, 42:2 I know that thou canst -do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. - -42:3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I -uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I -knew not. - -42:4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, -and declare thou unto me. - -42:5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye -seeth thee. - -42:6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. - -42:7 And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto -Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled -against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of -me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. - -42:8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go -to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and -my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal -with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing -which is right, like my servant Job. - -42:9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the -Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the -LORD also accepted Job. - -42:10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his -friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. - -42:11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, -and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat -bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him -over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also -gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold. - -42:12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his -beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand -camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. - -42:13 He had also seven sons and three daughters. - -42:14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the -second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch. - -42:15 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters -of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. - -42:16 After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his -sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations. - -42:17 So Job died, being old and full of days. - - - - -The Book of Psalms - - -1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, -nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the -scornful. - -1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he -meditate day and night. - -1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that -bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not -wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. - -1:4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind -driveth away. - -1:5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners -in the congregation of the righteous. - -1:6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the -ungodly shall perish. - - - -2:1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? - -2:2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel -together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, - -2:3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from -us. - -2:4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have -them in derision. - -2:5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his -sore displeasure. - -2:6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. - -2:7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my -Son; this day have I begotten thee. - -2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine -inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. - -2:9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in -pieces like a potter's vessel. - -2:10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of -the earth. - -2:11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. - -2:12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when -his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their -trust in him. - - - -3:1 Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that -rise up against me. - -3:2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in -God. - -Selah. - -3:3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up -of mine head. - -3:4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his -holy hill. Selah. - -3:5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me. - -3:6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set -themselves against me round about. - -3:7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine -enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the -ungodly. - -3:8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy -people. - -Selah. - - - -4:1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged -me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. - -4:2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how -long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah. - -4:3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for -himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him. - -4:4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your -bed, and be still. Selah. - -4:5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the -LORD. - -4:6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou -up the light of thy countenance upon us. - -4:7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that -their corn and their wine increased. - -4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only -makest me dwell in safety. - - - -5:1 Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. - -5:2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto -thee will I pray. - -5:3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning -will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. - -5:4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither -shall evil dwell with thee. - -5:5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers -of iniquity. - -5:6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor -the bloody and deceitful man. - -5:7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy -mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. - -5:8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; -make thy way straight before my face. - -5:9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is -very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with -their tongue. - -5:10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; -cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have -rebelled against thee. - -5:11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them -ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that -love thy name be joyful in thee. - -5:12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou -compass him as with a shield. - - - -6:1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy -hot displeasure. - -6:2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my -bones are vexed. - -6:3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? - -6:4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake. - -6:5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who -shall give thee thanks? - -6:6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; -I water my couch with my tears. - -6:7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of -all mine enemies. - -6:8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath -heard the voice of my weeping. - -6:9 The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my -prayer. - -6:10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return -and be ashamed suddenly. - - - -7:1 O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them -that persecute me, and deliver me: - -7:2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while -there is none to deliver. - -7:3 O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my -hands; - -7:4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, -I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) - -7:5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread -down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah. - -7:6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage -of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast -commanded. - -7:7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for -their sakes therefore return thou on high. - -7:8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my -righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. - -7:9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish -the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. - -7:10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. - -7:11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every -day. - -7:12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and -made it ready. - -7:13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he -ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. - -7:14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, -and brought forth falsehood. - -7:15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which -he made. - -7:16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent -dealing shall come down upon his own pate. - -7:17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will -sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. - - - -8:1 O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who -hast set thy glory above the heavens. - -8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained -strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy -and the avenger. - -8:3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and -the stars, which thou hast ordained; - -8:4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, -that thou visitest him? - -8:5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast -crowned him with glory and honour. - -8:6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou -hast put all things under his feet: - -8:7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; - -8:8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever -passeth through the paths of the seas. - -8:9 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! - - -9:1 I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth -all thy marvellous works. - -9:2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy -name, O thou most High. - -9:3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at -thy presence. - -9:4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the -throne judging right. - -9:5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, -thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. - -9:6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou -hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. - -9:7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne -for judgment. - -9:8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister -judgment to the people in uprightness. - -9:9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in -times of trouble. - -9:10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for -thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. - -9:11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among -the people his doings. - -9:12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he -forgetteth not the cry of the humble. - -9:13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of -them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: - -9:14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter -of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. - -9:15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net -which they hid is their own foot taken. - -9:16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked -is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. - -9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that -forget God. - -9:18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of -the poor shall not perish for ever. - -9:19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in -thy sight. - -9:20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to -be but men. Selah. - - - -10:1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in -times of trouble? - -10:2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be -taken in the devices that they have imagined. - -10:3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the -covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. - -10:4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek -after God: God is not in all his thoughts. - -10:5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of -his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. - -10:6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall -never be in adversity. - -10:7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his -tongue is mischief and vanity. - -10:8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret -places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against -the poor. - -10:9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait -to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into -his net. - -10:10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by -his strong ones. - -10:11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his -face; he will never see it. - -10:12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. - -10:13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his -heart, Thou wilt not require it. - -10:14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to -requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou -art the helper of the fatherless. - -10:15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his -wickedness till thou find none. - -10:16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out -of his land. - -10:17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt -prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: - -10:18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the -earth may no more oppress. - - - -11:1 In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird -to your mountain? - -11:2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow -upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. - -11:3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? - -11:4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven: -his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. - -11:5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth -violence his soul hateth. - -11:6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an -horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. - -11:7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth -behold the upright. - - - -12:1 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from -among the children of men. - -12:2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering -lips and with a double heart do they speak. - -12:3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that -speaketh proud things: - -12:4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our -own: who is lord over us? - -12:5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now -will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that -puffeth at him. - -12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a -furnace of earth, purified seven times. - -12:7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this -generation for ever. - -12:8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. - - - -13:1 How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt -thou hide thy face from me? - -13:2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my -heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? - -13:3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I -sleep the sleep of death; - -13:4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that -trouble me rejoice when I am moved. - -13:5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy -salvation. - -13:6 I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with -me. - - - -14:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are -corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth -good. - -14:2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see -if there were any that did understand, and seek God. - -14:3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: -there is none that doeth good, no, not one. - -14:4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my -people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD. - -14:5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of -the righteous. - -14:6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his -refuge. - -14:7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the -LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, -and Israel shall be glad. - - - -15:1 Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy -holy hill? - -15:2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and -speaketh the truth in his heart. - -15:3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his -neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. - -15:4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them -that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth -not. - -15:5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward -against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. - - - -16:1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. - -16:2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my -goodness extendeth not to thee; - -16:3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in -whom is all my delight. - -16:4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: -their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their -names into my lips. - -16:5 The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou -maintainest my lot. - -16:6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a -goodly heritage. - -16:7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also -instruct me in the night seasons. - -16:8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right -hand, I shall not be moved. - -16:9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also -shall rest in hope. - -16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou -suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. - -16:11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness -of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. - - - -17:1 Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my -prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. - -17:2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes -behold the things that are equal. - -17:3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; -thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my -mouth shall not transgress. - -17:4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept -me from the paths of the destroyer. - -17:5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. - -17:6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline -thine ear unto me, and hear my speech. - -17:7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy -right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up -against them. - -17:8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy -wings, - -17:9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who -compass me about. - -17:10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak -proudly. - -17:11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their -eyes bowing down to the earth; - -17:12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a -young lion lurking in secret places. - -17:13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul -from the wicked, which is thy sword: - -17:14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, -which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest -with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest -of their substance to their babes. - -17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be -satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. - - - -18:1 I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. - -18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, -my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my -salvation, and my high tower. - -18:3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall -I be saved from mine enemies. - -18:4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men -made me afraid. - -18:5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death -prevented me. - -18:6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he -heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even -into his ears. - -18:7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the -hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. - -18:8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his -mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. - -18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under -his feet. - -18:10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the -wings of the wind. - -18:11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him -were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. - -18:12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, -hail stones and coals of fire. - -18:13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his -voice; hail stones and coals of fire. - -18:14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out -lightnings, and discomfited them. - -18:15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of -the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the -breath of thy nostrils. - -18:16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. - -18:17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated -me: for they were too strong for me. - -18:18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my -stay. - -18:19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, -because he delighted in me. - -18:20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to -the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. - -18:21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly -departed from my God. - -18:22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his -statutes from me. - -18:23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine -iniquity. - -18:24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my -righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. - -18:25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an -upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright; - -18:26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward -thou wilt shew thyself froward. - -18:27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down -high looks. - -18:28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my -darkness. - -18:29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I -leaped over a wall. - -18:30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: -he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. - -18:31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God? - -18:32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way -perfect. - -18:33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high -places. - -18:34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by -mine arms. - -18:35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy -right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. - -18:36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. - -18:37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I -turn again till they were consumed. - -18:38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are -fallen under my feet. - -18:39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast -subdued under me those that rose up against me. - -18:40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might -destroy them that hate me. - -18:41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, -but he answered them not. - -18:42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did -cast them out as the dirt in the streets. - -18:43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and -thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not -known shall serve me. - -18:44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers -shall submit themselves unto me. - -18:45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close -places. - -18:46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my -salvation be exalted. - -18:47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me. - -18:48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up -above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the -violent man. - -18:49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the -heathen, and sing praises unto thy name. - -18:50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to -his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore. - - - -19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth -his handywork. - -19:2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth -knowledge. - -19:3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. - -19:4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to -the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, - -19:5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth -as a strong man to run a race. - -19:6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit -unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. - -19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the -testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. - -19:8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the -commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. - -19:9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments -of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. - -19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: -sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. - -19:11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them -there is great reward. - -19:12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret -faults. - -19:13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not -have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be -innocent from the great transgression. - -19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be -acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. - - - -20:1 The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of -Jacob defend thee; - -20:2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of -Zion; - -20:3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; -Selah. - -20:4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy -counsel. - -20:5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we -will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions. - -20:6 Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him -from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. - -20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember -the name of the LORD our God. - -20:8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand -upright. - -20:9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call. - - - -21:1 The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation -how greatly shall he rejoice! - -21:2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden -the request of his lips. Selah. - -21:3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou -settest a crown of pure gold on his head. - -21:4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of -days for ever and ever. - -21:5 His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou -laid upon him. - -21:6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him -exceeding glad with thy countenance. - -21:7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the -most High he shall not be moved. - -21:8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall -find out those that hate thee. - -21:9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: -the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour -them. - -21:10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed -from among the children of men. - -21:11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous -device, which they are not able to perform. - -21:12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt -make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. - -21:13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing -and praise thy power. - - - -22:1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far -from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? - -22:2 O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the -night season, and am not silent. - -22:3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. - -22:4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver -them. - -22:5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, -and were not confounded. - -22:6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of -the people. - -22:7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, -they shake the head, saying, - -22:8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver -him, seeing he delighted in him. - -22:9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me -hope when I was upon my mother's breasts. - -22:10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my -mother's belly. - -22:11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to -help. - -22:12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset -me round. - -22:13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a -roaring lion. - -22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: -my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. - -22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth -to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. - -22:16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have -inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. - -22:17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. - -22:18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. - -22:19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee -to help me. - -22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the -dog. - -22:21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the -horns of the unicorns. - -22:22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the -congregation will I praise thee. - -22:23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, -glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. - -22:24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the -afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried -unto him, he heard. - -22:25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay -my vows before them that fear him. - -22:26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD -that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. - -22:27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: -and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. - -22:28 For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among the -nations. - -22:29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they -that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive -his own soul. - -22:30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a -generation. - -22:31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a -people that shall be born, that he hath done this. - - - -23:1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. - -23:2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside -the still waters. - -23:3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness -for his name's sake. - -23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I -will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they -comfort me. - -23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: -thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. - -23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my -life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. - - - -24:1 The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and -they that dwell therein. - -24:2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the -floods. - -24:3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in -his holy place? - -24:4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted -up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. - -24:5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness -from the God of his salvation. - -24:6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, -O Jacob. Selah. - -24:7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting -doors; and the King of glory shall come in. - -24:8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD -mighty in battle. - -24:9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting -doors; and the King of glory shall come in. - -24:10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of -glory. Selah. - - - -25:1 Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. - -25:2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine -enemies triumph over me. - -25:3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed -which transgress without cause. - -25:4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. - -25:5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my -salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. - -25:6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; -for they have been ever of old. - -25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: -according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O -LORD. - -25:8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in -the way. - -25:9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach -his way. - -25:10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep -his covenant and his testimonies. - -25:11 For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is -great. - -25:12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the -way that he shall choose. - -25:13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the -earth. - -25:14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will -shew them his covenant. - -25:15 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet -out of the net. - -25:16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and -afflicted. - -25:17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my -distresses. - -25:18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins. - -25:19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with -cruel hatred. - -25:20 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put -my trust in thee. - -25:21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. - -25:22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. - - - -26:1 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have -trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide. - -26:2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. - -26:3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in -thy truth. - -26:4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with -dissemblers. - -26:5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit -with the wicked. - -26:6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine -altar, O LORD: - -26:7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of -all thy wondrous works. - -26:8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place -where thine honour dwelleth. - -26:9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: - -26:10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of -bribes. - -26:11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be -merciful unto me. - -26:12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I -bless the LORD. - - - -27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the -LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? - -27:2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to -eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. - -27:3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: -though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. - -27:4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; -that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to -behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple. - -27:5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in -the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon -a rock. - -27:6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round -about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; -I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. - -27:7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, -and answer me. - -27:8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy -face, LORD, will I seek. - -27:9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: -thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my -salvation. - -27:10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take -me up. - -27:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because -of mine enemies. - -27:12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false -witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. - -27:13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the -LORD in the land of the living. - -27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen -thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. - - - -28:1 Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, -if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. - -28:2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I -lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. - -28:3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of -iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in -their hearts. - -28:4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the -wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their -hands; render to them their desert. - -28:5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation -of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. - -28:6 Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my -supplications. - -28:7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, -and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my -song will I praise him. - -28:8 The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his -anointed. - -28:9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and -lift them up for ever. - - - -29:1 Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and -strength. - -29:2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD -in the beauty of holiness. - -29:3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory -thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters. - -29:4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full -of majesty. - -29:5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh -the cedars of Lebanon. - -29:6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like -a young unicorn. - -29:7 The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire. - -29:8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh -the wilderness of Kadesh. - -29:9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth -the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory. - -29:10 The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for -ever. - -29:11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless -his people with peace. - - - -30:1 I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast -not made my foes to rejoice over me. - -30:2 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. - -30:3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast -kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. - -30:4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the -remembrance of his holiness. - -30:5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: -weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. - -30:6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. - -30:7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: -thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. - -30:8 I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication. - -30:9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? -Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? - -30:10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper. - -30:11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put -off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; - -30:12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be -silent. - -O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. - - - -31:1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: -deliver me in thy righteousness. - -31:2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong -rock, for an house of defence to save me. - -31:3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's -sake lead me, and guide me. - -31:4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for -thou art my strength. - -31:5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD -God of truth. - -31:6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the -LORD. - -31:7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered -my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities; - -31:8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set -my feet in a large room. - -31:9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is -consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. - -31:10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my -strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. - -31:11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my -neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me -without fled from me. - -31:12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken -vessel. - -31:13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: -while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away -my life. - -31:14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God. - -31:15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine -enemies, and from them that persecute me. - -31:16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy -mercies' sake. - -31:17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let -the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. - -31:18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous -things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. - -31:19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them -that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee -before the sons of men! - -31:20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the -pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the -strife of tongues. - -31:21 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous -kindness in a strong city. - -31:22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: -nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried -unto thee. - -31:23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the -faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. - -31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye -that hope in the LORD. - - - -32:1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is -covered. - -32:2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and -in whose spirit there is no guile. - -32:3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all -the day long. - -32:4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is -turned into the drought of summer. Selah. - -32:5 I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. -I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou -forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. - -32:6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time -when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they -shall not come nigh unto him. - -32:7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; -thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. - -32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt -go: I will guide thee with mine eye. - -32:9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no -understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest -they come near unto thee. - -32:10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the -LORD, mercy shall compass him about. - -32:11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for -joy, all ye that are upright in heart. - - - -33:1 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the -upright. - -33:2 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an -instrument of ten strings. - -33:3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise. - -33:4 For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in -truth. - -33:5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the -goodness of the LORD. - -33:6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host -of them by the breath of his mouth. - -33:7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth -up the depth in storehouses. - -33:8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the -world stand in awe of him. - -33:9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. - -33:10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he -maketh the devices of the people of none effect. - -33:11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his -heart to all generations. - -33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom -he hath chosen for his own inheritance. - -33:13 The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. - -33:14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the -inhabitants of the earth. - -33:15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their -works. - -33:16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man -is not delivered by much strength. - -33:17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver -any by his great strength. - -33:18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon -them that hope in his mercy; - -33:19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in -famine. - -33:20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. - -33:21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in -his holy name. - -33:22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee. - - - -34:1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually -be in my mouth. - -34:2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear -thereof, and be glad. - -34:3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. - -34:4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my -fears. - -34:5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were -not ashamed. - -34:6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of -all his troubles. - -34:7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, -and delivereth them. - -34:8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that -trusteth in him. - -34:9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that -fear him. - -34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek -the LORD shall not want any good thing. - -34:11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of -the LORD. - -34:12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he -may see good? - -34:13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. - -34:14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. - -34:15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are -open unto their cry. - -34:16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off -the remembrance of them from the earth. - -34:17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out -of all their troubles. - -34:18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and -saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. - -34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD -delivereth him out of them all. - -34:20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken. - -34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous -shall be desolate. - -34:22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them -that trust in him shall be desolate. - - - -35:1 Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight -against them that fight against me. - -35:2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. - -35:3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that -persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. - -35:4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: -let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt. - -35:5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the -LORD chase them. - -35:6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD -persecute them. - -35:7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which -without cause they have digged for my soul. - -35:8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that -he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. - -35:9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his -salvation. - -35:10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which -deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor -and the needy from him that spoileth him? - -35:11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that -I knew not. - -35:12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul. - -35:13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I -humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own -bosom. - -35:14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I -bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. - -35:15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves -together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, -and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not: - -35:16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with -their teeth. - -35:17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their -destructions, my darling from the lions. - -35:18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise -thee among much people. - -35:19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: -neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. - -35:20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters -against them that are quiet in the land. - -35:21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, -aha, our eye hath seen it. - -35:22 This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not -far from me. - -35:23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, -my God and my Lord. - -35:24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let -them not rejoice over me. - -35:25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let -them not say, We have swallowed him up. - -35:26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that -rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour -that magnify themselves against me. - -35:27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous -cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which -hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. - -35:28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise -all the day long. - - - -36:1 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there -is no fear of God before his eyes. - -36:2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be -found to be hateful. - -36:3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off -to be wise, and to do good. - -36:4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way -that is not good; he abhorreth not evil. - -36:5 Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness -reacheth unto the clouds. - -36:6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are -a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast. - -36:7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the -children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. - -36:8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; -and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. - -36:9 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see -light. - -36:10 O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy -righteousness to the upright in heart. - -36:11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand -of the wicked remove me. - -36:12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, -and shall not be able to rise. - - - -37:1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious -against the workers of iniquity. - -37:2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the -green herb. - -37:3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, -and verily thou shalt be fed. - -37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the -desires of thine heart. - -37:5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall -bring it to pass. - -37:6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy -judgment as the noonday. - -37:7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself -because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who -bringeth wicked devices to pass. - -37:8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise -to do evil. - -37:9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the -LORD, they shall inherit the earth. - -37:10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou -shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. - -37:11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight -themselves in the abundance of peace. - -37:12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with -his teeth. - -37:13 The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is -coming. - -37:14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to -cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright -conversation. - -37:15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows -shall be broken. - -37:16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of -many wicked. - -37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD -upholdeth the righteous. - -37:18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance -shall be for ever. - -37:19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of -famine they shall be satisfied. - -37:20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall -be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they -consume away. - -37:21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous -sheweth mercy, and giveth. - -37:22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they -that be cursed of him shall be cut off. - -37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he -delighteth in his way. - -37:24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD -upholdeth him with his hand. - -37:25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the -righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. - -37:26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. - -37:27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore. - -37:28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they -are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. - -37:29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for -ever. - -37:30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue -talketh of judgment. - -37:31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall -slide. - -37:32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. - -37:33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he -is judged. - -37:34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to -inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. - -37:35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself -like a green bay tree. - -37:36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but -he could not be found. - -37:37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of -that man is peace. - -37:38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of -the wicked shall be cut off. - -37:39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their -strength in the time of trouble. - -37:40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver -them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. - - - -38:1 O lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot -displeasure. - -38:2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. - -38:3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither -is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. - -38:4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden -they are too heavy for me. - -38:5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. - -38:6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day -long. - -38:7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no -soundness in my flesh. - -38:8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the -disquietness of my heart. - -38:9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid -from thee. - -38:10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of -mine eyes, it also is gone from me. - -38:11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my -kinsmen stand afar off. - -38:12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they -that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all -the day long. - -38:13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that -openeth not his mouth. - -38:14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no -reproofs. - -38:15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. - -38:16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: -when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. - -38:17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me. - -38:18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. - -38:19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that -hate me wrongfully are multiplied. - -38:20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; -because I follow the thing that good is. - -38:21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. - -38:22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. - - - -39:1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my -tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before -me. - -39:2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my -sorrow was stirred. - -39:3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: -then spake I with my tongue, - -39:4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what -it is: that I may know how frail I am. - -39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is -as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is -altogether vanity. - -Selah. - -39:6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are -disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall -gather them. - -39:7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. - -39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach -of the foolish. - -39:9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. - -39:10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of -thine hand. - -39:11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou -makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is -vanity. Selah. - -39:12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy -peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as -all my fathers were. - -39:13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and -be no more. - - - -40:1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and -heard my cry. - -40:2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry -clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. - -40:3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: -many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. - -40:4 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and -respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. - -40:5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast -done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned -up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are -more than can be numbered. - -40:6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou -opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. - -40:7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written -of me, - -40:8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my -heart. - -40:9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I -have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. - -40:10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have -declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy -lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation. - -40:11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy -lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. - -40:12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities -have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are -more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. - -40:13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help -me. - -40:14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my -soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that -wish me evil. - -40:15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto -me, Aha, aha. - -40:16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let -such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified. - -40:17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art -my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. - - - -41:1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver -him in time of trouble. - -41:2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be -blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of -his enemies. - -41:3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou -wilt make all his bed in his sickness. - -41:4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have -sinned against thee. - -41:5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name -perish? - -41:6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth -iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it. - -41:7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they -devise my hurt. - -41:8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that -he lieth he shall rise up no more. - -41:9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat -of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. - -41:10 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I -may requite them. - -41:11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth -not triumph over me. - -41:12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest -me before thy face for ever. - -41:13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to -everlasting. Amen, and Amen. - - - -42:1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul -after thee, O God. - -42:2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come -and appear before God? - -42:3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually -say unto me, Where is thy God? - -42:4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had -gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with -the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday. - -42:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in -me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his -countenance. - -42:6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I -remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the -hill Mizar. - -42:7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy -waves and thy billows are gone over me. - -42:8 Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and -in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of -my life. - -42:9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I -mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? - -42:10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while -they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? - -42:11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted -within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the -health of my countenance, and my God. - - - -43:1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O -deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. - -43:2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? -why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? - -43:3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them -bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. - -43:4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: -yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. - -43:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted -within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health -of my countenance, and my God. - - - -44:1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, -what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. - -44:2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst -them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. - -44:3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, -neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine -arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour -unto them. - -44:4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. - -44:5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will -we tread them under that rise up against us. - -44:6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. - -44:7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to -shame that hated us. - -44:8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. - -Selah. - -44:9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth -with our armies. - -44:10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate -us spoil for themselves. - -44:11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast -scattered us among the heathen. - -44:12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy -wealth by their price. - -44:13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a -derision to them that are round about us. - -44:14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head -among the people. - -44:15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face -hath covered me, - -44:16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason -of the enemy and avenger. - -44:17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, -neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. - -44:18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined -from thy way; - -44:19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and -covered us with the shadow of death. - -44:20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our -hands to a strange god; - -44:21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the -heart. - -44:22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted -as sheep for the slaughter. - -44:23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for -ever. - -44:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction -and our oppression? - -44:25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto -the earth. - -44:26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. - - - -45:1 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I -have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. - -45:2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into -thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. - -45:3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and -thy majesty. - -45:4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and -meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee -terrible things. - -45:5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; -whereby the people fall under thee. - -45:6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy -kingdom is a right sceptre. - -45:7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, -thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy -fellows. - -45:8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of -the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. - -45:9 Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right -hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. - -45:10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget -also thine own people, and thy father's house; - -45:11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; -and worship thou him. - -45:12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the -rich among the people shall intreat thy favour. - -45:13 The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of -wrought gold. - -45:14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the -virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. - -45:15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall -enter into the king's palace. - -45:16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest -make princes in all the earth. - -45:17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: -therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever. - - - -46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. - -46:2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and -though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; - -46:3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the -mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. - -46:4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of -God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. - -46:5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall -help her, and that right early. - -46:6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, -the earth melted. - -46:7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. -Selah. - -46:8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made -in the earth. - -46:9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh -the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in -the fire. - -46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the -heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. - -46:11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. -Selah. - - - -47:1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice -of triumph. - -47:2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all -the earth. - -47:3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our -feet. - -47:4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob -whom he loved. Selah. - -47:5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a -trumpet. - -47:6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, -sing praises. - -47:7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with -understanding. - -47:8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his -holiness. - -47:9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people -of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: -he is greatly exalted. - - - -48:1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our -God, in the mountain of his holiness. - -48:2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount -Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. - -48:3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge. - -48:4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. - -48:5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and -hasted away. - -48:6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in -travail. - -48:7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. - -48:8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of -hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah. - -48:9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy -temple. - -48:10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of -the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness. - -48:11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, -because of thy judgments. - -48:12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers -thereof. - -48:13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may -tell it to the generation following. - -48:14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide -even unto death. - - - -49:1 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the -world: - -49:2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together. - -49:3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart -shall be of understanding. - -49:4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying -upon the harp. - -49:5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of -my heels shall compass me about? - -49:6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the -multitude of their riches; - -49:7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God -a ransom for him: - -49:8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for -ever:) - -49:9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. - -49:10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the -brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. - -49:11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for -ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their -lands after their own names. - -49:12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the -beasts that perish. - -49:13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their -sayings. Selah. - -49:14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; -and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and -their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. - -49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he -shall receive me. Selah. - -49:16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his -house is increased; - -49:17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall -not descend after him. - -49:18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise -thee, when thou doest well to thyself. - -49:19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never -see light. - -49:20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts -that perish. - - - -50:1 The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth -from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. - -50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. - -50:3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall -devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. - -50:4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that -he may judge his people. - -50:5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a -covenant with me by sacrifice. - -50:6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge -himself. Selah. - -50:7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify -against thee: I am God, even thy God. - -50:8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt -offerings, to have been continually before me. - -50:9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy -folds. - -50:10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a -thousand hills. - -50:11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of -the field are mine. - -50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, -and the fulness thereof. - -50:13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? - -50:14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most -High: - -50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and -thou shalt glorify me. - -50:16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare -my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? - -50:17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind -thee. - -50:18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and -hast been partaker with adulterers. - -50:19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. - -50:20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest -thine own mother's son. - -50:21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest -that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, -and set them in order before thine eyes. - -50:22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in -pieces, and there be none to deliver. - -50:23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth -his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God. - - - -51:1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: -according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my -transgressions. - -51:2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. - -51:3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before -me. - -51:4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy -sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be -clear when thou judgest. - -51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother -conceive me. - -51:6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the -hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. - -51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall -be whiter than snow. - -51:8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast -broken may rejoice. - -51:9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. - -51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit -within me. - -51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit -from me. - -51:12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy -free spirit. - -51:13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be -converted unto thee. - -51:14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my -salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. - -51:15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy -praise. - -51:16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou -delightest not in burnt offering. - -51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a -contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. - -51:18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of -Jerusalem. - -51:19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, -with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer -bullocks upon thine altar. - - - -52:1 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness -of God endureth continually. - -52:2 The tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working -deceitfully. - -52:3 Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak -righteousness. Selah. - -52:4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. - -52:5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee -away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of -the land of the living. Selah. - -52:6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: - -52:7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted -in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his -wickedness. - -52:8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in -the mercy of God for ever and ever. - -52:9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I -will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints. - - - -53:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are -they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth -good. - -53:2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if -there were any that did understand, that did seek God. - -53:3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become -filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. - -53:4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people -as they eat bread: they have not called upon God. - -53:5 There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath -scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put -them to shame, because God hath despised them. - -53:6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God -bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and -Israel shall be glad. - - - -54:1 Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength. - -54:2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. - -54:3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after -my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah. - -54:4 Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my -soul. - -54:5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy -truth. - -54:6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O -LORD; for it is good. - -54:7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath -seen his desire upon mine enemies. - - - -55:1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my -supplication. - -55:2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a -noise; - -55:3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of -the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me. - -55:4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are -fallen upon me. - -55:5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath -overwhelmed me. - -55:6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly -away, and be at rest. - -55:7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. -Selah. - -55:8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. - -55:9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen -violence and strife in the city. - -55:10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief -also and sorrow are in the midst of it. - -55:11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not -from her streets. - -55:12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have -borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself -against me; then I would have hid myself from him: - -55:13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine -acquaintance. - -55:14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God -in company. - -55:15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: -for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. - -55:16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. - -55:17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: -and he shall hear my voice. - -55:18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was -against me: for there were many with me. - -55:19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. - -Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. - -55:20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with -him: he hath broken his covenant. - -55:21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in -his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. - -55:22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he -shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. - -55:23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of -destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their -days; but I will trust in thee. - - - -56:1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he -fighting daily oppresseth me. - -56:2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that -fight against me, O thou most High. - -56:3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. - -56:4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will -not fear what flesh can do unto me. - -56:5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me -for evil. - -56:6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark -my steps, when they wait for my soul. - -56:7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the -people, O God. - -56:8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: -are they not in thy book? - -56:9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I -know; for God is for me. - -56:10 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his -word. - -56:11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do -unto me. - -56:12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee. - -56:13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou -deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light -of the living? - - - -57:1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul -trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my -refuge, until these calamities be overpast. - -57:2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all -things for me. - -57:3 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him -that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and -his truth. - -57:4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on -fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and -their tongue a sharp sword. - -57:5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above -all the earth. - -57:6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: -they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are -fallen themselves. Selah. - -57:7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give -praise. - -57:8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake -early. - -57:9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto -thee among the nations. - -57:10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the -clouds. - -57:11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be -above all the earth. - - - -58:1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge -uprightly, O ye sons of men? - -58:2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your -hands in the earth. - -58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as -they be born, speaking lies. - -58:4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the -deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; - -58:5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never -so wisely. - -58:6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great -teeth of the young lions, O LORD. - -58:7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he -bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. - -58:8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like -the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. - -58:9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as -with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. - -58:10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he -shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. - -58:11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the -righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. - - - -59:1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that -rise up against me. - -59:2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody -men. - -59:3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered -against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD. - -59:4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help -me, and behold. - -59:5 Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to -visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. -Selah. - -59:6 They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go -round about the city. - -59:7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their -lips: for who, say they, doth hear? - -59:8 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the -heathen in derision. - -59:9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my -defence. - -59:10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my -desire upon mine enemies. - -59:11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; -and bring them down, O Lord our shield. - -59:12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them -even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they -speak. - -59:13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and -let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. -Selah. - -59:14 And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a -dog, and go round about the city. - -59:15 Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not -satisfied. - -59:16 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy -mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the -day of my trouble. - -59:17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, -and the God of my mercy. - - - -60:1 O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast -been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. - -60:2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal -the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. - -60:3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to -drink the wine of astonishment. - -60:4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be -displayed because of the truth. Selah. - -60:5 That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and -hear me. - -60:6 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide -Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. - -60:7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the -strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; - -60:8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, -triumph thou because of me. - -60:9 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into -Edom? - -60:10 Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, -which didst not go out with our armies? - -60:11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. - -60:12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread -down our enemies. - - - -61:1 Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. - -61:2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is -overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. - -61:3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the -enemy. - -61:4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the -covert of thy wings. Selah. - -61:5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the -heritage of those that fear thy name. - -61:6 Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many -generations. - -61:7 He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, -which may preserve him. - -61:8 So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily -perform my vows. - - - -62:1 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. - -62:2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall -not be greatly moved. - -62:3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be -slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering -fence. - -62:4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they -delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. -Selah. - -62:5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. - -62:6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall -not be moved. - -62:7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and -my refuge, is in God. - -62:8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before -him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. - -62:9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a -lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than -vanity. - -62:10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if -riches increase, set not your heart upon them. - -62:11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power -belongeth unto God. - -62:12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to -every man according to his work. - - - -63:1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth -for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where -no water is; - -63:2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the -sanctuary. - -63:3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall -praise thee. - -63:4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in -thy name. - -63:5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my -mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: - -63:6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the -night watches. - -63:7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy -wings will I rejoice. - -63:8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. - -63:9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the -lower parts of the earth. - -63:10 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. - -63:11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by -him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be -stopped. - - - -64:1 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of -the enemy. - -64:2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the -insurrection of the workers of iniquity: - -64:3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot -their arrows, even bitter words: - -64:4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they -shoot at him, and fear not. - -64:5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of -laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? - -64:6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: -both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep. - -64:7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be -wounded. - -64:8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all -that see them shall flee away. - -64:9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for -they shall wisely consider of his doing. - -64:10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; -and all the upright in heart shall glory. - - - -65:1 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the -vow be performed. - -65:2 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. - -65:3 Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou -shalt purge them away. - -65:4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach -unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with -the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple. - -65:5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of -our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, -and of them that are afar off upon the sea: - -65:6 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded -with power: - -65:7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, -and the tumult of the people. - -65:8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy -tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to -rejoice. - -65:9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest -it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them -corn, when thou hast so provided for it. - -65:10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the -furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the -springing thereof. - -65:11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop -fatness. - -65:12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little -hills rejoice on every side. - -65:13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are -covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing. - - - -66:1 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: - -66:2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious. - -66:3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the -greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto -thee. - -66:4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they -shall sing to thy name. Selah. - -66:5 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward -the children of men. - -66:6 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on -foot: there did we rejoice in him. - -66:7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let -not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. - -66:8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to -be heard: - -66:9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be -moved. - -66:10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver -is tried. - -66:11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our -loins. - -66:12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through -fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy -place. - -66:13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee -my vows, - -66:14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was -in trouble. - -66:15 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the -incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah. - -66:16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he -hath done for my soul. - -66:17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my -tongue. - -66:18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: - -66:19 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of -my prayer. - -66:20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his -mercy from me. - - - -67:1 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to -shine upon us; Selah. - -67:2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all -nations. - -67:3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise -thee. - -67:4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge -the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah. - -67:5 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise -thee. - -67:6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own -God, shall bless us. - -67:7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him. - - - -68:1 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that -hate him flee before him. - -68:2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth -before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. - -68:3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, -let them exceedingly rejoice. - -68:4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth -upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. - -68:5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in -his holy habitation. - -68:6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which -are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. - -68:7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst -march through the wilderness; Selah: - -68:8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: -even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel. - -68:9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst -confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. - -68:10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared -of thy goodness for the poor. - -68:11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that -published it. - -68:12 Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home -divided the spoil. - -68:13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings -of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. - -68:14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in -Salmon. - -68:15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the -hill of Bashan. - -68:16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth -to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever. - -68:17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of -angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. - -68:18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: -thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that -the LORD God might dwell among them. - -68:19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even -the God of our salvation. Selah. - -68:20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the -Lord belong the issues from death. - -68:21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp -of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses. - -68:22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my -people again from the depths of the sea: - -68:23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and -the tongue of thy dogs in the same. - -68:24 They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my -King, in the sanctuary. - -68:25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed -after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels. - -68:26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the -fountain of Israel. - -68:27 There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah -and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of -Naphtali. - -68:28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that -which thou hast wrought for us. - -68:29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents -unto thee. - -68:30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with -the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of -silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war. - -68:31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out -her hands unto God. - -68:32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the -Lord; Selah: - -68:33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of -old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice. - -68:34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and -his strength is in the clouds. - -68:35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of -Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed -be God. - - - -69:1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. - -69:2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into -deep waters, where the floods overflow me. - -69:3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while -I wait for my God. - -69:4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine -head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are -mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. - -69:5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from -thee. - -69:6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed -for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O -God of Israel. - -69:7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my -face. - -69:8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my -mother's children. - -69:9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches -of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. - -69:10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my -reproach. - -69:11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to -them. - -69:12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song -of the drunkards. - -69:13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable -time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of -thy salvation. - -69:14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be -delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. - -69:15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow -me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. - -69:16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me -according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. - -69:17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: -hear me speedily. - -69:18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of -mine enemies. - -69:19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: -mine adversaries are all before thee. - -69:20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I -looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, -but I found none. - -69:21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave -me vinegar to drink. - -69:22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which -should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. - -69:23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their -loins continually to shake. - -69:24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger -take hold of them. - -69:25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their -tents. - -69:26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to -the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. - -69:27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy -righteousness. - -69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be -written with the righteous. - -69:29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up -on high. - -69:30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him -with thanksgiving. - -69:31 This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock -that hath horns and hoofs. - -69:32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall -live that seek God. - -69:33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. - -69:34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing -that moveth therein. - -69:35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that -they may dwell there, and have it in possession. - -69:36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that -love his name shall dwell therein. - - - -70:1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord. - -70:2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let -them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. - -70:3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, -Aha, aha. - -70:4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let -such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified. - -70:5 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my -help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying. - - - -71:1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to -confusion. - -71:2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline -thine ear unto me, and save me. - -71:3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: -thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my -fortress. - -71:4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the -hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. - -71:5 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my -youth. - -71:6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that -took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of -thee. - -71:7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge. - -71:8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all -the day. - -71:9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my -strength faileth. - -71:10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my -soul take counsel together, - -71:11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there -is none to deliver him. - -71:12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. - -71:13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my -soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my -hurt. - -71:14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and -more. - -71:15 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation -all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof. - -71:16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention -of thy righteousness, even of thine only. - -71:17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I -declared thy wondrous works. - -71:18 Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; -until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power -to every one that is to come. - -71:19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great -things: O God, who is like unto thee! - -71:20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt -quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the -earth. - -71:21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. - -71:22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my -God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. - -71:23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my -soul, which thou hast redeemed. - -71:24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: -for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my -hurt. - - - -72:1 Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto -the king's son. - -72:2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with -judgment. - -72:3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little -hills, by righteousness. - -72:4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children -of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. - -72:5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, -throughout all generations. - -72:6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that -water the earth. - -72:7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace -so long as the moon endureth. - -72:8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river -unto the ends of the earth. - -72:9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his -enemies shall lick the dust. - -72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the -kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. - -72:11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall -serve him. - -72:12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, -and him that hath no helper. - -72:13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of -the needy. - -72:14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and -precious shall their blood be in his sight. - -72:15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of -Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall -he be praised. - -72:16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of -the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of -the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. - -72:17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as -long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall -call him blessed. - -72:18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth -wondrous things. - -72:19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole -earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen. - -72:20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. - - - -73:1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean -heart. - -73:2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh -slipped. - -73:3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of -the wicked. - -73:4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is -firm. - -73:5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued -like other men. - -73:6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence -covereth them as a garment. - -73:7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart -could wish. - -73:8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they -speak loftily. - -73:9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue -walketh through the earth. - -73:10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are -wrung out to them. - -73:11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the -most High? - -73:12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they -increase in riches. - -73:13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in -innocency. - -73:14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every -morning. - -73:15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the -generation of thy children. - -73:16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; - -73:17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their -end. - -73:18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst -them down into destruction. - -73:19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are -utterly consumed with terrors. - -73:20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou -shalt despise their image. - -73:21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. - -73:22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. - -73:23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by -my right hand. - -73:24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me -to glory. - -73:25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth -that I desire beside thee. - -73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my -heart, and my portion for ever. - -73:27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast -destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. - -73:28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust -in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works. - - - -74:1 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger -smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? - -74:2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the -rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, -wherein thou hast dwelt. - -74:3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that -the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. - -74:4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up -their ensigns for signs. - -74:5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the -thick trees. - -74:6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes -and hammers. - -74:7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by -casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. - -74:8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they -have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. - -74:9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is -there among us any that knoweth how long. - -74:10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy -blaspheme thy name for ever? - -74:11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out -of thy bosom. - -74:12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the -earth. - -74:13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the -heads of the dragons in the waters. - -74:14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to -be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. - -74:15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up -mighty rivers. - -74:16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared -the light and the sun. - -74:17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made -summer and winter. - -74:18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that -the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. - -74:19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of -the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. - -74:20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth -are full of the habitations of cruelty. - -74:21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy -praise thy name. - -74:22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish -man reproacheth thee daily. - -74:23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that -rise up against thee increaseth continually. - - - -75:1 Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: -for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. - -75:2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly. - -75:3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear -up the pillars of it. Selah. - -75:4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, -Lift not up the horn: - -75:5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck. - -75:6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, -nor from the south. - -75:7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up -another. - -75:8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; -it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs -thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink -them. - -75:9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of -Jacob. - -75:10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns -of the righteous shall be exalted. - - - -76:1 In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel. - -76:2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion. - -76:3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, -and the battle. Selah. - -76:4 Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey. - -76:5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and -none of the men of might have found their hands. - -76:6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are -cast into a dead sleep. - -76:7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight -when once thou art angry? - -76:8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth -feared, and was still, - -76:9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. -Selah. - -76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of -wrath shalt thou restrain. - -76:11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about -him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. - -76:12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the -kings of the earth. - - - -77:1 I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and -he gave ear unto me. - -77:2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the -night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. - -77:3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit -was overwhelmed. Selah. - -77:4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot -speak. - -77:5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. - -77:6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine -own heart: and my spirit made diligent search. - -77:7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no -more? - -77:8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for -evermore? - -77:9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his -tender mercies? Selah. - -77:10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years -of the right hand of the most High. - -77:11 I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember -thy wonders of old. - -77:12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. - -77:13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as -our God? - -77:14 Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy -strength among the people. - -77:15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob -and Joseph. Selah. - -77:16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were -afraid: the depths also were troubled. - -77:17 The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine -arrows also went abroad. - -77:18 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings -lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook. - -77:19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy -footsteps are not known. - -77:20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and -Aaron. - - - -78:1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words -of my mouth. - -78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of -old: - -78:3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. - -78:4 We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the -generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his -wonderful works that he hath done. - -78:5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in -Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them -known to their children: - -78:6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children -which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their -children: - -78:7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works -of God, but keep his commandments: - -78:8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious -generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose -spirit was not stedfast with God. - -78:9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned -back in the day of battle. - -78:10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his -law; - -78:11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them. - -78:12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the -land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. - -78:13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made -the waters to stand as an heap. - -78:14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night -with a light of fire. - -78:15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out -of the great depths. - -78:16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to -run down like rivers. - -78:17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High -in the wilderness. - -78:18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their -lust. - -78:19 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table -in the wilderness? - -78:20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the -streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for -his people? - -78:21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was -kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel; - -78:22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his -salvation: - -78:23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the -doors of heaven, - -78:24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them -of the corn of heaven. - -78:25 Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full. - -78:26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power -he brought in the south wind. - -78:27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like -as the sand of the sea: - -78:28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their -habitations. - -78:29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their -own desire; - -78:30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat -was yet in their mouths, - -78:31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, -and smote down the chosen men of Israel. - -78:32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his -wondrous works. - -78:33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years -in trouble. - -78:34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and -enquired early after God. - -78:35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God -their redeemer. - -78:36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they -lied unto him with their tongues. - -78:37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they -stedfast in his covenant. - -78:38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and -destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did -not stir up all his wrath. - -78:39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth -away, and cometh not again. - -78:40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him -in the desert! - -78:41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One -of Israel. - -78:42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them -from the enemy. - -78:43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the -field of Zoan. - -78:44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that -they could not drink. - -78:45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; -and frogs, which destroyed them. - -78:46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their -labour unto the locust. - -78:47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees -with frost. - -78:48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to -hot thunderbolts. - -78:49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and -indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. - -78:50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, -but gave their life over to the pestilence; - -78:51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their -strength in the tabernacles of Ham: - -78:52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them -in the wilderness like a flock. - -78:53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea -overwhelmed their enemies. - -78:54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this -mountain, which his right hand had purchased. - -78:55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an -inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their -tents. - -78:56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not -his testimonies: - -78:57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they -were turned aside like a deceitful bow. - -78:58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved -him to jealousy with their graven images. - -78:59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: - -78:60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he -placed among men; - -78:61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into -the enemy's hand. - -78:62 He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with -his inheritance. - -78:63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not -given to marriage. - -78:64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no -lamentation. - -78:65 Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man -that shouteth by reason of wine. - -78:66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a -perpetual reproach. - -78:67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the -tribe of Ephraim: - -78:68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. - -78:69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth -which he hath established for ever. - -78:70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the -sheepfolds: - -78:71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed -Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. - -78:72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and -guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. - - - -79:1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy -temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. - -79:2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto -the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of -the earth. - -79:3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and -there was none to bury them. - -79:4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision -to them that are round about us. - -79:5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy -burn like fire? - -79:6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and -upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. - -79:7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place. - -79:8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender -mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. - -79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and -deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. - -79:10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be -known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of -thy servants which is shed. - -79:11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to -the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to -die; - -79:12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their -reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. - -79:13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks -for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations. - - - -80:1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a -flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. - -80:2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, -and come and save us. - -80:3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall -be saved. - -80:4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the -prayer of thy people? - -80:5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears -to drink in great measure. - -80:6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies -laugh among themselves. - -80:7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and -we shall be saved. - -80:8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the -heathen, and planted it. - -80:9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep -root, and it filled the land. - -80:10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs -thereof were like the goodly cedars. - -80:11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the -river. - -80:12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they -which pass by the way do pluck her? - -80:13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of -the field doth devour it. - -80:14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, -and behold, and visit this vine; - -80:15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the -branch that thou madest strong for thyself. - -80:16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the -rebuke of thy countenance. - -80:17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of -man whom thou madest strong for thyself. - -80:18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call -upon thy name. - -80:19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and -we shall be saved. - - - -81:1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the -God of Jacob. - -81:2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp -with the psaltery. - -81:3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on -our solemn feast day. - -81:4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. - -81:5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out -through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood -not. - -81:6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered -from the pots. - -81:7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee -in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of -Meribah. - -Selah. - -81:8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if -thou wilt hearken unto me; - -81:9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship -any strange god. - -81:10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of -Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. - -81:11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would -none of me. - -81:12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked -in their own counsels. - -81:13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked -in my ways! - -81:14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand -against their adversaries. - -81:15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto -him: but their time should have endured for ever. - -81:16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and -with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. - - - -82:1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among -the gods. - -82:2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the -wicked? Selah. - -82:3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and -needy. - -82:4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the -wicked. - -82:5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in -darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. - -82:6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most -High. - -82:7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. - -82:8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all -nations. - - - -83:1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not -still, O God. - -83:2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee -have lifted up the head. - -83:3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted -against thy hidden ones. - -83:4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a -nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. - -83:5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are -confederate against thee: - -83:6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the -Hagarenes; - -83:7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the -inhabitants of Tyre; - -83:8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of -Lot. - -Selah. - -83:9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, -at the brook of Kison: - -83:10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth. - -83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their -princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: - -83:12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in -possession. - -83:13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the -wind. - -83:14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the -mountains on fire; - -83:15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with -thy storm. - -83:16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O -LORD. - -83:17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be -put to shame, and perish: - -83:18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art -the most high over all the earth. - - - -84:1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! - -84:2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: -my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. - -84:3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for -herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of -hosts, my King, and my God. - -84:4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still -praising thee. Selah. - -84:5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are -the ways of them. - -84:6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain -also filleth the pools. - -84:7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion -appeareth before God. - -84:8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. -Selah. - -84:9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine -anointed. - -84:10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather -be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of -wickedness. - -84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace -and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk -uprightly. - -84:12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. - - - -85:1 Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought -back the captivity of Jacob. - -85:2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered -all their sin. Selah. - -85:3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from -the fierceness of thine anger. - -85:4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us -to cease. - -85:5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine -anger to all generations? - -85:6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in -thee? - -85:7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation. - -85:8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace -unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to -folly. - -85:9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may -dwell in our land. - -85:10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have -kissed each other. - -85:11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall -look down from heaven. - -85:12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall -yield her increase. - -85:13 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way -of his steps. - - - -86:1 Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy. - -86:2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant -that trusteth in thee. - -86:3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily. - -86:4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift -up my soul. - -86:5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in -mercy unto all them that call upon thee. - -86:6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my -supplications. - -86:7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt -answer me. - -86:8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are -there any works like unto thy works. - -86:9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before -thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name. - -86:10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God -alone. - -86:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my -heart to fear thy name. - -86:12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will -glorify thy name for evermore. - -86:13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my -soul from the lowest hell. - -86:14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of -violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before -them. - -86:15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, -long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. - -86:16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto -thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. - -86:17 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, -and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me. - - - -87:1 His foundation is in the holy mountains. - -87:2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of -Jacob. - -87:3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. - -87:4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: -behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there. - -87:5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: -and the highest himself shall establish her. - -87:6 The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this -man was born there. Selah. - -87:7 As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: -all my springs are in thee. - - - -88:1 O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before -thee: - -88:2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; - -88:3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto -the grave. - -88:4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man -that hath no strength: - -88:5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom -thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. - -88:6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. - -88:7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all -thy waves. Selah. - -88:8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made -me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. - -88:9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called -daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee. - -88:10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and -praise thee? Selah. - -88:11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy -faithfulness in destruction? - -88:12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in -the land of forgetfulness? - -88:13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my -prayer prevent thee. - -88:14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face -from me? - -88:15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer -thy terrors I am distracted. - -88:16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. - -88:17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me -about together. - -88:18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine -acquaintance into darkness. - - - -89:1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth -will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. - -89:2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy -faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. - -89:3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my -servant, - -89:4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to -all generations. Selah. - -89:5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy -faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. - -89:6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among -the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD? - -89:7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to -be had in reverence of all them that are about him. - -89:8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to -thy faithfulness round about thee? - -89:9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, -thou stillest them. - -89:10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou -hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. - -89:11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world -and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. - -89:12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon -shall rejoice in thy name. - -89:13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy -right hand. - -89:14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and -truth shall go before thy face. - -89:15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall -walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. - -89:16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy -righteousness shall they be exalted. - -89:17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our -horn shall be exalted. - -89:18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our -king. - -89:19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have -laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of -the people. - -89:20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed -him: - -89:21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall -strengthen him. - -89:22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness -afflict him. - -89:23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them -that hate him. - -89:24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my -name shall his horn be exalted. - -89:25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the -rivers. - -89:26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock -of my salvation. - -89:27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the -earth. - -89:28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall -stand fast with him. - -89:29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as -the days of heaven. - -89:30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; - -89:31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; - -89:32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their -iniquity with stripes. - -89:33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, -nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. - -89:34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone -out of my lips. - -89:35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. - -89:36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before -me. - -89:37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful -witness in heaven. Selah. - -89:38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with -thine anointed. - -89:39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast -profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. - -89:40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his -strong holds to ruin. - -89:41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his -neighbours. - -89:42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast -made all his enemies to rejoice. - -89:43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made -him to stand in the battle. - -89:44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to -the ground. - -89:45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him -with shame. Selah. - -89:46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath -burn like fire? - -89:47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men -in vain? - -89:48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he -deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. - -89:49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest -unto David in thy truth? - -89:50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in -my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; - -89:51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they -have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. - -89:52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen. - - - -90:1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. - -90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst -formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, -thou art God. - -90:3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children -of men. - -90:4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is -past, and as a watch in the night. - -90:5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in -the morning they are like grass which groweth up. - -90:6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it -is cut down, and withereth. - -90:7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we -troubled. - -90:8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the -light of thy countenance. - -90:9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years -as a tale that is told. - -90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by -reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength -labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. - -90:11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy -fear, so is thy wrath. - -90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts -unto wisdom. - -90:13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy -servants. - -90:14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be -glad all our days. - -90:15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted -us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. - -90:16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their -children. - -90:17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish -thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands -establish thou it. - - - -91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide -under the shadow of the Almighty. - -91:2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; -in him will I trust. - -91:3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and -from the noisome pestilence. - -91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt -thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. - -91:5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the -arrow that flieth by day; - -91:6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the -destruction that wasteth at noonday. - -91:7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right -hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. - -91:8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the -wicked. - -91:9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the -most High, thy habitation; - -91:10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come -nigh thy dwelling. - -91:11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in -all thy ways. - -91:12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot -against a stone. - -91:13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the -dragon shalt thou trample under feet. - -91:14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver -him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. - -91:15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him -in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. - -91:16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. - - - -92:1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing -praises unto thy name, O most High: - -92:2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy -faithfulness every night, - -92:3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon -the harp with a solemn sound. - -92:4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will -triumph in the works of thy hands. - -92:5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep. - -92:6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this. - -92:7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of -iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever: - -92:8 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore. - -92:9 For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall -perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. - -92:10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I -shall be anointed with fresh oil. - -92:11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears -shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me. - -92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow -like a cedar in Lebanon. - -92:13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in -the courts of our God. - -92:14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat -and flourishing; - -92:15 To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no -unrighteousness in him. - - - -93:1 The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is -clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world -also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. - -93:2 Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting. - -93:3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up -their voice; the floods lift up their waves. - -93:4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, -than the mighty waves of the sea. - -93:5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O -LORD, for ever. - - - -94:1 O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance -belongeth, shew thyself. - -94:2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the -proud. - -94:3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked -triumph? - -94:4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the -workers of iniquity boast themselves? - -94:5 They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine -heritage. - -94:6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. - -94:7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of -Jacob regard it. - -94:8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will -ye be wise? - -94:9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the -eye, shall he not see? - -94:10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that -teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know? - -94:11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. - -94:12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest -him out of thy law; - -94:13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until -the pit be digged for the wicked. - -94:14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he -forsake his inheritance. - -94:15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the -upright in heart shall follow it. - -94:16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand -up for me against the workers of iniquity? - -94:17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in -silence. - -94:18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. - -94:19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight -my soul. - -94:20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which -frameth mischief by a law? - -94:21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the -righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. - -94:22 But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge. - -94:23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut -them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them -off. - - - -95:1 O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to -the rock of our salvation. - -95:2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a -joyful noise unto him with psalms. - -95:3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. - -95:4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the -hills is his also. - -95:5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry -land. - -95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD -our maker. - -95:7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the -sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, - -95:8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day -of temptation in the wilderness: - -95:9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. - -95:10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, -It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my -ways: - -95:11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my -rest. - - - -96:1 O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the -earth. - -96:2 Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from -day to day. - -96:3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all -people. - -96:4 For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be -feared above all gods. - -96:5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the -heavens. - -96:6 Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his -sanctuary. - -96:7 Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the -LORD glory and strength. - -96:8 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an -offering, and come into his courts. - -96:9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, -all the earth. - -96:10 Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also -shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the -people righteously. - -96:11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea -roar, and the fulness thereof. - -96:12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all -the trees of the wood rejoice - -96:13 Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the -earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people -with his truth. - - - -97:1 The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of -isles be glad thereof. - -97:2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and -judgment are the habitation of his throne. - -97:3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about. - -97:4 His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and -trembled. - -97:5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the -presence of the Lord of the whole earth. - -97:6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his -glory. - -97:7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast -themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods. - -97:8 Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced -because of thy judgments, O LORD. - -97:9 For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted -far above all gods. - -97:10 Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his -saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. - -97:11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in -heart. - -97:12 Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the -remembrance of his holiness. - - - -98:1 O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous -things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. - -98:2 The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he -openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. - -98:3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of -Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. - -98:4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud -noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. - -98:5 Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of -a psalm. - -98:6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the -LORD, the King. - -98:7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they -that dwell therein. - -98:8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together - -98:9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with -righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity. - - - -99:1 The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the -cherubims; let the earth be moved. - -99:2 The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people. - -99:3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy. - -99:4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish -equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob. - -99:5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he -is holy. - -99:6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that -call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them. - -99:7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his -testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them. - -99:8 Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that -forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions. - -99:9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the -LORD our God is holy. - - - -100:1 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. - -100:2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with -singing. - -100:3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and -not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. - -100:4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with -praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. - -100:5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth -endureth to all generations. - - - -101:1 I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I -sing. - -101:2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou -come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. - -101:3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of -them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. - -101:4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked -person. - -101:5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him -that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. - -101:6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may -dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. - -101:7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that -telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. - -101:8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut -off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD. - - - -102:1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. - -102:2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; -incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily. - -102:3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as -an hearth. - -102:4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget -to eat my bread. - -102:5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my -skin. - -102:6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the -desert. - -102:7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. - -102:8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad -against me are sworn against me. - -102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with -weeping. - -102:10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast -lifted me up, and cast me down. - -102:11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered -like grass. - -102:12 But thou, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance -unto all generations. - -102:13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to -favour her, yea, the set time, is come. - -102:14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the -dust thereof. - -102:15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the -kings of the earth thy glory. - -102:16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his -glory. - -102:17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise -their prayer. - -102:18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the -people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. - -102:19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from -heaven did the LORD behold the earth; - -102:20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are -appointed to death; - -102:21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in -Jerusalem; - -102:22 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to -serve the LORD. - -102:23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. - -102:24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy -years are throughout all generations. - -102:25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the -heavens are the work of thy hands. - -102:26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them -shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and -they shall be changed: - -102:27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. - -102:28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed -shall be established before thee. - - - -103:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his -holy name. - -103:2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: - -103:3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy -diseases; - -103:4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with -lovingkindness and tender mercies; - -103:5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is -renewed like the eagle's. - -103:6 The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are -oppressed. - -103:7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of -Israel. - -103:8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous -in mercy. - -103:9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for -ever. - -103:10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us -according to our iniquities. - -103:11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his -mercy toward them that fear him. - -103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our -transgressions from us. - -103:13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them -that fear him. - -103:14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. - -103:15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so -he flourisheth. - -103:16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place -thereof shall know it no more. - -103:17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting -upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's -children; - -103:18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his -commandments to do them. - -103:19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his -kingdom ruleth over all. - -103:20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do -his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. - -103:21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that -do his pleasure. - -103:22 Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: -bless the LORD, O my soul. - - - -104:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; -thou art clothed with honour and majesty. - -104:2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who -stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: - -104:3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh -the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind: - -104:4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: - -104:5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be -removed for ever. - -104:6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters -stood above the mountains. - -104:7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted -away. - -104:8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto -the place which thou hast founded for them. - -104:9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they -turn not again to cover the earth. - -104:10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the -hills. - -104:11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses -quench their thirst. - -104:12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, -which sing among the branches. - -104:13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied -with the fruit of thy works. - -104:14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the -service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; - -104:15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his -face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart. - -104:16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, -which he hath planted; - -104:17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir -trees are her house. - -104:18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks -for the conies. - -104:19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going -down. - -104:20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts -of the forest do creep forth. - -104:21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from -God. - -104:22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them -down in their dens. - -104:23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the -evening. - -104:24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made -them all: the earth is full of thy riches. - -104:25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping -innumerable, both small and great beasts. - -104:26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast -made to play therein. - -104:27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat -in due season. - -104:28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, -they are filled with good. - -104:29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their -breath, they die, and return to their dust. - -104:30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou -renewest the face of the earth. - -104:31 The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall -rejoice in his works. - -104:32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the -hills, and they smoke. - -104:33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise -to my God while I have my being. - -104:34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the -LORD. - -104:35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the -wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD. - - - -105:1 O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his -deeds among the people. - -105:2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous -works. - -105:3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that -seek the LORD. - -105:4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore. - -105:5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, -and the judgments of his mouth; - -105:6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his -chosen. - -105:7 He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth. - -105:8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he -commanded to a thousand generations. - -105:9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; - -105:10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for -an everlasting covenant: - -105:11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of -your inheritance: - -105:12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and -strangers in it. - -105:13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to -another people; - -105:14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for -their sakes; - -105:15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. - -105:16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the -whole staff of bread. - -105:17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a -servant: - -105:18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: - -105:19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried -him. - -105:20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and -let him go free. - -105:21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: - -105:22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators -wisdom. - -105:23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of -Ham. - -105:24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger -than their enemies. - -105:25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with -his servants. - -105:26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. - -105:27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of -Ham. - -105:28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not -against his word. - -105:29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. - -105:30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of -their kings. - -105:31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all -their coasts. - -105:32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. - -105:33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the -trees of their coasts. - -105:34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that -without number, - -105:35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the -fruit of their ground. - -105:36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all -their strength. - -105:37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was -not one feeble person among their tribes. - -105:38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell -upon them. - -105:39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the -night. - -105:40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them -with the bread of heaven. - -105:41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the -dry places like a river. - -105:42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. - -105:43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with -gladness: - -105:44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the -labour of the people; - -105:45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise -ye the LORD. - - - -106:1 Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: -for his mercy endureth for ever. - -106:2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth -all his praise? - -106:3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth -righteousness at all times. - -106:4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy -people: O visit me with thy salvation; - -106:5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the -gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance. - -106:6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we -have done wickedly. - -106:7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered -not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at -the Red sea. - -106:8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might -make his mighty power to be known. - -106:9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them -through the depths, as through the wilderness. - -106:10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and -redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. - -106:11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them -left. - -106:12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. - -106:13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: - -106:14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in -the desert. - -106:15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their -soul. - -106:16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the -LORD. - -106:17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the -company of Abiram. - -106:18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up -the wicked. - -106:19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. - -106:20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that -eateth grass. - -106:21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in -Egypt; - -106:22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the -Red sea. - -106:23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his -chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he -should destroy them. - -106:24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his -word: - -106:25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice -of the LORD. - -106:26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them -in the wilderness: - -106:27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter -them in the lands. - -106:28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the -sacrifices of the dead. - -106:29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the -plague brake in upon them. - -106:30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the -plague was stayed. - -106:31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all -generations for evermore. - -106:32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went -ill with Moses for their sakes: - -106:33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly -with his lips. - -106:34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD -commanded them: - -106:35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. - -106:36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. - -106:37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto -devils, - -106:38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of -their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and -the land was polluted with blood. - -106:39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring -with their own inventions. - -106:40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, -insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. - -106:41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that -hated them ruled over them. - -106:42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into -subjection under their hand. - -106:43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with -their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. - -106:44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their -cry: - -106:45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according -to the multitude of his mercies. - -106:46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them -captives. - -106:47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, -to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise. - -106:48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to -everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD. - - - -107:1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy -endureth for ever. - -107:2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from -the hand of the enemy; - -107:3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the -west, from the north, and from the south. - -107:4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no -city to dwell in. - -107:5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. - -107:6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered -them out of their distresses. - -107:7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a -city of habitation. - -107:8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his -wonderful works to the children of men! - -107:9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul -with goodness. - -107:10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound -in affliction and iron; - -107:11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned -the counsel of the most High: - -107:12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell -down, and there was none to help. - -107:13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved -them out of their distresses. - -107:14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and -brake their bands in sunder. - -107:15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his -wonderful works to the children of men! - -107:16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron -in sunder. - -107:17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their -iniquities, are afflicted. - -107:18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near -unto the gates of death. - -107:19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth -them out of their distresses. - -107:20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from -their destructions. - -107:21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his -wonderful works to the children of men! - -107:22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and -declare his works with rejoicing. - -107:23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in -great waters; - -107:24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. - -107:25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth -up the waves thereof. - -107:26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: -their soul is melted because of trouble. - -107:27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are -at their wit's end. - -107:28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth -them out of their distresses. - -107:29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are -still. - -107:30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them -unto their desired haven. - -107:31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his -wonderful works to the children of men! - -107:32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and -praise him in the assembly of the elders. - -107:33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into -dry ground; - -107:34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them -that dwell therein. - -107:35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground -into watersprings. - -107:36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare -a city for habitation; - -107:37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits -of increase. - -107:38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and -suffereth not their cattle to decrease. - -107:39 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, -affliction, and sorrow. - -107:40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in -the wilderness, where there is no way. - -107:41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him -families like a flock. - -107:42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall -stop her mouth. - -107:43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall -understand the lovingkindness of the LORD. - - - -108:1 O god, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with -my glory. - -108:2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. - -108:3 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing -praises unto thee among the nations. - -108:4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth -unto the clouds. - -108:5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above -all the earth; - -108:6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and -answer me. - -108:7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide -Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. - -108:8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength -of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; - -108:9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over -Philistia will I triumph. - -108:10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into -Edom? - -108:11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, -O God, go forth with our hosts? - -108:12 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. - -108:13 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall -tread down our enemies. - - - -109:1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; - -109:2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are -opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. - -109:3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought -against me without a cause. - -109:4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto -prayer. - -109:5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. - -109:6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right -hand. - -109:7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his -prayer become sin. - -109:8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office. - -109:9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. - -109:10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them -seek their bread also out of their desolate places. - -109:11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the -strangers spoil his labour. - -109:12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there -be any to favour his fatherless children. - -109:13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following -let their name be blotted out. - -109:14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; -and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. - -109:15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off -the memory of them from the earth. - -109:16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted -the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. - -109:17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted -not in blessing, so let it be far from him. - -109:18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so -let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. - -109:19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a -girdle wherewith he is girded continually. - -109:20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and -of them that speak evil against my soul. - -109:21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: -because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. - -109:22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. - -109:23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and -down as the locust. - -109:24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of -fatness. - -109:25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me -they shaked their heads. - -109:26 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy: - -109:27 That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast -done it. - -109:28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be -ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. - -109:29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover -themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. - -109:30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will -praise him among the multitude. - -109:31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him -from those that condemn his soul. - - - -110:1 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I -make thine enemies thy footstool. - -110:2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule -thou in the midst of thine enemies. - -110:3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the -beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew -of thy youth. - -110:4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for -ever after the order of Melchizedek. - -110:5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day -of his wrath. - -110:6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with -the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries. - -110:7 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift -up the head. - - - -111:1 Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, -in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation. - -111:2 The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that -have pleasure therein. - -111:3 His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness -endureth for ever. - -111:4 He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is -gracious and full of compassion. - -111:5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be -mindful of his covenant. - -111:6 He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may -give them the heritage of the heathen. - -111:7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his -commandments are sure. - -111:8 They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and -uprightness. - -111:9 He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his -covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name. - -111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good -understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise -endureth for ever. - - - -112:1 Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, -that delighteth greatly in his commandments. - -112:2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the -upright shall be blessed. - -112:3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness -endureth for ever. - -112:4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is -gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. - -112:5 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his -affairs with discretion. - -112:6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in -everlasting remembrance. - -112:7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, -trusting in the LORD. - -112:8 His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see -his desire upon his enemies. - -112:9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness -endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour. - -112:10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with -his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish. - - - -113:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise -the name of the LORD. - -113:2 Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for -evermore. - -113:3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the -LORD's name is to be praised. - -113:4 The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the -heavens. - -113:5 Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, - -113:6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, -and in the earth! - -113:7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy -out of the dunghill; - -113:8 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his -people. - -113:9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful -mother of children. Praise ye the LORD. - - - -114:1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people -of strange language; - -114:2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. - -114:3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. - -114:4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like -lambs. - -114:5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, -that thou wast driven back? - -114:6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, -like lambs? - -114:7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the -presence of the God of Jacob; - -114:8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a -fountain of waters. - - - -115:1 Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, -for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. - -115:2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? - -115:3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath -pleased. - -115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. - -115:5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they -see not: - -115:6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they -smell not: - -115:7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they -walk not: neither speak they through their throat. - -115:8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that -trusteth in them. - -115:9 O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their -shield. - -115:10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their -shield. - -115:11 Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and -their shield. - -115:12 The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will -bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. - -115:13 He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great. - -115:14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your -children. - -115:15 Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth. - -115:16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earth -hath he given to the children of men. - -115:17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into -silence. - -115:18 But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for -evermore. - -Praise the LORD. - - - -116:1 I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my -supplications. - -116:2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call -upon him as long as I live. - -116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat -hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. - -116:4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, -deliver my soul. - -116:5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. - -116:6 The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped -me. - -116:7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt -bountifully with thee. - -116:8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from -tears, and my feet from falling. - -116:9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. - -116:10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: - -116:11 I said in my haste, All men are liars. - -116:12 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward -me? - -116:13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the -LORD. - -116:14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his -people. - -116:15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. - -116:16 O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son -of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. - -116:17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will -call upon the name of the LORD. - -116:18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his -people. - -116:19 In the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of thee, O -Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD. - - - -117:1 O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. - -117:2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of -the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD. - - - -118:1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy -endureth for ever. - -118:2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. - -118:3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for -ever. - -118:4 Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for -ever. - -118:5 I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and -set me in a large place. - -118:6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto -me? - -118:7 The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall -I see my desire upon them that hate me. - -118:8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. - -118:9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in -princes. - -118:10 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD -will I destroy them. - -118:11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in -the name of the LORD I will destroy them. - -118:12 They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as the -fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. - -118:13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD -helped me. - -118:14 The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. - -118:15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of -the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. - -118:16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the -LORD doeth valiantly. - -118:17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. - -118:18 The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over -unto death. - -118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and -I will praise the LORD: - -118:20 This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter. - -118:21 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my -salvation. - -118:22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone -of the corner. - -118:23 This is the LORD's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. - -118:24 This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and -be glad in it. - -118:25 Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send -now prosperity. - -118:26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have -blessed you out of the house of the LORD. - -118:27 God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice -with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. - -118:28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I -will exalt thee. - -118:29 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy -endureth for ever. - - - -119:1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the -LORD. - -119:2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him -with the whole heart. - -119:3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. - -119:4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. - -119:5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! - -119:6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy -commandments. - -119:7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have -learned thy righteous judgments. - -119:8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. - -119:9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed -thereto according to thy word. - -119:10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander -from thy commandments. - -119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against -thee. - -119:12 Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes. - -119:13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. - -119:14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in -all riches. - -119:15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy -ways. - -119:16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy -word. - -119:17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep -thy word. - -119:18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of -thy law. - -119:19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from -me. - -119:20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy -judgments at all times. - -119:21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from -thy commandments. - -119:22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy -testimonies. - -119:23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did -meditate in thy statutes. - -119:24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors. - -119:25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to -thy word. - -119:26 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy -statutes. - -119:27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk -of thy wondrous works. - -119:28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according -unto thy word. - -119:29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law -graciously. - -119:30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid -before me. - -119:31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame. - -119:32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge -my heart. - -119:33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it -unto the end. - -119:34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall -observe it with my whole heart. - -119:35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I -delight. - -119:36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. - -119:37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me -in thy way. - -119:38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear. - -119:39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good. - -119:40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy -righteousness. - -119:41 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, -according to thy word. - -119:42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: -for I trust in thy word. - -119:43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I -have hoped in thy judgments. - -119:44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. - -119:45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. - -119:46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not -be ashamed. - -119:47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have -loved. - -119:48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I -have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. - -119:49 Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused -me to hope. - -119:50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath -quickened me. - -119:51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not -declined from thy law. - -119:52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted -myself. - -119:53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that -forsake thy law. - -119:54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. - -119:55 I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept -thy law. - -119:56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts. - -119:57 Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy -words. - -119:58 I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me -according to thy word. - -119:59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. - -119:60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. - -119:61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not -forgotten thy law. - -119:62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy -righteous judgments. - -119:63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that -keep thy precepts. - -119:64 The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. - -119:65 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto -thy word. - -119:66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy -commandments. - -119:67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy -word. - -119:68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. - -119:69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy -precepts with my whole heart. - -119:70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law. - -119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might -learn thy statutes. - -119:72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold -and silver. - -119:73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, -that I may learn thy commandments. - -119:74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I -have hoped in thy word. - -119:75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in -faithfulness hast afflicted me. - -119:76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, -according to thy word unto thy servant. - -119:77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy -law is my delight. - -119:78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me -without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts. - -119:79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have -known thy testimonies. - -119:80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed. - -119:81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. - -119:82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? - -119:83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget -thy statutes. - -119:84 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute -judgment on them that persecute me? - -119:85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. - -119:86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me -wrongfully; help thou me. - -119:87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy -precepts. - -119:88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the -testimony of thy mouth. - -119:89 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. - -119:90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established -the earth, and it abideth. - -119:91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all -are thy servants. - -119:92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have -perished in mine affliction. - -119:93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast -quickened me. - -119:94 I am thine, save me: for I have sought thy precepts. - -119:95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will -consider thy testimonies. - -119:96 I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is -exceeding broad. - -119:97 O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day. - -119:98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine -enemies: for they are ever with me. - -119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy -testimonies are my meditation. - -119:100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy -precepts. - -119:101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might -keep thy word. - -119:102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught -me. - -119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey -to my mouth! - -119:104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate -every false way. - -119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. - -119:106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy -righteous judgments. - -119:107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto -thy word. - -119:108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O -LORD, and teach me thy judgments. - -119:109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy -law. - -119:110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy -precepts. - -119:111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they -are the rejoicing of my heart. - -119:112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even -unto the end. - -119:113 I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. - -119:114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. - -119:115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments -of my God. - -119:116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me -not be ashamed of my hope. - -119:117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect -unto thy statutes continually. - -119:118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: -for their deceit is falsehood. - -119:119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: -therefore I love thy testimonies. - -119:120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy -judgments. - -119:121 I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine -oppressors. - -119:122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress -me. - -119:123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy -righteousness. - -119:124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me -thy statutes. - -119:125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy -testimonies. - -119:126 It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void -thy law. - -119:127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine -gold. - -119:128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to -be right; and I hate every false way. - -119:129 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep -them. - -119:130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth -understanding unto the simple. - -119:131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy -commandments. - -119:132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to -do unto those that love thy name. - -119:133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have -dominion over me. - -119:134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy -precepts. - -119:135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy -statutes. - -119:136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy -law. - -119:137 Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments. - -119:138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and -very faithful. - -119:139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten -thy words. - -119:140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. - -119:141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts. - -119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law -is the truth. - -119:143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy -commandments are my delights. - -119:144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me -understanding, and I shall live. - -119:145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy -statutes. - -119:146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. - -119:147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in -thy word. - -119:148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in -thy word. - -119:149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, -quicken me according to thy judgment. - -119:150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from -thy law. - -119:151 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth. - -119:152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast -founded them for ever. - -119:153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget -thy law. - -119:154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy -word. - -119:155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy -statutes. - -119:156 Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to -thy judgments. - -119:157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline -from thy testimonies. - -119:158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept -not thy word. - -119:159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, -according to thy lovingkindness. - -119:160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy -righteous judgments endureth for ever. - -119:161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart -standeth in awe of thy word. - -119:162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. - -119:163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. - -119:164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous -judgments. - -119:165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall -offend them. - -119:166 LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy -commandments. - -119:167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them -exceedingly. - -119:168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways -are before thee. - -119:169 Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me -understanding according to thy word. - -119:170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to -thy word. - -119:171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy -statutes. - -119:172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments -are righteousness. - -119:173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. - -119:174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my -delight. - -119:175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy -judgments help me. - -119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I -do not forget thy commandments. - - - -120:1 In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. - -120:2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful -tongue. - -120:3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, -thou false tongue? - -120:4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. - -120:5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents -of Kedar! - -120:6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. - -120:7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. - - - -121:1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my -help. - -121:2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. - -121:3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee -will not slumber. - -121:4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. - -121:5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right -hand. - -121:6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. - -121:7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve -thy soul. - -121:8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from -this time forth, and even for evermore. - - - -122:1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of -the LORD. - -122:2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. - -122:3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: - -122:4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the -testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. - -122:5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house -of David. - -122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love -thee. - -122:7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. - -122:8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be -within thee. - -122:9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good. - - - -123:1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the -heavens. - -123:2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their -masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so -our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us. - -123:3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are -exceedingly filled with contempt. - -123:4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that -are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. - - - -124:1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel -say; - -124:2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose -up against us: - -124:3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was -kindled against us: - -124:4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our -soul: - -124:5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. - -124:6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their -teeth. - -124:7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: -the snare is broken, and we are escaped. - -124:8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. - - - -125:1 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot -be removed, but abideth for ever. - -125:2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round -about his people from henceforth even for ever. - -125:3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the -righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. - -125:4 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are -upright in their hearts. - -125:5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD -shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be -upon Israel. - - - -126:1 When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like -them that dream. - -126:2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with -singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great -things for them. - -126:3 The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. - -126:4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. - -126:5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. - -126:6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall -doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. - - - -127:1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build -it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. - -127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the -bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. - -127:3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the -womb is his reward. - -127:4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of -the youth. - -127:5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall -not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. - - - -128:1 Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his -ways. - -128:2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou -be, and it shall be well with thee. - -128:3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine -house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. - -128:4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the -LORD. - -128:5 The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the -good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. - -128:6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon -Israel. - - - -129:1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now -say: - -129:2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have -not prevailed against me. - -129:3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. - -129:4 The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the -wicked. - -129:5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. - -129:6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth -afore it groweth up: - -129:7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth -sheaves his bosom. - -129:8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be -upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD. - - - -130:1 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. - -130:2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of -my supplications. - -130:3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall -stand? - -130:4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. - -130:5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I -hope. - -130:6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the -morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. - -130:7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, -and with him is plenteous redemption. - -130:8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. - - - -131:1 Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I -exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. - -131:2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is -weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. - -131:3 Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever. - - - -132:1 Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions: - -132:2 How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of -Jacob; - -132:3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go -up into my bed; - -132:4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, - -132:5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the -mighty God of Jacob. - -132:6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the -wood. - -132:7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his -footstool. - -132:8 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength. - -132:9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy -saints shout for joy. - -132:10 For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine -anointed. - -132:11 The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from -it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. - -132:12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I -shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for -evermore. - -132:13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his -habitation. - -132:14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired -it. - -132:15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor -with bread. - -132:16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints -shall shout aloud for joy. - -132:17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a -lamp for mine anointed. - -132:18 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall -his crown flourish. - - - -133:1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell -together in unity! - -133:2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down -upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of -his garments; - -133:3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the -mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even -life for evermore. - - - -134:1 Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by -night stand in the house of the LORD. - -134:2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD. - -134:3 The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion. - - - -135:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, -O ye servants of the LORD. - -135:2 Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the -house of our God. - -135:3 Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his -name; for it is pleasant. - -135:4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his -peculiar treasure. - -135:5 For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above -all gods. - -135:6 Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in -earth, in the seas, and all deep places. - -135:7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he -maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his -treasuries. - -135:8 Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast. - -135:9 Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, -upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants. - -135:10 Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings; - -135:11 Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the -kingdoms of Canaan: - -135:12 And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel -his people. - -135:13 Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD, -throughout all generations. - -135:14 For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself -concerning his servants. - -135:15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's -hands. - -135:16 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they -see not; - -135:17 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath -in their mouths. - -135:18 They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that -trusteth in them. - -135:19 Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of -Aaron: - -135:20 Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless -the LORD. - -135:21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. - -Praise ye the LORD. - - - -136:1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy -endureth for ever. - -136:2 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for -ever. - -136:3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for -ever. - -136:4 To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for -ever. - -136:5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth -for ever. - -136:6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his -mercy endureth for ever. - -136:7 To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever: - -136:8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever: - -136:9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for -ever. - -136:10 To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy -endureth for ever: - -136:11 And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth -for ever: - -136:12 With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy -endureth for ever. - -136:13 To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy -endureth for ever: - -136:14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy -endureth for ever: - -136:15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his -mercy endureth for ever. - -136:16 To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his -mercy endureth for ever. - -136:17 To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for -ever: - -136:18 And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: - -136:19 Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever: - -136:20 And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever: - -136:21 And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for -ever: - -136:22 Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy -endureth for ever. - -136:23 Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for -ever: - -136:24 And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth -for ever. - -136:25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever. - -136:26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth -for ever. - - - -137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when -we remembered Zion. - -137:2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. - -137:3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a -song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us -one of the songs of Zion. - -137:4 How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land? - -137:5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her -cunning. - -137:6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of -my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. - -137:7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; -who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. - -137:8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he -be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. - -137:9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones -against the stones. - - - -138:1 I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I -sing praise unto thee. - -138:2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for -thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word -above all thy name. - -138:3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst -me with strength in my soul. - -138:4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they -hear the words of thy mouth. - -138:5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the -glory of the LORD. - -138:6 Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but -the proud he knoweth afar off. - -138:7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou -shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and -thy right hand shall save me. - -138:8 The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O -LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. - - - -139:1 O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. - -139:2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou -understandest my thought afar off. - -139:3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted -with all my ways. - -139:4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou -knowest it altogether. - -139:5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon -me. - -139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot -attain unto it. - -139:7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from -thy presence? - -139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in -hell, behold, thou art there. - -139:9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost -parts of the sea; - -139:10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall -hold me. - -139:11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night -shall be light about me. - -139:12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth -as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. - -139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my -mother's womb. - -139:14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: -marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. - -139:15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, -and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. - -139:16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in -thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were -fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. - -139:17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is -the sum of them! - -139:18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: -when I awake, I am still with thee. - -139:19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me -therefore, ye bloody men. - -139:20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take -thy name in vain. - -139:21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I -grieved with those that rise up against thee? - -139:22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. - -139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my -thoughts: - -139:24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the -way everlasting. - - - -140:1 Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the -violent man; - -140:2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they -gathered together for war. - -140:3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison -is under their lips. Selah. - -140:4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from -the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. - -140:5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a -net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah. - -140:6 I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my -supplications, O LORD. - -140:7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered -my head in the day of battle. - -140:8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his -wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah. - -140:9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief -of their own lips cover them. - -140:10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the -fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. - -140:11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall -hunt the violent man to overthrow him. - -140:12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, -and the right of the poor. - -140:13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the -upright shall dwell in thy presence. - - - -141:1 Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my -voice, when I cry unto thee. - -141:2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the -lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. - -141:3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. - -141:4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works -with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. - -141:5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him -reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my -head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. - -141:6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall -hear my words; for they are sweet. - -141:7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one -cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. - -141:8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my -trust; leave not my soul destitute. - -141:9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the -gins of the workers of iniquity. - -141:10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal -escape. - - - -142:1 I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD -did I make my supplication. - -142:2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my -trouble. - -142:3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my -path. - -In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me. - -142:4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that -would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. - -142:5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my -portion in the land of the living. - -142:6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from -my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. - -142:7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the -righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with -me. - - - -143:1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy -faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. - -143:2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight -shall no man living be justified. - -143:3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life -down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those -that have been long dead. - -143:4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me -is desolate. - -143:5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse -on the work of thy hands. - -143:6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after -thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. - -143:7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face -from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. - -143:8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee -do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift -up my soul unto thee. - -143:9 Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide -me. - -143:10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is -good; lead me into the land of uprightness. - -143:11 Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' -sake bring my soul out of trouble. - -143:12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them -that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant. - - - -144:1 Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war, -and my fingers to fight: - -144:2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; -my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. - -144:3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son -of man, that thou makest account of him! - -144:4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth -away. - -144:5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and -they shall smoke. - -144:6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, -and destroy them. - -144:7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great -waters, from the hand of strange children; - -144:8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right -hand of falsehood. - -144:9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an -instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee. - -144:10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David -his servant from the hurtful sword. - -144:11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose -mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of -falsehood: - -144:12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that -our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude -of a palace: - -144:13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: -that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our -streets: - -144:14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no -breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our -streets. - -144:15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is -that people, whose God is the LORD. - - - -145:1 I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for -ever and ever. - -145:2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever -and ever. - -145:3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness -is unsearchable. - -145:4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall -declare thy mighty acts. - -145:5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy -wondrous works. - -145:6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I -will declare thy greatness. - -145:7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, -and shall sing of thy righteousness. - -145:8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and -of great mercy. - -145:9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his -works. - -145:10 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall -bless thee. - -145:11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy -power; - -145:12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the -glorious majesty of his kingdom. - -145:13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion -endureth throughout all generations. - -145:14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that -be bowed down. - -145:15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat -in due season. - -145:16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every -living thing. - -145:17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his -works. - -145:18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that -call upon him in truth. - -145:19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will -hear their cry, and will save them. - -145:20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked -will he destroy. - -145:21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh -bless his holy name for ever and ever. - - - -146:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. - -146:2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my -God while I have any being. - -146:3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom -there is no help. - -146:4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very -day his thoughts perish. - -146:5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope -is in the LORD his God: - -146:6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: -which keepeth truth for ever: - -146:7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to -the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners: - -146:8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them -that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous: - -146:9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless -and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. - -146:10 The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all -generations. Praise ye the LORD. - - - -147:1 Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; -for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. - -147:2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the -outcasts of Israel. - -147:3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. - -147:4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their -names. - -147:5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is -infinite. - -147:6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the -ground. - -147:7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp -unto our God: - -147:8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the -earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. - -147:9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which -cry. - -147:10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not -pleasure in the legs of a man. - -147:11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that -hope in his mercy. - -147:12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. - -147:13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed -thy children within thee. - -147:14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the -finest of the wheat. - -147:15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth -very swiftly. - -147:16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like -ashes. - -147:17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his -cold? - -147:18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind -to blow, and the waters flow. - -147:19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments -unto Israel. - -147:20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, -they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD. - - - -148:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise -him in the heights. - -148:2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. - -148:3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. - -148:4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above -the heavens. - -148:5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they -were created. - -148:6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a -decree which shall not pass. - -148:7 Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: - -148:8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his -word: - -148:9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: - -148:10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: - -148:11 Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of -the earth: - -148:12 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: - -148:13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is -excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. - -148:14 He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his -saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise -ye the LORD. - - - -149:1 Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his -praise in the congregation of saints. - -149:2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of -Zion be joyful in their King. - -149:3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises -unto him with the timbrel and harp. - -149:4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the -meek with salvation. - -149:5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon -their beds. - -149:6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged -sword in their hand; - -149:7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the -people; - -149:8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters -of iron; - -149:9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all -his saints. Praise ye the LORD. - - - -150:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in -the firmament of his power. - -150:2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his -excellent greatness. - -150:3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the -psaltery and harp. - -150:4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed -instruments and organs. - -150:5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high -sounding cymbals. - -150:6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD. - - - - -The Proverbs - - -1:1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; 1:2 To -know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; -1:3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and -equity; 1:4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge -and discretion. - -1:5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of -understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: 1:6 To understand a -proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark -sayings. - -1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools -despise wisdom and instruction. - -1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the -law of thy mother: 1:9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy -head, and chains about thy neck. - -1:10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. - -1:11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk -privily for the innocent without cause: 1:12 Let us swallow them up -alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: -1:13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses -with spoil: 1:14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: -1:15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from -their path: 1:16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed -blood. - -1:17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. - -1:18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for -their own lives. - -1:19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh -away the life of the owners thereof. - -1:20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: -1:21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of -the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, 1:22 How long, -ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in -their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 1:23 Turn you at my -reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known -my words unto you. - -1:24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my -hand, and no man regarded; 1:25 But ye have set at nought all my -counsel, and would none of my reproof: 1:26 I also will laugh at your -calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; 1:27 When your fear -cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when -distress and anguish cometh upon you. - -1:28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall -seek me early, but they shall not find me: 1:29 For that they hated -knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: 1:30 They would -none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. - -1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be -filled with their own devices. - -1:32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the -prosperity of fools shall destroy them. - -1:33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be -quiet from fear of evil. - -2:1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments -with thee; 2:2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply -thine heart to understanding; 2:3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, -and liftest up thy voice for understanding; 2:4 If thou seekest her as -silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; 2:5 Then shalt -thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. - -2:6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and -understanding. - -2:7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to -them that walk uprightly. - -2:8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his -saints. - -2:9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and -equity; yea, every good path. - -2:10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant -unto thy soul; 2:11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding -shall keep thee: 2:12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, -from the man that speaketh froward things; 2:13 Who leave the paths of -uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 2:14 Who rejoice to do -evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; 2:15 Whose ways -are crooked, and they froward in their paths: 2:16 To deliver thee -from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with -her words; 2:17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth -the covenant of her God. - -2:18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. - -2:19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the -paths of life. - -2:20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths -of the righteous. - -2:21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall -remain in it. - -2:22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the -transgressors shall be rooted out of it. - -3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my -commandments: 3:2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall -they add to thee. - -3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; -write them upon the table of thine heart: 3:4 So shalt thou find -favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. - -3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine -own understanding. - -3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. - -3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from -evil. - -3:8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. - -3:9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of -all thine increase: 3:10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and -thy presses shall burst out with new wine. - -3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary -of his correction: 3:12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even -as a father the son in whom he delighteth. - -3:13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth -understanding. - -3:14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of -silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. - -3:15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst -desire are not to be compared unto her. - -3:16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches -and honour. - -3:17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. - -3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy -is every one that retaineth her. - -3:19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath -he established the heavens. - -3:20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop -down the dew. - -3:21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom -and discretion: 3:22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to -thy neck. - -3:23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not -stumble. - -3:24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt -lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. - -3:25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the -wicked, when it cometh. - -3:26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot -from being taken. - -3:27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the -power of thine hand to do it. - -3:28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I -will give; when thou hast it by thee. - -3:29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth -securely by thee. - -3:30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no -harm. - -3:31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. - -3:32 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is -with the righteous. - -3:33 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he -blesseth the habitation of the just. - -3:34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the -lowly. - -3:35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of -fools. - -4:1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know -understanding. - -4:2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. - -4:3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of -my mother. - -4:4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my -words: keep my commandments, and live. - -4:5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from -the words of my mouth. - -4:6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she -shall keep thee. - -4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all -thy getting get understanding. - -4:8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to -honour, when thou dost embrace her. - -4:9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of -glory shall she deliver to thee. - -4:10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life -shall be many. - -4:11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right -paths. - -4:12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou -runnest, thou shalt not stumble. - -4:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she -is thy life. - -4:14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of -evil men. - -4:15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. - -4:16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their -sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. - -4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of -violence. - -4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth -more and more unto the perfect day. - -4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they -stumble. - -4:20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. - -4:21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of -thine heart. - -4:22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all -their flesh. - -4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues -of life. - -4:24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far -from thee. - -4:25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight -before thee. - -4:26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. - -4:27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from -evil. - -5:1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my -understanding: 5:2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy -lips may keep knowledge. - -5:3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her -mouth is smoother than oil: 5:4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, -sharp as a two-edged sword. - -5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. - -5:6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are -moveable, that thou canst not know them. - -5:7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the -words of my mouth. - -5:8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her -house: 5:9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto -the cruel: 5:10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy -labours be in the house of a stranger; 5:11 And thou mourn at the -last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 5:12 And say, How have -I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 5:13 And have not -obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that -instructed me! 5:14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the -congregation and assembly. - -5:15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of -thine own well. - -5:16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in -the streets. - -5:17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. - -5:18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy -youth. - -5:19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts -satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. - -5:20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and -embrace the bosom of a stranger? 5:21 For the ways of man are before -the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. - -5:22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be -holden with the cords of his sins. - -5:23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his -folly he shall go astray. - -6:1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken -thy hand with a stranger, 6:2 Thou art snared with the words of thy -mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. - -6:3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into -the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. - -6:4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. - -6:5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a -bird from the hand of the fowler. - -6:6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 6:7 -Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 6:8 Provideth her meat in -the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. - -6:9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of -thy sleep? 6:10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little -folding of the hands to sleep: 6:11 So shall thy poverty come as one -that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. - -6:12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. - -6:13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth -with his fingers; 6:14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth -mischief continually; he soweth discord. - -6:15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be -broken without remedy. - -6:16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an -abomination unto him: 6:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands -that shed innocent blood, 6:18 An heart that deviseth wicked -imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 6:19 A false -witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. - -6:20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of -thy mother: 6:21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them -about thy neck. - -6:22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall -keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. - -6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs -of instruction are the way of life: 6:24 To keep thee from the evil -woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. - -6:25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take -thee with her eyelids. - -6:26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of -bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life. - -6:27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? -6:28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? 6:29 So -he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall -not be innocent. - -6:30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when -he is hungry; 6:31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he -shall give all the substance of his house. - -6:32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: -he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. - -6:33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be -wiped away. - -6:34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in -the day of vengeance. - -6:35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, -though thou givest many gifts. - -7:1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. - -7:2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine -eye. - -7:3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine -heart. - -7:4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy -kinswoman: 7:5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from -the stranger which flattereth with her words. - -7:6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7:7 -And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a -young man void of understanding, 7:8 Passing through the street near -her corner; and he went the way to her house, 7:9 In the twilight, in -the evening, in the black and dark night: 7:10 And, behold, there met -him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. - -7:11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: 7:12 -Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every -corner.) 7:13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent -face said unto him, 7:14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have -I payed my vows. - -7:15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, -and I have found thee. - -7:16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved -works, with fine linen of Egypt. - -7:17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. - -7:18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us -solace ourselves with loves. - -7:19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: 7:20 -He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day -appointed. - -7:21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the -flattering of her lips she forced him. - -7:22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, -or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; 7:23 Till a dart strike -through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not -that it is for his life. - -7:24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the -words of my mouth. - -7:25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her -paths. - -7:26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have -been slain by her. - -7:27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of -death. - -8:1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? 8:2 -She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of -the paths. - -8:3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming -in at the doors. - -8:4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. - -8:5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an -understanding heart. - -8:6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my -lips shall be right things. - -8:7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination -to my lips. - -8:8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing -froward or perverse in them. - -8:9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them -that find knowledge. - -8:10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than -choice gold. - -8:11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be -desired are not to be compared to it. - -8:12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty -inventions. - -8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and -the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. - -8:14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have -strength. - -8:15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. - -8:16 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. - -8:17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find -me. - -8:18 Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and -righteousness. - -8:19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue -than choice silver. - -8:20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of -judgment: 8:21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit -substance; and I will fill their treasures. - -8:22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his -works of old. - -8:23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the -earth was. - -8:24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were -no fountains abounding with water. - -8:25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought -forth: 8:26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, -nor the highest part of the dust of the world. - -8:27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass -upon the face of the depth: 8:28 When he established the clouds above: -when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: 8:29 When he gave to -the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: -when he appointed the foundations of the earth: 8:30 Then I was by -him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, -rejoicing always before him; 8:31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of -his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men. - -8:32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are -they that keep my ways. - -8:33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. - -8:34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, -waiting at the posts of my doors. - -8:35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the -LORD. - -8:36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they -that hate me love death. - -9:1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven -pillars: 9:2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; -she hath also furnished her table. - -9:3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest -places of the city, 9:4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as -for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 9:5 Come, eat of -my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. - -9:6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. - -9:7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that -rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. - -9:8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and -he will love thee. - -9:9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a -just man, and he will increase in learning. - -9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the -knowledge of the holy is understanding. - -9:11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life -shall be increased. - -9:12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou -scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. - -9:13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. - -9:14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high -places of the city, 9:15 To call passengers who go right on their -ways: 9:16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him -that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 9:17 Stolen waters are -sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. - -9:18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests -are in the depths of hell. - -10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a -foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. - -10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness -delivereth from death. - -10:3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but -he casteth away the substance of the wicked. - -10:4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of -the diligent maketh rich. - -10:5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth -in harvest is a son that causeth shame. - -10:6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth -the mouth of the wicked. - -10:7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked -shall rot. - -10:8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool -shall fall. - -10:9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth -his ways shall be known. - -10:10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool -shall fall. - -10:11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence -covereth the mouth of the wicked. - -10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. - -10:13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but -a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding. - -10:14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near -destruction. - -10:15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the -poor is their poverty. - -10:16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the -wicked to sin. - -10:17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that -refuseth reproof erreth. - -10:18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a -slander, is a fool. - -10:19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that -refraineth his lips is wise. - -10:20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the -wicked is little worth. - -10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of -wisdom. - -10:22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no -sorrow with it. - -10:23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of -understanding hath wisdom. - -10:24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire -of the righteous shall be granted. - -10:25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the -righteous is an everlasting foundation. - -10:26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the -sluggard to them that send him. - -10:27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the -wicked shall be shortened. - -10:28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation -of the wicked shall perish. - -10:29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction -shall be to the workers of iniquity. - -10:30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not -inhabit the earth. - -10:31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward -tongue shall be cut out. - -10:32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth -of the wicked speaketh frowardness. - -11:1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is -his delight. - -11:2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is -wisdom. - -11:3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the -perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. - -11:4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness -delivereth from death. - -11:5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the -wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. - -11:6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but -transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. - -11:7 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the -hope of unjust men perisheth. - -11:8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh -in his stead. - -11:9 An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through -knowledge shall the just be delivered. - -11:10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and -when the wicked perish, there is shouting. - -11:11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is -overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. - -11:12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of -understanding holdeth his peace. - -11:13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful -spirit concealeth the matter. - -11:14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of -counsellors there is safety. - -11:15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that -hateth suretiship is sure. - -11:16 A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches. - -11:17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is -cruel troubleth his own flesh. - -11:18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth -righteousness shall be a sure reward. - -11:19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil -pursueth it to his own death. - -11:20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: -but such as are upright in their way are his delight. - -11:21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: -but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. - -11:22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which -is without discretion. - -11:23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of -the wicked is wrath. - -11:24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that -withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. - -11:25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall -be watered also himself. - -11:26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but -blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. - -11:27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that -seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him. - -11:28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous -shall flourish as a branch. - -11:29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the -fool shall be servant to the wise of heart. - -11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that -winneth souls is wise. - -11:31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much -more the wicked and the sinner. - -12:1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth -reproof is brutish. - -12:2 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked -devices will he condemn. - -12:3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the -righteous shall not be moved. - -12:4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh -ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. - -12:5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the -wicked are deceit. - -12:6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the -mouth of the upright shall deliver them. - -12:7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the -righteous shall stand. - -12:8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is -of a perverse heart shall be despised. - -12:9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that -honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. - -12:10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender -mercies of the wicked are cruel. - -12:11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he -that followeth vain persons is void of understanding. - -12:12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the -righteous yieldeth fruit. - -12:13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the -just shall come out of trouble. - -12:14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: -and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him. - -12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that -hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. - -12:16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth -shame. - -12:17 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false -witness deceit. - -12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the -tongue of the wise is health. - -12:19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying -tongue is but for a moment. - -12:20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the -counsellors of peace is joy. - -12:21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be -filled with mischief. - -12:22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly -are his delight. - -12:23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools -proclaimeth foolishness. - -12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall -be under tribute. - -12:25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word -maketh it glad. - -12:26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way -of the wicked seduceth them. - -12:27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but -the substance of a diligent man is precious. - -12:28 In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof -there is no death. - -13:1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner -heareth not rebuke. - -13:2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of -the transgressors shall eat violence. - -13:3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth -wide his lips shall have destruction. - -13:4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul -of the diligent shall be made fat. - -13:5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and -cometh to shame. - -13:6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but -wickedness overthroweth the sinner. - -13:7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is -that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. - -13:8 The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth -not rebuke. - -13:9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked -shall be put out. - -13:10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is -wisdom. - -13:11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that -gathereth by labour shall increase. - -13:12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, -it is a tree of life. - -13:13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth -the commandment shall be rewarded. - -13:14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the -snares of death. - -13:15 Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors -is hard. - -13:16 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open -his folly. - -13:17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful -ambassador is health. - -13:18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but -he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. - -13:19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is -abomination to fools to depart from evil. - -13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of -fools shall be destroyed. - -13:21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be -repayed. - -13:22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: -and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. - -13:23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is -destroyed for want of judgment. - -13:24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him -chasteneth him betimes. - -13:25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the -belly of the wicked shall want. - -14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it -down with her hands. - -14:2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that -is perverse in his ways despiseth him. - -14:3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of -the wise shall preserve them. - -14:4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the -strength of the ox. - -14:5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter -lies. - -14:6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is -easy unto him that understandeth. - -14:7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not -in him the lips of knowledge. - -14:8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly -of fools is deceit. - -14:9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is -favour. - -14:10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not -intermeddle with his joy. - -14:11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle -of the upright shall flourish. - -14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end -thereof are the ways of death. - -14:13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that -mirth is heaviness. - -14:14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a -good man shall be satisfied from himself. - -14:15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh -well to his going. - -14:16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool -rageth, and is confident. - -14:17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked -devices is hated. - -14:18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with -knowledge. - -14:19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the -righteous. - -14:20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath -many friends. - -14:21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy -on the poor, happy is he. - -14:22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be -to them that devise good. - -14:23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth -only to penury. - -14:24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of -fools is folly. - -14:25 A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness -speaketh lies. - -14:26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children -shall have a place of refuge. - -14:27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the -snares of death. - -14:28 In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want -of people is the destruction of the prince. - -14:29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that -is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. - -14:30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness -of the bones. - -14:31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that -honoureth him hath mercy on the poor. - -14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous -hath hope in his death. - -14:33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but -that which is in the midst of fools is made known. - -14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any -people. - -14:35 The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is -against him that causeth shame. - -15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up -anger. - -15:2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of -fools poureth out foolishness. - -15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and -the good. - -15:4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is -a breach in the spirit. - -15:5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth -reproof is prudent. - -15:6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the -revenues of the wicked is trouble. - -15:7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the -foolish doeth not so. - -15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but -the prayer of the upright is his delight. - -15:9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he -loveth him that followeth after righteousness. - -15:10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he -that hateth reproof shall die. - -15:11 Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the -hearts of the children of men? 15:12 A scorner loveth not one that -reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise. - -15:13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of -the heart the spirit is broken. - -15:14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but -the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. - -15:15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a -merry heart hath a continual feast. - -15:16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure -and trouble therewith. - -15:17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and -hatred therewith. - -15:18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger -appeaseth strife. - -15:19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the -way of the righteous is made plain. - -15:20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his -mother. - -15:21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of -understanding walketh uprightly. - -15:22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude -of counsellors they are established. - -15:23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in -due season, how good is it! 15:24 The way of life is above to the -wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. - -15:25 The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will -establish the border of the widow. - -15:26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but -the words of the pure are pleasant words. - -15:27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that -hateth gifts shall live. - -15:28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of -the wicked poureth out evil things. - -15:29 The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of -the righteous. - -15:30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report -maketh the bones fat. - -15:31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. - -15:32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that -heareth reproof getteth understanding. - -15:33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before -honour is humility. - -16:1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the -tongue, is from the LORD. - -16:2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD -weigheth the spirits. - -16:3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be -established. - -16:4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked -for the day of evil. - -16:5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: -though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. - -16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the -LORD men depart from evil. - -16:7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to -be at peace with him. - -16:8 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without -right. - -16:9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. - -16:10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth -transgresseth not in judgment. - -16:11 A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of the -bag are his work. - -16:12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the -throne is established by righteousness. - -16:13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that -speaketh right. - -16:14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man -will pacify it. - -16:15 In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour -is as a cloud of the latter rain. - -16:16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get -understanding rather to be chosen than silver! 16:17 The highway of -the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth -his soul. - -16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a -fall. - -16:19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to -divide the spoil with the proud. - -16:20 He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso -trusteth in the LORD, happy is he. - -16:21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of -the lips increaseth learning. - -16:22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but -the instruction of fools is folly. - -16:23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to -his lips. - -16:24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and -health to the bones. - -16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end -thereof are the ways of death. - -16:26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth -it of him. - -16:27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a -burning fire. - -16:28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief -friends. - -16:29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the -way that is not good. - -16:30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips -he bringeth evil to pass. - -16:31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of -righteousness. - -16:32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that -ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. - -16:33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is -of the LORD. - -17:1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house -full of sacrifices with strife. - -17:2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and -shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. - -17:3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the -LORD trieth the hearts. - -17:4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to -a naughty tongue. - -17:5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad -at calamities shall not be unpunished. - -17:6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of -children are their fathers. - -17:7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a -prince. - -17:8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: -whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. - -17:9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that -repeateth a matter separateth very friends. - -17:10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes -into a fool. - -17:11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger -shall be sent against him. - -17:12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool -in his folly. - -17:13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his -house. - -17:14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: -therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. - -17:15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, -even they both are abomination to the LORD. - -17:16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, -seeing he hath no heart to it? 17:17 A friend loveth at all times, -and a brother is born for adversity. - -17:18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety -in the presence of his friend. - -17:19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth -his gate seeketh destruction. - -17:20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a -perverse tongue falleth into mischief. - -17:21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father -of a fool hath no joy. - -17:22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit -drieth the bones. - -17:23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways -of judgment. - -17:24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a -fool are in the ends of the earth. - -17:25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her -that bare him. - -17:26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for -equity. - -17:27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of -understanding is of an excellent spirit. - -17:28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he -that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. - -18:1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and -intermeddleth with all wisdom. - -18:2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may -discover itself. - -18:3 When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with -ignominy reproach. - -18:4 The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring -of wisdom as a flowing brook. - -18:5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow -the righteous in judgment. - -18:6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for -strokes. - -18:7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of -his soul. - -18:8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into -the innermost parts of the belly. - -18:9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a -great waster. - -18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth -into it, and is safe. - -18:11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in -his own conceit. - -18:12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before -honour is humility. - -18:13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and -shame unto him. - -18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded -spirit who can bear? 18:15 The heart of the prudent getteth -knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge. - -18:16 A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great -men. - -18:17 He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his -neighbour cometh and searcheth him. - -18:18 The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the -mighty. - -18:19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and -their contentions are like the bars of a castle. - -18:20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; -and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. - -18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that -love it shall eat the fruit thereof. - -18:22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour -of the LORD. - -18:23 The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly. - -18:24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is -a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. - -19:1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is -perverse in his lips, and is a fool. - -19:2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he -that hasteth with his feet sinneth. - -19:3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth -against the LORD. - -19:4 Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his -neighbour. - -19:5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh -lies shall not escape. - -19:6 Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a -friend to him that giveth gifts. - -19:7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his -friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are -wanting to him. - -19:8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth -understanding shall find good. - -19:9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh -lies shall perish. - -19:10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to -have rule over princes. - -19:11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory -to pass over a transgression. - -19:12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is -as dew upon the grass. - -19:13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions -of a wife are a continual dropping. - -19:14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent -wife is from the LORD. - -19:15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall -suffer hunger. - -19:16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he -that despiseth his ways shall die. - -19:17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that -which he hath given will he pay him again. - -19:18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare -for his crying. - -19:19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou -deliver him, yet thou must do it again. - -19:20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise -in thy latter end. - -19:21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the -counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. - -19:22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better -than a liar. - -19:23 The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall -abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. - -19:24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so -much as bring it to his mouth again. - -19:25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one -that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge. - -19:26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a -son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach. - -19:27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from -the words of knowledge. - -19:28 An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the -wicked devoureth iniquity. - -19:29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of -fools. - -20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is -deceived thereby is not wise. - -20:2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh -him to anger sinneth against his own soul. - -20:3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool -will be meddling. - -20:4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall -he beg in harvest, and have nothing. - -20:5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of -understanding will draw it out. - -20:6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful -man who can find? 20:7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his -children are blessed after him. - -20:8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all -evil with his eyes. - -20:9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? -20:10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike -abomination to the LORD. - -20:11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, -and whether it be right. - -20:12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even -both of them. - -20:13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and -thou shalt be satisfied with bread. - -20:14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone -his way, then he boasteth. - -20:15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of -knowledge are a precious jewel. - -20:16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a -pledge of him for a strange woman. - -20:17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth -shall be filled with gravel. - -20:18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice -make war. - -20:19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore -meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. - -20:20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put -out in obscure darkness. - -20:21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the -end thereof shall not be blessed. - -20:22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and -he shall save thee. - -20:23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false -balance is not good. - -20:24 Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his -own way? 20:25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is -holy, and after vows to make enquiry. - -20:26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over -them. - -20:27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the -inward parts of the belly. - -20:28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by -mercy. - -20:29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old -men is the grey head. - -20:30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the -inward parts of the belly. - -21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of -water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. - -21:2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD -pondereth the hearts. - -21:3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than -sacrifice. - -21:4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, -is sin. - -21:5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of -every one that is hasty only to want. - -21:6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to -and fro of them that seek death. - -21:7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse -to do judgment. - -21:8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his -work is right. - -21:9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a -brawling woman in a wide house. - -21:10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no -favour in his eyes. - -21:11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when -the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. - -21:12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: -but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness. - -21:13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall -cry himself, but shall not be heard. - -21:14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom -strong wrath. - -21:15 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be -to the workers of iniquity. - -21:16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall -remain in the congregation of the dead. - -21:17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine -and oil shall not be rich. - -21:18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the -transgressor for the upright. - -21:19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious -and an angry woman. - -21:20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the -wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up. - -21:21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, -righteousness, and honour. - -21:22 A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the -strength of the confidence thereof. - -21:23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from -troubles. - -21:24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud -wrath. - -21:25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to -labour. - -21:26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth -and spareth not. - -21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when -he bringeth it with a wicked mind? 21:28 A false witness shall -perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly. - -21:29 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he -directeth his way. - -21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the -LORD. - -21:31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is -of the LORD. - -22:1 A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving -favour rather than silver and gold. - -22:2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them -all. - -22:3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the -simple pass on, and are punished. - -22:4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and -life. - -22:5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth -keep his soul shall be far from them. - -22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he -will not depart from it. - -22:7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the -lender. - -22:8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his -anger shall fail. - -22:9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of -his bread to the poor. - -22:10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife -and reproach shall cease. - -22:11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the -king shall be his friend. - -22:12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the -words of the transgressor. - -22:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be -slain in the streets. - -22:14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of -the LORD shall fall therein. - -22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of -correction shall drive it far from him. - -22:16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that -giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. - -22:17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply -thine heart unto my knowledge. - -22:18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they -shall withal be fitted in thy lips. - -22:19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee -this day, even to thee. - -22:20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and -knowledge, 22:21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the -words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them -that send unto thee? 22:22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: -neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 22:23 For the LORD will -plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. - -22:24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man -thou shalt not go: 22:25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to -thy soul. - -22:26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are -sureties for debts. - -22:27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed -from under thee? 22:28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy -fathers have set. - -22:29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before -kings; he shall not stand before mean men. - -23:1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what -is before thee: 23:2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man -given to appetite. - -23:3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. - -23:4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. - -23:5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches -certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward -heaven. - -23:6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither -desire thou his dainty meats: 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so -is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with -thee. - -23:8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose -thy sweet words. - -23:9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom -of thy words. - -23:10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of -the fatherless: 23:11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead -their cause with thee. - -23:12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words -of knowledge. - -23:13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him -with the rod, he shall not die. - -23:14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul -from hell. - -23:15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even -mine. - -23:16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. - -23:17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the -LORD all the day long. - -23:18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be -cut off. - -23:19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the -way. - -23:20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 23:21 -For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness -shall clothe a man with rags. - -23:22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy -mother when she is old. - -23:23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, -and understanding. - -23:24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that -begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. - -23:25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee -shall rejoice. - -23:26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. - -23:27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow -pit. - -23:28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the -transgressors among men. - -23:29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath -babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? -23:30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed -wine. - -23:31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his -colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. - -23:32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an -adder. - -23:33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall -utter perverse things. - -23:34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the -sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. - -23:35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they -have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it -yet again. - -24:1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with -them. - -24:2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of -mischief. - -24:3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is -established: 24:4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with -all precious and pleasant riches. - -24:5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth -strength. - -24:6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of -counsellors there is safety. - -24:7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the -gate. - -24:8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person. - -24:9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an -abomination to men. - -24:10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. - -24:11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and -those that are ready to be slain; 24:12 If thou sayest, Behold, we -knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he -that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to -every man according to his works? 24:13 My son, eat thou honey, -because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: -24:14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou -hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall -not be cut off. - -24:15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the -righteous; spoil not his resting place: 24:16 For a just man falleth -seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into -mischief. - -24:17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be -glad when he stumbleth: 24:18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease -him, and he turn away his wrath from him. - -24:19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at -the wicked: 24:20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the -candle of the wicked shall be put out. - -24:21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with -them that are given to change: 24:22 For their calamity shall rise -suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? 24:23 These things -also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in -judgment. - -24:24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou are righteous; him shall the -people curse, nations shall abhor him: 24:25 But to them that rebuke -him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. - -24:26 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer. - -24:27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the -field; and afterwards build thine house. - -24:28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and -deceive not with thy lips. - -24:29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will -render to the man according to his work. - -24:30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the -man void of understanding; 24:31 And, lo, it was all grown over with -thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall -thereof was broken down. - -24:32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and -received instruction. - -24:33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the -hands to sleep: 24:34 So shall thy poverty come as one that -travelleth; and thy want as an armed man. - -25:1 These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah -king of Judah copied out. - -25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of -kings is to search out a matter. - -25:3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of -kings is unsearchable. - -25:4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a -vessel for the finer. - -25:5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall -be established in righteousness. - -25:6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not -in the place of great men: 25:7 For better it is that it be said unto -thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the -presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen. - -25:8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in -the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame. - -25:9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a -secret to another: 25:10 Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, -and thine infamy turn not away. - -25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of -silver. - -25:12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a -wise reprover upon an obedient ear. - -25:13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful -messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his -masters. - -25:14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind -without rain. - -25:15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue -breaketh the bone. - -25:16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, -lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. - -25:17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary -of thee, and so hate thee. - -25:18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a -maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. - -25:19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a -broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. - -25:20 As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar -upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart. - -25:21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be -thirsty, give him water to drink: 25:22 For thou shalt heap coals of -fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee. - -25:23 The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a -backbiting tongue. - -25:24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a -brawling woman and in a wide house. - -25:25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far -country. - -25:26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled -fountain, and a corrupt spring. - -25:27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own -glory is not glory. - -25:28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is -broken down, and without walls. - -26:1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not -seemly for a fool. - -26:2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse -causeless shall not come. - -26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the -fool's back. - -26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like -unto him. - -26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own -conceit. - -26:6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the -feet, and drinketh damage. - -26:7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth -of fools. - -26:8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth -honour to a fool. - -26:9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable -in the mouths of fools. - -26:10 The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, -and rewardeth transgressors. - -26:11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his -folly. - -26:12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of -a fool than of him. - -26:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in -the streets. - -26:14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon -his bed. - -26:15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to -bring it again to his mouth. - -26:16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can -render a reason. - -26:17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to -him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. - -26:18 As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, 26:19 So -is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport? -26:20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no -talebearer, the strife ceaseth. - -26:21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a -contentious man to kindle strife. - -26:22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into -the innermost parts of the belly. - -26:23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with -silver dross. - -26:24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit -within him; 26:25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there -are seven abominations in his heart. - -26:26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be -shewed before the whole congregation. - -26:27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a -stone, it will return upon him. - -26:28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a -flattering mouth worketh ruin. - -27:1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day -may bring forth. - -27:2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, -and not thine own lips. - -27:3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is -heavier than them both. - -27:4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand -before envy? 27:5 Open rebuke is better than secret love. - -27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy -are deceitful. - -27:7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every -bitter thing is sweet. - -27:8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that -wandereth from his place. - -27:9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of -a man's friend by hearty counsel. - -27:10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither -go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is -a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. - -27:11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him -that reproacheth me. - -27:12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the -simple pass on, and are punished. - -27:13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a -pledge of him for a strange woman. - -27:14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in -the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. - -27:15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman -are alike. - -27:16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his -right hand, which bewrayeth itself. - -27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his -friend. - -27:18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he -that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. - -27:19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. - -27:20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are -never satisfied. - -27:21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a -man to his praise. - -27:22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a -pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. - -27:23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well -to thy herds. - -27:24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every -generation? 27:25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth -itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. - -27:26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of -the field. - -27:27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the -food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens. - -28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold -as a lion. - -28:2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but -by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be -prolonged. - -28:3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which -leaveth no food. - -28:4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the -law contend with them. - -28:5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD -understand all things. - -28:6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that -is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. - -28:7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion -of riotous men shameth his father. - -28:8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he -shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. - -28:9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his -prayer shall be abomination. - -28:10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he -shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good -things in possession. - -28:11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath -understanding searcheth him out. - -28:12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when -the wicked rise, a man is hidden. - -28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso -confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. - -28:14 Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his -heart shall fall into mischief. - -28:15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over -the poor people. - -28:16 The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: -but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days. - -28:17 A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee -to the pit; let no man stay him. - -28:18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse -in his ways shall fall at once. - -28:19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that -followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. - -28:20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh -haste to be rich shall not be innocent. - -28:21 To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread -that man will transgress. - -28:22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not -that poverty shall come upon him. - -28:23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he -that flattereth with the tongue. - -28:24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no -transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer. - -28:25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that -putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat. - -28:26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh -wisely, he shall be delivered. - -28:27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth -his eyes shall have many a curse. - -28:28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, -the righteous increase. - -29:1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly -be destroyed, and that without remedy. - -29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when -the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. - -29:3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth -company with harlots spendeth his substance. - -29:4 The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth -gifts overthroweth it. - -29:5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. - -29:6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the -righteous doth sing and rejoice. - -29:7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked -regardeth not to know it. - -29:8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away -wrath. - -29:9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or -laugh, there is no rest. - -29:10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul. - -29:11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till -afterwards. - -29:12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. - -29:13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD -lighteneth both their eyes. - -29:14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be -established for ever. - -29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself -bringeth his mother to shame. - -29:16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but -the righteous shall see their fall. - -29:17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give -delight unto thy soul. - -29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth -the law, happy is he. - -29:19 A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he -understand he will not answer. - -29:20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope -of a fool than of him. - -29:21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall -have him become his son at the length. - -29:22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in -transgression. - -29:23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the -humble in spirit. - -29:24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth -cursing, and bewrayeth it not. - -29:25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in -the LORD shall be safe. - -29:26 Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh -from the LORD. - -29:27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is -upright in the way is abomination to the wicked. - -30:1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man -spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, 30:2 Surely I am more -brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. - -30:3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. - -30:4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered -the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who -hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what -is his son's name, if thou canst tell? 30:5 Every word of God is -pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. - -30:6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be -found a liar. - -30:7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I -die: 30:8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty -nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: 30:9 Lest I be full, -and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, -and take the name of my God in vain. - -30:10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and -thou be found guilty. - -30:11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not -bless their mother. - -30:12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet -is not washed from their filthiness. - -30:13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their -eyelids are lifted up. - -30:14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw -teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy -from among men. - -30:15 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are -three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is -enough: 30:16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not -filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough. - -30:17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his -mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young -eagles shall eat it. - -30:18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four -which I know not: 30:19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a -serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and -the way of a man with a maid. - -30:20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth -her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. - -30:21 For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it -cannot bear: 30:22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he -is filled with meat; 30:23 For an odious woman when she is married; -and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress. - -30:24 There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they -are exceeding wise: 30:25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they -prepare their meat in the summer; 30:26 The conies are but a feeble -folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; 30:27 The locusts have -no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; 30:28 The spider -taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. - -30:29 There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in -going: 30:30 A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not -away for any; 30:31 A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against -whom there is no rising up. - -30:32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou -hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth. - -30:33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the -wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath -bringeth forth strife. - -31:1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught -him. - -31:2 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of -my vows? 31:3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that -which destroyeth kings. - -31:4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; -nor for princes strong drink: 31:5 Lest they drink, and forget the -law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. - -31:6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto -those that be of heavy hearts. - -31:7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no -more. - -31:8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are -appointed to destruction. - -31:9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the -poor and needy. - -31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above -rubies. - -31:11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he -shall have no need of spoil. - -31:12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. - -31:13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her -hands. - -31:14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from -afar. - -31:15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her -household, and a portion to her maidens. - -31:16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her -hands she planteth a vineyard. - -31:17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. - -31:18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth -not out by night. - -31:19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the -distaff. - -31:20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth -her hands to the needy. - -31:21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her -household are clothed with scarlet. - -31:22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk -and purple. - -31:23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the -elders of the land. - -31:24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles -unto the merchant. - -31:25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in -time to come. - -31:26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law -of kindness. - -31:27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not -the bread of idleness. - -31:28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, -and he praiseth her. - -31:29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them -all. - -31:30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that -feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. - -31:31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise -her in the gates. - - - - -Ecclesiastes - -or - -The Preacher - - -1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. - -1:2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is -vanity. - -1:3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the -sun? 1:4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: -but the earth abideth for ever. - -1:5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his -place where he arose. - -1:6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; -it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according -to his circuits. - -1:7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the -place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. - -1:8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not -satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. - -1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that -which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing -under the sun. - -1:10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it -hath been already of old time, which was before us. - -1:11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be -any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come -after. - -1:12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. - -1:13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning -all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God -given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. - -1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, -behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. - -1:15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is -wanting cannot be numbered. - -1:16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great -estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been -before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom -and knowledge. - -1:17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and -folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. - -1:18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth -knowledge increaseth sorrow. - -2:1 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, -therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. - -2:2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? 2:3 I -sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine -heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was -that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven -all the days of their life. - -2:4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me -vineyards: 2:5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in -them of all kind of fruits: 2:6 I made me pools of water, to water -therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees: 2:7 I got me servants -and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great -possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem -before me: 2:8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar -treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women -singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, -and that of all sorts. - -2:9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in -Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. - -2:10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld -not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and -this was my portion of all my labour. - -2:11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on -the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and -vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. - -2:12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for -what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath -been already done. - -2:13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth -darkness. - -2:14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in -darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them -all. - -2:15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it -happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my -heart, that this also is vanity. - -2:16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for -ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be -forgotten. - -And how dieth the wise man? as the fool. - -2:17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under -the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. - -2:18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: -because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. - -2:19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet -shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and -wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. - -2:20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the -labour which I took under the sun. - -2:21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, -and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he -leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. - -2:22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his -heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? 2:23 For all his days -are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in -the night. This is also vanity. - -2:24 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and -drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This -also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. - -2:25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I? -2:26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and -knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and -to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also -is vanity and vexation of spirit. - -3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose -under the heaven: 3:2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to -plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3:3 A time to -kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build -up; 3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a -time to dance; 3:5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather -stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from -embracing; 3:6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and -a time to cast away; 3:7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to -keep silence, and a time to speak; 3:8 A time to love, and a time to -hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. - -3:9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? -3:10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men -to be exercised in it. - -3:11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set -the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that -God maketh from the beginning to the end. - -3:12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, -and to do good in his life. - -3:13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good -of all his labour, it is the gift of God. - -3:14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing -can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that -men should fear before him. - -3:15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already -been; and God requireth that which is past. - -3:16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that -wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity -was there. - -3:17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the -wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every -work. - -3:18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, -that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they -themselves are beasts. - -3:19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even -one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, -they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a -beast: for all is vanity. - -3:20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust -again. - -3:21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit -of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? 3:22 Wherefore I -perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice -in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to -see what shall be after him? 4:1 So I returned, and considered all -the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of -such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of -their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. - -4:2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the -living which are yet alive. - -4:3 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who -hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. - -4:4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for -this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and -vexation of spirit. - -4:5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. - -4:6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with -travail and vexation of spirit. - -4:7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. - -4:8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath -neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; -neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom -do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it -is a sore travail. - -4:9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their -labour. - -4:10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him -that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. - -4:11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one -be warm alone? 4:12 And if one prevail against him, two shall -withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. - -4:13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, -who will no more be admonished. - -4:14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is -born in his kingdom becometh poor. - -4:15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the -second child that shall stand up in his stead. - -4:16 There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been -before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. -Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit. - -5:1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more -ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider -not that they do evil. - -5:2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to -utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: -therefore let thy words be few. - -5:3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's -voice is known by multitude of words. - -5:4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath -no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. - -5:5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest -vow and not pay. - -5:6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou -before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry -at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? 5:7 For in the -multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but -fear thou God. - -5:8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting -of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for -he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than -they. - -5:9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is -served by the field. - -5:10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he -that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. - -5:11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what -good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with -their eyes? 5:12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he -eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him -to sleep. - -5:13 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, -riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. - -5:14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, -and there is nothing in his hand. - -5:15 As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to -go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may -carry away in his hand. - -5:16 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so -shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind? -5:17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow -and wrath with his sickness. - -5:18 Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to -eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he -taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: -for it is his portion. - -5:19 Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath -given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to -rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God. - -5:20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God -answereth him in the joy of his heart. - -6:1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common -among men: 6:2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and -honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he -desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger -eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. - -6:3 If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that -the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, -and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is -better than he. - -6:4 For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his -name shall be covered with darkness. - -6:5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath -more rest than the other. - -6:6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen -no good: do not all go to one place? 6:7 All the labour of man is for -his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. - -6:8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, -that knoweth to walk before the living? 6:9 Better is the sight of -the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and -vexation of spirit. - -6:10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is -man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he. - -6:11 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the -better? 6:12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all -the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can -tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? 7:1 A good name is -better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of -one's birth. - -7:2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the -house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will -lay it to his heart. - -7:3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the -countenance the heart is made better. - -7:4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart -of fools is in the house of mirth. - -7:5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to -hear the song of fools. - -7:6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of -the fool: this also is vanity. - -7:7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the -heart. - -7:8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the -patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. - -7:9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the -bosom of fools. - -7:10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better -than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. - -7:11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to -them that see the sun. - -7:12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the -excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have -it. - -7:13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which -he hath made crooked? 7:14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in -the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against -the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. - -7:15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just -man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man -that prolongeth his life in his wickedness. - -7:16 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why -shouldest thou destroy thyself ? 7:17 Be not over much wicked, -neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? 7:18 -It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this -withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of -them all. - -7:19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are -in the city. - -7:20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and -sinneth not. - -7:21 Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear -thy servant curse thee: 7:22 For oftentimes also thine own heart -knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. - -7:23 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it -was far from me. - -7:24 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out? -7:25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out -wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, -even of foolishness and madness: 7:26 And I find more bitter than -death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as -bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall -be taken by her. - -7:27 Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by -one, to find out the account: 7:28 Which yet my soul seeketh, but I -find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all -those have I not found. - -7:29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but -they have sought out many inventions. - -8:1 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a -thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of -his face shall be changed. - -8:2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard -of the oath of God. - -8:3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; -for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. - -8:4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto -him, What doest thou? 8:5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no -evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. - -8:6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the -misery of man is great upon him. - -8:7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when -it shall be? 8:8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to -retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and -there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver -those that are given to it. - -8:9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is -done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over -another to his own hurt. - -8:10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the -place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had -so done: this is also vanity. - -8:11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, -therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do -evil. - -8:12 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be -prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear -God, which fear before him: 8:13 But it shall not be well with the -wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; -because he feareth not before God. - -8:14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be -just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; -again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work -of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity. - -8:15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under -the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall -abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth -him under the sun. - -8:16 When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business -that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor -night seeth sleep with his eyes:) 8:17 Then I beheld all the work of -God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: -because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; -yea farther; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be -able to find it. - -9:1 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, -that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of -God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them. - -9:2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, -and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; -to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the -good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an -oath. - -9:3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that -there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is -full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after -that they go to the dead. - -9:4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a -living dog is better than a dead lion. - -9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any -thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is -forgotten. - -9:6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now -perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing -that is done under the sun. - -9:7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a -merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. - -9:8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no -ointment. - -9:9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the -life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the -days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy -labour which thou takest under the sun. - -9:10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for -there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, -whither thou goest. - -9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the -swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, -nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of -skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. - -9:12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken -in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are -the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon -them. - -9:13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great -unto me: 9:14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and -there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great -bulwarks against it: 9:15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, -and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that -same poor man. - -9:16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the -poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. - -9:17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him -that ruleth among fools. - -9:18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth -much good. - -10:1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a -stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for -wisdom and honour. - -10:2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at -his left. - -10:3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom -faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool. - -10:4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy -place; for yielding pacifieth great offences. - -10:5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error -which proceedeth from the ruler: 10:6 Folly is set in great dignity, -and the rich sit in low place. - -10:7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants -upon the earth. - -10:8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an -hedge, a serpent shall bite him. - -10:9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that -cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby. - -10:10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he -put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct. - -10:11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler -is no better. - -10:12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a -fool will swallow up himself. - -10:13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the -end of his talk is mischievous madness. - -10:14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; -and what shall be after him, who can tell him? 10:15 The labour of -the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to -go to the city. - -10:16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes -eat in the morning! 10:17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is -the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, -and not for drunkenness! 10:18 By much slothfulness the building -decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth -through. - -10:19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money -answereth all things. - -10:20 Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the -rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, -and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. - -11:1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many -days. - -11:2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not -what evil shall be upon the earth. - -11:3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the -earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in -the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. - -11:4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth -the clouds shall not reap. - -11:5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the -bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou -knowest not the works of God who maketh all. - -11:6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not -thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or -that, or whether they both shall be alike good. - -11:7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes -to behold the sun: 11:8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in -them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be -many. All that cometh is vanity. - -11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee -in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in -the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God -will bring thee into judgment. - -11:10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from -thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity. - -12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil -days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no -pleasure in them; 12:2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or -the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: 12:3 -In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong -men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, -and those that look out of the windows be darkened, 12:4 And the doors -shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, -and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters -of musick shall be brought low; 12:5 Also when they shall be afraid of -that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree -shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire -shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go -about the streets: 12:6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the -golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or -the wheel broken at the cistern. - -12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit -shall return unto God who gave it. - -12:8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity. - -12:9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the -people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in -order many proverbs. - -12:10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which -was written was upright, even words of truth. - -12:11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the -masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. - -12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many -books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. - -12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and -keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. - -12:14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret -thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. - - - - -The Song of Solomon - - -1:1 The song of songs, which is Solomon's. - -1:2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is -better than wine. - -1:3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as -ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. - -1:4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his -chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy -love more than wine: the upright love thee. - -1:5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents -of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. - -1:6 Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked -upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the -keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. - -1:7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where -thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that -turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? 1:8 If thou know not, -O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the -flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents. - -1:9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in -Pharaoh's chariots. - -1:10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains -of gold. - -1:11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. - -1:12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth -the smell thereof. - -1:13 A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all -night betwixt my breasts. - -1:14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards -of Engedi. - -1:15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast -doves' eyes. - -1:16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is -green. - -1:17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir. - -2:1 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. - -2:2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. - -2:3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved -among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and -his fruit was sweet to my taste. - -2:4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was -love. - -2:5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of -love. - -2:6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace -me. - -2:7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the -hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he -please. - -2:8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the -mountains, skipping upon the hills. - -2:9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth -behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself -through the lattice. - -2:10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair -one, and come away. - -2:11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; 2:12 The -flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, -and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; 2:13 The fig tree -putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give -a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. - -2:14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret -places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy -voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. - -2:15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for -our vines have tender grapes. - -2:16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. - -2:17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, -and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. - -3:1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, -but I found him not. - -3:2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the -broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I -found him not. - -3:3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw -ye him whom my soul loveth? 3:4 It was but a little that I passed -from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would -not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and -into the chamber of her that conceived me. - -3:5 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the -hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he -please. - -3:6 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of -smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the -merchant? 3:7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant -men are about it, of the valiant of Israel. - -3:8 They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his -sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. - -3:9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. - -3:10 He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of -gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with -love, for the daughters of Jerusalem. - -3:11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with -the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his -espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart. - -4:1 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast -doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that -appear from mount Gilead. - -4:2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which -came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is -barren among them. - -4:3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: -thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks. - -4:4 Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, -whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. - -4:5 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed -among the lilies. - -4:6 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to -the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. - -4:7 Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee. - -4:8 Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look -from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the -lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. - -4:9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast -ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. - -4:10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is -thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! -4:11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are -under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of -Lebanon. - -4:12 A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a -fountain sealed. - -4:13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; -camphire, with spikenard, 4:14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and -cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all -the chief spices: 4:15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, -and streams from Lebanon. - -4:16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, -that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his -garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. - -5:1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my -myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have -drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink -abundantly, O beloved. - -5:2 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that -knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my -undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops -of the night. - -5:3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my -feet; how shall I defile them? 5:4 My beloved put in his hand by the -hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him. - -5:5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, -and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the -lock. - -5:6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and -was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not -find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. - -5:7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, -they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me. - -5:8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, -that ye tell him, that I am sick of love. - -5:9 What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest -among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou -dost so charge us? 5:10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest -among ten thousand. - -5:11 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black -as a raven. - -5:12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed -with milk, and fitly set. - -5:13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips -like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh. - -5:14 His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as -bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. - -5:15 His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: -his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. - -5:16 His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my -beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. - -6:1 Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither -is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee. - -6:2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to -feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. - -6:3 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the -lilies. - -6:4 Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, -terrible as an army with banners. - -6:5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair -is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead. - -6:6 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, -whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among -them. - -6:7 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks. - -6:8 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins -without number. - -6:9 My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her -mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw -her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they -praised her. - -6:10 Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, -clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners? 6:11 I went -down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to -see whether the vine flourished and the pomegranates budded. - -6:12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of -Amminadib. - -6:13 Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look -upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company -of two armies. - -7:1 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the -joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a -cunning workman. - -7:2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy -belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies. - -7:3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins. - -7:4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in -Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of -Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus. - -7:5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head -like purple; the king is held in the galleries. - -7:6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! 7:7 -This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters -of grapes. - -7:8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the -boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, -and the smell of thy nose like apples; 7:9 And the roof of thy mouth -like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing -the lips of those that are asleep to speak. - -7:10 I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me. - -7:11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in -the villages. - -7:12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine -flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud -forth: there will I give thee my loves. - -7:13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of -pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my -beloved. - -8:1 O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my -mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I -should not be despised. - -8:2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who -would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the -juice of my pomegranate. - -8:3 His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should -embrace me. - -8:4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor -awake my love, until he please. - -8:5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her -beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother -brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee. - -8:6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for -love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals -thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. - -8:7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: -if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would -utterly be contemned. - -8:8 We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do -for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? 8:9 If she be -a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a -door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar. - -8:10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes -as one that found favour. - -8:11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto -keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand -pieces of silver. - -8:12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must -have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred. - -8:13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy -voice: cause me to hear it. - -8:14 Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young -hart upon the mountains of spices. - - - - -The Book of the Prophet Isaiah - - -1:1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning -Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, -kings of Judah. - -1:2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, -I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled -against me. - -1:3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but -Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. - -1:4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of -evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, -they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone -away backward. - -1:5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: -the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. - -1:6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness -in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not -been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. - -1:7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your -land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as -overthrown by strangers. - -1:8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a -lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. - -1:9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we -should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah. - -1:10 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the -law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. - -1:11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? -saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat -of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of -lambs, or of he goats. - -1:12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your -hand, to tread my courts? 1:13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense -is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of -assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn -meeting. - -1:14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are -a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. - -1:15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from -you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are -full of blood. - -1:16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from -before mine eyes; cease to do evil; 1:17 Learn to do well; seek -judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the -widow. - -1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your -sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red -like crimson, they shall be as wool. - -1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: -1:20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: -for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. - -1:21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of -judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. - -1:22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: 1:23 Thy -princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth -gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, -neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. - -1:24 Therefore saith the LORD, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of -Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine -enemies: 1:25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away -thy dross, and take away all thy tin: 1:26 And I will restore thy -judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: -afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the -faithful city. - -1:27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with -righteousness. - -1:28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall -be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed. - -1:29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and -ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. - -1:30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that -hath no water. - -1:31 And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, -and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them. - -2:1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and -Jerusalem. - -2:2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of -the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and -shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. - -2:3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the -mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will -teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion -shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. - -2:4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many -people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their -spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against -nation, neither shall they learn war any more. - -2:5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the -LORD. - -2:6 Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, -because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like -the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of -strangers. - -2:7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any -end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is -there any end of their chariots: 2:8 Their land also is full of idols; -they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers -have made: 2:9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man -humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. - -2:10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the -LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. - -2:11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of -men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that -day. - -2:12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is -proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be -brought low: 2:13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high -and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, 2:14 And upon all the -high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, 2:15 And -upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, 2:16 And upon all -the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. - -2:17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness -of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that -day. - -2:18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish. - -2:19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves -of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, -when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. - -2:20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols -of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles -and to the bats; 2:21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the -tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of -his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. - -2:22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein -is he to be accounted of ? 3:1 For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of -hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the -staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water. - -3:2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, -and the prudent, and the ancient, 3:3 The captain of fifty, and the -honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the -eloquent orator. - -3:4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule -over them. - -3:5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every -one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against -the ancient, and the base against the honourable. - -3:6 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his -father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this -ruin be under thy hand: 3:7 In that day shall he swear, saying, I will -not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make -me not a ruler of the people. - -3:8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue -and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his -glory. - -3:9 The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they -declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for -they have rewarded evil unto themselves. - -3:10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they -shall eat the fruit of their doings. - -3:11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of -his hands shall be given him. - -3:12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule -over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and -destroy the way of thy paths. - -3:13 The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people. - -3:14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his -people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; -the spoil of the poor is in your houses. - -3:15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the -faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts. - -3:16 Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are -haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking -and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: 3:17 -Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the -daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts. - -3:18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling -ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires -like the moon, 3:19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, -3:20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, -and the tablets, and the earrings, 3:21 The rings, and nose jewels, -3:22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the -wimples, and the crisping pins, 3:23 The glasses, and the fine linen, -and the hoods, and the vails. - -3:24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there -shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well -set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; -and burning instead of beauty. - -3:25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. - -3:26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate -shall sit upon the ground. - -4:1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We -will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be -called by thy name, to take away our reproach. - -4:2 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and -glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for -them that are escaped of Israel. - -4:3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he -that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that -is written among the living in Jerusalem: 4:4 When the Lord shall have -washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged -the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of -judgment, and by the spirit of burning. - -4:5 And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, -and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of -a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. - -4:6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time from -the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and -from rain. - -5:1 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching -his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: -5:2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted -it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and -also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring -forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. - -5:3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I -pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. - -5:4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not -done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth -grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? 5:5 And now go to; I will tell -you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, -and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it -shall be trodden down: 5:6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be -pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will -also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. - -5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and -the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but -behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. - -5:8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, -till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of -the earth! 5:9 In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many -houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. - -5:10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of -an homer shall yield an ephah. - -5:11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may -follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame -them! 5:12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and -wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, -neither consider the operation of his hands. - -5:13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no -knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude -dried up with thirst. - -5:14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth -without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, -and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. - -5:15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall -be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: 5:16 But the -LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall -be sanctified in righteousness. - -5:17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste -places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. - -5:18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as -it were with a cart rope: 5:19 That say, Let him make speed, and -hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy -One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! 5:20 Woe unto -them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, -and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for -bitter! 5:21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and -prudent in their own sight! 5:22 Woe unto them that are mighty to -drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: 5:23 Which -justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the -righteous from him! 5:24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, -and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as -rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have -cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the -Holy One of Israel. - -5:25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, -and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten -them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the -midst of the streets. - -For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched -out still. - -5:26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will -hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come -with speed swiftly: 5:27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; -none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins -be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: 5:28 Whose arrows -are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be -counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: 5:29 Their -roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, -they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away -safe, and none shall deliver it. - -5:30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of -the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, -and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof. - -6:1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon -a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. - -6:2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain -he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with -twain he did fly. - -6:3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the -LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. - -6:4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, -and the house was filled with smoke. - -6:5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of -unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: -for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. - -6:6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his -hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: 6:7 And he -laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and -thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. - -6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and -who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. - -6:9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but -understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. - -6:10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and -shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their -ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. - -6:11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be -wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be -utterly desolate, 6:12 And the LORD have removed men far away, and -there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land. - -6:13 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be -eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when -they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance -thereof. - -7:1 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son -of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the -son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war -against it, but could not prevail against it. - -7:2 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate -with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as -the trees of the wood are moved with the wind. - -7:3 Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, -and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool -in the highway of the fuller's field; 7:4 And say unto him, Take heed, -and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of -these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, -and of the son of Remaliah. - -7:5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil -counsel against thee, saying, 7:6 Let us go up against Judah, and vex -it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the -midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: 7:7 Thus saith the Lord GOD, It -shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. - -7:8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is -Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, -that it be not a people. - -7:9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is -Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be -established. - -7:10 Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying, 7:11 Ask thee a -sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height -above. - -7:12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD. - -7:13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing -for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? 7:14 Therefore -the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall -conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. - -7:15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the -evil, and choose the good. - -7:16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose -the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her -kings. - -7:17 The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy -father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim -departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria. - -7:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss -for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and -for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. - -7:19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate -valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon -all bushes. - -7:20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, -namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, -and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard. - -7:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a -young cow, and two sheep; 7:22 And it shall come to pass, for the -abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter -and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land. - -7:23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, -where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall -even be for briers and thorns. - -7:24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the -land shall become briers and thorns. - -7:25 And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there -shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be -for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle. - -8:1 Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write -in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz. - -8:2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, -and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. - -8:3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. - -Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz. - -8:4 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and -my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be -taken away before the king of Assyria. - -8:5 The LORD spake also unto me again, saying, 8:6 Forasmuch as this -people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in -Rezin and Remaliah's son; 8:7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth -up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king -of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his -channels, and go over all his banks: 8:8 And he shall pass through -Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; -and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy -land, O Immanuel. - -8:9 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in -pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye -shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in -pieces. - -8:10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the -word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. - -8:11 For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed -me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, 8:12 Say -ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A -confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. - -8:13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and -let him be your dread. - -8:14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and -for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for -a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. - -8:15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and -be snared, and be taken. - -8:16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. - -8:17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the -house of Jacob, and I will look for him. - -8:18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for -signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth -in mount Zion. - -8:19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have -familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should -not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? 8:20 To -the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this -word, it is because there is no light in them. - -8:21 And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it -shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret -themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward. - -8:22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and -darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness. - -9:1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, -when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the -land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the -way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. - -9:2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they -that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the -light shined. - -9:3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they -joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice -when they divide the spoil. - -9:4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his -shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian. - -9:5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and -garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of -fire. - -9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the -government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called -Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The -Prince of Peace. - -9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, -upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to -establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for -ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. - -9:8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel. - -9:9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of -Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, 9:10 The bricks -are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are -cut down, but we will change them into cedars. - -9:11 Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against -him, and join his enemies together; 9:12 The Syrians before, and the -Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For -all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out -still. - -9:13 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do -they seek the LORD of hosts. - -9:14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch -and rush, in one day. - -9:15 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that -teacheth lies, he is the tail. - -9:16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that -are led of them are destroyed. - -9:17 Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither -shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an -hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all -this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out -still. - -9:18 For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers -and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they -shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. - -9:19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and -the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his -brother. - -9:20 And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he -shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they -shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: 9:21 Manasseh, Ephraim; -and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For -all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out -still. - -10:1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write -grievousness which they have prescribed; 10:2 To turn aside the needy -from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, -that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! -10:3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the -desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? -and where will ye leave your glory? 10:4 Without me they shall bow -down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all -this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out -still. - -10:5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is -mine indignation. - -10:6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the -people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to -take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. - -10:7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but -it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. - -10:8 For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? 10:9 Is not -Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as -Damascus? 10:10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and -whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; 10:11 -Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to -Jerusalem and her idols? 10:12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that -when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on -Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of -Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. - -10:13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by -my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the -people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the -inhabitants like a valiant man: 10:14 And my hand hath found as a nest -the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, -have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, -or opened the mouth, or peeped. - -10:15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or -shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the -rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the -staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood. - -10:16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat -ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the -burning of a fire. - -10:17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One -for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in -one day; 10:18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his -fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a -standard-bearer fainteth. - -10:19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a -child may write them. - -10:20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of -Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more -again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the -Holy One of Israel, in truth. - -10:21 The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the -mighty God. - -10:22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a -remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow -with righteousness. - -10:23 For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even -determined, in the midst of all the land. - -10:24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that -dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee -with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner -of Egypt. - -10:25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, -and mine anger in their destruction. - -10:26 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according -to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was -upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt. - -10:27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be -taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and -the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. - -10:28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath -laid up his carriages: 10:29 They are gone over the passage: they have -taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is -fled. - -10:30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard -unto Laish, O poor Anathoth. - -10:31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves -to flee. - -10:32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand -against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. - -10:33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with -terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the -haughty shall be humbled. - -10:34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and -Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. - -11:1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a -Branch shall grow out of his roots: 11:2 And the spirit of the LORD -shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the -spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear -of the LORD; 11:3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the -fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, -neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: 11:4 But with -righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the -meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his -mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. - -11:5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and -faithfulness the girdle of his reins. - -11:6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall -lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling -together; and a little child shall lead them. - -11:7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie -down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. - -11:8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the -weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. - -11:9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the -earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover -the sea. - -11:10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall -stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and -his rest shall be glorious. - -11:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set -his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, -which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, -and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and -from the islands of the sea. - -11:12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall -assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of -Judah from the four corners of the earth. - -11:13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of -Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall -not vex Ephraim. - -11:14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward -the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay -their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey -them. - -11:15 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian -sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, -and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod. - -11:16 And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, -which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day -that he came up out of the land of Egypt. - -12:1 And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: -though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou -comfortedst me. - -12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for -the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my -salvation. - -12:3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of -salvation. - -12:4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his -name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name -is exalted. - -12:5 Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is -known in all the earth. - -12:6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy -One of Israel in the midst of thee. - -13:1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. - -13:2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto -them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. - -13:3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty -ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. - -13:4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great -people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered -together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. - -13:5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the -LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. - -13:6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a -destruction from the Almighty. - -13:7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall -melt: 13:8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold -of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall -be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. - -13:9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and -fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the -sinners thereof out of it. - -13:10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not -give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and -the moon shall not cause her light to shine. - -13:11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for -their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, -and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. - -13:12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than -the golden wedge of Ophir. - -13:13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove -out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of -his fierce anger. - -13:14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man -taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every -one into his own land. - -13:15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one -that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. - -13:16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; -their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. - -13:17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not -regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. - -13:18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they -shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not -spare children. - -13:19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' -excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. - -13:20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from -generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; -neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. - -13:21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses -shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and -satyrs shall dance there. - -13:22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate -houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to -come, and her days shall not be prolonged. - -14:1 For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose -Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be -joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. - -14:2 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: -and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for -servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose -captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors. - -14:3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give -thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard -bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, 14:4 That thou shalt take up -this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the -oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! 14:5 The LORD hath broken -the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. - -14:6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that -ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. - -14:7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into -singing. - -14:8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, -saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us. - -14:9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: -it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the -earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the -nations. - -14:10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become -weak as we? art thou become like unto us? 14:11 Thy pomp is brought -down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread -under thee, and the worms cover thee. - -14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! -how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! -14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I -will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the -mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14:14 I will -ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. - -14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. - -14:16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider -thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did -shake kingdoms; 14:17 That made the world as a wilderness, and -destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his -prisoners? 14:18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie -in glory, every one in his own house. - -14:19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, -and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a -sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden -under feet. - -14:20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast -destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall -never be renowned. - -14:21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their -fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the -face of the world with cities. - -14:22 For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and -cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith -the LORD. - -14:23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of -water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the -LORD of hosts. - -14:24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, -so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: -14:25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains -tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and -his burden depart from off their shoulders. - -14:26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and -this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. - -14:27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? -and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? 14:28 In -the year that king Ahaz died was this burden. - -14:29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that -smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a -cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. - -14:30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall -lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall -slay thy remnant. - -14:31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: -for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone -in his appointed times. - -14:32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That -the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in -it. - -15:1 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid -waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is -laid waste, and brought to silence; 15:2 He is gone up to Bajith, and -to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and -over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut -off. - -15:3 In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on -the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, -weeping abundantly. - -15:4 And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard -even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; -his life shall be grievous unto him. - -15:5 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto -Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith -with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they -shall raise up a cry of destruction. - -15:6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is -withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. - -15:7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they -have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows. - -15:8 For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling -thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim. - -15:9 For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring -more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the -remnant of the land. - -16:1 Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the -wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. - -16:2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, -so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon. - -16:3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in -the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that -wandereth. - -16:4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them -from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the -spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. - -16:5 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit -upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking -judgment, and hasting righteousness. - -16:6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his -haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be -so. - -16:7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the -foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken. - -16:8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the -lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, -they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: -her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea. - -16:9 Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of -Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for -the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen. - -16:10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; -and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be -shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I -have made their vintage shouting to cease. - -16:11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine -inward parts for Kirharesh. - -16:12 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on -the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he -shall not prevail. - -16:13 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since -that time. - -16:14 But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the -years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with -all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and -feeble. - -17:1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being -a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. - -17:2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which -shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. - -17:3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from -Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the -children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts. - -17:4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob -shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean. - -17:5 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and -reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth -ears in the valley of Rephaim. - -17:6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an -olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, -four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD -God of Israel. - -17:7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall -have respect to the Holy One of Israel. - -17:8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, -neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the -groves, or the images. - -17:9 In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and -an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of -Israel: and there shall be desolation. - -17:10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast -not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou -plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips: 17:11 In -the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt -thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the -day of grief and of desperate sorrow. - -17:12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the -noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing -like the rushing of mighty waters! 17:13 The nations shall rush like -the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall -flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before -the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. - -17:14 And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is -not. - -This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that -rob us. - -18:1 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers -of Ethiopia: 18:2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels -of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a -nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning -hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers -have spoiled! 18:3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on -the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and -when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye. - -18:4 For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will -consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a -cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. - -18:5 For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour -grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with -pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches. - -18:6 They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and -to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and -all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them. - -18:7 In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts -of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from -their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, -whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the -LORD of hosts, the mount Zion. - -19:1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, -and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at -his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it. - -19:2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they -shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his -neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. - -19:3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I -will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, -and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to -the wizards. - -19:4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; -and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of -hosts. - -19:5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be -wasted and dried up. - -19:6 And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of -defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall -wither. - -19:7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and -every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be -no more. - -19:8 The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into -the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters -shall languish. - -19:9 Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave -networks, shall be confounded. - -19:10 And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make -sluices and ponds for fish. - -19:11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise -counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I -am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? 19:12 Where are -they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them -know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt. - -19:13 The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are -deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of -the tribes thereof. - -19:14 The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: -and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken -man staggereth in his vomit. - -19:15 Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or -tail, branch or rush, may do. - -19:16 In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be -afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of -hosts, which he shaketh over it. - -19:17 And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one -that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the -counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it. - -19:18 In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the -language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be -called, The city of destruction. - -19:19 In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of -the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD. - -19:20 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of -hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because -of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, -and he shall deliver them. - -19:21 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall -know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, -they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it. - -19:22 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and -they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, -and shall heal them. - -19:23 In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, -and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, -and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. - -19:24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with -Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: 19:25 Whom the LORD -of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria -the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance. - -20:1 In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king -of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; 20:2 At -the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and -loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy -foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. - -20:3 And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked -and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon -Ethiopia; 20:4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians -prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and -barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. - -20:5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their -expectation, and of Egypt their glory. - -20:6 And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, -such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from -the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape? 21:1 The burden of the -desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it -cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. - -21:2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer -dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: -besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. - -21:3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold -upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at -the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it. - -21:4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my -pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. - -21:5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye -princes, and anoint the shield. - -21:6 For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him -declare what he seeth. - -21:7 And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of -asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much -heed: 21:8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the -watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: 21:9 -And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. - -And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the -graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. - -21:10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have -heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto -you. - -21:11 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, -what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? 21:12 The watchman -said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, -enquire ye: return, come. - -21:13 The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, -O ye travelling companies of Dedanim. - -21:14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that -was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. - -21:15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from -the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. - -21:16 For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according to -the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: 21:17 -And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the -children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel -hath spoken it. - -22:1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that -thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? 22:2 Thou that art full of -stirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: thy slain men are not slain -with the sword, nor dead in battle. - -22:3 All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: -all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from -far. - -22:4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour -not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my -people. - -22:5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of -perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking -down the walls, and of crying to the mountains. - -22:6 And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and -Kir uncovered the shield. - -22:7 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be -full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at -the gate. - -22:8 And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in -that day to the armour of the house of the forest. - -22:9 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they -are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool. - -22:10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses -have ye broken down to fortify the wall. - -22:11 Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the -old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had -respect unto him that fashioned it long ago. - -22:12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and -to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: 22:13 And -behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating -flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall -die. - -22:14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely -this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord -GOD of hosts. - -22:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this -treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say, 22:16 -What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed -thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on -high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock? 22:17 -Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and -will surely cover thee. - -22:18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a -large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy -glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house. - -22:19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall -he pull thee down. - -22:20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my -servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: 22:21 And I will clothe him with -thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy -government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants -of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. - -22:22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; -so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none -shall open. - -22:23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be -for a glorious throne to his father's house. - -22:24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's -house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, -from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons. - -22:25 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is -fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and -the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken -it. - -23:1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid -waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of -Chittim it is revealed to them. - -23:2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of -Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. - -23:3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, -is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. - -23:4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the -strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, -neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins. - -23:5 As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained -at the report of Tyre. - -23:6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. - -23:7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her -own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. - -23:8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, -whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of -the earth? 23:9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the -pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of -the earth. - -23:10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there -is no more strength. - -23:11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: -the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to -destroy the strong holds thereof. - -23:12 And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed -virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also -shalt thou have no rest. - -23:13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the -Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up -the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought -it to ruin. - -23:14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. - -23:15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be -forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the -end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. - -23:16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been -forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be -remembered. - -23:17 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that -the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall -commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of -the earth. - -23:18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: -it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be -for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for -durable clothing. - -24:1 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and -turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. - -24:2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with -the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her -mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, -so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of -usury to him. - -24:3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the -LORD hath spoken this word. - -24:4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and -fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. - -24:5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because -they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the -everlasting covenant. - -24:6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell -therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are -burned, and few men left. - -24:7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted -do sigh. - -24:8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice -endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. - -24:9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be -bitter to them that drink it. - -24:10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, -that no man may come in. - -24:11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, -the mirth of the land is gone. - -24:12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with -destruction. - -24:13 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, -there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning -grapes when the vintage is done. - -24:14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty -of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea. - -24:15 Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the -LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea. - -24:16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even -glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto -me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the -treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously. - -24:17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of -the earth. - -24:18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of -the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the -midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on -high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake. - -24:19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, -the earth is moved exceedingly. - -24:20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be -removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy -upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. - -24:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall -punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of -the earth upon the earth. - -24:22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered -in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days -shall they be visited. - -24:23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the -LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before -his ancients gloriously. - -25:1 O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy -name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are -faithfulness and truth. - -25:2 For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: -a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. - -25:3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the -terrible nations shall fear thee. - -25:4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the -needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the -heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the -wall. - -25:5 Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a -dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the -terrible ones shall be brought low. - -25:6 And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people -a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things -full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. - -25:7 And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering -cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. - -25:8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe -away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he -take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. - -25:9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have -waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited -for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. - -25:10 For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab -shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the -dunghill. - -25:11 And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he -that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring -down their pride together with the spoils of their hands. - -25:12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring -down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust. - -26:1 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have -a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. - -26:2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the -truth may enter in. - -26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on -thee: because he trusteth in thee. - -26:4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is -everlasting strength: 26:5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on -high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the -ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. - -26:6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the -steps of the needy. - -26:7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost -weigh the path of the just. - -26:8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for -thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of -thee. - -26:9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my -spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in -the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. - -26:10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn -righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and -will not behold the majesty of the LORD. - -26:11 LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they -shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire -of thine enemies shall devour them. - -26:12 LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought -all our works in us. - -26:13 O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over -us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. - -26:14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they -shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and -made all their memory to perish. - -26:15 Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the -nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the -ends of the earth. - -26:16 LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a -prayer when thy chastening was upon them. - -26:17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her -delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in -thy sight, O LORD. - -26:18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it -were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the -earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. - -26:19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they -arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the -dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. - -26:20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy -doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until -the indignation be overpast. - -26:21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the -inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall -disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. - -27:1 In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword -shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that -crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. - -27:2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. - -27:3 I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any -hurt it, I will keep it night and day. - -27:4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me -in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together. - -27:5 Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with -me; and he shall make peace with me. - -27:6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall -blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. - -27:7 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he -slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? 27:8 -In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he -stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. - -27:9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this -is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones -of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and -images shall not stand up. - -27:10 Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation -forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and -there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. - -27:11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: -the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no -understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on -them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour. - -27:12 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat -off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye -shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel. - -27:13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet -shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the -land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall -worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. - -28:1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose -glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat -valleys of them that are overcome with wine! 28:2 Behold, the Lord -hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a -destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast -down to the earth with the hand. - -28:3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden -under feet: 28:4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the -fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before -the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet -in his hand he eateth it up. - -28:5 In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and -for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people, 28:6 And for a -spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength -to them that turn the battle to the gate. - -28:7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink -are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through -strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way -through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. - -28:8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is -no place clean. - -28:9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to -understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn -from the breasts. - -28:10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line -upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: 28:11 -For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this -people. - -28:12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the -weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. - -28:13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, -precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, -and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be -broken, and snared, and taken. - -28:14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule -this people which is in Jerusalem. - -28:15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and -with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass -through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, -and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: 28:16 Therefore thus saith -the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried -stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth -shall not make haste. - -28:17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the -plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the -waters shall overflow the hiding place. - -28:18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your -agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge -shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. - -28:19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning -by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a -vexation only to understand the report. - -28:20 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on -it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. - -28:21 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be -wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange -work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. - -28:22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: -for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even -determined upon the whole earth. - -28:23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. - -28:24 Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the -clods of his ground? 28:25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, -doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast -in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their -place? 28:26 For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth -teach him. - -28:27 For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, -neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches -are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. - -28:28 Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, -nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his -horsemen. - -28:29 This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is -wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. - -29:1 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year -to year; let them kill sacrifices. - -29:2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and -sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. - -29:3 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege -against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. - -29:4 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the -ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice -shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, -and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust. - -29:5 Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, -and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth -away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. - -29:6 Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with -earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of -devouring fire. - -29:7 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, -even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress -her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. - -29:8 It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he -eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty -man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, -he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all -the nations be, that fight against mount Zion. - -29:9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are -drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. - -29:10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, -and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers -hath he covered. - -29:11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book -that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read -this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: 29:12 And -the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I -pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. - -29:13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me -with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed -their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the -precept of men: 29:14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a -marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a -wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the -understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. - -29:15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the -LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and -who knoweth us? 29:16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall -be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that -made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that -framed it, He had no understanding? 29:17 Is it not yet a very little -while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the -fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? 29:18 And in that day -shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind -shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. - -29:19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor -among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. - -29:20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is -consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: 29:21 That make -a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth -in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. - -29:22 Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning -the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his -face now wax pale. - -29:23 But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the -midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One -of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. - -29:24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and -they that murmured shall learn doctrine. - -30:1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take -counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my -spirit, that they may add sin to sin: 30:2 That walk to go down into -Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the -strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! 30:3 -Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust -in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. - -30:4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. - -30:5 They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor -be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. - -30:6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble -and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and -fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders -of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a -people that shall not profit them. - -30:7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: -therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit -still. - -30:8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, -that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: 30:9 That this -is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear -the law of the LORD: 30:10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the -prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth -things, prophesy deceits: 30:11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out -of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. - -30:12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise -this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon: -30:13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to -fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at -an instant. - -30:14 And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel -that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not -be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, -or to take water withal out of the pit. - -30:15 For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In -returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence -shall be your strength: and ye would not. - -30:16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall -ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that -pursue you be swift. - -30:17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of -five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a -mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. - -30:18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto -you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon -you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait -for him. - -30:19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep -no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; -when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. - -30:20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the -water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a -corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: 30:21 And -thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, -walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the -left. - -30:22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of -silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast -them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee -hence. - -30:23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the -ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be -fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large -pastures. - -30:24 The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall -eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with -the fan. - -30:25 And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high -hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, -when the towers fall. - -30:26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, -and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven -days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, -and healeth the stroke of their wound. - -30:27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his -anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of -indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: 30:28 And his breath, -as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to -sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle -in the jaws of the people, causing them to err. - -30:29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is -kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come -into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel. - -30:30 And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and -shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his -anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and -tempest, and hailstones. - -30:31 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten -down, which smote with a rod. - -30:32 And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which -the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and -in battles of shaking will he fight with it. - -30:33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; -he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much -wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle -it. - -31:1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, -and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because -they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, -neither seek the LORD! 31:2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, -and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of -the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. - -31:3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, -and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that -helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they -all shall fail together. - -31:4 For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the -young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is -called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor -abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come -down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. - -31:5 As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; -defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve -it. - -31:6 Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply -revolted. - -31:7 For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, -and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a -sin. - -31:8 Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; -and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee -from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited. - -31:9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his -princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is -in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem. - -32:1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall -rule in judgment. - -32:2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert -from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of -a great rock in a weary land. - -32:3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of -them that hear shall hearken. - -32:4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the -tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. - -32:5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl -said to be bountiful. - -32:6 For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work -iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, -to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of -the thirsty to fail. - -32:7 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked -devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy -speaketh right. - -32:8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things -shall he stand. - -32:9 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless -daughters; give ear unto my speech. - -32:10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for -the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come. - -32:11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless -ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your -loins. - -32:12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for -the fruitful vine. - -32:13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, -upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: 32:14 Because the -palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; -the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, -a pasture of flocks; 32:15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on -high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field -be counted for a forest. - -32:16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness -remain in the fruitful field. - -32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of -righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. - -32:18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure -dwellings, and in quiet resting places; 32:19 When it shall hail, -coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place. - -32:20 Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth -thither the feet of the ox and the ass. - -33:1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest -treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou -shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make -an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. - -33:2 O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou -their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. - -33:3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of -thyself the nations were scattered. - -33:4 And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the -caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon -them. - -33:5 The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion -with judgment and righteousness. - -33:6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and -strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure. - -33:7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of -peace shall weep bitterly. - -33:8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken -the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man. - -33:9 The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn -down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off -their fruits. - -33:10 Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will -I lift up myself. - -33:11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your -breath, as fire, shall devour you. - -33:12 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut -up shall they be burned in the fire. - -33:13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are -near, acknowledge my might. - -33:14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the -hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who -among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? 33:15 He that walketh -righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of -oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that -stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from -seeing evil; 33:16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall -be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall -be sure. - -33:17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold -the land that is very far off. - -33:18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is -the receiver? where is he that counted the towers? 33:19 Thou shalt -not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst -perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand. - -33:20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall -see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken -down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither -shall any of the cords thereof be broken. - -33:21 But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad -rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither -shall gallant ship pass thereby. - -33:22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is -our king; he will save us. - -33:23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their -mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great -spoil divided; the lame take the prey. - -33:24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that -dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity. - -34:1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the -earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that -come forth of it. - -34:2 For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury -upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath -delivered them to the slaughter. - -34:3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up -out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their -blood. - -34:4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens -shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall -down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from -the fig tree. - -34:5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come -down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. - -34:6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with -fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the -kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great -slaughter in the land of Idumea. - -34:7 And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with -the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust -made fat with fatness. - -34:8 For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of -recompences for the controversy of Zion. - -34:9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust -thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning -pitch. - -34:10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall -go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none -shall pass through it for ever and ever. - -34:11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also -and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the -line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. - -34:12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none -shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. - -34:13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in -the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and -a court for owls. - -34:14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild -beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the -screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of -rest. - -34:15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and -gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, -every one with her mate. - -34:16 Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these -shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, -and his spirit it hath gathered them. - -34:17 And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it -unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to -generation shall they dwell therein. - -35:1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and -the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. - -35:2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and -singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency -of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the -excellency of our God. - -35:3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. - -35:4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: -behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; -he will come and save you. - -35:5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the -deaf shall be unstopped. - -35:6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the -dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams -in the desert. - -35:7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land -springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall -be grass with reeds and rushes. - -35:8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called -The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall -be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. - -35:9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up -thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk -there: 35:10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to -Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall -obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. - -36:1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that -Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of -Judah, and took them. - -36:2 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem -unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of -the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field. - -36:3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over -the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder. - -36:4 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith -the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein -thou trustest? 36:5 I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) -I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that -thou rebellest against me? 36:6 Lo, thou trustest in the staff of -this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his -hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in -him. - -36:7 But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not -he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and -said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar? -36:8 Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of -Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on -thy part to set riders upon them. - -36:9 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least -of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and -for horsemen? 36:10 And am I now come up without the LORD against -this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this -land, and destroy it. - -36:11 Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I -pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand -it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the -people that are on the wall. - -36:12 But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to -thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit -upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own -piss with you? 36:13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud -voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great -king, the king of Assyria. - -36:14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall -not be able to deliver you. - -36:15 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The -LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the -hand of the king of Assyria. - -36:16 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, -Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye -every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye -every one the waters of his own cistern; 36:17 Until I come and take -you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land -of bread and vineyards. - -36:18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, the LORD will deliver -us. - -Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand -of the king of Assyria? 36:19 Where are the gods of Hamath and -Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered -Samaria out of my hand? 36:20 Who are they among all the gods of -these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the -LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? 36:21 But they held -their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment -was, saying, Answer him not. - -36:22 Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the -household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the -recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words -of Rabshakeh. - -37:1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent -his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the -house of the LORD. - -37:2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the -scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto -Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. - -37:3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of -trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to -the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. - -37:4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom -the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, -and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: -wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left. - -37:5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. - -37:6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, -Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, -wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. - -37:7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, -and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword -in his own land. - -37:8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring -against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. - -37:9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come -forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers -to Hezekiah, saying, 37:10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of -Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, -saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of -Assyria. - -37:11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to -all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered? -37:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers -have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of -Eden which were in Telassar? 37:13 Where is the king of Hamath, and -the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and -Ivah? 37:14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the -messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the -LORD, and spread it before the LORD. - -37:15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying, 37:16 O LORD of -hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art -the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast -made heaven and earth. - -37:17 Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, -and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to -reproach the living God. - -37:18 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the -nations, and their countries, 37:19 And have cast their gods into the -fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and -stone: therefore they have destroyed them. - -37:20 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all -the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou -only. - -37:21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus -saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against -Sennacherib king of Assyria: 37:22 This is the word which the LORD -hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath -despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem -hath shaken her head at thee. - -37:23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast -thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against -the Holy One of Israel. - -37:24 By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By -the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the -mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall -cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter -into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel. - -37:25 I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet -have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places. - -37:26 Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient -times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou -shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps. - -37:27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were -dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as -the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted -before it be grown up. - -37:28 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and -thy rage against me. - -37:29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into -mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in -thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. - -37:30 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such -as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the -same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and -eat the fruit thereof. - -37:31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall -again take root downward, and bear fruit upward: 37:32 For out of -Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount -Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this. - -37:33 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He -shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come -before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it. - -37:34 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall -not come into this city, saith the LORD. - -37:35 For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and -for my servant David's sake. - -37:36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of -the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they -arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. - -37:37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, -and dwelt at Nineveh. - -37:38 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of -Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with -the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon -his son reigned in his stead. - -38:1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the -prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith -the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live. - -38:2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto -the LORD, 38:3 And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I -have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have -done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. - -38:4 Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying, 38:5 Go, and -say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I -have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto -thy days fifteen years. - -38:6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king -of Assyria: and I will defend this city. - -38:7 And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD -will do this thing that he hath spoken; 38:8 Behold, I will bring -again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of -Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which -degrees it was gone down. - -38:9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and -was recovered of his sickness: 38:10 I said in the cutting off of my -days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the -residue of my years. - -38:11 I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of -the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the -world. - -38:12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's -tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with -pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. - -38:13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all -my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. - -38:14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a -dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; -undertake for me. - -38:15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath -done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul. - -38:16 O LORD, by these things men live, and in all these things is the -life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live. - -38:17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love -to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast -all my sins behind thy back. - -38:18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: -they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. - -38:19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: -the father to the children shall make known thy truth. - -38:20 The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs -to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of -the LORD. - -38:21 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it -for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover. - -38:22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to -the house of the LORD? 39:1 At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of -Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for -he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered. - -39:2 And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his -precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the -precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was -found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his -dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. - -39:3 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto -him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And -Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from -Babylon. - -39:4 Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah -answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing -among my treasures that I have not shewed them. - -39:5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts: -39:6 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that -which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be -carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. - -39:7 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt -beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace -of the king of Babylon. - -39:8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which -thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth -in my days. - -40:1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. - -40:2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her -warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath -received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins. - -40:3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the -way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. - -40:4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall -be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough -places plain: 40:5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and -all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken -it. - -40:6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is -grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: -40:7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the -LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. - -40:8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God -shall stand for ever. - -40:9 O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high -mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice -with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of -Judah, Behold your God! 40:10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come with -strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is -with him, and his work before him. - -40:11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the -lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead -those that are with young. - -40:12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and -meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth -in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a -balance? 40:13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his -counsellor hath taught him? 40:14 With whom took he counsel, and who -instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him -knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding? 40:15 Behold, -the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small -dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little -thing. - -40:16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof -sufficient for a burnt offering. - -40:17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to -him less than nothing, and vanity. - -40:18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare -unto him? 40:19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith -spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. - -40:20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a -tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to -prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved. - -40:21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you -from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the -earth? 40:22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and -the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the -heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: -40:23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of -the earth as vanity. - -40:24 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: -yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also -blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take -them away as stubble. - -40:25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the -Holy One. - -40:26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these -things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by -names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; -not one faileth. - -40:27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid -from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? 40:28 Hast -thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the -LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is -weary? there is no searching of his understanding. - -40:29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he -increaseth strength. - -40:30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men -shall utterly fall: 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew -their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall -run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. - -41:1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their -strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near -together to judgment. - -41:2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his -foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he -gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. - -41:3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had -not gone with his feet. - -41:4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the -beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. - -41:5 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, -drew near, and came. - -41:6 They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his -brother, Be of good courage. - -41:7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth -with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the -sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved. - -41:8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the -seed of Abraham my friend. - -41:9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called -thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my -servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. - -41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy -God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold -thee with the right hand of my righteousness. - -41:11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be -ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive -with thee shall perish. - -41:12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that -contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, -and as a thing of nought. - -41:13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto -thee, Fear not; I will help thee. - -41:14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help -thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. - -41:15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having -teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt -make the hills as chaff. - -41:16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the -whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and -shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. - -41:17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their -tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of -Israel will not forsake them. - -41:18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of -the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry -land springs of water. - -41:19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and -the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, -and the pine, and the box tree together: 41:20 That they may see, and -know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD -hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. - -41:21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong -reasons, saith the King of Jacob. - -41:22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let -them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, -and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. - -41:23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know -that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, -and behold it together. - -41:24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an -abomination is he that chooseth you. - -41:25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the -rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon -princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay. - -41:26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and -beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that -sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that -heareth your words. - -41:27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will -give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. - -41:28 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there -was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word. - -41:29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their -molten images are wind and confusion. - -42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul -delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth -judgment to the Gentiles. - -42:2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in -the street. - -42:3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he -not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. - -42:4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment -in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. - -42:5 Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and -stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which -cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and -spirit to them that walk therein: 42:6 I the LORD have called thee in -righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give -thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; 42:7 -To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, -and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. - -42:8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to -another, neither my praise to graven images. - -42:9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I -declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. - -42:10 Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of -the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the -isles, and the inhabitants thereof. - -42:11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, -the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock -sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. - -42:12 Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the -islands. - -42:13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up -jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail -against his enemies. - -42:14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and -refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will -destroy and devour at once. - -42:15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their -herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the -pools. - -42:16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will -lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness -light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do -unto them, and not forsake them. - -42:17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that -trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our -gods. - -42:18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. - -42:19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I -sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD's -servant? 42:20 Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening -the ears, but he heareth not. - -42:21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will -magnify the law, and make it honourable. - -42:22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them -snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a -prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore. - -42:23 Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear -for the time to come? 42:24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to -the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for -they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his -law. - -42:25 Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the -strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he -knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart. - -43:1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he -that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have -called thee by thy name; thou art mine. - -43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and -through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest -through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame -kindle upon thee. - -43:3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I -gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. - -43:4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, -and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people -for thy life. - -43:5 Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the -east, and gather thee from the west; 43:6 I will say to the north, -Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and -my daughters from the ends of the earth; 43:7 Even every one that is -called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed -him; yea, I have made him. - -43:8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that -have ears. - -43:9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be -assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? -let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or -let them hear, and say, It is truth. - -43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have -chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: -before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. - -43:11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. - -43:12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there -was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the -LORD, that I am God. - -43:13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can -deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it? 43:14 Thus -saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I -have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the -Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships. - -43:15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King. - -43:16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path -in the mighty waters; 43:17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and -horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they -shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow. - -43:18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things -of old. - -43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall -ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers -in the desert. - -43:20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the -owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the -desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. - -43:21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my -praise. - -43:22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been -weary of me, O Israel. - -43:23 Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt -offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have -not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with -incense. - -43:24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou -filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to -serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities. - -43:25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine -own sake, and will not remember thy sins. - -43:26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that -thou mayest be justified. - -43:27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed -against me. - -43:28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have -given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches. - -44:1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: -44:2 Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the -womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, -Jesurun, whom I have chosen. - -44:3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon -the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing -upon thine offspring: 44:4 And they shall spring up as among the -grass, as willows by the water courses. - -44:5 One shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call himself by -the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the -LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel. - -44:6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD -of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no -God. - -44:7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in -order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things -that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. - -44:8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that -time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God -beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any. - -44:9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their -delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; -they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. - -44:10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is -profitable for nothing? 44:11 Behold, all his fellows shall be -ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered -together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be -ashamed together. - -44:12 The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and -fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his -arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no -water, and is faint. - -44:13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a -line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the -compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the -beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. - -44:14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, -which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he -planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. - -44:15 Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, -and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he -maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and -falleth down thereto. - -44:16 He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth -flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, -and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire: 44:17 And the residue -thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto -it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; -for thou art my god. - -44:18 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, -that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. - -44:19 And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge -nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, -also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, -and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? -shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? 44:20 He feedeth on ashes: -a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his -soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? 44:21 Remember -these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed -thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of -me. - -44:22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, -as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. - -44:23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower -parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, -and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and -glorified himself in Israel. - -44:24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from -the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth -the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself; 44:25 -That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; -that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; -44:26 That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the -counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be -inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will -raise up the decayed places thereof: 44:27 That saith to the deep, Be -dry, and I will dry up thy rivers: 44:28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my -shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, -Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. - -45:1 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I -have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins -of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall -not be shut; 45:2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places -straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder -the bars of iron: 45:3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, -and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the -LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. - -45:4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even -called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not -known me. - -45:5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: -I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 45:6 That they may know -from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none -beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. - -45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create -evil: I the LORD do all these things. - -45:8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down -righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, -and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it. - -45:9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd -strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that -fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? 45:10 -Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to -the woman, What hast thou brought forth? 45:11 Thus saith the LORD, -the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come -concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. - -45:12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my -hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I -commanded. - -45:13 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his -ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for -price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts. - -45:14 Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of -Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto -thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains -they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall -make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there -is none else, there is no God. - -45:15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the -Saviour. - -45:16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they -shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols. - -45:17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting -salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end. - -45:18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself -that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created -it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there -is none else. - -45:19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I -said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak -righteousness, I declare things that are right. - -45:20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are -escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of -their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. - -45:21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel -together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it -from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside -me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. - -45:22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I -am God, and there is none else. - -45:23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in -righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall -bow, every tongue shall swear. - -45:24 Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and -strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed -against him shall be ashamed. - -45:25 In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall -glory. - -46:1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, -and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a -burden to the weary beast. - -46:2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the -burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. - -46:3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the -house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are -carried from the womb: 46:4 And even to your old age I am he; and even -to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I -will carry, and will deliver you. - -46:5 To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that -we may be like? 46:6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh -silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: -they fall down, yea, they worship. - -46:7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in -his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, -one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his -trouble. - -46:8 Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O -ye transgressors. - -46:9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is -none else; I am God, and there is none like me, 46:10 Declaring the -end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not -yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my -pleasure: 46:11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that -executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will -also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it. - -46:12 Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from -righteousness: 46:13 I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be -far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation -in Zion for Israel my glory. - -47:1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit -on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for -thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. - -47:2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare -the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. - -47:3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I -will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man. - -47:4 As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One -of Israel. - -47:5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the -Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. - -47:6 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and -given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the -ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke. - -47:7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst -not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter -end of it. - -47:8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that -dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else -beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss -of children: 47:9 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment -in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon -thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for -the great abundance of thine enchantments. - -47:10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None -seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and -thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me. - -47:11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from -whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be -able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, -which thou shalt not know. - -47:12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy -sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou -shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. - -47:13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the -astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, -and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. - -47:14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they -shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall -not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it. - -47:15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even -thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his -quarter; none shall save thee. - -48:1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of -Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by -the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not -in truth, nor in righteousness. - -48:2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves -upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name. - -48:3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they -went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, -and they came to pass. - -48:4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron -sinew, and thy brow brass; 48:5 I have even from the beginning -declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest -thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and -my molten image, hath commanded them. - -48:6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have -shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou -didst not know them. - -48:7 They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the -day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I -knew them. - -48:8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that -time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal -very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb. - -48:9 For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise -will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. - -48:10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen -thee in the furnace of affliction. - -48:11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how -should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another. - -48:12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am -the first, I also am the last. - -48:13 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my -right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand -up together. - -48:14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath -declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his -pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. - -48:15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought -him, and he shall make his way prosperous. - -48:16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret -from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the -Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me. - -48:17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am -the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by -the way that thou shouldest go. - -48:18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy -peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: -48:19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy -bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off -nor destroyed from before me. - -48:20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice -of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the -earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. - -48:21 And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he -caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock -also, and the waters gushed out. - -48:22 There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked. - -49:1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The -LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath -he made mention of my name. - -49:2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of -his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver -hath he hid me; 49:3 And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, -in whom I will be glorified. - -49:4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength -for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and -my work with my God. - -49:5 And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his -servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, -yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be -my strength. - -49:6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my -servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved -of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that -thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. - -49:7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to -him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant -of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, -because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and -he shall choose thee. - -49:8 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and -in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, -and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to -cause to inherit the desolate heritages; 49:9 That thou mayest say to -the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew -yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be -in all high places. - -49:10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun -smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by -the springs of water shall he guide them. - -49:11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be -exalted. - -49:12 Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north -and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. - -49:13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into -singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will -have mercy upon his afflicted. - -49:14 But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath -forgotten me. - -49:15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have -compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I -not forget thee. - -49:16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls -are continually before me. - -49:17 Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made -thee waste shall go forth of thee. - -49:18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather -themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou -shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind -them on thee, as a bride doeth. - -49:19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy -destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the -inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away. - -49:20 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the -other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: -give place to me that I may dwell. - -49:21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, -seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and -removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left -alone; these, where had they been? 49:22 Thus saith the Lord GOD, -Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my -standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, -and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. - -49:23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy -nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward -the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that -I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. - -49:24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive -delivered? 49:25 But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the -mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be -delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and -I will save thy children. - -49:26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and -they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and -all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, -the mighty One of Jacob. - -50:1 Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's -divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to -whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold -yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away. - -50:2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was -there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot -redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up -the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because -there is no water, and dieth for thirst. - -50:3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their -covering. - -50:4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I -should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he -wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the -learned. - -50:5 The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, -neither turned away back. - -50:6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked -off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. - -50:7 For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be -confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that -I shall not be ashamed. - -50:8 He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us -stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me. - -50:9 Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn -me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them -up. - -50:10 Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice -of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him -trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God. - -50:11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about -with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye -have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in -sorrow. - -51:1 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek -the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of -the pit whence ye are digged. - -51:2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for -I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. - -51:3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste -places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like -the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, -thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. - -51:4 Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: -for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest -for a light of the people. - -51:5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine -arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine -arm shall they trust. - -51:6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth -beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth -shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in -like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness -shall not be abolished. - -51:7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose -heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid -of their revilings. - -51:8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall -eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my -salvation from generation to generation. - -51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in -the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath -cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? 51:10 Art thou not it which hath -dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths -of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? 51:11 Therefore the -redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; -and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain -gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away. - -51:12 I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou -shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man -which shall be made as grass; 51:13 And forgettest the LORD thy maker, -that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the -earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of -the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury -of the oppressor? 51:14 The captive exile hasteneth that he may be -loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread -should fail. - -51:15 But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves -roared: The LORD of hosts is his name. - -51:16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in -the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the -foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people. - -51:17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the -hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of -the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. - -51:18 There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath -brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all -the sons that she hath brought up. - -51:19 These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for -thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by -whom shall I comfort thee? 51:20 Thy sons have fainted, they lie at -the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of -the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God. - -51:21 Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not -with wine: 51:22 Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that -pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine -hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou -shalt no more drink it again: 51:23 But I will put it into the hand of -them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we -may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the -street, to them that went over. - -52:1 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful -garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no -more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. - -52:2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: -loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. - -52:3 For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and -ye shall be redeemed without money. - -52:4 For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into -Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. - -52:5 Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people -is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, -saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed. - -52:6 Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know -in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I. - -52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that -bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good -tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy -God reigneth! 52:8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the -voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when -the LORD shall bring again Zion. - -52:9 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of -Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed -Jerusalem. - -52:10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the -nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our -God. - -52:11 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean -thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the -vessels of the LORD. - -52:12 For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the -LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward. - -52:13 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and -extolled, and be very high. - -52:14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more -than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: 52:15 So shall -he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: -for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which -they had not heard shall they consider. - -53:1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD -revealed? 53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and -as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and -when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. - -53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and -acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he -was despised, and we esteemed him not. - -53:4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we -did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. - -53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our -iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his -stripes we are healed. - -53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to -his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. - -53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his -mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before -her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. - -53:8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare -his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for -the transgression of my people was he stricken. - -53:9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his -death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his -mouth. - -53:10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: -when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his -seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall -prosper in his hand. - -53:11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: -by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall -bear their iniquities. - -53:12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he -shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his -soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he -bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. - -54:1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into -singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for -more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married -wife, saith the LORD. - -54:2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the -curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and -strengthen thy stakes; 54:3 For thou shalt break forth on the right -hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and -make the desolate cities to be inhabited. - -54:4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou -confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget -the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy -widowhood any more. - -54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; -and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth -shall he be called. - -54:6 For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in -spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. - -54:7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies -will I gather thee. - -54:8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with -everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy -Redeemer. - -54:9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn -that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I -sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. - -54:10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my -kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my -peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee. - -54:11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, -behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy -foundations with sapphires. - -54:12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of -carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. - -54:13 And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great -shall be the peace of thy children. - -54:14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far -from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it -shall not come near thee. - -54:15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: -whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. - -54:16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the -fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have -created the waster to destroy. - -54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every -tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. -This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their -righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. - -55:1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that -hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk -without money and without price. - -55:2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your -labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and -eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in -fatness. - -55:3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall -live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure -mercies of David. - -55:4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader -and commander to the people. - -55:5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and -nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy -God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee. - -55:6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he -is near: 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man -his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy -upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. - -55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my -ways, saith the LORD. - -55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways -higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. - -55:10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and -returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring -forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the -eater: 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it -shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I -please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. - -55:12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the -mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and -all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. - -55:13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of -the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD -for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. - -56:1 Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my -salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. - -56:2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that -layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and -keepeth his hand from doing any evil. - -56:3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to -the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his -people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. - -56:4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, -and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; -56:5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a -place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give -them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. - -56:6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, -to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, -every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold -of my covenant; 56:7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and -make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and -their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house -shall be called an house of prayer for all people. - -56:8 The Lord GOD, which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet -will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him. - -56:9 All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in -the forest. - -56:10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb -dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. - -56:11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they -are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, -every one for his gain, from his quarter. - -56:12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves -with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more -abundant. - -57:1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and -merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is -taken away from the evil to come. - -57:2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each -one walking in his uprightness. - -57:3 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the -adulterer and the whore. - -57:4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide -mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, -a seed of falsehood. - -57:5 Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying -the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks? 57:6 Among -the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy -lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered -a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these? 57:7 Upon a lofty -and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up -to offer sacrifice. - -57:8 Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy -remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and -art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with -them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it. - -57:9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase -thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase -thyself even unto hell. - -57:10 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou -not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; -therefore thou wast not grieved. - -57:11 And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast -lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I -held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not? 57:12 I will -declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit -thee. - -57:13 When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind -shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth -his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy -mountain; 57:14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the -way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people. - -57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, -whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also -that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the -humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. - -57:16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: -for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. - -57:17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: -I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his -heart. - -57:18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, -and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. - -57:19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far -off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him. - -57:20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, -whose waters cast up mire and dirt. - -57:21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. - -58:1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew -my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. - -58:2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation -that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: -they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in -approaching to God. - -58:3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore -have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in -the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. - -58:4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist -of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice -to be heard on high. - -58:5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict -his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread -sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an -acceptable day to the LORD? 58:6 Is not this the fast that I have -chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, -and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? 58:7 -Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the -poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that -thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? -58:8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health -shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before -thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward. - -58:9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, -and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee -the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; 58:10 -And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted -soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as -the noon day: 58:11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and -satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be -like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail -not. - -58:12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: -thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou -shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to -dwell in. - -58:13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy -pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of -the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, -nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: 58:14 -Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to -ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the -heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken -it. - -59:1 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; -neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 59:2 But your iniquities -have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his -face from you, that he will not hear. - -59:3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with -iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered -perverseness. - -59:4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust -in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth -iniquity. - -59:5 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that -eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out -into a viper. - -59:6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover -themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and -the act of violence is in their hands. - -59:7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent -blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and -destruction are in their paths. - -59:8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their -goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein -shall not know peace. - -59:9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake -us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we -walk in darkness. - -59:10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had -no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate -places as dead men. - -59:11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for -judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. - -59:12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins -testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our -iniquities, we know them; 59:13 In transgressing and lying against the -LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, -conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. - -59:14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar -off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. - -59:15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh -himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there -was no judgment. - -59:16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no -intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his -righteousness, it sustained him. - -59:17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of -salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for -clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. - -59:18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his -adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay -recompence. - -59:19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his -glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a -flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him. - -59:20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn -from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. - -59:21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My -spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, -shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, -nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from -henceforth and for ever. - -60:1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is -risen upon thee. - -60:2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross -darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory -shall be seen upon thee. - -60:3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the -brightness of thy rising. - -60:4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather -themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, -and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. - -60:5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall -fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be -converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee. - -60:6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of -Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring -gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD. - -60:7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the -rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with -acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory. - -60:8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their -windows? 60:9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of -Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their -gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One -of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. - -60:10 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their -kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in -my favour have I had mercy on thee. - -60:11 Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be -shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the -Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. - -60:12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall -perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted. - -60:13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the -pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my -sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. - -60:14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending -unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down -at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee; The city of the -LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. - -60:15 Whereas thou has been forsaken and hated, so that no man went -through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many -generations. - -60:16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck -the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy -Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. - -60:17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, -and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers -peace, and thine exactors righteousness. - -60:18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor -destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls -Salvation, and thy gates Praise. - -60:19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for -brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be -unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. - -60:20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw -itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of -thy mourning shall be ended. - -60:21 Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the -land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I -may be glorified. - -60:22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong -nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time. - -61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath -anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to -bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and -the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 61:2 To proclaim the -acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to -comfort all that mourn; 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, -to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the -garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be -called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might -be glorified. - -61:4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the -former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the -desolations of many generations. - -61:5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of -the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. - -61:6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you -the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and -in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. - -61:7 For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall -rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess -the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them. - -61:8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; -and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting -covenant with them. - -61:9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their -offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, -that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed. - -61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in -my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath -covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh -himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her -jewels. - -61:11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden -causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord -GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the -nations. - -62:1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's -sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as -brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. - -62:2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy -glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the -LORD shall name. - -62:3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and -a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. - -62:4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any -more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy -land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be -married. - -62:5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry -thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God -rejoice over thee. - -62:6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall -never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the -LORD, keep not silence, 62:7 And give him no rest, till he establish, -and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. - -62:8 The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his -strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine -enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for -the which thou hast laboured: 62:9 But they that have gathered it -shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it -together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness. - -62:10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the -people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a -standard for the people. - -62:11 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say -ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his -reward is with him, and his work before him. - -62:12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the -LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken. - -63:1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from -Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the -greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to -save. - -63:2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like -him that treadeth in the winefat? 63:3 I have trodden the winepress -alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them -in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be -sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. - -63:4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my -redeemed is come. - -63:5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that -there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation -unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. - -63:6 And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them -drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth. - -63:7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises -of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and -the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed -on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of -his lovingkindnesses. - -63:8 For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not -lie: so he was their Saviour. - -63:9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his -presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and -he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. - -63:10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was -turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. - -63:11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, -saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the -shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within -him? 63:12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious -arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting -name? 63:13 That led them through the deep, as an horse in the -wilderness, that they should not stumble? 63:14 As a beast goeth down -into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst -thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name. - -63:15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy -holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the -sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they -restrained? 63:16 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be -ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our -father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. - -63:17 O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened -our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of -thine inheritance. - -63:18 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: -our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary. - -63:19 We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not -called by thy name. - -64:1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come -down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, 64:2 As when -the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make -thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at -thy presence! 64:3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked -not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. - -64:4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor -perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, -what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. - -64:5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those -that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have -sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. - -64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses -are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, -like the wind, have taken us away. - -64:7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up -himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and -hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. - -64:8 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou -our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. - -64:9 Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for -ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. - -64:10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, -Jerusalem a desolation. - -64:11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised -thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid -waste. - -64:12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou -hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore? 65:1 I am sought of them -that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, -Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. - -65:2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, -which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts; -65:3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that -sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick; 65:4 -Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat -swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; -65:5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier -than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the -day. - -65:6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but -will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, 65:7 Your -iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the -LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me -upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their -bosom. - -65:8 Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and -one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for -my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all. - -65:9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an -inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my -servants shall dwell there. - -65:10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a -place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. - -65:11 But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy -mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the -drink offering unto that number. - -65:12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow -down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when -I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did -choose that wherein I delighted not. - -65:13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall -eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye -shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be -ashamed: 65:14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye -shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. - -65:15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the -Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name: 65:16 -That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the -God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God -of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they -are hid from mine eyes. - -65:17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the -former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. - -65:18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, -behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. - -65:19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the -voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of -crying. - -65:20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man -that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred -years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be -accursed. - -65:21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall -plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. - -65:22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, -and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, -and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. - -65:23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for -they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with -them. - -65:24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; -and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. - -65:25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall -eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They -shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD. - -66:1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my -footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the -place of my rest? 66:2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and -all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I -look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth -at my word. - -66:3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth -a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, -as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he -blessed an idol. - -Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in -their abominations. - -66:4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears -upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they -did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in -which I delighted not. - -66:5 Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your -brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, -Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they -shall be ashamed. - -66:6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice -of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies. - -66:7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, -she was delivered of a man child. - -66:8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the -earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at -once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. - -66:9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith -the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy -God. - -66:10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that -love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: 66:11 -That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her -consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the -abundance of her glory. - -66:12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like -a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then -shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon -her knees. - -66:13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye -shall be comforted in Jerusalem. - -66:14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones -shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known -toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. - -66:15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots -like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with -flames of fire. - -66:16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: -and the slain of the LORD shall be many. - -66:17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the -gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the -abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the -LORD. - -66:18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I -will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my -glory. - -66:19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that -escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw -the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not -heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my -glory among the Gentiles. - -66:20 And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the -LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, -and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, -saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean -vessel into the house of the LORD. - -66:21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith -the LORD. - -66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, -shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your -name remain. - -66:23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, -and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship -before me, saith the LORD. - -66:24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men -that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, -neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring -unto all flesh. - - - - -The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah - - -1:1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that -were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: 1:2 To whom the word of the -LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the -thirteenth year of his reign. - -1:3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of -Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah -king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the -fifth month. - -1:4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 1:5 Before I -formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out -of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the -nations. - -1:6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a -child. - -1:7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt -go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou -shalt speak. - -1:8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, -saith the LORD. - -1:9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the -LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. - -1:10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the -kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw -down, to build, and to plant. - -1:11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, -what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. - -1:12 Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will -hasten my word to perform it. - -1:13 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, -What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face -thereof is toward the north. - -1:14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break -forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. - -1:15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the -north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every -one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against -all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of -Judah. - -1:16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their -wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other -gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands. - -1:17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them -all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I -confound thee before them. - -1:18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an -iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the -kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests -thereof, and against the people of the land. - -1:19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail -against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee. - -2:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2:2 Go and cry -in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember -thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when -thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. - -2:3 Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his -increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, -saith the LORD. - -2:4 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the -families of the house of Israel: 2:5 Thus saith the LORD, What -iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from -me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? 2:6 Neither -said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of -Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts -and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, -through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt? -2:7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit -thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my -land, and made mine heritage an abomination. - -2:8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the -law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the -prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not -profit. - -2:9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your -children's children will I plead. - -2:10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, -and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. - -2:11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my -people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. - -2:12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be -ye very desolate, saith the LORD. - -2:13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the -fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken -cisterns, that can hold no water. - -2:14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled? -2:15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his -land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. - -2:16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of -thy head. - -2:17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast -forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way? 2:18 And now -what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of -Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the -waters of the river? 2:19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, -and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that -it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy -God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. - -2:20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and -thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and -under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot. - -2:21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how -then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto -me? 2:22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much -soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. - -2:23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after -Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art -a swift dromedary traversing her ways; 2:24 A wild ass used to the -wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion -who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary -themselves; in her month they shall find her. - -2:25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: -but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and -after them will I go. - -2:26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of -Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, -and their prophets. - -2:27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast -brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not -their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and -save us. - -2:28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, -if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the -number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah. - -2:29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against -me, saith the LORD. - -2:30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no -correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a -destroying lion. - -2:31 O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a -wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, -We are lords; we will come no more unto thee? 2:32 Can a maid forget -her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me -days without number. - -2:33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also -taught the wicked ones thy ways. - -2:34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor -innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these. - -2:35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall -turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I -have not sinned. - -2:36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt -be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. - -2:37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine -head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not -prosper in them. - -3:1 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and -become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that -land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many -lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD. - -3:2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast -not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian -in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms -and with thy wickedness. - -3:3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no -latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be -ashamed. - -3:4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the -guide of my youth? 3:5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he -keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as -thou couldest. - -3:6 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast -thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon -every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played -the harlot. - -3:7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. -But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. - -3:8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel -committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of -divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and -played the harlot also. - -3:9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that -she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with -stocks. - -3:10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned -unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD. - -3:11 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified -herself more than treacherous Judah. - -3:12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, -thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine -anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will -not keep anger for ever. - -3:13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed -against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers -under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the -LORD. - -3:14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married -unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and -I will bring you to Zion: 3:15 And I will give you pastors according -to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. - -3:16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in -the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The -ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: -neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither -shall that be done any more. - -3:17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; -and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the -LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the -imagination of their evil heart. - -3:18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of -Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to -the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers. - -3:19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give -thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I -said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me. - -3:20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so -have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the -LORD. - -3:21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications -of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they -have forgotten the LORD their God. - -3:22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your -backslidings. - -Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God. - -3:23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the -multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of -Israel. - -3:24 For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; -their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. - -3:25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we -have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our -youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD -our God. - -4:1 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and -if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt -thou not remove. - -4:2 And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and -in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and -in him shall they glory. - -4:3 For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break -up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. - -4:4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of -your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury -come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the -evil of your doings. - -4:5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye -the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble -yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities. - -4:6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will -bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. - -4:7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the -Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy -land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an -inhabitant. - -4:8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce -anger of the LORD is not turned back from us. - -4:9 And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the -heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the -priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder. - -4:10 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this -people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword -reacheth unto the soul. - -4:11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A -dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of -my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, 4:12 Even a full wind from -those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against -them. - -4:13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as -a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we -are spoiled. - -4:14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest -be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? 4:15 -For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount -Ephraim. - -4:16 Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against -Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their -voice against the cities of Judah. - -4:17 As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because -she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD. - -4:18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this -is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto -thine heart. - -4:19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart -maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, -O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. - -4:20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is -spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. - -4:21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the -trumpet? 4:22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they -are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise -to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. - -4:23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and -the heavens, and they had no light. - -4:24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills -moved lightly. - -4:25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the -heavens were fled. - -4:26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all -the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and -by his fierce anger. - -4:27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; -yet will I not make a full end. - -4:28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; -because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, -neither will I turn back from it. - -4:29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and -bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: -every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein. - -4:30 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou -clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments -of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt -thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek -thy life. - -4:31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the -anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of -the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her -hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of -murderers. - -5:1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, -and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, -if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I -will pardon it. - -5:2 And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely. - -5:3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken -them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they -have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder -than a rock; they have refused to return. - -5:4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for -they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. - -5:5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for -they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: -but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. - -5:6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of -the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their -cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: -because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are -increased. - -5:7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, -and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, -they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in -the harlots' houses. - -5:8 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after -his neighbour's wife. - -5:9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not -my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 5:10 Go ye up upon her -walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her -battlements; for they are not the LORD's. - -5:11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very -treacherously against me, saith the LORD. - -5:12 They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall -evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: 5:13 And the -prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it -be done unto them. - -5:14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this -word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people -wood, and it shall devour them. - -5:15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, -saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a -nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what -they say. - -5:16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. - -5:17 And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy -sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and -thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall -impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword. - -5:18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a -full end with you. - -5:19 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the -LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, -Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so -shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not your's. - -5:20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, -saying, 5:21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without -understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear -not: 5:22 Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my -presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a -perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof -toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can -they not pass over it? 5:23 But this people hath a revolting and a -rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone. - -5:24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our -God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: -he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. - -5:25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have -withholden good things from you. - -5:26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he -that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. - -5:27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: -therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. - -5:28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of -the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet -they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge. - -5:29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my -soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 5:30 A wonderful and -horrible thing is committed in the land; 5:31 The prophets prophesy -falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love -to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? 6:1 O ye -children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of -Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in -Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great -destruction. - -6:2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate -woman. - -6:3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall -pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one -in his place. - -6:4 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe -unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are -stretched out. - -6:5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces. - -6:6 For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast -a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is -wholly oppression in the midst of her. - -6:7 As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her -wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually -is grief and wounds. - -6:8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; -lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited. - -6:9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the -remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer -into the baskets. - -6:10 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? -behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, -the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in -it. - -6:11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with -holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the -assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife -shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days. - -6:12 And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields -and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the -inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD. - -6:13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every -one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the -priest every one dealeth falsely. - -6:14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people -slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. - -6:15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they -were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they -shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they -shall be cast down, saith the LORD. - -6:16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for -the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall -find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein. - -6:17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the -trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. - -6:18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is -among them. - -6:19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even -the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my -words, nor to my law, but rejected it. - -6:20 To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the -sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not -acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. - -6:21 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks -before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall -upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish. - -6:22 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north -country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the -earth. - -6:23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no -mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, -set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion. - -6:24 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish -hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail. - -6:25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword -of the enemy and fear is on every side. - -6:26 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow -thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter -lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us. - -6:27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that -thou mayest know and try their way. - -6:28 They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are -brass and iron; they are all corrupters. - -6:29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the -founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. - -6:30 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath -rejected them. - -7:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 7:2 Stand in -the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, -Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these -gates to worship the LORD. - -7:3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways -and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. - -7:4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The -temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. - -7:5 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye -throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; 7:6 If ye -oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not -innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your -hurt: 7:7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land -that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. - -7:8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. - -7:9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and -burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; -7:10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my -name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? 7:11 Is -this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in -your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD. - -7:12 But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my -name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my -people Israel. - -7:13 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, -and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; -and I called you, but ye answered not; 7:14 Therefore will I do unto -this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the -place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to -Shiloh. - -7:15 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your -brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim. - -7:16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor -prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear -thee. - -7:17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the -streets of Jerusalem? 7:18 The children gather wood, and the fathers -kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the -queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that -they may provoke me to anger. - -7:19 Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke -themselves to the confusion of their own faces? 7:20 Therefore thus -saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out -upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the -field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall -not be quenched. - -7:21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt -offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh. - -7:22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day -that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt -offerings or sacrifices: 7:23 But this thing commanded I them, saying, -Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and -walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well -unto you. - -7:24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the -counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went -backward, and not forward. - -7:25 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of -Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the -prophets, daily rising up early and sending them: 7:26 Yet they -hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their -neck: they did worse than their fathers. - -7:27 Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they -will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they -will not answer thee. - -7:28 But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not -the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is -perished, and is cut off from their mouth. - -7:29 Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a -lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken -the generation of his wrath. - -7:30 For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the -LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by -my name, to pollute it. - -7:31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the -valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in -the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart. - -7:32 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall -no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the -valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no -place. - -7:33 And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of -the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them -away. - -7:34 Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the -streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, -the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land -shall be desolate. - -8:1 At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of -the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the -priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the -inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves: 8:2 And they shall -spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, -whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they -have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: -they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon -the face of the earth. - -8:3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of -them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places -whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts. - -8:4 Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they -fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? 8:5 Why then -is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? -they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. - -8:6 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented -him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to -his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. - -8:7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the -turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; -but my people know not the judgment of the LORD. - -8:8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? -Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. - -8:9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they -have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? 8:10 -Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to -them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto -the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the -priest every one dealeth falsely. - -8:11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people -slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. - -8:12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they -were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall -they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they -shall be cast down, saith the LORD. - -8:13 I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no -grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; -and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them. - -8:14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into -the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God -hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because -we have sinned against the LORD. - -8:15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, -and behold trouble! 8:16 The snorting of his horses was heard from -Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his -strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all -that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein. - -8:17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which -will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD. - -8:18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in -me. - -8:19 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because -of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not -her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven -images, and with strange vanities? 8:20 The harvest is past, the -summer is ended, and we are not saved. - -8:21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; -astonishment hath taken hold on me. - -8:22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then -is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? 9:1 Oh that -my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might -weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! 9:2 Oh -that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I -might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, -an assembly of treacherous men. - -9:3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are -not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil -to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. - -9:4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any -brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour -will walk with slanders. - -9:5 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak -the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary -themselves to commit iniquity. - -9:6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they -refuse to know me, saith the LORD. - -9:7 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, -and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people? 9:8 -Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh -peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his -wait. - -9:9 Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not -my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 9:10 For the mountains -will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the -wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can -pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both -the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone. - -9:11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will -make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. - -9:12 Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to -whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for -what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none -passeth through? 9:13 And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken -my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither -walked therein; 9:14 But have walked after the imagination of their -own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: 9:15 -Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I -will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water -of gall to drink. - -9:16 I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor -their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I -have consumed them. - -9:17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the -mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that -they may come: 9:18 And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for -us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out -with waters. - -9:19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! -we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because -our dwellings have cast us out. - -9:20 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear -receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and -every one her neighbour lamentation. - -9:21 For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our -palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from -the streets. - -9:22 Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall -as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, -and none shall gather them. - -9:23 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, -neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man -glory in his riches: 9:24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, -that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which -exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: -for in these things I delight, saith the LORD. - -9:25 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all -them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised; 9:26 Egypt, and -Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are -in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these -nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are -uncircumcised in the heart. - -10:1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of -Israel: 10:2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, -and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are -dismayed at them. - -10:3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree -out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. - -10:4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails -and with hammers, that it move not. - -10:5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs -be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they -cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. - -10:6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art -great, and thy name is great in might. - -10:7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it -appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in -all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee. - -10:8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a -doctrine of vanities. - -10:9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from -Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue -and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men. - -10:10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an -everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the -nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. - -10:11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the -heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from -under these heavens. - -10:12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the -world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his -discretion. - -10:13 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in -the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the -earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out -of his treasures. - -10:14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is -confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and -there is no breath in them. - -10:15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their -visitation they shall perish. - -10:16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of -all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of -hosts is his name. - -10:17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the -fortress. - -10:18 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the -inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that -they may find it so. - -10:19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly -this is a grief, and I must bear it. - -10:20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my -children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to -stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains. - -10:21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the -LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be -scattered. - -10:22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion -out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a -den of dragons. - -10:23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not -in man that walketh to direct his steps. - -10:24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest -thou bring me to nothing. - -10:25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon -the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, -and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation -desolate. - -11:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD saying, 11:2 Hear ye -the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to -the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 11:3 And say thou unto them, Thus saith -the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words -of this covenant, 11:4 Which I commanded your fathers in the day that -I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, -saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command -you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God: 11:5 That I may -perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a -land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, -and said, So be it, O LORD. - -11:6 Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the -cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the -words of this covenant, and do them. - -11:7 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I -brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising -early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice. - -11:8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one -in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon -them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do: but -they did them not. - -11:9 And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of -Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. - -11:10 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, -which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to -serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my -covenant which I made with their fathers. - -11:11 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon -them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall -cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them. - -11:12 Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, -and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not -save them at all in the time of their trouble. - -11:13 For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O -Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye -set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto -Baal. - -11:14 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry -or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry -unto me for their trouble. - -11:15 What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath -wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? -when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. - -11:16 The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of -goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire -upon it, and the branches of it are broken. - -11:17 For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil -against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of -Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger -in offering incense unto Baal. - -11:18 And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then -thou shewedst me their doings. - -11:19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; -and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let -us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off -from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. - -11:20 But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the -reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee -have I revealed my cause. - -11:21 Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek -thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die -not by our hand: 11:22 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, -I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons -and their daughters shall die by famine: 11:23 And there shall be no -remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even -the year of their visitation. - -12:1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me -talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked -prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? -12:2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, -yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far -from their reins. - -12:3 But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine -heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and -prepare them for the day of slaughter. - -12:4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field -wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are -consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last -end. - -12:5 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, -then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, -wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in -the swelling of Jordan? 12:6 For even thy brethren, and the house of -thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they -have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they -speak fair words unto thee. - -12:7 I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have -given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. - -12:8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out -against me: therefore have I hated it. - -12:9 Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round -about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, -come to devour. - -12:10 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my -portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate -wilderness. - -12:11 They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto -me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to -heart. - -12:12 The spoilers are come upon all high places through the -wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of -the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace. - -12:13 They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put -themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of -your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD. - -12:14 Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch -the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; -Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house -of Judah from among them. - -12:15 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I -will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, -every man to his heritage, and every man to his land. - -12:16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the -ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they -taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the -midst of my people. - -12:17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy -that nation, saith the LORD. - -13:1 Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and -put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. - -13:2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it -on my loins. - -13:3 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, -13:4 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and -arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock. - -13:5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me. - -13:6 And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, -Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I -commanded thee to hide there. - -13:7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from -the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it -was profitable for nothing. - -13:8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 13:9 Thus saith -the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the -great pride of Jerusalem. - -13:10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in -the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve -them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good -for nothing. - -13:11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I -caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house -of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and -for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not -hear. - -13:12 Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the -LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they -shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall -be filled with wine? 13:13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith -the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even -the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the -prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. - -13:14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and -the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor -have mercy, but destroy them. - -13:15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken. - -13:16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and -before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look -for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross -darkness. - -13:17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places -for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, -because the LORD's flock is carried away captive. - -13:18 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: -for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory. - -13:19 The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open -them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be -wholly carried away captive. - -13:20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: -where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? 13:21 -What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught -them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take -thee, as a woman in travail? 13:22 And if thou say in thine heart, -Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine -iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare. - -13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? -then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. - -13:24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away -by the wind of the wilderness. - -13:25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the -LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood. - -13:26 Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy -shame may appear. - -13:27 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of -thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe -unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it -once be? 14:1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning -the dearth. - -14:2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black -unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. - -14:3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they -came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels -empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. - -14:4 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, -the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads. - -14:5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because -there was no grass. - -14:6 And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up -the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no -grass. - -14:7 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for -thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against -thee. - -14:8 O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why -shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man -that turneth aside to tarry for a night? 14:9 Why shouldest thou be -as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, -art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not. - -14:10 Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to -wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth -not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their -sins. - -14:11 Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their -good. - -14:12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer -burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will -consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence. - -14:13 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, -Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will -give you assured peace in this place. - -14:14 Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my -name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake -unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a -thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart. - -14:15 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that -prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and -famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those -prophets be consumed. - -14:16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the -streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they -shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor -their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them. - -14:17 Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run -down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin -daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very -grievous blow. - -14:18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the -sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick -with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a -land that they know not. - -14:19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why -hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for -peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold -trouble! 14:20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the -iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee. - -14:21 Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne -of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us. - -14:22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause -rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our -God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these -things. - -15:1 Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before -me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my -sight, and let them go forth. - -15:2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall -we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as -are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; -and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the -captivity, to the captivity. - -15:3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the -sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and -the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. - -15:4 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the -earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that -which he did in Jerusalem. - -15:5 For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall -bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest? 15:6 Thou -hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore -will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary -with repenting. - -15:7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will -bereave them of children, I will destroy my people since they return -not from their ways. - -15:8 Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I -have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler -at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors -upon the city. - -15:9 She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the -ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been -ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the -sword before their enemies, saith the LORD. - -15:10 Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife -and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on -usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth -curse me. - -15:11 The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily -I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in -the time of affliction. - -15:12 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? 15:13 Thy -substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, -and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders. - -15:14 And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land -which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which -shall burn upon you. - -15:15 O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me -of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that -for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. - -15:16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto -me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O -LORD God of hosts. - -15:17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat -alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation. - -15:18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth -to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters -that fail? 15:19 Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then -will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou -take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let -them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them. - -15:20 And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and -they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against -thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the -LORD. - -15:21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I -will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible. - -16:1 The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying, 16:2 Thou shalt -not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in -this place. - -16:3 For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the -daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers -that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this -land; 16:4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be -lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon -the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by -famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and -for the beasts of the earth. - -16:5 For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, -neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace -from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies. - -16:6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall -not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, -nor make themselves bald for them: 16:7 Neither shall men tear -themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither -shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father -or for their mother. - -16:8 Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with -them to eat and to drink. - -16:9 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I -will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, -the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the -bridegroom, and the voice of the bride. - -16:10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all -these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD -pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or -what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God? -16:11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have -forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and -have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and -have not kept my law; 16:12 And ye have done worse than your fathers; -for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil -heart, that they may not hearken unto me: 16:13 Therefore will I cast -you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your -fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I -will not shew you favour. - -16:14 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall -no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of -Israel out of the land of Egypt; 16:15 But, The LORD liveth, that -brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from -all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again -into their land that I gave unto their fathers. - -16:16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they -shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they -shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of -the holes of the rocks. - -16:17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my -face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes. - -16:18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; -because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance -with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things. - -16:19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day -of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the -earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, -and things wherein there is no profit. - -16:20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods? 16:21 -Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause -them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name -is The LORD. - -17:1 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the -point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and -upon the horns of your altars; 17:2 Whilst their children remember -their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills. - -17:3 O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy -treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all -thy borders. - -17:4 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage -that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the -land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, -which shall burn for ever. - -17:5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and -maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. - -17:6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see -when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the -wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. - -17:7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the -LORD is. - -17:8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that -spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat -cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the -year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. - -17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: -who can know it? 17:10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, -even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the -fruit of his doings. - -17:11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he -that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst -of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. - -17:12 A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our -sanctuary. - -17:13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be -ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, -because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters. - -17:14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be -saved: for thou art my praise. - -17:15 Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it -come now. - -17:16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow -thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which -came out of my lips was right before thee. - -17:17 Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil. - -17:18 Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be -confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring -upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction. - -17:19 Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the -children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the -which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; 17:20 And say -unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all -Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these -gates: 17:21 Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no -burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; -17:22 Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath -day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I -commanded your fathers. - -17:23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their -neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. - -17:24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, -saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city -on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein; -17:25 Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and -princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on -horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants -of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever. - -17:26 And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the -places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the -plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt -offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and -bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD. - -17:27 But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, -and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem -on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, -and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be -quenched. - -18:1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 18:2 -Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee -to hear my words. - -18:3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a -work on the wheels. - -18:4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the -potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the -potter to make it. - -18:5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 18:6 O house of -Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, -as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house -of Israel. - -18:7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning -a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; 18:8 If -that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I -will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. - -18:9 And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and -concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; 18:10 If it do evil in -my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, -wherewith I said I would benefit them. - -18:11 Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the -inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame -evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every -one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good. - -18:12 And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own -devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart. - -18:13 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who -hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible -thing. - -18:14 Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock -of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another -place be forsaken? 18:15 Because my people hath forgotten me, they -have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in -their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast -up; 18:16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every -one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head. - -18:17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I -will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their -calamity. - -18:18 Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; -for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the -wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with -the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. - -18:19 Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that -contend with me. - -18:20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit -for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, -and to turn away thy wrath from them. - -18:21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out -their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved -of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; -let their young men be slain by the sword in battle. - -18:22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a -troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and -hid snares for my feet. - -18:23 Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: -forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, -but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the -time of thine anger. - -19:1 Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and -take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the -priests; 19:2 And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which -is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I -shall tell thee, 19:3 And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings -of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, -the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the -which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle. - -19:4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and -have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their -fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place -with the blood of innocents; 19:5 They have built also the high places -of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, -which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind: -19:6 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place -shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, -but The valley of slaughter. - -19:7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this -place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their -enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their -carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for -the beasts of the earth. - -19:8 And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one -that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the -plagues thereof. - -19:9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the -flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of -his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and -they that seek their lives, shall straiten them. - -19:10 Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go -with thee, 19:11 And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of -hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh -a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall -bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury. - -19:12 Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the -inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet: 19:13 And the -houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be -defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose -roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have -poured out drink offerings unto other gods. - -19:14 Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to -prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD's house; and said to -all the people, 19:15 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; -Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the -evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened -their necks, that they might not hear my words. - -20:1 Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief -governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied -these things. - -20:2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks -that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the -LORD. - -20:3 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth -Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath -not called thy name Pashur, but Magormissabib. - -20:4 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to -thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of -their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all -Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them -captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword. - -20:5 Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all -the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the -treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their -enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to -Babylon. - -20:6 And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into -captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, -and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou -hast prophesied lies. - -20:7 O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art -stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one -mocketh me. - -20:8 For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; -because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a -derision, daily. - -20:9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more -in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up -in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay. - -20:10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, -say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my -halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail -against him, and we shall take our revenge on him. - -20:11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my -persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be -greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting -confusion shall never be forgotten. - -20:12 But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the -reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee -have I opened my cause. - -20:13 Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered -the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers. - -20:14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my -mother bare me be blessed. - -20:15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A -man child is born unto thee; making him very glad. - -20:16 And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and -repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the -shouting at noontide; 20:17 Because he slew me not from the womb; or -that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always -great with me. - -20:18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, -that my days should be consumed with shame? 21:1 The word which came -unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur -the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, -saying, 21:2 Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for -Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that -the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that -he may go up from us. - -21:3 Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah: 21:4 -Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the -weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the -king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without -the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city. - -21:5 And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and -with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath. - -21:6 And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and -beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. - -21:7 And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of -Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this -city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into -the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their -enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall -smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, -neither have pity, nor have mercy. - -21:8 And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, -I set before you the way of life, and the way of death. - -21:9 He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the -famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to -the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be -unto him for a prey. - -21:10 For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for -good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of -Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire. - -21:11 And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the -word of the LORD; 21:12 O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute -judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the -hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that -none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. - -21:13 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock -of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against -us? or who shall enter into our habitations? 21:14 But I will punish -you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will -kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things -round about it. - -22:1 Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, -and speak there this word, 22:2 And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O -king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy -servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates: 22:3 Thus saith -the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the -spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no -violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed -innocent blood in this place. - -22:4 For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the -gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in -chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people. - -22:5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the -LORD, that this house shall become a desolation. - -22:6 For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art -Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a -wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited. - -22:7 And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his -weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into -the fire. - -22:8 And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say -every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto -this great city? 22:9 Then they shall answer, Because they have -forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other -gods, and served them. - -22:10 Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for -him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native -country. - -22:11 For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king -of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth -out of this place; He shall not return thither any more: 22:12 But he -shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall -see this land no more. - -22:13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his -chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, -and giveth him not for his work; 22:14 That saith, I will build me a -wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is -cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. - -22:15 Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not -thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was -well with him? 22:16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then -it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD. - -22:17 But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, -and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, -to do it. - -22:18 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of -Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my -brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah -lord! or, Ah his glory! 22:19 He shall be buried with the burial of -an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. - -22:20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and -cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed. - -22:21 I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not -hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not -my voice. - -22:22 The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go -into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for -all thy wickedness. - -22:23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how -gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a -woman in travail! 22:24 As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the -son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet -would I pluck thee thence; 22:25 And I will give thee into the hand of -them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou -fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and -into the hand of the Chaldeans. - -22:26 And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into -another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die. - -22:27 But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall -they not return. - -22:28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel -wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, -and are cast into a land which they know not? 22:29 O earth, earth, -earth, hear the word of the LORD. - -22:30 Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that -shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, -sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah. - -23:1 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my -pasture! saith the LORD. - -23:2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors -that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, -and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of -your doings, saith the LORD. - -23:3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries -whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; -and they shall be fruitful and increase. - -23:4 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and -they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be -lacking, saith the LORD. - -23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto -David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and -shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. - -23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: -and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR -RIGHTEOUSNESS. - -23:7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall -no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel -out of the land of Egypt; 23:8 But, The LORD liveth, which brought up -and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north -country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they -shall dwell in their own land. - -23:9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my -bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath -overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his -holiness. - -23:10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the -land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and -their course is evil, and their force is not right. - -23:11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I -found their wickedness, saith the LORD. - -23:12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the -darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring -evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD. - -23:13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they -prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. - -23:14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: -they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands -of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness; they are all -of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. - -23:15 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; -Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water -of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth -into all the land. - -23:16 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the -prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a -vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD. - -23:17 They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye -shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the -imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you. - -23:18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath -perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it? -23:19 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a -grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the -wicked. - -23:20 The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, -and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter -days ye shall consider it perfectly. - -23:21 I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken -to them, yet they prophesied. - -23:22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to -hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, -and from the evil of their doings. - -23:23 Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? -23:24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? -saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD. - -23:25 I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my -name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. - -23:26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that -prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own -heart; 23:27 Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their -dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers -have forgotten my name for Baal. - -23:28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that -hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to -the wheat? saith the LORD. - -23:29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer -that breaketh the rock in pieces? 23:30 Therefore, behold, I am -against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one -from his neighbour. - -23:31 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use -their tongues, and say, He saith. - -23:32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the -LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and -by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore -they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD. - -23:33 And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask -thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto -them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD. - -23:34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that -shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his -house. - -23:35 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to -his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD -spoken? 23:36 And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: -for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the -words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God. - -23:37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered -thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken? 23:38 But since ye say, The -burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this -word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye -shall not say, The burden of the LORD; 23:39 Therefore, behold, I, -even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city -that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence: -23:40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a -perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten. - -24:1 The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set -before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of -Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of -Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from -Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. - -24:2 One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first -ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be -eaten, they were so bad. - -24:3 Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I -said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that -cannot be eaten, they are so evil. - -24:4 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24:5 Thus saith -the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I -acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have -sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good. - -24:6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring -them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them -down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up. - -24:7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and -they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall -return unto me with their whole heart. - -24:8 And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; -surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, -and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this -land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt: 24:9 And I will -deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for -their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in -all places whither I shall drive them. - -24:10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among -them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them -and to their fathers. - -25:1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah -in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that -was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; 25:2 The which -Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all -the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, 25:3 From the thirteenth year of -Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the -three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and -I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not -hearkened. - -25:4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, -rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined -your ear to hear. - -25:5 They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and -from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath -given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever: 25:6 And go not -after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me -not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. - -25:7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might -provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt. - -25:8 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard -my words, 25:9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the -north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my -servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the -inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and -will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an -hissing, and perpetual desolations. - -25:10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice -of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, -the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. - -25:11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; -and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. - -25:12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, -that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the -LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make -it perpetual desolations. - -25:13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have -pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which -Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations. - -25:14 For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them -also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and -according to the works of their own hands. - -25:15 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup -of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send -thee, to drink it. - -25:16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the -sword that I will send among them. - -25:17 Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations -to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: 25:18 To wit, Jerusalem, and -the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, -to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; -as it is this day; 25:19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and -his princes, and all his people; 25:20 And all the mingled people, and -all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the -Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of -Ashdod, 25:21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, 25:22 And all -the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the -isles which are beyond the sea, 25:23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and -all that are in the utmost corners, 25:24 And all the kings of Arabia, -and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, -25:25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all -the kings of the Medes, 25:26 And all the kings of the north, far and -near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are -upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after -them. - -25:27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of -hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and -fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among -you. - -25:28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to -drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye -shall certainly drink. - -25:29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my -name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: -for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, -saith the LORD of hosts. - -25:30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say -unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from -his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he -shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the -inhabitants of the earth. - -25:31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD -hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he -will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. - -25:32 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from -nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the -coasts of the earth. - -25:33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of -the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be -lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the -ground. - -25:34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, -ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your -dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant -vessel. - -25:35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal -of the flock to escape. - -25:36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the -principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled -their pasture. - -25:37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce -anger of the LORD. - -25:38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is -desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of -his fierce anger. - -26:1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king -of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying, 26:2 Thus saith the -LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD's house, and speak unto all the -cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD's house, all the -words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word: -26:3 If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, -that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them -because of the evil of their doings. - -26:4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not -hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you, 26:5 To -hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto -you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not -hearkened; 26:6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make -this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. - -26:7 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah -speaking these words in the house of the LORD. - -26:8 Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking -all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that -the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou -shalt surely die. - -26:9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This -house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an -inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the -house of the LORD. - -26:10 When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up -from the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the -entry of the new gate of the LORD's house. - -26:11 Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to -all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath -prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears. - -26:12 Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, -saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against -this city all the words that ye have heard. - -26:13 Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the -voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil -that he hath pronounced against you. - -26:14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good -and meet unto you. - -26:15 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall -surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and -upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me -unto you to speak all these words in your ears. - -26:16 Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to -the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us -in the name of the LORD our God. - -26:17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all -the assembly of the people, saying, 26:18 Micah the Morasthite -prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the -people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be -plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the -mountain of the house as the high places of a forest. - -26:19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to -death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD -repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus -might we procure great evil against our souls. - -26:20 And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the -LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied -against this city and against this land according to all the words of -Jeremiah. - -26:21 And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all -the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but -when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt; -26:22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the -son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt. - -26:23 And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto -Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead -body into the graves of the common people. - -26:24 Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with -Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to -put him to death. - -27:1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king -of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 27:2 Thus -saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy -neck, 27:3 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, -and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the -king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem -unto Zedekiah king of Judah; 27:4 And command them to say unto their -masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall -ye say unto your masters; 27:5 I have made the earth, the man and the -beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my -outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. - -27:6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of -Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the -field have I given him also to serve him. - -27:7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, -until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great -kings shall serve themselves of him. - -27:8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will -not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will -not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation -will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, -and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. - -27:9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, -nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, -which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: -27:10 For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your -land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. - -27:11 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king -of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own -land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein. - -27:12 I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these -words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, -and serve him and his people, and live. - -27:13 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the -famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the -nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 27:14 Therefore -hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, -saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a -lie unto you. - -27:15 For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a -lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, -ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you. - -27:16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus -saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that -prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house -shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a -lie unto you. - -27:17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: -wherefore should this city be laid waste? 27:18 But if they be -prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make -intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in -the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at -Jerusalem, go not to Babylon. - -27:19 For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and -concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the -residue of the vessels that remain in this city. - -27:20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried -away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from -Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; 27:21 -Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the -vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the -king of Judah and of Jerusalem; 27:22 They shall be carried to -Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, -saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this -place. - -28:1 And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign -of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, -that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake -unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and -of all the people, saying, 28:2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the -God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. - -28:3 Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the -vessels of the LORD's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took -away from this place, and carried them to Babylon: 28:4 And I will -bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, -with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the -LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. - -28:5 Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the -presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that -stood in the house of the LORD, 28:6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said, -Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast -prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD's house, and all -that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place. - -28:7 Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, -and in the ears of all the people; 28:8 The prophets that have been -before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many -countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of -pestilence. - -28:9 The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the -prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the -LORD hath truly sent him. - -28:10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet -Jeremiah's neck, and brake it. - -28:11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, -Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar -king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two -full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way. - -28:12 Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after -that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the -prophet Jeremiah, saying, 28:13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus -saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt -make for them yokes of iron. - -28:14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put -a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve -Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have -given him the beasts of the field also. - -28:15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear -now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this -people to trust in a lie. - -28:16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off -the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast -taught rebellion against the LORD. - -28:17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month. - -29:1 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet -sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried -away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the -people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to -Babylon; 29:2 (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the -eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and -the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;) 29:3 By the hand of Elasah -the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah -king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) -saying, 29:4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all -that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away -from Jerusalem unto Babylon; 29:5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them; -and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; 29:6 Take ye wives, and -beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your -daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye -may be increased there, and not diminished. - -29:7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be -carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace -thereof shall ye have peace. - -29:8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your -prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, -neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed. - -29:9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent -them, saith the LORD. - -29:10 For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be -accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word -toward you, in causing you to return to this place. - -29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, -thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. - -29:12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, -and I will hearken unto you. - -29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me -with all your heart. - -29:14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away -your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from -all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will -bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away -captive. - -29:15 Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in -Babylon; 29:16 Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth -upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this -city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into -captivity; 29:17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send -upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make -them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. - -29:18 And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and -with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the -kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an -hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven -them: 29:19 Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the -LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up -early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD. - -29:20 Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, -whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon: 29:21 Thus saith the LORD -of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of -Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my -name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king -of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes; 29:22 And of them -shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in -Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom -the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; 29:23 Because they have -committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their -neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I -have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the -LORD. - -29:24 Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, -29:25 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, -Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that -are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and -to all the priests, saying, 29:26 The LORD hath made thee priest in -the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the -house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a -prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks. - -29:27 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, -which maketh himself a prophet to you? 29:28 For therefore he sent -unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, -and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. - -29:29 And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of -Jeremiah the prophet. - -29:30 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, 29:31 Send -to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning -Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto -you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie: 29:32 -Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the -Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this -people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, -saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD. - -30:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 30:2 Thus -speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that -I have spoken unto thee in a book. - -30:3 For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again -the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I -will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, -and they shall possess it. - -30:4 And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and -concerning Judah. - -30:5 For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of -fear, and not of peace. - -30:6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? -wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman -in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? 30:7 Alas! for -that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of -Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it. - -30:8 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, -that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy -bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: 30:9 But -they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will -raise up unto them. - -30:10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; -neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, -and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, -and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. - -30:11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make -a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet I will -not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and -will not leave thee altogether unpunished. - -30:12 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound -is grievous. - -30:13 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: -thou hast no healing medicines. - -30:14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I -have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of -a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins -were increased. - -30:15 Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable -for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, -I have done these things unto thee. - -30:16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all -thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and -they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee -will I give for a prey. - -30:17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy -wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, -This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after. - -30:18 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of -Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city -shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after -the manner thereof. - -30:19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them -that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; -I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. - -30:20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their -congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all -that oppress them. - -30:21 And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor -shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw -near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his -heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD. - -30:22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. - -30:23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a -continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the -wicked. - -30:24 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he hath -done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the -latter days ye shall consider it. - -31:1 At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the -families of Israel, and they shall be my people. - -31:2 Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword -found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him -to rest. - -31:3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved -thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I -drawn thee. - -31:4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of -Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go -forth in the dances of them that make merry. - -31:5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the -planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things. - -31:6 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount -Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD -our God. - -31:7 For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout -among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O -LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. - -31:8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them -from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, -the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a -great company shall return thither. - -31:9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead -them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight -way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and -Ephraim is my firstborn. - -31:10 Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the -isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and -keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. - -31:11 For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand -of him that was stronger than he. - -31:12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and -shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for -wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and -their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any -more at all. - -31:13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and -old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will -comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. - -31:14 And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my -people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD. - -31:15 Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, -and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be -comforted for her children, because they were not. - -31:16 Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine -eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and -they shall come again from the land of the enemy. - -31:17 And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy -children shall come again to their own border. - -31:18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast -chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the -yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my -God. - -31:19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was -instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even -confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. - -31:20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I -spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my -bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith -the LORD. - -31:21 Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart -toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O -virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities. - -31:22 How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for -the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass -a man. - -31:23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they -shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, -when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O -habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness. - -31:24 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities -thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks. - -31:25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every -sorrowful soul. - -31:26 Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me. - -31:27 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house -of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the -seed of beast. - -31:28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over -them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to -destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to -plant, saith the LORD. - -31:29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a -sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. - -31:30 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that -eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. - -31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new -covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 31:32 -Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the -day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of -Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto -them, saith the LORD: 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will -make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I -will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; -and will be their God, and they shall be my people. - -31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every -man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, -from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for -I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. - -31:35 Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, -and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, -which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts -is his name: 31:36 If those ordinances depart from before me, saith -the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation -before me for ever. - -31:37 Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the -foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off -all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD. - -31:38 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be -built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the -corner. - -31:39 And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon -the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath. - -31:40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and -all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse -gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be -plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever. - -32:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of -Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of -Nebuchadrezzar. - -32:2 For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and -Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was -in the king of Judah's house. - -32:3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore -dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give -this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; -32:4 And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of -the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king -of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes -shall behold his eyes; 32:5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and -there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight -with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper. - -32:6 And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -32:7 Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto -thee saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of -redemption is thine to buy it. - -32:8 So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the -prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my -field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of -Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is -thine; buy it for thyself. - -Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD. - -32:9 And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in -Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver. - -32:10 And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took -witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. - -32:11 So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was -sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open: 32:12 -And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, -the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in -the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the -purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison. - -32:13 And I charged Baruch before them, saying, 32:14 Thus saith the -LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence -of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is -open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many -days. - -32:15 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and -fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land. - -32:16 Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto -Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying, 32:17 Ah -Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great -power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: -32:18 Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the -iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: -the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name, 32:19 Great -in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the -ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and -according to the fruit of his doings: 32:20 Which hast set signs and -wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and -among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day; 32:21 And -hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with -signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched -out arm, and with great terror; 32:22 And hast given them this land, -which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing -with milk and honey; 32:23 And they came in, and possessed it; but -they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done -nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast -caused all this evil to come upon them: 32:24 Behold the mounts, they -are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand -of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of -the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come -to pass; and, behold, thou seest it. - -32:25 And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for -money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the -Chaldeans. - -32:26 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, 32:27 -Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too -hard for me? 32:28 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give -this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of -Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it: 32:29 And the -Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on -this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have -offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other -gods, to provoke me to anger. - -32:30 For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only -done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have -only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the -LORD. - -32:31 For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and -of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I -should remove it from before my face, 32:32 Because of all the evil of -the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have -done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their -priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants -of Jerusalem. - -32:33 And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though -I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not -hearkened to receive instruction. - -32:34 But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by -my name, to defile it. - -32:35 And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley -of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass -through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came -it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah -to sin. - -32:36 And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, -concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the -hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by -the pestilence; 32:37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, -whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great -wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause -them to dwell safely: 32:38 And they shall be my people, and I will be -their God: 32:39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that -they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children -after them: 32:40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, -that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put -my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. - -32:41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant -them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole -soul. - -32:42 For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great -evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I -have promised them. - -32:43 And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is -desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the -Chaldeans. - -32:44 Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and -seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the -places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities -of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities -of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the -LORD. - -33:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, -while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, 33:2 Thus -saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to -establish it; the LORD is his name; 33:3 Call unto me, and I will -answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest -not. - -33:4 For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses -of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which -are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword; 33:5 They come to -fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies -of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all -whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city. - -33:6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, -and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. - -33:7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of -Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first. - -33:8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they -have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, -whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against -me. - -33:9 And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour -before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good -that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the -goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it. - -33:10 Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, -which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in -the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are -desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, -33:11 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the -bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall -say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy -endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of -praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the -captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD. - -33:12 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is -desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, -shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. - -33:13 In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and -in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the -places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks -pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD. - -33:14 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that -good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the -house of Judah. - -33:15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of -righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and -righteousness in the land. - -33:16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell -safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD -our righteousness. - -33:17 For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit -upon the throne of the house of Israel; 33:18 Neither shall the -priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and -to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually. - -33:19 And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying, 33:20 Thus -saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my -covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in -their season; 33:21 Then may also my covenant be broken with David my -servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and -with the Levites the priests, my ministers. - -33:22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of -the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and -the Levites that minister unto me. - -33:23 Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, 33:24 -Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two -families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus -they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation -before them. - -33:25 Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, -and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 33:26 -Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant, so that -I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, -Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have -mercy on them. - -34:1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when -Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms -of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against -Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying, 34:2 Thus saith -the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, -and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into -the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire: 34:3 -And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, -and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of -the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and -thou shalt go to Babylon. - -34:4 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus -saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword: 34:5 But thou -shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former -kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and -they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the -word, saith the LORD. - -34:6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah -king of Judah in Jerusalem, 34:7 When the king of Babylon's army -fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that -were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced -cities remained of the cities of Judah. - -34:8 This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after -that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which -were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them; 34:9 That every man -should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an -Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of -them, to wit, of a Jew his brother. - -34:10 Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered -into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and -every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves -of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go. - -34:11 But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the -handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into -subjection for servants and for handmaids. - -34:12 Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, -saying, 34:13 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a -covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of -the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying, 34:14 At the -end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which -hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou -shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto -me, neither inclined their ear. - -34:15 And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in -proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a -covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: 34:16 But -ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and -every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, -to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for -servants and for handmaids. - -34:17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in -proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his -neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to -the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you -to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. - -34:18 And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, -which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made -before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the -parts thereof, 34:19 The princes of Judah, and the princes of -Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the -land, which passed between the parts of the calf; 34:20 I will even -give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them -that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the -fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth. - -34:21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the -hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, -and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up -from you. - -34:22 Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return -to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn -it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without -an inhabitant. - -35:1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of -Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, 35:2 Go unto the -house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the -house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to -drink. - -35:3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, -and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the -Rechabites; 35:4 And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into -the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, -which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber -of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door: 35:5 And I set -before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and -cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. - -35:6 But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of -Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, -neither ye, nor your sons for ever: 35:7 Neither shall ye build house, -nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye -shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye -be strangers. - -35:8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our -father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, -we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters; 35:9 Nor to build houses -for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: -35:10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according -to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. - -35:11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up -into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear -of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: -so we dwell at Jerusalem. - -35:12 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, 35:13 Thus -saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of -Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive -instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD. - -35:14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his -sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink -none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have -spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto -me. - -35:15 I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising -up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his -evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve -them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to -your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto -me. - -35:16 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the -commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people -hath not hearkened unto me: 35:17 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of -hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all -the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced -against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not -heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered. - -35:18 And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith -the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the -commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and -done according unto all that he hath commanded you: 35:19 Therefore -thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of -Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever. - -36:1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of -Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, -saying, 36:2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the -words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, -and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the -days of Josiah, even unto this day. - -36:3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I -purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil -way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. - -36:4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote -from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had -spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book. - -36:5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go -into the house of the LORD: 36:6 Therefore go thou, and read in the -roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in -the ears of the people in the LORD's house upon the fasting day: and -also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of -their cities. - -36:7 It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, -and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger -and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people. - -36:8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah -the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD -in the LORD's house. - -36:9 And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of -Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast -before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people -that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. - -36:10 Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house -of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, -in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house, -in the ears of all the people. - -36:11 When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard -out of the book all the words of the LORD, 36:12 Then he went down -into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the -princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of -Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of -Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes. - -36:13 Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had -heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people. - -36:14 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the -son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine -hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and -come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came -unto them. - -36:15 And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. -So Baruch read it in their ears. - -36:16 Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they -were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely -tell the king of all these words. - -36:17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write -all these words at his mouth? 36:18 Then Baruch answered them, He -pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them -with ink in the book. - -36:19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and -Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be. - -36:20 And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up -the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words -in the ears of the king. - -36:21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of -Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the -king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king. - -36:22 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and -there was a fire on the hearth burning before him. - -36:23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four -leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that -was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that -was on the hearth. - -36:24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the -king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. - -36:25 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made -intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would -not hear them. - -36:26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and -Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take -Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them. - -36:27 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king -had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of -Jeremiah, saying, 36:28 Take thee again another roll, and write in it -all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the -king of Judah hath burned. - -36:29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the -LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written -therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy -this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast? 36:30 -Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall -have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be -cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. - -36:31 And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their -iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of -Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have -pronounced against them; but they hearkened not. - -36:32 Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the -scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of -Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had -burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like -words. - -37:1 And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the -son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the -land of Judah. - -37:2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did -hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet -Jeremiah. - -37:3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and -Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, -saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us. - -37:4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had -not put him into prison. - -37:5 Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the -Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed -from Jerusalem. - -37:6 Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah saying, -37:7 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the -king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, -Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt -into their own land. - -37:8 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, -and take it, and burn it with fire. - -37:9 Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The -Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart. - -37:10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that -fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet -should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with -fire. - -37:11 And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was -broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, 37:12 Then -Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, -to separate himself thence in the midst of the people. - -37:13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward -was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of -Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away -to the Chaldeans. - -37:14 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the -Chaldeans. - -But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him -to the princes. - -37:15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, -and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they -had made that the prison. - -37:16 When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, -and Jeremiah had remained there many days; 37:17 Then Zedekiah the -king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his -house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, -There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the -king of Babylon. - -37:18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended -against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye -have put me in prison? 37:19 Where are now your prophets which -prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come -against you, nor against this land? 37:20 Therefore hear now, I pray -thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be -accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of -Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. - -37:21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit -Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him -daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread -in the city were spent. - -Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. - -38:1 Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of -Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of -Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the -people, saying, 38:2 Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this -city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but -he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his -life for a prey, and shall live. - -38:3 Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the -hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it. - -38:4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let -this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men -of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in -speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of -this people, but the hurt. - -38:5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the -king is not he that can do any thing against you. - -38:6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of -Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: -and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no -water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. - -38:7 Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was -in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; -the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; 38:8 Ebedmelech went -forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king saying, 38:9 My -lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to -Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is -like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more -bread in the city. - -38:10 Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take -from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out -of the dungeon, before he die. - -38:11 So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of -the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old -rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. - -38:12 And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these -old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. -And Jeremiah did so. - -38:13 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the -dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. - -38:14 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto -him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the -king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from -me. - -38:15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, -wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt -thou not hearken unto me? 38:16 So Zedekiah the king sware secretly -unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I -will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of -these men that seek thy life. - -38:17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God -of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the -king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city -shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house: -38:18 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, -then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they -shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand. - -38:19 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the -Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their -hand, and they mock me. - -38:20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech -thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be -well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. - -38:21 But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD -hath shewed me: 38:22 And, behold, all the women that are left in the -king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's -princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and -have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they -are turned away back. - -38:23 So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the -Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be -taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this -city to be burned with fire. - -38:24 Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these -words, and thou shalt not die. - -38:25 But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they -come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast -said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to -death; also what the king said unto thee: 38:26 Then thou shalt say -unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would -not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there. - -38:27 Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he -told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So -they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived. - -38:28 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that -Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken. - -39:1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, -came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against -Jerusalem, and they besieged it. - -39:2 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the -ninth day of the month, the city was broken up. - -39:3 And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in -the middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, -Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the -king of Babylon. - -39:4 And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw -them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of -the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate -betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain. - -39:5 But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah -in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought -him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of -Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him. - -39:6 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah -before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of -Judah. - -39:7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, -to carry him to Babylon. - -39:8 And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the -people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. - -39:9 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive -into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and -those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people -that remained. - -39:10 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the -people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them -vineyards and fields at the same time. - -39:11 Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning -Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying, 39:12 Take -him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as -he shall say unto thee. - -39:13 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, -Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon's -princes; 39:14 Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of -the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son -of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the -people. - -39:15 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut -up in the court of the prison, saying, 39:16 Go and speak to -Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the -God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, -and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before -thee. - -39:17 But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou -shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. - -39:18 For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the -sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast -put thy trust in me, saith the LORD. - -40:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that -Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when -he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried -away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive -unto Babylon. - -40:2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, -The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place. - -40:3 Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: -because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his -voice, therefore this thing is come upon you. - -40:4 And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were -upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into -Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto -thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is -before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, -thither go. - -40:5 Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to -Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of -Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with -him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto -thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a -reward, and let him go. - -40:6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and -dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land. - -40:7 Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, -even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made -Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed -unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of -them that were not carried away captive to Babylon; 40:8 Then they -came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and -Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of -Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the -son of a Maachathite, they and their men. - -40:9 And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them -and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in -the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with -you. - -40:10 As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the -Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer -fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your -cities that ye have taken. - -40:11 Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the -Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that -the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set -over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan; 40:12 Even -all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and -came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine -and summer fruits very much. - -40:13 Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the -forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, 40:14 And -said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the -Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But -Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not. - -40:15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah -secretly saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the -son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay -thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be -scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish? 40:16 But Gedaliah the -son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do -this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael. - -41:1 Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of -Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of -the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam -to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah. - -41:2 Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that -were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan -with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made -governor over the land. - -41:3 Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with -Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the -men of war. - -41:4 And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, -and no man knew it, 41:5 That there came certain from Shechem, from -Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards -shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with -offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the -LORD. - -41:6 And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet -them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met -them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. - -41:7 And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that -Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst -of the pit, he, and the men that were with him. - -41:8 But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us -not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and -of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their -brethren. - -41:9 Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the -men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king -had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of -Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain. - -41:10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people -that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people -that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had -committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of -Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the -Ammonites. - -41:11 But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the -forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son -of Nethaniah had done, 41:12 Then they took all the men, and went to -fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great -waters that are in Gibeon. - -41:13 Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with -Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the -forces that were with him, then they were glad. - -41:14 So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from -Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of -Kareah. - -41:15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight -men, and went to the Ammonites. - -41:16 Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the -forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had -recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that -he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and -the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought -again from Gibeon: 41:17 And they departed, and dwelt in the -habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into -Egypt, 41:18 Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, -because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of -Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land. - -42:1 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of -Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the -least even unto the greatest, came near, 42:2 And said unto Jeremiah -the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before -thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this -remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold -us:) 42:3 That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may -walk, and the thing that we may do. - -42:4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; -behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; -and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer -you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you. - -42:5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful -witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the -which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us. - -42:6 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice -of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with -us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God. - -42:7 And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD -came unto Jeremiah. - -42:8 Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of -the forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even -to the greatest, 42:9 And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God -of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before -him; 42:10 If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, -and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for -I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you. - -42:11 Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be -not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and -to deliver you from his hand. - -42:12 And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon -you, and cause you to return to your own land. - -42:13 But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the -voice of the LORD your God, 42:14 Saying, No; but we will go into the -land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the -trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: 42:15 And -now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus -saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your -faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; 42:16 Then it -shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake -you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were -afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye -shall die. - -42:17 So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into -Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, -and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from -the evil that I will bring upon them. - -42:18 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine -anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of -Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall -enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, -and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more. - -42:19 The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye -not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day. - -42:20 For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD -your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according -unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we -will do it. - -42:21 And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not -obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he -hath sent me unto you. - -42:22 Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by -the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to -go and to sojourn. - -43:1 And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of -speaking unto all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for -which the LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these words, -43:2 Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of -Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest -falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt -to sojourn there: 43:3 But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on -against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that -they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon. - -43:4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, -and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the -land of Judah. - -43:5 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the -forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all -nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah; -43:6 Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and -every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with -Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the -prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah. - -43:7 So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the -voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes. - -43:8 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, -saying, 43:9 Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the -clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in -Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; 43:10 And say unto them, -Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send -and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set -his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his -royal pavilion over them. - -43:11 And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and -deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity -to captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword. - -43:12 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and -he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array -himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; -and he shall go forth from thence in peace. - -43:13 He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the -land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he -burn with fire. - -44:1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which -dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, -and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying, 44:2 Thus saith -the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I -have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, -behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein, -44:3 Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke -me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other -gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers. - -44:4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising -early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that -I hate. - -44:5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their -wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. - -44:6 Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was -kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and -they are wasted and desolate, as at this day. - -44:7 Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of -Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut -off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave -you none to remain; 44:8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the -works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of -Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, -and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of -the earth? 44:9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and -the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their -wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, -which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of -Jerusalem? 44:10 They are not humbled even unto this day, neither -have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set -before you and before your fathers. - -44:11 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; -Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all -Judah. - -44:12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces -to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be -consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed -by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even -unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be -an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach. - -44:13 For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I -have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the -pestilence: 44:14 So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone -into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that -they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a -desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as -shall escape. - -44:15 Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense -unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, -even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, -answered Jeremiah, saying, 44:16 As for the word that thou hast spoken -unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. - -44:17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our -own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out -drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our -kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of -Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw -no evil. - -44:18 But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, -and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, -and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. - -44:19 And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured -out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, -and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men? 44:20 Then -Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and -to all the people which had given him that answer, saying, 44:21 The -incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of -Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the -people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not -into his mind? 44:22 So that the LORD could no longer bear, because -of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye -have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an -astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day. - -44:23 Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned -against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor -walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; -therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day. - -44:24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the -women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of -Egypt: 44:25 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; -Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled -with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have -vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink -offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely -perform your vows. - -44:26 Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in -the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the -LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of -Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth. - -44:27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and -all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed -by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them. - -44:28 Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the -land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, -that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know -whose words shall stand, mine, or their's. - -44:29 And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will -punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely -stand against you for evil: 44:30 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will -give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and -into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of -Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and -that sought his life. - -45:1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of -Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of -Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of -Judah, saying, 45:2 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, -O Baruch: 45:3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added -grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. - -45:4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that -which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I -will pluck up, even this whole land. - -45:5 And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, -behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life -will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest. - -46:1 The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against -the Gentiles; 46:2 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho -king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which -Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim -the son of Josiah king of Judah. - -46:3 Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. - -46:4 Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with -your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines. - -46:5 Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and -their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not -back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD. - -46:6 Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they -shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates. - -46:7 Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as -the rivers? 46:8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are -moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the -earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof. - -46:9 Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men -come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; -and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow. - -46:10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of -vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword -shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: -for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the -river Euphrates. - -46:11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of -Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be -cured. - -46:12 The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the -land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they -are fallen both together. - -46:13 The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how -Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of -Egypt. - -46:14 Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph -and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword -shall devour round about thee. - -46:15 Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the -LORD did drive them. - -46:16 He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, -Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our -nativity, from the oppressing sword. - -46:17 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he -hath passed the time appointed. - -46:18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, -Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so -shall he come. - -46:19 O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into -captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant. - -46:20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it -cometh out of the north. - -46:21 Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; -for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did -not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and -the time of their visitation. - -46:22 The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march -with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. - -46:23 They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot -be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are -innumerable. - -46:24 The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be -delivered into the hand of the people of the north. - -46:25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will -punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, -and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him: 46:26 -And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, -and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand -of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days -of old, saith the LORD. - -46:27 But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O -Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from -the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest -and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. - -46:28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with -thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have -driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee -in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished. - -47:1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against -the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. - -47:2 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and -shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all -that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men -shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl. - -47:3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, -at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the -fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands; -47:4 Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and -to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the -LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of -Caphtor. - -47:5 Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant -of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? 47:6 O thou sword of -the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into -thy scabbard, rest, and be still. - -47:7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge -against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed -it. - -48:1 Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe -unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: -Misgab is confounded and dismayed. - -48:2 There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have -devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a -nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue -thee. - -48:3 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great -destruction. - -48:4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard. - -48:5 For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for -in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of -destruction. - -48:6 Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness. - -48:7 For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, -thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity -with his priests and his princes together. - -48:8 And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall -escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be -destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken. - -48:9 Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the -cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein. - -48:10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and -cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood. - -48:11 Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on -his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither -hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and -his scent is not changed. - -48:12 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will -send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall -empty his vessels, and break their bottles. - -48:13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was -ashamed of Bethel their confidence. - -48:14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war? 48:15 -Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young -men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the -LORD of hosts. - -48:16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth -fast. - -48:17 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his -name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod! -48:18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, -and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and -he shall destroy thy strong holds. - -48:19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that -fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done? 48:20 Moab is -confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, -that Moab is spoiled, 48:21 And judgment is come upon the plain -country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, 48:22 And -upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim, 48:23 And upon -Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon, 48:24 And upon -Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, -far or near. - -48:25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the -LORD. - -48:26 Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: -Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. - -48:27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among -thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy. - -48:28 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the -rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the -hole's mouth. - -48:29 We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his -loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of -his heart. - -48:30 I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his -lies shall not so effect it. - -48:31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; -mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres. - -48:32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of -Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of -Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy -vintage. - -48:33 And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from -the land of Moab, and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: -none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting. - -48:34 From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, -have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an -heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be -desolate. - -48:35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that -offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods. - -48:36 Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine -heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the -riches that he hath gotten are perished. - -48:37 For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all -the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth. - -48:38 There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of -Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel -wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD. - -48:39 They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab -turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a -dismaying to all them about him. - -48:40 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and -shall spread his wings over Moab. - -48:41 Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the -mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a -woman in her pangs. - -48:42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath -magnified himself against the LORD. - -48:43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O -inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD. - -48:44 He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he -that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will -bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the -LORD. - -48:45 They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the -force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from -the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown -of the head of the tumultuous ones. - -48:46 Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for -thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives. - -48:47 Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, -saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab. - -49:1 Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no -sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his -people dwell in his cities? 49:2 Therefore, behold, the days come, -saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in -Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her -daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto -them that were his heirs, saith the LORD. - -49:3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, -gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for -their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes -together. - -49:4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O -backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall -come unto me? 49:5 Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the -Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be -driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that -wandereth. - -49:6 And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of -Ammon, saith the LORD. - -49:7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more -in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom -vanished? 49:8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of -Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I -will visit him. - -49:9 If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some -gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have -enough. - -49:10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, -and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his -brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not. - -49:11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and -let thy widows trust in me. - -49:12 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to -drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall -altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt -surely drink of it. - -49:13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall -become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the -cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. - -49:14 I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent -unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, -and rise up to the battle. - -49:15 For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised -among men. - -49:16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine -heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest -the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as -the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD. - -49:17 Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it -shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. - -49:18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour -cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither -shall a son of man dwell in it. - -49:19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan -against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run -away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? -for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that -shepherd that will stand before me? 49:20 Therefore hear the counsel -of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that -he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of -the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations -desolate with them. - -49:21 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the -noise thereof was heard in the Red sea. - -49:22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his -wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men -of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. - -49:23 Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they -have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the -sea; it cannot be quiet. - -49:24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear -hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in -travail. - -49:25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! 49:26 -Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of -war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts. - -49:27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall -consume the palaces of Benhadad. - -49:28 Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which -Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise -ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east. - -49:29 Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall -take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their -camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side. - -49:30 Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, -saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel -against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you. - -49:31 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without -care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell -alone. - -49:32 And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their -cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the -utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides -thereof, saith the LORD. - -49:33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for -ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it. - -49:34 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against -Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, -49:35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of -Elam, the chief of their might. - -49:36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters -of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there -shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come. - -49:37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and -before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, -even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after -them, till I have consumed them: 49:38 And I will set my throne in -Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the -LORD. - -49:39 But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring -again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD. - -50:1 The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land -of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. - -50:2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; -publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, -Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are -broken in pieces. - -50:3 For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which -shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall -remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. - -50:4 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of -Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and -weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. - -50:5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, -saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual -covenant that shall not be forgotten. - -50:6 My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them -to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have -gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace. - -50:7 All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries -said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the -habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers. - -50:8 Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land -of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks. - -50:9 For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an -assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set -themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their -arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain. - -50:10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be -satisfied, saith the LORD. - -50:11 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of -mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and -bellow as bulls; 50:12 Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that -bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall -be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. - -50:13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but -it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be -astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. - -50:14 Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that -bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned -against the LORD. - -50:15 Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her -foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the -vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do -unto her. - -50:16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle -in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall -turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own -land. - -50:17 Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: -first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this -Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. - -50:18 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; -Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have -punished the king of Assyria. - -50:19 And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall -feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount -Ephraim and Gilead. - -50:20 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of -Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of -Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I -reserve. - -50:21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and -against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after -them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded -thee. - -50:22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. - -50:23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how -is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! 50:24 I have laid a -snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not -aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven -against the LORD. - -50:25 The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the -weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of -hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. - -50:26 Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: -cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be -left. - -50:27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe -unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. - -50:28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of -Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the -vengeance of his temple. - -50:29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the -bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense -her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do -unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy -One of Israel. - -50:30 Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her -men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD. - -50:31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD -of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee. - -50:32 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise -him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour -all round about him. - -50:33 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the -children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them -captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. - -50:34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he -shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, -and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. - -50:35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the -inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men. - -50:36 A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon -her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. - -50:37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon -all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall -become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be -robbed. - -50:38 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it -is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. - -50:39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of -the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and -it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in -from generation to generation. - -50:40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities -thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall -any son of man dwell therein. - -50:41 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, -and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. - -50:42 They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will -not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall -ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, -against thee, O daughter of Babylon. - -50:43 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands -waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in -travail. - -50:44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan -unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run -away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? -for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that -shepherd that will stand before me? 50:45 Therefore hear ye the -counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his -purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: -Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall -make their habitation desolate with them. - -50:46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and -the cry is heard among the nations. - -51:1 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and -against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, -a destroying wind; 51:2 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall -fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they -shall be against her round about. - -51:3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against -him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her -young men; destroy ye utterly all her host. - -51:4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they -that are thrust through in her streets. - -51:5 For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the -LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy -One of Israel. - -51:6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: -be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's -vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence. - -51:7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all -the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the -nations are mad. - -51:8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm -for her pain, if so be she may be healed. - -51:9 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, -and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment -reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. - -51:10 The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us -declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God. - -51:11 Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised -up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against -Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the -vengeance of his temple. - -51:12 Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch -strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath -both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of -Babylon. - -51:13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, -thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. - -51:14 The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will -fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a -shout against thee. - -51:15 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the -world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his -understanding. - -51:16 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in -the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the -earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out -of his treasures. - -51:17 Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is -confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and -there is no breath in them. - -51:18 They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their -visitation they shall perish. - -51:19 The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of -all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of -hosts is his name. - -51:20 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I -break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; -51:21 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; -and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; 51:22 -With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee -will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in -pieces the young man and the maid; 51:23 I will also break in pieces -with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in -pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break -in pieces captains and rulers. - -51:24 And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of -Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, -saith the LORD. - -51:25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the -LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand -upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a -burnt mountain. - -51:26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a -stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the -LORD. - -51:27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the -nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her -the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain -against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers. - -51:28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the -captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his -dominion. - -51:29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the -LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a -desolation without an inhabitant. - -51:30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have -remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as -women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken. - -51:31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet -another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one -end, 51:32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have -burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted. - -51:33 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The -daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh -her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come. - -51:34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath -crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up -like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath -cast me out. - -51:35 The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall -the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of -Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. - -51:36 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, -and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her -springs dry. - -51:37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an -astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant. - -51:38 They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' -whelps. - -51:39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them -drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not -wake, saith the LORD. - -51:40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams -with he goats. - -51:41 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth -surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations! -51:42 The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the -multitude of the waves thereof. - -51:43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a -land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass -thereby. - -51:44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of -his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not -flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall. - -51:45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every -man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD. - -51:46 And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall -be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after -that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, -ruler against ruler. - -51:47 Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon -the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, -and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. - -51:48 Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall -sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, -saith the LORD. - -51:49 As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at -Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. - -51:50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: -remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. - -51:51 We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath -covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the -LORD's house. - -51:52 Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do -judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded -shall groan. - -51:53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should -fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come -unto her, saith the LORD. - -51:54 A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from -the land of the Chaldeans: 51:55 Because the LORD hath spoiled -Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do -roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered: 51:56 -Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her -mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD -God of recompences shall surely requite. - -51:57 And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her -captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a -perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD -of hosts. - -51:58 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall -be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and -the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they -shall be weary. - -51:59 The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of -Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of -Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah -was a quiet prince. - -51:60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon -Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon. - -51:61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and -shalt see, and shalt read all these words; 51:62 Then shalt thou say, -O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none -shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be -desolate for ever. - -51:63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this -book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst -of Euphrates: 51:64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and -shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they -shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. - -52:1 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and -he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was -Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. - -52:2 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according -to all that Jehoiakim had done. - -52:3 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem -and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah -rebelled against the king of Babylon. - -52:4 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth -month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of -Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched -against it, and built forts against it round about. - -52:5 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. - -52:6 And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the -famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people -of the land. - -52:7 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and -went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the -two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by -the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain. - -52:8 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and -overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was -scattered from him. - -52:9 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of -Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon -him. - -52:10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his -eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. - -52:11 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon -bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison -till the day of his death. - -52:12 Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was -the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came -Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, -into Jerusalem, 52:13 And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's -house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the -great men, burned he with fire: 52:14 And all the army of the -Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the -walls of Jerusalem round about. - -52:15 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive -certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that -remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king -of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude. - -52:16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the -poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen. - -52:17 Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, -and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, -the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon. - -52:18 The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the -bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they -ministered, took they away. - -52:19 And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the -caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that -which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, -took the captain of the guard away. - -52:20 The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were -under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: -the brass of all these vessels was without weight. - -52:21 And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was -eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the -thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow. - -52:22 And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one -chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the -chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the -pomegranates were like unto these. - -52:23 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all -the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about. - -52:24 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and -Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: 52:25 -He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the -men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, -which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, -who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people -of the land, that were found in the midst of the city. - -52:26 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought -them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. - -52:27 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in -Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out -of his own land. - -52:28 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in -the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty: 52:29 In -the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from -Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons: 52:30 In the three and -twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard -carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: -all the persons were four thousand and six hundred. - -52:31 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the -captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the -five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon -in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king -of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison. - -52:32 And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne -of the kings that were with him in Babylon, 52:33 And changed his -prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the -days of his life. - -52:34 And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the -king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all -the days of his life. - - - - -The Lamentations of Jeremiah - - -1:1 How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is -she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and -princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary! 1:2 She -weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all -her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt -treacherously with her, they are become her enemies. - -1:3 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of -great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: -all her persecutors overtook her between the straits. - -1:4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: -all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are -afflicted, and she is in bitterness. - -1:5 Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD -hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her -children are gone into captivity before the enemy. - -1:6 And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her -princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone -without strength before the pursuer. - -1:7 Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her -miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when -her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the -adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths. - -1:8 Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all -that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: -yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward. - -1:9 Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; -therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, -behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself. - -1:10 The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant -things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, -whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy -congregation. - -1:11 All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their -pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and -consider; for I am become vile. - -1:12 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if -there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, -wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. - -1:13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth -against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me -back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day. - -1:14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are -wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, -the LORD hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able -to rise up. - -1:15 The LORD hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst -of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: -the LORD hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a -winepress. - -1:16 For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with -water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from -me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed. - -1:17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: -the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should -be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them. - -1:18 The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his -commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my -virgins and my young men are gone into captivity. - -1:19 I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine -elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to -relieve their souls. - -1:20 Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; -mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad -the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death. - -1:21 They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all -mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast -done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall -be like unto me. - -1:22 Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as -thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are -many, and my heart is faint. - -2:1 How hath the LORD covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his -anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, -and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger! 2:2 The -LORD hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not -pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the -daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath -polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof. - -2:3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he -hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned -against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about. - -2:4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand -as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the -tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire. - -2:5 The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath -swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and -hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation. - -2:6 And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of -a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath -caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and -hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest. - -2:7 The LORD hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, -he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; -they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a -solemn feast. - -2:8 The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of -Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand -from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; -they languished together. - -2:9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken -her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is -no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD. - -2:10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep -silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded -themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their -heads to the ground. - -2:11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is -poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my -people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of -the city. - -2:12 They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they -swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was -poured out into their mothers' bosom. - -2:13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I -liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, -that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is -great like the sea: who can heal thee? 2:14 Thy prophets have seen -vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine -iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false -burdens and causes of banishment. - -2:15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag -their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that -men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? 2:16 -All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and -gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is -the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it. - -2:17 The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled -his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown -down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice -over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries. - -2:18 Their heart cried unto the LORD, O wall of the daughter of Zion, -let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; -let not the apple of thine eye cease. - -2:19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour -out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy -hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for -hunger in the top of every street. - -2:20 Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall -the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the -priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord? 2:21 -The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and -my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day -of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied. - -2:22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so -that in the day of the LORD's anger none escaped nor remained: those -that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed. - -3:1 I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. - -3:2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. - -3:3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all -the day. - -3:4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. - -3:5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and -travail. - -3:6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. - -3:7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my -chain heavy. - -3:8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. - -3:9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths -crooked. - -3:10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret -places. - -3:11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath -made me desolate. - -3:12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. - -3:13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. - -3:14 I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day. - -3:15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with -wormwood. - -3:16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered -me with ashes. - -3:17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat -prosperity. - -3:18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: -3:19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the -gall. - -3:20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. - -3:21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. - -3:22 It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his -compassions fail not. - -3:23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. - -3:24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in -him. - -3:25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that -seeketh him. - -3:26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the -salvation of the LORD. - -3:27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke of his youth. - -3:28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it -upon him. - -3:29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. - -3:30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full -with reproach. - -3:31 For the LORD will not cast off for ever: 3:32 But though he cause -grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his -mercies. - -3:33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. - -3:34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth. - -3:35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most -High, 3:36 To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not. - -3:37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord -commandeth it not? 3:38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth -not evil and good? 3:39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man -for the punishment of his sins? 3:40 Let us search and try our ways, -and turn again to the LORD. - -3:41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. - -3:42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. - -3:43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, -thou hast not pitied. - -3:44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should -not pass through. - -3:45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of -the people. - -3:46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. - -3:47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction. - -3:48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of -the daughter of my people. - -3:49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any -intermission. - -3:50 Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven. - -3:51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my -city. - -3:52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. - -3:53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon -me. - -3:54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off. - -3:55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon. - -3:56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at -my cry. - -3:57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou -saidst, Fear not. - -3:58 O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast -redeemed my life. - -3:59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause. - -3:60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations -against me. - -3:61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their -imaginations against me; 3:62 The lips of those that rose up against -me, and their device against me all the day. - -3:63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their -musick. - -3:64 Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of -their hands. - -3:65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them. - -3:66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the -LORD. - -4:1 How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the -stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. - -4:2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they -esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! -4:3 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their -young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the -ostriches in the wilderness. - -4:4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth -for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto -them. - -4:5 They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they -that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. - -4:6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is -greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown -as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her. - -4:7 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, -they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of -sapphire: 4:8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known -in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it -is become like a stick. - -4:9 They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be -slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of -the fruits of the field. - -4:10 The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: -they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people. - -4:11 The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his -fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured -the foundations thereof. - -4:12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, -would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have -entered into the gates of Jerusalem. - -4:13 For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, -that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, 4:14 They -have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted -themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. - -4:15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, -touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the -heathen, They shall no more sojourn there. - -4:16 The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard -them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not -the elders. - -4:17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our -watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us. - -4:18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is -near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come. - -4:19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they -pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the -wilderness. - -4:20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken -in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among -the heathen. - -4:21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the -land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be -drunken, and shalt make thyself naked. - -4:22 The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of -Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit -thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins. - -5:1 Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our -reproach. - -5:2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. - -5:3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. - -5:4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. - -5:5 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest. - -5:6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to -be satisfied with bread. - -5:7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their -iniquities. - -5:8 Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us -out of their hand. - -5:9 We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword -of the wilderness. - -5:10 Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. - -5:11 They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of -Judah. - -5:12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not -honoured. - -5:13 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the -wood. - -5:14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their -musick. - -5:15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into -mourning. - -5:16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have -sinned! 5:17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes -are dim. - -5:18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes -walk upon it. - -5:19 Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to -generation. - -5:20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long -time? 5:21 Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; -renew our days as of old. - -5:22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us. - - - - -The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel - - -1:1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, -in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river -of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. - -1:2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king -Jehoiachin's captivity, 1:3 The word of the LORD came expressly unto -Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by -the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him. - -1:4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a -great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about -it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the -midst of the fire. - -1:5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living -creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a -man. - -1:6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. - -1:7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was -like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of -burnished brass. - -1:8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four -sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. - -1:9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they -went; they went every one straight forward. - -1:10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a -man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the -face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an -eagle. - -1:11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two -wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their -bodies. - -1:12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was -to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. - -1:13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was -like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went -up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and -out of the fire went forth lightning. - -1:14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a -flash of lightning. - -1:15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the -earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. - -1:16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the -colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their -appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a -wheel. - -1:17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned -not when they went. - -1:18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; -and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. - -1:19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and -when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels -were lifted up. - -1:20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their -spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the -spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. - -1:21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; -and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted -up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the -wheels. - -1:22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living -creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth -over their heads above. - -1:23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward -the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every -one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies. - -1:24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the -noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of -speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their -wings. - -1:25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their -heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings. - -1:26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the -likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon -the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man -above upon it. - -1:27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round -about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and -from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the -appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. - -1:28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of -rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was -the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I -saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake. - -2:1 And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will -speak unto thee. - -2:2 And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me -upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. - -2:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of -Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and -their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day. - -2:4 For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee -unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. - -2:5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, -(for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been -a prophet among them. - -2:6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of -their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost -dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed -at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. - -2:7 And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, -or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious. - -2:8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou -rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I -give thee. - -2:9 And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a -roll of a book was therein; 2:10 And he spread it before me; and it -was written within and without: and there was written therein -lamentations, and mourning, and woe. - -3:1 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat -this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. - -3:2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll. - -3:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill -thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it -was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. - -3:4 And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of -Israel, and speak with my words unto them. - -3:5 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an -hard language, but to the house of Israel; 3:6 Not to many people of a -strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not -understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened -unto thee. - -3:7 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will -not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and -hardhearted. - -3:8 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy -forehead strong against their foreheads. - -3:9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear -them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a -rebellious house. - -3:10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall -speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears. - -3:11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of -thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord -GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear. - -3:12 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a -great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his -place. - -3:13 I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that -touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, -and a noise of a great rushing. - -3:14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in -bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was -strong upon me. - -3:15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by -the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there -astonished among them seven days. - -3:16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of -the LORD came unto me, saying, 3:17 Son of man, I have made thee a -watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my -mouth, and give them warning from me. - -3:18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou -givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his -wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his -iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. - -3:19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, -nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast -delivered thy soul. - -3:20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and -commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: -because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and -his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his -blood will I require at thine hand. - -3:21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous -sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is -warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul. - -3:22 And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, -Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee. - -3:23 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the -glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river -of Chebar: and I fell on my face. - -3:24 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and -spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house. - -3:25 But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, -and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them: -3:26 And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that -thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are -a rebellious house. - -3:27 But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt -say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; -and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious -house. - -4:1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, -and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: 4:2 And lay siege -against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; -set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round -about. - -4:3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of -iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it -shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be -a sign to the house of Israel. - -4:4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the -house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou -shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. - -4:5 For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according -to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt -thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. - -4:6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, -and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I -have appointed thee each day for a year. - -4:7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, -and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it. - -4:8 And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn -thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy -siege. - -4:9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and -lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and -make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou -shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat -thereof. - -4:10 And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty -shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. - -4:11 Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: -from time to time shalt thou drink. - -4:12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it -with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. - -4:13 And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat -their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them. - -4:14 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: -for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which -dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable -flesh into my mouth. - -4:15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's -dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith. - -4:16 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the -staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and -with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with -astonishment: 4:17 That they may want bread and water, and be astonied -one with another, and consume away for their iniquity. - -5:1 And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a -barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy -beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair. - -5:2 Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, -when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third -part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt -scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them. - -5:3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy -skirts. - -5:4 Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, -and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into -all the house of Israel. - -5:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the -midst of the nations and countries that are round about her. - -5:6 And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the -nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about -her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not -walked in them. - -5:7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than -the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my -statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according -to the judgments of the nations that are round about you; 5:8 -Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, -and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the -nations. - -5:9 And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I -will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations. - -5:10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, -and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in -thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds. - -5:11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou -hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all -thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall -mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity. - -5:12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with -famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part -shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third -part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. - -5:13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury -to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I -the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury -in them. - -5:14 Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations -that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by. - -5:15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an -astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall -execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. -I the LORD have spoken it. - -5:16 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which -shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: -and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of -bread: 5:17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they -shall bereave thee: and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; -and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it. - -6:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 6:2 Son of man, set -thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, -6:3 And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; -Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the -rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon -you, and I will destroy your high places. - -6:4 And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be -broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols. - -6:5 And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before -their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars. - -6:6 In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the -high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and -made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images -may be cut down, and your works may be abolished. - -6:7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know -that I am the LORD. - -6:8 Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall -escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through -the countries. - -6:9 And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations -whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their -whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which -go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for -the evils which they have committed in all their abominations. - -6:10 And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said -in vain that I would do this evil unto them. - -6:11 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with -thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of -Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the -pestilence. - -6:12 He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is -near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged -shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them. - -6:13 Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall -be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, -in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and -under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to -all their idols. - -6:14 So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land -desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in -all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD. - -7:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 7:2 Also, thou -son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, -the end is come upon the four corners of the land. - -7:3 Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon -thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense -upon thee all thine abominations. - -7:4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I -will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in -the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. - -7:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. - -7:6 An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it -is come. - -7:7 The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: -the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding -again of the mountains. - -7:8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine -anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will -recompense thee for all thine abominations. - -7:9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will -recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are -in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that -smiteth. - -7:10 Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; -the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded. - -7:11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall -remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of their's: neither shall -there be wailing for them. - -7:12 The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer -rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude -thereof. - -7:13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although -they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude -thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself -in the iniquity of his life. - -7:14 They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none -goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. - -7:15 The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: -he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in -the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him. - -7:16 But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the -mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one -for his iniquity. - -7:17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water. - -7:18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall -cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all -their heads. - -7:19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall -be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver -them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their -souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of -their iniquity. - -7:20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they -made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things -therein: therefore have I set it far from them. - -7:21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, -and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it. - -7:22 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my -secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it. - -7:23 Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city -is full of violence. - -7:24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall -possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to -cease; and their holy places shall be defiled. - -7:25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be -none. - -7:26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon -rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law -shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients. - -7:27 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with -desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: -I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts -will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. - -8:1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the -fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of -Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me. - -8:2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from -the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins -even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber. - -8:3 And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of -mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the -heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door -of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of -the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy. - -8:4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according -to the vision that I saw in the plain. - -8:5 Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way -toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, -and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy -in the entry. - -8:6 He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? -even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, -that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, -and thou shalt see greater abominations. - -8:7 And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, -behold a hole in the wall. - -8:8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I -had digged in the wall, behold a door. - -8:9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations -that they do here. - -8:10 So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, -and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, -pourtrayed upon the wall round about. - -8:11 And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the -house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of -Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of -incense went up. - -8:12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the -ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the -chambers of his imagery? for they say, the LORD seeth us not; the LORD -hath forsaken the earth. - -8:13 He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see -greater abominations that they do. - -8:14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD's house -which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for -Tammuz. - -8:15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn -thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. - -8:16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and, -behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and -the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the -temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they -worshipped the sun toward the east. - -8:17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a -light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations -which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, -and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch -to their nose. - -8:18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, -neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud -voice, yet will I not hear them. - -9:1 He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them -that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his -destroying weapon in his hand. - -9:2 And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which -lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; -and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn -by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar. - -9:3 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, -whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the -man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side; -9:4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, -through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of -the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done -in the midst thereof. - -9:5 And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through -the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: 9:6 -Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and -women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at -my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the -house. - -9:7 And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with -the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city. - -9:8 And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, -that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou -destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon -Jerusalem? 9:9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of -Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, -and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath -forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not. - -9:10 And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have -pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head. - -9:11 And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by -his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast -commanded me. - -10:1 Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the -head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire -stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. - -10:2 And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in -between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with -coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the -city. And he went in in my sight. - -10:3 Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the -man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. - -10:4 Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood -over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the -cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD's glory. - -10:5 And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer -court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh. - -10:6 And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed -with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between -the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels. - -10:7 And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the -cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took -thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: -who took it, and went out. - -10:8 And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's hand -under their wings. - -10:9 And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one -wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the -appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone. - -10:10 And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if -a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. - -10:11 When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not -as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed -it; they turned not as they went. - -10:12 And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and -their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the -wheels that they four had. - -10:13 As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O -wheel. - -10:14 And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a -cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the -face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. - -10:15 And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature -that I saw by the river of Chebar. - -10:16 And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when -the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the -same wheels also turned not from beside them. - -10:17 When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, -these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature -was in them. - -10:18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of -the house, and stood over the cherubims. - -10:19 And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the -earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside -them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD's -house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. - -10:20 This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel -by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims. - -10:21 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and -the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. - -10:22 And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw -by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went -every one straight forward. - -11:1 Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east -gate of the LORD's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the -door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the -son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. - -11:2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise -mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: 11:3 Which say, It is -not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the -flesh. - -11:4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man. - -11:5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; -Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know -the things that come into your mind, every one of them. - -11:6 Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled -the streets thereof with the slain. - -11:7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid -in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: -but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it. - -11:8 Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, -saith the Lord GOD. - -11:9 And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you -into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you. - -11:10 Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of -Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. - -11:11 This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the -flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of -Israel: 11:12 And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not -walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done -after the manners of the heathen that are round about you. - -11:13 And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of -Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud -voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant -of Israel? 11:14 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -11:15 Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy -kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the -inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us -is this land given in possession. - -11:16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast -them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them -among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in -the countries where they shall come. - -11:17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you -from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have -been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. - -11:18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the -detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from -thence. - -11:19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit -within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and -will give them an heart of flesh: 11:20 That they may walk in my -statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my -people, and I will be their God. - -11:21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their -detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way -upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD. - -11:22 Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels -beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. - -11:23 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, -and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city. - -11:24 Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by -the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the -vision that I had seen went up from me. - -11:25 Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the -LORD had shewed me. - -12:1 The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying, 12:2 Son of man, -thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to -see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a -rebellious house. - -12:3 Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and -remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to -another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though -they be a rebellious house. - -12:4 Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as -stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as -they that go forth into captivity. - -12:5 Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby. - -12:6 In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry -it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not -the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel. - -12:7 And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, -as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with -mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my -shoulder in their sight. - -12:8 And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, -12:9 Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, -said unto thee, What doest thou? 12:10 Say thou unto them, Thus saith -the Lord GOD; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all -the house of Israel that are among them. - -12:11 Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done -unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity. - -12:12 And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder -in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall -to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the -ground with his eyes. - -12:13 My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my -snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; -yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there. - -12:14 And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to -help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them. - -12:15 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter -them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries. - -12:16 But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the -famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their -abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know -that I am the LORD. - -12:17 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 12:18 Son of -man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling -and with carefulness; 12:19 And say unto the people of the land, Thus -saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of -Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their -water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that -is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein. - -12:20 And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the -land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. - -12:21 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 12:22 Son of man, -what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The -days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? 12:23 Tell them -therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, -and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto -them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. - -12:24 For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering -divination within the house of Israel. - -12:25 For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak -shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O -rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the -Lord GOD. - -12:26 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying. - -12:27 Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision -that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the -times that are far off. - -12:28 Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall -none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have -spoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD. - -13:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 13:2 Son of man, -prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou -unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of -the LORD; 13:3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, -that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! 13:4 O Israel, -thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. - -13:5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for -the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD. - -13:6 They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD -saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to -hope that they would confirm the word. - -13:7 Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying -divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not -spoken? 13:8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have -spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, -saith the Lord GOD. - -13:9 And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and -that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, -neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, -neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know -that I am the Lord GOD. - -13:10 Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, -Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, -others daubed it with untempered morter: 13:11 Say unto them which -daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an -overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a -stormy wind shall rend it. - -13:12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, -Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it? 13:13 Therefore -thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my -fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and -great hailstones in my fury to consume it. - -13:14 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with -untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the -foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye -shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am -the LORD. - -13:15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them -that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The -wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; 13:16 To wit, the -prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see -visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD. - -13:17 Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of -thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou -against them, 13:18 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women -that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of -every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and -will ye save the souls alive that come unto you? 13:19 And will ye -pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of -bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls -alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your -lies? 13:20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against -your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and -I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the -souls that ye hunt to make them fly. - -13:21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of -your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye -shall know that I am the LORD. - -13:22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, -whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, -that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life: -13:23 Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: -for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that -I am the LORD. - -14:1 Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before -me. - -14:2 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 14:3 Son of man, -these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the -stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be -enquired of at all by them? 14:4 Therefore speak unto them, and say -unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel -that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock -of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD -will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols; -14:5 That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because -they are all estranged from me through their idols. - -14:6 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; -Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces -from all your abominations. - -14:7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that -sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up -his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity -before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning -me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: 14:8 And I will set my face -against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will -cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am -the LORD. - -14:9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the -LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon -him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. - -14:10 And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the -punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that -seeketh unto him; 14:11 That the house of Israel may go no more astray -from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; -but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord -GOD. - -14:12 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, 14:13 Son of man, -when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will -I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread -thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast -from it: 14:14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in -it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, -saith the Lord GOD. - -14:15 If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they -spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because -of the beasts: 14:16 Though these three men were in it, as I live, -saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; -they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate. - -14:17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through -the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it: 14:18 Though these -three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall -deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered -themselves. - -14:19 Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury -upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast: 14:20 Though Noah, -Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall -deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own -souls by their righteousness. - -14:21 For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four -sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the -noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? -14:22 Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be -brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth -unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be -comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even -concerning all that I have brought upon it. - -14:23 And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their -doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that -I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD. - -15:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 15:2 Son of man, -what is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is -among the trees of the forest? 15:3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do -any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? -15:4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth -both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any -work? 15:5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how -much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath -devoured it, and it is burned? 15:6 Therefore thus saith the Lord -GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have -given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of -Jerusalem. - -15:7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one -fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am -the LORD, when I set my face against them. - -15:8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a -trespass, saith the Lord GOD. - -16:1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 16:2 Son of man, -cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, 16:3 And say, Thus saith the -Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of -Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. - -16:4 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was -not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast -not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. - -16:5 None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have -compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the -lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. - -16:6 And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own -blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said -unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. - -16:7 I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou -hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent -ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas -thou wast naked and bare. - -16:8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time -was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy -nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with -thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine. - -16:9 Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy -blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. - -16:10 I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with -badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered -thee with silk. - -16:11 I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy -hands, and a chain on thy neck. - -16:12 And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, -and a beautiful crown upon thine head. - -16:13 Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was -of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine -flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou -didst prosper into a kingdom. - -16:14 And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for -it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith -the Lord GOD. - -16:15 But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the -harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on -every one that passed by; his it was. - -16:16 And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high -places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the -like things shall not come, neither shall it be so. - -16:17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my -silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, -and didst commit whoredom with them, 16:18 And tookest thy broidered -garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine -incense before them. - -16:19 My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, -wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet -savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD. - -16:20 Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou -hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be -devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, 16:21 That thou -hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass -through the fire for them? 16:22 And in all thine abominations and -thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when -thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood. - -16:23 And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto -thee! saith the LORD GOD;) 16:24 That thou hast also built unto thee -an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street. - -16:25 Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and -hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every -one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms. - -16:26 Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy -neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to -provoke me to anger. - -16:27 Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and -have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will -of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are -ashamed of thy lewd way. - -16:28 Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou -wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet -couldest not be satisfied. - -16:29 Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of -Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied therewith. - -16:30 How weak is thine heart, saith the LORD GOD, seeing thou doest -all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman; 16:31 In -that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and -makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an -harlot, in that thou scornest hire; 16:32 But as a wife that -committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband! -16:33 They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all -thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every -side for thy whoredom. - -16:34 And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, -whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou -givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art -contrary. - -16:35 Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD: 16:36 Thus saith -the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness -discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the -idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which -thou didst give unto them; 16:37 Behold, therefore I will gather all -thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou -hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather -them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto -them, that they may see all thy nakedness. - -16:38 And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed -blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy. - -16:39 And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw -down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they -shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, -and leave thee naked and bare. - -16:40 They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall -stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords. - -16:41 And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute -judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee -to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any -more. - -16:42 So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy -shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more -angry. - -16:43 Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast -fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will -recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt -not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations. - -16:44 Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb -against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. - -16:45 Thou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her -children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their -husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your -father an Amorite. - -16:46 And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that -dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy -right hand, is Sodom and her daughters. - -16:47 Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their -abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast -corrupted more than they in all thy ways. - -16:48 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, -she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. - -16:49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, -fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her -daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. - -16:50 And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: -therefore I took them away as I saw good. - -16:51 Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast -multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy -sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done. - -16:52 Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame -for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they -are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear -thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters. - -16:53 When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom -and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, -then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of -them: 16:54 That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be -confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto -them. - -16:55 When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their -former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their -former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former -estate. - -16:56 For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day -of thy pride, 16:57 Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the -time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round -about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round -about. - -16:58 Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the -LORD. - -16:59 For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou -hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant. - -16:60 Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days -of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. - -16:61 Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou -shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will -give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant. - -16:62 And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know -that I am the LORD: 16:63 That thou mayest remember, and be -confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, -when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the -Lord GOD. - -17:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 17:2 Son of man, -put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel; 17:3 -And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, -longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto -Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: 17:4 He cropped off -the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he -set it in a city of merchants. - -17:5 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a -fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow -tree. - -17:6 And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose -branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so -it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. - -17:7 There was also another great eagle with great wings and many -feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and -shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the -furrows of her plantation. - -17:8 It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might -bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a -goodly vine. - -17:9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not -pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it -wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without -great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof. - -17:10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not -utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the -furrows where it grew. - -17:11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 17:12 Say -now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell -them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken -the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to -Babylon; 17:13 And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant -with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty -of the land: 17:14 That the kingdom might be base, that it might not -lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand. - -17:15 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into -Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he -prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the -covenant, and be delivered? 17:16 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, -surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose -oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the -midst of Babylon he shall die. - -17:17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company -make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to -cut off many persons: 17:18 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking -the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these -things, he shall not escape. - -17:19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath -that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it -will I recompense upon his own head. - -17:20 And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my -snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there -for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me. - -17:21 And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the -sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and -ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it. - -17:22 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch -of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of -his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain -and eminent: 17:23 In the mountain of the height of Israel will I -plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a -goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the -shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell. - -17:24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have -brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up -the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD -have spoken and have done it. - -18:1 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, 18:2 What mean -ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, -The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set -on edge? 18:3 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have -occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. - -18:4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also -the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. - -18:5 But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right, 18:6 -And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes -to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his -neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman, 18:7 -And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his -pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the -hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment; 18:8 He that hath -not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath -withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between -man and man, 18:9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my -judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the -Lord GOD. - -18:10 If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that -doeth the like to any one of these things, 18:11 And that doeth not -any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and -defiled his neighbour's wife, 18:12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, -hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath -lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination, 18:13 -Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then -live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall -surely die; his blood shall be upon him. - -18:14 Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins -which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like, 18:15 -That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his -eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his -neighbour's wife, 18:16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not -withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath -given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a -garment, 18:17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath -not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath -walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his -father, he shall surely live. - -18:18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his -brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, -lo, even he shall die in his iniquity. - -18:19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the -father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and -hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live. - -18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the -iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of -the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the -wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. - -18:21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath -committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and -right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. - -18:22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be -mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall -live. - -18:23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the -Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live? -18:24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and -committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that -the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he -hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath -trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die. - -18:25 Yet ye say, The way of the LORD is not equal. Hear now, O house -of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? 18:26 When -a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth -iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall -he die. - -18:27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that -he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall -save his soul alive. - -18:28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his -transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall -not die. - -18:29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the LORD is not equal. -O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal? -18:30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one -according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves -from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. - -18:31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have -transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will -ye die, O house of Israel? 18:32 For I have no pleasure in the death -of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and -live ye. - -19:1 Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, -19:2 And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, -she nourished her whelps among young lions. - -19:3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and -it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. - -19:4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and -they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt. - -19:5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then -she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. - -19:6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, -and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men. - -19:7 And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their -cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the -noise of his roaring. - -19:8 Then the nations set against him on every side from the -provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit. - -19:9 And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king -of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more -be heard upon the mountains of Israel. - -19:10 Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: -she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. - -19:11 And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, -and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared -in her height with the multitude of her branches. - -19:12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, -and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and -withered; the fire consumed them. - -19:13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty -ground. - -19:14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath -devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to -rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation. - -20:1 And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the -tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to -enquire of the LORD, and sat before me. - -20:2 Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, 20:3 Son of man, -speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the -Lord GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, -I will not be enquired of by you. - -20:4 Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause -them to know the abominations of their fathers: 20:5 And say unto -them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and -lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made -myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine -hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God; 20:6 In the day that I -lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of -Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and -honey, which is the glory of all lands: 20:7 Then said I unto them, -Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not -yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. - -20:8 But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they -did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither -did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my -fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of -the land of Egypt. - -20:9 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted -before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself -known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt. - -20:10 Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, -and brought them into the wilderness. - -20:11 And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which -if a man do, he shall even live in them. - -20:12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me -and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them. - -20:13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: -they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which -if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly -polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the -wilderness, to consume them. - -20:14 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted -before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out. - -20:15 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I -would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing -with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; 20:16 Because -they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but -polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. - -20:17 Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither -did I make an end of them in the wilderness. - -20:18 But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in -the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor -defile yourselves with their idols: 20:19 I am the LORD your God; walk -in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; 20:20 And hallow -my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may -know that I am the LORD your God. - -20:21 Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked -not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a -man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I -said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger -against them in the wilderness. - -20:22 Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name's -sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in -whose sight I brought them forth. - -20:23 I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I -would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the -countries; 20:24 Because they had not executed my judgments, but had -despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes -were after their fathers' idols. - -20:25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and -judgments whereby they should not live; 20:26 And I polluted them in -their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that -openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that -they might know that I am the LORD. - -20:27 Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say -unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have -blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me. - -20:28 For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I -lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, -and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and -there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also -they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink -offerings. - -20:29 Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? -And the name whereof is called Bamah unto this day. - -20:30 Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; -Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye -whoredom after their abominations? 20:31 For when ye offer your -gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute -yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be -enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, -I will not be enquired of by you. - -20:32 And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that -ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, -to serve wood and stone. - -20:33 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and -with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over -you: 20:34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather -you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, -and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. - -20:35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and -there will I plead with you face to face. - -20:36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the -land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD. - -20:37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you -into the bond of the covenant: 20:38 And I will purge out from among -you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them -forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter -into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. - -20:39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, -serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not -hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, -and with your idols. - -20:40 For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of -Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all -of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there -will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, -with all your holy things. - -20:41 I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out -from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have -been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. - -20:42 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you -into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up -mine hand to give it to your fathers. - -20:43 And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, -wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your -own sight for all your evils that ye have committed. - -20:44 And ye shall know that I am the LORD when I have wrought with -you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor -according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord -GOD. - -20:45 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 20:46 Son of -man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the -south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; 20:47 And -say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith -the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall -devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame -shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall -be burned therein. - -20:48 And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it -shall not be quenched. - -20:49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak -parables? 21:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 21:2 -Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward -the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, 21:3 And say -to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, -and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from -thee the righteous and the wicked. - -21:4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the -wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against -all flesh from the south to the north: 21:5 That all flesh may know -that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall -not return any more. - -21:6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; -and with bitterness sigh before their eyes. - -21:7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? -that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every -heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit -shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, -and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD. - -21:8 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 21:9 Son of man, -prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is -sharpened, and also furbished: 21:10 It is sharpened to make a sore -slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make -mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree. - -21:11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: -this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand -of the slayer. - -21:12 Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it -shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the -sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh. - -21:13 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the -rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD. - -21:14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands -together. and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of -the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which -entereth into their privy chambers. - -21:15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that -their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made -bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter. - -21:16 Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the -left, whithersoever thy face is set. - -21:17 I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury -to rest: I the LORD have said it. - -21:18 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, 21:19 Also, -thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of -Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and -choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city. - -21:20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the -Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced. - -21:21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the -head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he -consulted with images, he looked in the liver. - -21:22 At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint -captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice -with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a -mount, and to build a fort. - -21:23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, -to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the -iniquity, that they may be taken. - -21:24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your -iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, -so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that -ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand. - -21:25 And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, -when iniquity shall have an end, 21:26 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove -the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt -him that is low, and abase him that is high. - -21:27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no -more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him. - -21:28 And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD -concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say -thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is -furbished, to consume because of the glittering: 21:29 Whiles they see -vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee -upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is -come, when their iniquity shall have an end. - -21:30 Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in -the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity. - -21:31 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow -against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand -of brutish men, and skilful to destroy. - -21:32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the -midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD -have spoken it. - -22:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 22:2 Now, -thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? -yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations. - -22:3 Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood -in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against -herself to defile herself. - -22:4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast -defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast -caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: -therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking -to all countries. - -22:5 Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock -thee, which art infamous and much vexed. - -22:6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their -power to shed blood. - -22:7 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of -thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have -they vexed the fatherless and the widow. - -22:8 Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my -sabbaths. - -22:9 In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they -eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness. - -22:10 In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee -have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution. - -22:11 And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; -and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in -thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter. - -22:12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken -usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by -extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD. - -22:13 Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain -which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of -thee. - -22:14 Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the -days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will -do it. - -22:15 And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in -the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee. - -22:16 And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of -the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. - -22:17 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 22:18 Son of man, -the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and -tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even -the dross of silver. - -22:19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become -dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of -Jerusalem. - -22:20 As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, -into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; -so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave -you there, and melt you. - -22:21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my -wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst therof. - -22:22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be -melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have -poured out my fury upon you. - -22:23 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 22:24 Son of man, -say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon -in the day of indignation. - -22:25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like -a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have -taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows -in the midst thereof. - -22:26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy -things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, -neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, -and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among -them. - -22:27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the -prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. - -22:28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing -vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, -when the LORD hath not spoken. - -22:29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised -robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed -the stranger wrongfully. - -22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the -hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not -destroy it: but I found none. - -22:31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have -consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I -recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD. - -23:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 23:2 Son of man, -there were two women, the daughters of one mother: 23:3 And they -committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: -there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of -their virginity. - -23:4 And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her -sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus -were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah. - -23:5 And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on -her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours, 23:6 Which were clothed -with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, -horsemen riding upon horses. - -23:7 Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that -were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with -all their idols she defiled herself. - -23:8 Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her -youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her -virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her. - -23:9 Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into -the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted. - -23:10 These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her -daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among -women; for they had executed judgment upon her. - -23:11 And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in -her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her -sister in her whoredoms. - -23:12 She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers -clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them -desirable young men. - -23:13 Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way, -23:14 And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men -pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with -vermilion, 23:15 Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in -dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after -the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity: -23:16 And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, -and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea. - -23:17 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they -defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and -her mind was alienated from them. - -23:18 So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: -then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated -from her sister. - -23:19 Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the -days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of -Egypt. - -23:20 For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh -of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses. - -23:21 Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in -bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth. - -23:22 Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will -raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and -I will bring them against thee on every side; 23:23 The Babylonians, -and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians -with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great -lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses. - -23:24 And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and -wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee -buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment -before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments. - -23:25 And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal -furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and -thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy -daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire. - -23:26 They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy -fair jewels. - -23:27 Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy -whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift -up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more. - -23:28 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into -the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy -mind is alienated: 23:29 And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and -shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: -and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy -lewdness and thy whoredoms. - -23:30 I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a -whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their -idols. - -23:31 Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give -her cup into thine hand. - -23:32 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup -deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it -containeth much. - -23:33 Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup -of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria. - -23:34 Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break -the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken -it, saith the Lord GOD. - -23:35 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten -me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness -and thy whoredoms. - -23:36 The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge -Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations; 23:37 -That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and -with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused -their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, -to devour them. - -23:38 Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my -sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths. - -23:39 For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they -came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have -they done in the midst of mine house. - -23:40 And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, -unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou -didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with -ornaments, 23:41 And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared -before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil. - -23:42 And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with -the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, -which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their -heads. - -23:43 Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now -commit whoredoms with her, and she with them? 23:44 Yet they went in -unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went -they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women. - -23:45 And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of -adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because -they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. - -23:46 For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon -them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled. - -23:47 And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them -with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and -burn up their houses with fire. - -23:48 Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all -women may be taught not to do after your lewdness. - -23:49 And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall -bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD. - -24:1 Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of -the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24:2 Son of man, -write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of -Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day. - -24:3 And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, -Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water -into it: 24:4 Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good -piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones. - -24:5 Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, -and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein. - -24:6 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the -pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring -it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it. - -24:7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of -a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust; 24:8 -That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her -blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered. - -24:9 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will -even make the pile for fire great. - -24:10 Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it -well, and let the bones be burned. - -24:11 Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it -may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten -in it, that the scum of it may be consumed. - -24:12 She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not -forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire. - -24:13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and -thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any -more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee. - -24:14 I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do -it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; -according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge -thee, saith the Lord GOD. - -24:15 Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24:16 Son of -man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a -stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears -run down. - -24:17 Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of -thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover -not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men. - -24:18 So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife -died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded. - -24:19 And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these -things are to us, that thou doest so? 24:20 Then I answered them, The -word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24:21 Speak unto the house of -Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, -the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that -which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have -left shall fall by the sword. - -24:22 And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, -nor eat the bread of men. - -24:23 And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon -your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for -your iniquities, and mourn one toward another. - -24:24 Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath -done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the -Lord GOD. - -24:25 Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take -from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their -eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their -daughters, 24:26 That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto -thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears? 24:27 In that day -shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt -speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and -they shall know that I am the LORD. - -25:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 25:2 Son of man, -set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them; 25:3 -And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith -the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it -was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; -and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity; 25:4 -Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a -possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their -dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy -milk. - -25:5 And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a -couching place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. - -25:6 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine -hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy -despite against the land of Israel; 25:7 Behold, therefore I will -stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to -the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause -thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou -shalt know that I am the LORD. - -25:8 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, -Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen; 25:9 -Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from -his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, -Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim, 25:10 Unto the men of the -east with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the -Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations. - -25:11 And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that -I am the LORD. - -25:12 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against -the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and -revenged himself upon them; 25:13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I -will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and -beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of -Dedan shall fall by the sword. - -25:14 And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people -Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and -according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord -GOD. - -25:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by -revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy -it for the old hatred; 25:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; -Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will -cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast. - -25:17 And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious -rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my -vengeance upon them. - -26:1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the -month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 26:2 Son of -man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is -broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I -shall be replenished, now she is laid waste: 26:3 Therefore thus saith -the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many -nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come -up. - -26:4 And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her -towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the -top of a rock. - -26:5 It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the -sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become a -spoil to the nations. - -26:6 And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the -sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD. - -26:7 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus -Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with -horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much -people. - -26:8 He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he -shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and -lift up the buckler against thee. - -26:9 And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his -axes he shall break down thy towers. - -26:10 By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover -thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the -wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as -men enter into a city wherein is made a breach. - -26:11 With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy -streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong -garrisons shall go down to the ground. - -26:12 And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of -thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy -pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy -dust in the midst of the water. - -26:13 And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound -of thy harps shall be no more heard. - -26:14 And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a -place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORD -have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. - -26:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at -the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is -made in the midst of thee? 26:16 Then all the princes of the sea -shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put -off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with -trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every -moment, and be astonished at thee. - -26:17 And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, -How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the -renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, -which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it! 26:18 Now shall -the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in -the sea shall be troubled at thy departure. - -26:19 For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate -city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up -the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee; 26:20 When I -shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the -people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, -in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that -thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the -living; 26:21 I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: -though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith -the Lord GOD. - -27:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 27:2 Now, thou -son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus; 27:3 And say unto Tyrus, -O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant -of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou -hast said, I am of perfect beauty. - -27:4 Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have -perfected thy beauty. - -27:5 They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they -have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee. - -27:6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of -the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles -of Chittim. - -27:7 Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou -spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of -Elishah was that which covered thee. - -27:8 The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise -men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots. - -27:9 The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy -calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to -occupy thy merchandise. - -27:10 They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy -men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth -thy comeliness. - -27:11 The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round -about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields -upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect. - -27:12 Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind -of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs. - -27:13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded -the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market. - -27:14 They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses -and horsemen and mules. - -27:15 The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the -merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of -ivory and ebony. - -27:16 Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares -of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and -broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. - -27:17 Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they -traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, -and balm. - -27:18 Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy -making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and -white wool. - -27:19 Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: -bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market. - -27:20 Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots. - -27:21 Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in -lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants. - -27:22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they -occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious -stones, and gold. - -27:23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and -Chilmad, were thy merchants. - -27:24 These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue -clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with -cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise. - -27:25 The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou -wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas. - -27:26 Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind -hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. - -27:27 Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and -thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all -thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in -the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of -thy ruin. - -27:28 The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. - -27:29 And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of -the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the -land; 27:30 And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and -shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they -shall wallow themselves in the ashes: 27:31 And they shall make -themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and -they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. - -27:32 And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, -and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the -destroyed in the midst of the sea? 27:33 When thy wares went forth -out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the -kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy -merchandise. - -27:34 In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths -of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee -shall fall. - -27:35 All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, -and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their -countenance. - -27:36 The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be -a terror, and never shalt be any more. - -28:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 28:2 Son of man, -say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine -heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat -of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, -though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: 28:3 Behold, thou art -wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee: -28:4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten -thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: 28:5 -By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy -riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: 28:6 -Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart -as the heart of God; 28:7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers -upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their -swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy -brightness. - -28:8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the -deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas. - -28:9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but -thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee. - -28:10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of -strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. - -28:11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 28:12 Son of -man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, -Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and -perfect in beauty. - -28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone -was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the -onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, -and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared -in thee in the day that thou wast created. - -28:14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee -so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and -down in the midst of the stones of fire. - -28:15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast -created, till iniquity was found in thee. - -28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst -of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast -thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O -covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. - -28:17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast -corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to -the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. - -28:18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine -iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring -forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will -bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that -behold thee. - -28:19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at -thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more. - -28:20 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 28:21 Son of -man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it, 28:22 And -say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and -I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I -am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be -sanctified in her. - -28:23 For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; -and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon -her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD. - -28:24 And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of -Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that -despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. - -28:25 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of -Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be -sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell -in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob. - -28:26 And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and -plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have -executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; -and they shall know that I am the LORD their God. - -29:1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the -month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 29:2 Son of man, set -thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and -against all Egypt: 29:3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; -Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon -that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is -mine own, and I have made it for myself. - -29:4 But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of -thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of -the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick -unto thy scales. - -29:5 And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all -the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou -shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for -meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven. - -29:6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, -because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. - -29:7 When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and -rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, -and madest all their loins to be at a stand. - -29:8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword -upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee. - -29:9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall -know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and -I have made it. - -29:10 Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and -I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the -tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia. - -29:11 No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall -pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years. - -29:12 And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the -countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are -laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the -Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the -countries. - -29:13 Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I -gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered: -29:14 And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause -them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their -habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom. - -29:15 It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt -itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they -shall no more rule over the nations. - -29:16 And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, -which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look -after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. - -29:17 And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the -first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came -unto me, saying, 29:18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon -caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was -made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his -army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it: 29:19 -Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of -Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her -multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the -wages for his army. - -29:20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he -served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD. - -29:21 In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud -forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of -them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. - -30:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 30:2 Son of man, -prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! -30:3 For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy -day; it shall be the time of the heathen. - -30:4 And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in -Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away -her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down. - -30:5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and -Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them -by the sword. - -30:6 Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and -the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall -they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. - -30:7 And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are -desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are -wasted. - -30:8 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in -Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed. - -30:9 In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make -the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, -as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh. - -30:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt -to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. - -30:11 He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall -be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords -against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain. - -30:12 And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand -of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is -therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it. - -30:13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I -will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no -more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land -of Egypt. - -30:14 And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and -will execute judgments in No. - -30:15 And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I -will cut off the multitude of No. - -30:16 And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No -shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily. - -30:17 The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: -and these cities shall go into captivity. - -30:18 At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall -break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall -cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters -shall go into captivity. - -30:19 Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that -I am the LORD. - -30:20 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in -the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, -saying, 30:21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of -Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller -to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. - -30:22 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh -king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was -broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. - -30:23 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will -disperse them through the countries. - -30:24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put -my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall -groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. - -30:25 But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the -arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the -LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, -and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt. - -30:26 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse -them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD. - -31:1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in -the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, -saying, 31:2 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his -multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness? 31:3 Behold, the -Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a -shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the -thick boughs. - -31:4 The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her -rivers running round about his plants, and sent her little rivers unto -all the trees of the field. - -31:5 Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the -field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long -because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth. - -31:6 All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under -his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, -and under his shadow dwelt all great nations. - -31:7 Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: -for his root was by great waters. - -31:8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees -were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his -branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his -beauty. - -31:9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that -all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him. - -31:10 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up -thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, -and his heart is lifted up in his height; 31:11 I have therefore -delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall -surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness. - -31:12 And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, -and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his -branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of -the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his -shadow, and have left him. - -31:13 Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all -the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches: 31:14 To the end -that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their -height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither -their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they -are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the -midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit. - -31:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the -grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I -restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I -caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field -fainted for him. - -31:16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I -cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the -trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, -shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth. - -31:17 They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain -with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his -shadow in the midst of the heathen. - -31:18 To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the -trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden -unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the -uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh -and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD. - -32:1 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in -the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, -saying, 32:2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of -Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, -and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy -rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their -rivers. - -32:3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over -thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my -net. - -32:4 Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon -the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain -upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee. - -32:5 And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys -with thy height. - -32:6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, -even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee. - -32:7 And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make -the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the -moon shall not give her light. - -32:8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and -set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD. - -32:9 I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy -destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not -known. - -32:10 Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings -shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword -before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his -own life, in the day of thy fall. - -32:11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon -shall come upon thee. - -32:12 By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, -the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the -pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed. - -32:13 I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great -waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the -hoofs of beasts trouble them. - -32:14 Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to -run like oil, saith the Lord GOD. - -32:15 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country -shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all -them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD. - -32:16 This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the -daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, -even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD. - -32:17 It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day -of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 32:18 -Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even -her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of -the earth, with them that go down into the pit. - -32:19 Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with -the uncircumcised. - -32:20 They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the -sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes. - -32:21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst -of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie -uncircumcised, slain by the sword. - -32:22 Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: -all of them slain, fallen by the sword: 32:23 Whose graves are set in -the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of -them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of -the living. - -32:24 There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all -of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised -into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the -land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go -down to the pit. - -32:25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her -multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, -slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the -living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the -pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain. - -32:26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are -round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though -they caused their terror in the land of the living. - -32:27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the -uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: -and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their -iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of -the mighty in the land of the living. - -32:28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and -shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword. - -32:29 There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their -might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie -with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit. - -32:30 There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the -Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they -are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that -be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to -the pit. - -32:31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his -multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the -Lord GOD. - -32:32 For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he -shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are -slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the -Lord GOD. - -33:1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 33:2 Son of man, -speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring -the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their -coasts, and set him for their watchman: 33:3 If when he seeth the -sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; -33:4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not -warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon -his own head. - -33:5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his -blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his -soul. - -33:6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, -and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person -from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will -I require at the watchman's hand. - -33:7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house -of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn -them from me. - -33:8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; -if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked -man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine -hand. - -33:9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; -if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou -hast delivered thy soul. - -33:10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; -Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, -and we pine away in them, how should we then live? 33:11 Say unto -them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death -of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn -ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of -Israel? 33:12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of -thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him -in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, -he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his -wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his -righteousness in the day that he sinneth. - -33:13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if -he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his -righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he -hath committed, he shall die for it. - -33:14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he -turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; 33:15 If the -wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the -statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, -he shall not die. - -33:16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto -him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely -live. - -33:17 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not -equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. - -33:18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and -committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby. - -33:19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is -lawful and right, he shall live thereby. - -33:20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of -Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways. - -33:21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the -tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped -out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten. - -33:22 Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he -that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in -the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb. - -33:23 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 33:24 Son of -man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, -saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; -the land is given us for inheritance. - -33:25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with -the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: -and shall ye possess the land? 33:26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye -work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and -shall ye possess the land? 33:27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith -the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall -by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the -beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves -shall die of the pestilence. - -33:28 For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her -strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, -that none shall pass through. - -33:29 Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the -land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have -committed. - -33:30 Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are -talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and -speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray -you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD. - -33:31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit -before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not -do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart -goeth after their covetousness. - -33:32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that -hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they -hear thy words, but they do them not. - -33:33 And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall -they know that a prophet hath been among them. - -34:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 34:2 Son of man, -prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, -Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of -Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the -flocks? 34:3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill -them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock. - -34:4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed -that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, -neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have -ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye -ruled them. - -34:5 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they -became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. - -34:6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high -hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and -none did search or seek after them. - -34:7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; 34:8 As I -live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and -my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no -shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the -shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock; 34:9 Therefore, O ye -shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; 34:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; -Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at -their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither -shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my -flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them. - -34:11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search -my sheep, and seek them out. - -34:12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among -his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will -deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the -cloudy and dark day. - -34:13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from -the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them -upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited -places of the country. - -34:14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains -of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, -and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. - -34:15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith -the Lord GOD. - -34:16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was -driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will -strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the -strong; I will feed them with judgment. - -34:17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I -judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats. - -34:18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good -pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your -pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the -residue with your feet? 34:19 And as for my flock, they eat that -which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye -have fouled with your feet. - -34:20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, -will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle. - -34:21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed -all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; -34:22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a -prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle. - -34:23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed -them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their -shepherd. - -34:24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince -among them; I the LORD have spoken it. - -34:25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause -the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely -in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. - -34:26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a -blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; -there shall be showers of blessing. - -34:27 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth -shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and -shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their -yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served -themselves of them. - -34:28 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall -the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and -none shall make them afraid. - -34:29 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall -be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of -the heathen any more. - -34:30 Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and -that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord -GOD. - -34:31 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your -God, saith the Lord GOD. - -35:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 35:2 Son of -man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, 35:3 -And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am -against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I -will make thee most desolate. - -35:4 I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou -shalt know that I am the LORD. - -35:5 Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood -of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of -their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end: 35:6 -Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto -blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, -even blood shall pursue thee. - -35:7 Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it -him that passeth out and him that returneth. - -35:8 And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, -and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are -slain with the sword. - -35:9 I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not -return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. - -35:10 Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two -countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was -there: 35:11 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do -according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast -used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known -among them, when I have judged thee. - -35:12 And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard -all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of -Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume. - -35:13 Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have -multiplied your words against me: I have heard them. - -35:14 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will -make thee desolate. - -35:15 As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, -because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be -desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall -know that I am the LORD. - -36:1 Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and -say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD: 36:2 Thus -saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even -the ancient high places are ours in possession: 36:3 Therefore -prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you -desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a -possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the -lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people: 36:4 Therefore, ye -mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the -Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the -valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, -which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that -are round about; 36:5 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the -fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, -and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their -possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to -cast it out for a prey. - -36:6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto -the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, -Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in -my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen: 36:7 -Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely -the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame. - -36:8 But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your -branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at -hand to come. - -36:9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall -be tilled and sown: 36:10 And I will multiply men upon you, all the -house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, -and the wastes shall be builded: 36:11 And I will multiply upon you -man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will -settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at -your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. - -36:12 Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; -and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and -thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men. - -36:13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land -devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations: 36:14 Therefore thou -shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith -the Lord GOD. - -36:15 Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the -heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people -any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith -the Lord GOD. - -36:16 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 36:17 Son of -man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it -by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the -uncleanness of a removed woman. - -36:18 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had -shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted -it: 36:19 And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were -dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according -to their doings I judged them. - -36:20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they -profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of -the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land. - -36:21 But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had -profaned among the heathen, whither they went. - -36:22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; -I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy -name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye -went. - -36:23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the -heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen -shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be -sanctified in you before their eyes. - -36:24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out -of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. - -36:25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be -clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I -cleanse you. - -36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put -within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, -and I will give you an heart of flesh. - -36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my -statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. - -36:28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and -ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. - -36:29 I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will -call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you. - -36:30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of -the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the -heathen. - -36:31 Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that -were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your -iniquities and for your abominations. - -36:32 Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known -unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of -Israel. - -36:33 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed -you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the -cities, and the wastes shall be builded. - -36:34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate -in the sight of all that passed by. - -36:35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like -the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are -become fenced, and are inhabited. - -36:36 Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I -the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I -the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it. - -36:37 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by -the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men -like a flock. - -36:38 As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn -feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and -they shall know that I am the LORD. - -37:1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the -spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which -was full of bones, 37:2 And caused me to pass by them round about: -and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they -were very dry. - -37:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I -answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. - -37:4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto -them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. - -37:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause -breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: 37:6 And I will lay -sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with -skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that -I am the LORD. - -37:7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there -was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone -to his bone. - -37:8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon -them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in -them. - -37:9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of -man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four -winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. - -37:10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into -them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great -army. - -37:11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole -house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope -is lost: we are cut off for our parts. - -37:12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; -Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up -out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. - -37:13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your -graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, 37:14 And -shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you -in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, -and performed it, saith the LORD. - -37:15 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 37:16 Moreover, -thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, -and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another -stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and for all -the house of Israel his companions: 37:17 And join them one to another -into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand. - -37:18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, -saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these? 37:19 Say -unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of -Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his -fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and -make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand. - -37:20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand -before their eyes. - -37:21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take -the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, -and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own -land: 37:22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the -mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they -shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two -kingdoms any more at all. - -37:23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, -nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their -transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, -wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my -people, and I will be their God. - -37:24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall -have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe -my statutes, and do them. - -37:25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my -servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell -therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children -for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever. - -37:26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be -an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply -them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. - -37:27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, -and they shall be my people. - -37:28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, -when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore. - -38:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 38:2 Son of man, -set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of -Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 38:3 And say, Thus saith -the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of -Meshech and Tubal: 38:4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into -thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and -horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great -company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: 38:5 -Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and -helmet: 38:6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the -north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. - -38:7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy -company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. - -38:8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou -shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is -gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which -have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, -and they shall dwell safely all of them. - -38:9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a -cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with -thee. - -38:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the -same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an -evil thought: 38:11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of -unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell -safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars -nor gates, 38:12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine -hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the -people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle -and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land. - -38:13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the -young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a -spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away -silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? -38:14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the -Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt -thou not know it? 38:15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the -north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon -horses, a great company, and a mighty army: 38:16 And thou shalt come -up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall -be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the -heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before -their eyes. - -38:17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in -old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in -those days many years that I would bring thee against them? 38:18 And -it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the -land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my -face. - -38:19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, -Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of -Israel; 38:20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the -heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that -creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the -earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown -down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to -the ground. - -38:21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my -mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his -brother. - -38:22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and -I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people -that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, -and brimstone. - -38:23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be -known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the -LORD. - -39:1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus -saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince -of Meshech and Tubal: 39:2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but -the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north -parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel: 39:3 And I -will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows -to fall out of thy right hand. - -39:4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy -bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the -ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be -devoured. - -39:5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith -the Lord GOD. - -39:6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell -carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD. - -39:7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people -Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the -heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. - -39:8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is -the day whereof I have spoken. - -39:9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and -shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the -bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, -and they shall burn them with fire seven years: 39:10 So that they -shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the -forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall -spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith -the Lord GOD. - -39:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog -a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the -east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and -there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call -it The valley of Hamongog. - -39:12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, -that they may cleanse the land. - -39:13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be -to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord -GOD. - -39:14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing -through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon -the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months -shall they search. - -39:15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a -man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have -buried it in the valley of Hamongog. - -39:16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they -cleanse the land. - -39:17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every -feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, -and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do -sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of -Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. - -39:18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the -princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, -all of them fatlings of Bashan. - -39:19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be -drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. - -39:20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, -with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD. - -39:21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen -shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have -laid upon them. - -39:22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God -from that day and forward. - -39:23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into -captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, -therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of -their enemies: so fell they all by the sword. - -39:24 According to their uncleanness and according to their -transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them. - -39:25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the -captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and -will be jealous for my holy name; 39:26 After that they have borne -their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed -against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them -afraid. - -39:27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered -them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the -sight of many nations; 39:28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD -their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the -heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left -none of them any more there. - -39:29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have -poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. - -40:1 In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning -of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year -after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the -LORD was upon me, and brought me thither. - -40:2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and -set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city -on the south. - -40:3 And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose -appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in -his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate. - -40:4 And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and -hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew -thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou -brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel. - -40:5 And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in -the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an -hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; -and the height, one reed. - -40:6 Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and -went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, -which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which -was one reed broad. - -40:7 And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; -and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of -the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed. - -40:8 He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed. - -40:9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the -posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward. - -40:10 And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this -side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the -posts had one measure on this side and on that side. - -40:11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten -cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. - -40:12 The space also before the little chambers was one cubit on this -side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the little -chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side. - -40:13 He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to -the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door -against door. - -40:14 He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of -the court round about the gate. - -40:15 And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of -the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits. - -40:16 And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to -their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: -and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm -trees. - -40:17 Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were -chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty -chambers were upon the pavement. - -40:18 And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the -length of the gates was the lower pavement. - -40:19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower -gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits -eastward and northward. - -40:20 And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, -he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof. - -40:21 And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and -three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were -after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty -cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. - -40:22 And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were -after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they -went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before -them. - -40:23 And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward -the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an -hundred cubits. - -40:24 After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate -toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches -thereof according to these measures. - -40:25 And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round -about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the -breadth five and twenty cubits. - -40:26 And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches -thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and -another on that side, upon the posts thereof. - -40:27 And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he -measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits. - -40:28 And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he -measured the south gate according to these measures; 40:29 And the -little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches -thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and -in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five -and twenty cubits broad. - -40:30 And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and -five cubits broad. - -40:31 And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm -trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight -steps. - -40:32 And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he -measured the gate according to these measures. - -40:33 And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the -arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were -windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty -cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad. - -40:34 And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm -trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and -the going up to it had eight steps. - -40:35 And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according -to these measures; 40:36 The little chambers thereof, the posts -thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: -the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. - -40:37 And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm -trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and -the going up to it had eight steps. - -40:38 And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of -the gates, where they washed the burnt offering. - -40:39 And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and -two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the -sin offering and the trespass offering. - -40:40 And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the -north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the -porch of the gate, were two tables. - -40:41 Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by -the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their -sacrifices. - -40:42 And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, -of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one -cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they -slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice. - -40:43 And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and -upon the tables was the flesh of the offering. - -40:44 And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in -the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their -prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having -the prospect toward the north. - -40:45 And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the -south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house. - -40:46 And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the -priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of -Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister -unto him. - -40:47 So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred -cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house. - -40:48 And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each -post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that -side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and -three cubits on that side. - -40:49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth -eleven cubits, and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to -it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another -on that side. - -41:1 Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, -six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other -side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle. - -41:2 And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the -door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other -side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the -breadth, twenty cubits. - -41:3 Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two -cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven -cubits. - -41:4 So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the -breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This -is the most holy place. - -41:5 After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the -breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on -every side. - -41:6 And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in -order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the -side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not -hold in the wall of the house. - -41:7 And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to -the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still -upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was -still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest -by the midst. - -41:8 I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations -of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits. - -41:9 The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber -without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the -side chambers that were within. - -41:10 And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round -about the house on every side. - -41:11 And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that -was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the -south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits -round about. - -41:12 Now the building that was before the separate place at the end -toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building -was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety -cubits. - -41:13 So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the -separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred -cubits long; 41:14 Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of -the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits. - -41:15 And he measured the length of the building over against the -separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the -one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner -temple, and the porches of the court; 41:16 The door posts, and the -narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, -over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the -ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered; 41:17 To that -above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the -wall round about within and without, by measure. - -41:18 And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm -tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two -faces; 41:19 So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the -one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the -other side: it was made through all the house round about. - -41:20 From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm -trees made, and on the wall of the temple. - -41:21 The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the -sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other. - -41:22 The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof -two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the -walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table -that is before the LORD. - -41:23 And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors. - -41:24 And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two -leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door. - -41:25 And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, -cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there -were thick planks upon the face of the porch without. - -41:26 And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and -on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side -chambers of the house, and thick planks. - -42:1 Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the -north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the -separate place, and which was before the building toward the north. - -42:2 Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and -the breadth was fifty cubits. - -42:3 Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, -and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was -gallery against gallery in three stories. - -42:4 And before the chambers was a walk to ten cubits breadth inward, -a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north. - -42:5 Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were -higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the -building. - -42:6 For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the -pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than -the lowest and the middlemost from the ground. - -42:7 And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward -the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof -was fifty cubits. - -42:8 For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was -fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits. - -42:9 And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as -one goeth into them from the utter court. - -42:10 The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court -toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the -building. - -42:11 And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers -which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: -and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and -according to their doors. - -42:12 And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the -south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before -the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them. - -42:13 Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, -which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the -priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: -there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and -the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy. - -42:14 When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of -the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their -garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on -other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the -people. - -42:15 Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he -brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, -and measured it round about. - -42:16 He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred -reeds, with the measuring reed round about. - -42:17 He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the -measuring reed round about. - -42:18 He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the -measuring reed. - -42:19 He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred -reeds with the measuring reed. - -42:20 He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, -five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation -between the sanctuary and the profane place. - -43:1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh -toward the east: 43:2 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came -from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many -waters: and the earth shined with his glory. - -43:3 And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, -even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the -city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river -Chebar; and I fell upon my face. - -43:4 And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the -gate whose prospect is toward the east. - -43:5 So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; -and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house. - -43:6 And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man -stood by me. - -43:7 And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the -place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the -children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of -Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their -whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places. - -43:8 In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their -post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even -defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: -wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. - -43:9 Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their -kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever. - -43:10 Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that -they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the -pattern. - -43:11 And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the -form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out -thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and -all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the -laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the -whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them. - -43:12 This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the -whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is -the law of the house. - -43:13 And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The -cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a -cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge -thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher -place of the altar. - -43:14 And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle -shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser -settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the -breadth one cubit. - -43:15 So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward -shall be four horns. - -43:16 And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square -in the four squares thereof. - -43:17 And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad -in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a -cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs -shall look toward the east. - -43:18 And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; These -are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to -offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon. - -43:19 And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the -seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the -Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering. - -43:20 And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four -horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the -border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it. - -43:21 Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he -shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the -sanctuary. - -43:22 And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats -without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, -as they did cleanse it with the bullock. - -43:23 When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a -young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without -blemish. - -43:24 And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall -cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering -unto the LORD. - -43:25 Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin -offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of -the flock, without blemish. - -43:26 Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they -shall consecrate themselves. - -43:27 And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the -eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt -offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept -you, saith the Lord GOD. - -44:1 Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward -sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut. - -44:2 Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not -be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God -of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut. - -44:3 It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread -before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, -and shall go out by the way of the same. - -44:4 Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: -and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of -the LORD: and I fell upon my face. - -44:5 And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with -thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee -concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the -laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every -going forth of the sanctuary. - -44:6 And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of -Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice -you of all your abominations, 44:7 In that ye have brought into my -sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in -flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye -offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my -covenant because of all your abominations. - -44:8 And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have -set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves. - -44:9 Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor -uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger -that is among the children of Israel. - -44:10 And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went -astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall -even bear their iniquity. - -44:11 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at -the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay -the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall -stand before them to minister unto them. - -44:12 Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused -the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up -mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their -iniquity. - -44:13 And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a -priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most -holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations -which they have committed. - -44:14 But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all -the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein. - -44:15 But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the -charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from -me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall -stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord -GOD: 44:16 They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come -near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge. - -44:17 And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates -of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no -wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the -inner court, and within. - -44:18 They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have -linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with -any thing that causeth sweat. - -44:19 And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter -court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they -ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on -other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their -garments. - -44:20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to -grow long; they shall only poll their heads. - -44:21 Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the -inner court. - -44:22 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is -put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of -Israel, or a widow that had a priest before. - -44:23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy -and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the -clean. - -44:24 And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall -judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my -statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths. - -44:25 And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but -for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, -or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves. - -44:26 And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days. - -44:27 And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner -court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, -saith the Lord GOD. - -44:28 And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their -inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am -their possession. - -44:29 They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the -trespass offering: and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be -theirs. - -44:30 And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every -oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the -priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, -that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house. - -44:31 The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, -or torn, whether it be fowl or beast. - -45:1 Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, -ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: -the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and -the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the -borders thereof round about. - -45:2 Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, -with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits -round about for the suburbs thereof. - -45:3 And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and -twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be -the sanctuary and the most holy place. - -45:4 The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the -ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the -LORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for -the sanctuary. - -45:5 And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand -of breadth shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have -for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers. - -45:6 And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand -broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of -the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel. - -45:7 And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the -other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession -of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the -possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east -side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the -portions, from the west border unto the east border. - -45:8 In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes -shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they -give to the house of Israel according to their tribes. - -45:9 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: -remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away -your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD. - -45:10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. - -45:11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath -may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part -of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. - -45:12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and -twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. - -45:13 This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an -ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an -ephah of an homer of barley: 45:14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, -the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the -cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer: 45:15 -And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat -pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and -for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord -GOD. - -45:16 All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the -prince in Israel. - -45:17 And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and -meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new -moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: -he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the -burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for -the house of Israel. - -45:18 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day of -the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and -cleanse the sanctuary: 45:19 And the priest shall take of the blood of -the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the -four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the -gate of the inner court. - -45:20 And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one -that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the -house. - -45:21 In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall -have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be -eaten. - -45:22 And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for -all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering. - -45:23 And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to -the LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the -seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering. - -45:24 And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, -and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah. - -45:25 In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall -he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin -offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat -offering, and according to the oil. - -46:1 Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh -toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath -it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened. - -46:2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate -without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests -shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall -worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the -gate shall not be shut until the evening. - -46:3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this -gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons. - -46:4 And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD -in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram -without blemish. - -46:5 And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat -offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil -to an ephah. - -46:6 And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock -without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without -blemish. - -46:7 And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and -an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall -attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah. - -46:8 And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the -porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof. - -46:9 But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the -solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to -worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that -entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the -north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came -in, but shall go forth over against it. - -46:10 And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go -in; and when they go forth, shall go forth. - -46:11 And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall -be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as -he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah. - -46:12 Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or -peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open him the -gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt -offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then -he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate. - -46:13 Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the LORD of a -lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every -morning. - -46:14 And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the -sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper -with the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual -ordinance unto the LORD. - -46:15 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and the -oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering. - -46:16 Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any of -his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be -their possession by inheritance. - -46:17 But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, -then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to -the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them. - -46:18 Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance -by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall -give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be -not scattered every man from his possession. - -46:19 After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of -the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward -the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward. - -46:20 Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall -boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake -the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, -to sanctify the people. - -46:21 Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to -pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of -the court there was a court. - -46:22 In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of -forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one -measure. - -46:23 And there was a row of building round about in them, round about -them four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows round -about. - -46:24 Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, -where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the -people. - -47:1 Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, -behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house -eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and -the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at -the south side of the altar. - -47:2 Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led -me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh -eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side. - -47:3 And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth -eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the -waters; the waters were to the ankles. - -47:4 Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; -the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and -brought me through; the waters were to the loins. - -47:5 Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could -not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river -that could not be passed over. - -47:6 And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he -brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river. - -47:7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were -very many trees on the one side and on the other. - -47:8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east -country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being -brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. - -47:9 And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which -moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there -shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall -come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live -whither the river cometh. - -47:10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it -from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth -nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the -great sea, exceeding many. - -47:11 But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not -be healed; they shall be given to salt. - -47:12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that -side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, -neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new -fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of -the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf -thereof for medicine. - -47:13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye -shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: -Joseph shall have two portions. - -47:14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the -which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this -land shall fall unto you for inheritance. - -47:15 And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, -from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad; 47:16 -Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and -the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran. - -47:17 And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of -Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this -is the north side. - -47:18 And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from -Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from -the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side. - -47:19 And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of -strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south -side southward. - -47:20 The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till -a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side. - -47:21 So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of -Israel. - -47:22 And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an -inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, -which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as -born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have -inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. - -47:23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger -sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord -GOD. - -48:1 Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the -coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the -border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are -his sides east and west; a portion for Dan. - -48:2 And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, -a portion for Asher. - -48:3 And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west -side, a portion for Naphtali. - -48:4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west -side, a portion for Manasseh. - -48:5 And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west -side, a portion for Ephraim. - -48:6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the -west side, a portion for Reuben. - -48:7 And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west -side, a portion for Judah. - -48:8 And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west -side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty -thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, -from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in -the midst of it. - -48:9 The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five -and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth. - -48:10 And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; -toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the -west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in -breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and -the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof. - -48:11 It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of -Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the -children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray. - -48:12 And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them -a thing most holy by the border of the Levites. - -48:13 And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall -have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: -all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten -thousand. - -48:14 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate -the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD. - -48:15 And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against -the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, -for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst -thereof. - -48:16 And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four -thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five -hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the -west side four thousand and five hundred. - -48:17 And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two -hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and -toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred -and fifty. - -48:18 And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy -portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and -it shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the -increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city. - -48:19 And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the -tribes of Israel. - -48:20 All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and -twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the -possession of the city. - -48:21 And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on -the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, -over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the -east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand -toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and -it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be -in the midst thereof. - -48:22 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the -possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the -prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, -shall be for the prince. - -48:23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west -side, Benjamin shall have a portion. - -48:24 And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west -side, Simeon shall have a portion. - -48:25 And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west -side, Issachar a portion. - -48:26 And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west -side, Zebulun a portion. - -48:27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west -side, Gad a portion. - -48:28 And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the -border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, -and to the river toward the great sea. - -48:29 This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of -Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord -GOD. - -48:30 And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four -thousand and five hundred measures. - -48:31 And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes -of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of -Judah, one gate of Levi. - -48:32 And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three -gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan. - -48:33 And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: -and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of -Zebulun. - -48:34 At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their -three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali. - -48:35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of -the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there. - - - - -The Book of Daniel - - -1:1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came -Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. - -1:2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part -of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of -Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the -treasure house of his god. - -1:3 And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that -he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's -seed, and of the princes; 1:4 Children in whom was no blemish, but -well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, -and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in -the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the -tongue of the Chaldeans. - -1:5 And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, -and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that -at the end thereof they might stand before the king. - -1:6 Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, -Mishael, and Azariah: 1:7 Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave -names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to -Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of -Abednego. - -1:8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself -with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: -therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not -defile himself. - -1:9 Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the -prince of the eunuchs. - -1:10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord -the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should -he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your -sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king. - -1:11 Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had -set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, 1:12 Prove thy -servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, -and water to drink. - -1:13 Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the -countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's -meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants. - -1:14 So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. - -1:15 And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and -fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the -king's meat. - -1:16 Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine -that they should drink; and gave them pulse. - -1:17 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in -all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions -and dreams. - -1:18 Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring -them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before -Nebuchadnezzar. - -1:19 And the king communed with them; and among them all was found -none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they -before the king. - -1:20 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king -enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the -magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm. - -1:21 And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus. - -2:1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar -Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and -his sleep brake from him. - -2:2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the -astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the -king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. - -2:3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit -was troubled to know the dream. - -2:4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for -ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the -interpretation. - -2:5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone -from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the -interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses -shall be made a dunghill. - -2:6 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall -receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me -the dream, and the interpretation thereof. - -2:7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the -dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it. - -2:8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain -the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. - -2:9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one -decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak -before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and -I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof. - -2:10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a -man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is -no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or -astrologer, or Chaldean. - -2:11 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none -other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose -dwelling is not with flesh. - -2:12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded -to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. - -2:13 And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and -they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain. - -2:14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the -captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men -of Babylon: 2:15 He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, -Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing -known to Daniel. - -2:16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give -him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation. - -2:17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to -Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: 2:18 That they would -desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that -Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men -of Babylon. - -2:19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then -Daniel blessed the God of heaven. - -2:20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and -ever: for wisdom and might are his: 2:21 And he changeth the times and -the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom -unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: 2:22 He -revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the -darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. - -2:23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast -given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we -desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's -matter. - -2:24 Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained -to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; -Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and -I will shew unto the king the interpretation. - -2:25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said -thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will -make known unto the king the interpretation. - -2:26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was -Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I -have seen, and the interpretation thereof? 2:27 Daniel answered in -the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath -demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the -soothsayers, shew unto the king; 2:28 But there is a God in heaven -that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar -what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy -head upon thy bed, are these; 2:29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts -came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: -and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to -pass. - -2:30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom -that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make -known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the -thoughts of thy heart. - -2:31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, -whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form -thereof was terrible. - -2:32 This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of -silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, 2:33 His legs of iron, his -feet part of iron and part of clay. - -2:34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which -smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake -them to pieces. - -2:35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, -broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer -threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was -found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great -mountain, and filled the whole earth. - -2:36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof -before the king. - -2:37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath -given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. - -2:38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the -field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and -hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. - -2:39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and -another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the -earth. - -2:40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron -breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh -all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. - -2:41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, -and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in -it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron -mixed with miry clay. - -2:42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, -so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. - -2:43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall -mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one -to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. - -2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a -kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be -left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all -these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. - -2:45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the -mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the -brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made -known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is -certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. - -2:46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped -Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet -odours unto him. - -2:47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that -your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of -secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret. - -2:48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great -gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and -chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. - -2:49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, -and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel -sat in the gate of the king. - -3:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was -threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in -the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. - -3:2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, -the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the -counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to -come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had -set up. - -3:3 Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the -treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the -provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image -that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the -image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. - -3:4 Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, -nations, and languages, 3:5 That at what time ye hear the sound of the -cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of -musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar -the king hath set up: 3:6 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth -shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. - -3:7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the -cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all -the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped -the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. - -3:8 Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused -the Jews. - -3:9 They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for -ever. - -3:10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear -the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, -and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image: -3:11 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be -cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. - -3:12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the -province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O -king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the -golden image which thou hast set up. - -3:13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring -Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before -the king. - -3:14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, -Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden -image which I have set up? 3:15 Now if ye be ready that at what time -ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and -dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image -which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the -same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that -God that shall deliver you out of my hands? 3:16 Shadrach, Meshach, -and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are -not careful to answer thee in this matter. - -3:17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the -burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O -king. - -3:18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve -thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. - -3:19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage -was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he -spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times -more than it was wont to be heated. - -3:20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to -bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the -burning fiery furnace. - -3:21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their -hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the -burning fiery furnace. - -3:22 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the -furnace exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew those men that took -up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. - -3:23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down -bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. - -3:24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, -and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men -bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the -king, True, O king. - -3:25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the -midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth -is like the Son of God. - -3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery -furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye -servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then -Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire. - -3:27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's -counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies -the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither -were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. - -3:28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of -Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and -delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the -king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor -worship any god, except their own God. - -3:29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and -language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, -Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall -be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver -after this sort. - -3:30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the -province of Babylon. - -4:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, -that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. - -4:2 I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God -hath wrought toward me. - -4:3 How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his -kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation -to generation. - -4:4 I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my -palace: 4:5 I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon -my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. - -4:6 Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon -before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of -the dream. - -4:7 Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and -the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not -make known unto me the interpretation thereof. - -4:8 But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was -Belteshazzar, according to the name of my God, and in whom is the -spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying, 4:9 -O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the -spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell -me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation -thereof. - -4:10 Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a -tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great. - -4:11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached -unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth: 4:12 -The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it -was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the -fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed -of it. - -4:13 I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a -watcher and an holy one came down from heaven; 4:14 He cried aloud, -and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off -his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under -it, and the fowls from his branches: 4:15 Nevertheless leave the stump -of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the -tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, -and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth: 4:16 -Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given -unto him; and let seven times pass over him. - -4:17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by -the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that -the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to -whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. - -4:18 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O -Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the -wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the -interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is -in thee. - -4:19 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one -hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, -Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, -trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to -them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies. - -4:20 The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose -height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the -earth; 4:21 Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in -it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and -upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation: 4:22 -It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy -greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the -end of the earth. - -4:23 And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down -from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave -the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron -and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with -the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the -field, till seven times pass over him; 4:24 This is the -interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which -is come upon my lord the king: 4:25 That they shall drive thee from -men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they -shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the -dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know -that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to -whomsoever he will. - -4:26 And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; -thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known -that the heavens do rule. - -4:27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and -break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing -mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. - -4:28 All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. - -4:29 At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the -kingdom of Babylon. - -4:30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have -built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for -the honour of my majesty? 4:31 While the word was in the king's -mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, -to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee. - -4:32 And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be -with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as -oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the -most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he -will. - -4:33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he -was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet -with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' -feathers, and his nails like birds' claws. - -4:34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes -unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed -the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, -whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from -generation to generation: 4:35 And all the inhabitants of the earth -are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army -of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay -his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? 4:36 At the same time my -reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour -and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords -sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent -majesty was added unto me. - -4:37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of -heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those -that walk in pride he is able to abase. - -5:1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, -and drank wine before the thousand. - -5:2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the -golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken -out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his -princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. - -5:3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the -temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and -his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. - -5:4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of -brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. - -5:5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote -over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the -king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. - -5:6 Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled -him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote -one against another. - -5:7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, -and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of -Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the -interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a -chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the -kingdom. - -5:8 Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the -writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof. - -5:9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was -changed in him, and his lords were astonied. - -5:10 Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords -came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, -live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy -countenance be changed: 5:11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is -the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and -understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in -him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy -father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and -soothsayers; 5:12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and -understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, -and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king -named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the -interpretation. - -5:13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake -and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children -of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of -Jewry? 5:14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is -in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is -found in thee. - -5:15 And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in -before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me -the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation -of the thing: 5:16 And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make -interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the -writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt -be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and -shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom. - -5:17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be -to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the -writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation. - -5:18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a -kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: 5:19 And for the majesty -that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and -feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept -alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down. - -5:20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, -he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from -him: 5:21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was -made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they -fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of -heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of -men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. - -5:22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, -though thou knewest all this; 5:23 But hast lifted up thyself against -the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house -before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, -have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and -gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor -know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy -ways, hast thou not glorified: 5:24 Then was the part of the hand sent -from him; and this writing was written. - -5:25 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, -UPHARSIN. - -5:26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered -thy kingdom, and finished it. - -5:27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. - -5:28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and -Persians. - -5:29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, -and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation -concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. - -5:30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. - -5:31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore -and two years old. - -6:1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty -princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; 6:2 And over these -three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might -give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage. - -6:3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, -because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set -him over the whole realm. - -6:4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against -Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor -fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or -fault found in him. - -6:5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this -Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. - -6:6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, -and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. - -6:7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, -the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to -establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever -shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, -O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. - -6:8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it -be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which -altereth not. - -6:9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. - -6:10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into -his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, -he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave -thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. - -6:11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making -supplication before his God. - -6:12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the -king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that -shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of -thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered -and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and -Persians, which altereth not. - -6:13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which -is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O -king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition -three times a day. - -6:14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased -with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he -laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him. - -6:15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, -Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no -decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed. - -6:16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him -into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy -God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. - -6:17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and -the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his -lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel. - -6:18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: -neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep -went from him. - -6:19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste -unto the den of lions. - -6:20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice -unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant -of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to -deliver thee from the lions? 6:21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O -king, live for ever. - -6:22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that -they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in -me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. - -6:23 Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that -they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out -of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he -believed in his God. - -6:24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had -accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their -children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and -brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the -den. - -6:25 Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, -that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. - -6:26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble -and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and -stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, -and his dominion shall be even unto the end. - -6:27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in -heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the -lions. - -6:28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign -of Cyrus the Persian. - -7:1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream -and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and -told the sum of the matters. - -7:2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, -the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. - -7:3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from -another. - -7:4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till -the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, -and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to -it. - -7:5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised -up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it -between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour -much flesh. - -7:6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had -upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four -heads; and dominion was given to it. - -7:7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, -dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron -teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with -the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were -before it; and it had ten horns. - -7:8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them -another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns -plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the -eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. - -7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days -did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head -like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his -wheels as burning fire. - -7:10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand -thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand -stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. - -7:11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the -horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body -destroyed, and given to the burning flame. - -7:12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion -taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. - -7:13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man -came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and -they brought him near before him. - -7:14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that -all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is -an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom -that which shall not be destroyed. - -7:15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and -the visions of my head troubled me. - -7:16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the -truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation -of the things. - -7:17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall -arise out of the earth. - -7:18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and -possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. - -7:19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was -diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of -iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and -stamped the residue with his feet; 7:20 And of the ten horns that were -in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three -fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very -great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. - -7:21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and -prevailed against them; 7:22 Until the Ancient of days came, and -judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came -that the saints possessed the kingdom. - -7:23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon -earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the -whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. - -7:24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall -arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from -the first, and he shall subdue three kings. - -7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall -wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and -laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and -the dividing of time. - -7:26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his -dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. - -7:27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom -under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of -the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all -dominions shall serve and obey him. - -7:28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my -cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I -kept the matter in my heart. - -8:1 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision -appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto -me at the first. - -8:2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was -at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw -in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai. - -8:3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood -before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were -high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. - -8:4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so -that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that -could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and -became great. - -8:5 And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on -the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat -had a notable horn between his eyes. - -8:6 And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen -standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. - -8:7 And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with -choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and -there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him -down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that -could deliver the ram out of his hand. - -8:8 Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, -the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward -the four winds of heaven. - -8:9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed -exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the -pleasant land. - -8:10 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down -some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon -them. - -8:11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by -him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of the sanctuary -was cast down. - -8:12 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason -of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it -practised, and prospered. - -8:13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that -certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the -daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the -sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? 8:14 And he said -unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the -sanctuary be cleansed. - -8:15 And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, -and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the -appearance of a man. - -8:16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which -called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision. - -8:17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, -and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: -for at the time of the end shall be the vision. - -8:18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face -toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright. - -8:19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the -last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall -be. - -8:20 The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media -and Persia. - -8:21 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that -is between his eyes is the first king. - -8:22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four -kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. - -8:23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors -are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding -dark sentences, shall stand up. - -8:24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he -shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall -destroy the mighty and the holy people. - -8:25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in -his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace -shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of -princes; but he shall be broken without hand. - -8:26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is -true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many -days. - -8:27 And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose -up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, -but none understood it. - -9:1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of -the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; 9:2 In -the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of -the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, -that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of -Jerusalem. - -9:3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and -supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: 9:4 And I -prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, -the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them -that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; 9:5 We have -sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have -rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: -9:6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which -spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to -all the people of the land. - -9:7 O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion -of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants -of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far -off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because -of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. - -9:8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our -princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. - -9:9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we -have rebelled against him; 9:10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of -the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his -servants the prophets. - -9:11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, -that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon -us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of -God, because we have sinned against him. - -9:12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and -against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: -for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon -Jerusalem. - -9:13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon -us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might -turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth. - -9:14 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it -upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he -doeth: for we obeyed not his voice. - -9:15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out -of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, -as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. - -9:16 O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let -thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy -holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our -fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that -are about us. - -9:17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his -supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is -desolate, for the Lord's sake. - -9:18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and -behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for -we do not present our supplications before thee for our -righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. - -9:19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, -for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called -by thy name. - -9:20 And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and -the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the -LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God; 9:21 Yea, whiles I was -speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the -vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about -the time of the evening oblation. - -9:22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am -now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. - -9:23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, -and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore -understand the matter, and consider the vision. - -9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy -city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to -make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting -righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint -the most Holy. - -9:25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the -commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the -Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street -shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. - -9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but -not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall -destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with -a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. - -9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in -the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to -cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it -desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be -poured upon the desolate. - -10:1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed -unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was -true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, -and had understanding of the vision. - -10:2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. - -10:3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, -neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were -fulfilled. - -10:4 And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by -the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel; 10:5 Then I lifted up -mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, -whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz: 10:6 His body also -was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and -his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to -polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a -multitude. - -10:7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me -saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they -fled to hide themselves. - -10:8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there -remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into -corruption, and I retained no strength. - -10:9 Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of -his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward -the ground. - -10:10 And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and -upon the palms of my hands. - -10:11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand -the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am -I now sent. - -And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling. - -10:12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day -that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself -before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. - -10:13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and -twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help -me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. - -10:14 Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy -people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days. - -10:15 And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward -the ground, and I became dumb. - -10:16 And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched -my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that -stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon -me, and I have retained no strength. - -10:17 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? -for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither -is there breath left in me. - -10:18 Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of -a man, and he strengthened me, 10:19 And said, O man greatly beloved, -fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he -had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; -for thou hast strengthened me. - -10:20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now -will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone -forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. - -10:21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of -truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but -Michael your prince. - -11:1 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to -confirm and to strengthen him. - -11:2 And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up -yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than -they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all -against the realm of Grecia. - -11:3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great -dominion, and do according to his will. - -11:4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and -shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his -posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his -kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those. - -11:5 And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his -princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his -dominion shall be a great dominion. - -11:6 And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for -the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north -to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; -neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and -they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened -her in these times. - -11:7 But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his -estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the -fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and -shall prevail: 11:8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt their -gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver -and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the -north. - -11:9 So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall -return into his own land. - -11:10 But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude -of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass -through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his -fortress. - -11:11 And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall -come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he -shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given -into his hand. - -11:12 And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be -lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not -be strengthened by it. - -11:13 For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a -multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after -certain years with a great army and with much riches. - -11:14 And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of -the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to -establish the vision; but they shall fall. - -11:15 So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and -take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not -withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any -strength to withstand. - -11:16 But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own -will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the -glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed. - -11:17 He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his -whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he -shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall -not stand on his side, neither be for him. - -11:18 After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take -many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered -by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn -upon him. - -11:19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but -he shall stumble and fall, and not be found. - -11:20 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory -of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in -anger, nor in battle. - -11:21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they -shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in -peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. - -11:22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before -him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant. - -11:23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: -for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people. - -11:24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the -province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor -his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, -and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong -holds, even for a time. - -11:25 And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king -of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be -stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall -not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him. - -11:26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy -him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain. - -11:27 And both of these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and -they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet -the end shall be at the time appointed. - -11:28 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his -heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, -and return to his own land. - -11:29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the -south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter. - -11:30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he -shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy -covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence -with them that forsake the holy covenant. - -11:31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the -sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and -they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. - -11:32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by -flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and -do exploits. - -11:33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: -yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by -spoil, many days. - -11:34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little -help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries. - -11:35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and -to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because -it is yet for a time appointed. - -11:36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt -himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak -marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the -indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be -done. - -11:37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire -of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. - -11:38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god -whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and -with precious stones, and pleasant things. - -11:39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, -whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause -them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain. - -11:40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at -him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a -whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and -he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. - -11:41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries -shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even -Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. - -11:42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the -land of Egypt shall not escape. - -11:43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of -silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and -the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. - -11:44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble -him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and -utterly to make away many. - -11:45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the -seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and -none shall help him. - -12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which -standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of -trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same -time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that -shall be found written in the book. - -12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, -some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. - -12:3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the -firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for -ever and ever. - -12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to -the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be -increased. - -12:5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one -on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of -the bank of the river. - -12:6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the -waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? -12:7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters -of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto -heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a -time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to -scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be -finished. - -12:8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what -shall be the end of these things? 12:9 And he said, Go thy way, -Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the -end. - -12:10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the -wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but -the wise shall understand. - -12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, -and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a -thousand two hundred and ninety days. - -12:12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three -hundred and five and thirty days. - -12:13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, -and stand in thy lot at the end of the days. - - - - -Hosea - - -1:1 The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in -the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in -the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. - -1:2 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said -to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of -whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from -the LORD. - -1:3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which -conceived, and bare him a son. - -1:4 And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a -little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of -Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. - -1:5 And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow -of Israel, in the valley of Jezreel. - -1:6 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto -him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the -house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. - -1:7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them -by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, -nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen. - -1:8 Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son. - -1:9 Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and -I will not be your God. - -1:10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of -the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to -pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my -people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the -living God. - -1:11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be -gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall -come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel. - -2:1 Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah. - -2:2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am -I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her -sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts; 2:3 Lest I strip -her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her -as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with -thirst. - -2:4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the -children of whoredoms. - -2:5 For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them -hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that -give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my -drink. - -2:6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a -wall, that she shall not find her paths. - -2:7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake -them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she -say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better -with me than now. - -2:8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and -multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. - -2:9 Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time -thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool -and my flax given to cover her nakedness. - -2:10 And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, -and none shall deliver her out of mine hand. - -2:11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new -moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts. - -2:12 And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath -said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will -make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them. - -2:13 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned -incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her -jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD. - -2:14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the -wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. - -2:15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of -Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of -her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of -Egypt. - -2:16 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call -me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali. - -2:17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and -they shall no more be remembered by their name. - -2:18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts -of the field and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping -things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the -battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely. - -2:19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth -thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, -and in mercies. - -2:20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt -know the LORD. - -2:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the -LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; 2:22 And -the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they -shall hear Jezreel. - -2:23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy -upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which -were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art -my God. - -3:1 Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her -friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward -the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of -wine. - -3:2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an -homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: 3:3 And I said unto her, -Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and -thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee. - -3:4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, -and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, -and without an ephod, and without teraphim: 3:5 Afterward shall the -children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David -their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter -days. - -4:1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD -hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is -no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. - -4:2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing -adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. - -4:3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth -therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the -fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. - -4:4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as -they that strive with the priest. - -4:5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall -fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother. - -4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast -rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no -priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will -also forget thy children. - -4:7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will -I change their glory into shame. - -4:8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on -their iniquity. - -4:9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish -them for their ways, and reward them their doings. - -4:10 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit -whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take -heed to the LORD. - -4:11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. - -4:12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth -unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and -they have gone a whoring from under their God. - -4:13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense -upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow -thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and -your spouses shall commit adultery. - -4:14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor -your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated -with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people -that doth not understand shall fall. - -4:15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; -and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, -The LORD liveth. - -4:16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD -will feed them as a lamb in a large place. - -4:17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. - -4:18 Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: -her rulers with shame do love, Give ye. - -4:19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be -ashamed because of their sacrifices. - -5:1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give -ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye -have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. - -5:2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have -been a rebuker of them all. - -5:3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, -thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. - -5:4 They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the -spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known -the LORD. - -5:5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall -Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with -them. - -5:6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the -LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from -them. - -5:7 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have -begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their -portions. - -5:8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud -at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin. - -5:9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes -of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be. - -5:10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: -therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. - -5:11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly -walked after the commandment. - -5:12 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of -Judah as rottenness. - -5:13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went -Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal -you, nor cure you of your wound. - -5:14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the -house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, -and none shall rescue him. - -5:15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their -offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me -early. - -6:1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he -will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. - -6:2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise -us up, and we shall live in his sight. - -6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going -forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the -rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. - -6:4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do -unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early -dew it goeth away. - -6:5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by -the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth -forth. - -6:6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God -more than burnt offerings. - -6:7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they -dealt treacherously against me. - -6:8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with -blood. - -6:9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests -murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. - -6:10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is -the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled. - -6:11 Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned -the captivity of my people. - -7:1 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was -discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; -and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without. - -7:2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their -wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are -before my face. - -7:3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes -with their lies. - -7:4 They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who -ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be -leavened. - -7:5 In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles -of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. - -7:6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie -in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth -as a flaming fire. - -7:7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all -their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me. - -7:8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake -not turned. - -7:9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, -gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not. - -7:10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not -return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this. - -7:11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to -Egypt, they go to Assyria. - -7:12 When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring -them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their -congregation hath heard. - -7:13 Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! -because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed -them, yet they have spoken lies against me. - -7:14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they -howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, -and they rebel against me. - -7:15 Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they -imagine mischief against me. - -7:16 They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful -bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their -tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. - -8:1 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against -the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and -trespassed against my law. - -8:2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. - -8:3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall -pursue him. - -8:4 They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and -I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them -idols, that they may be cut off. - -8:5 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled -against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? 8:6 -For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not -God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. - -8:7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it -hath no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the -strangers shall swallow it up. - -8:8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a -vessel wherein is no pleasure. - -8:9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: -Ephraim hath hired lovers. - -8:10 Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather -them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of -princes. - -8:11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be -unto him to sin. - -8:12 I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were -counted as a strange thing. - -8:13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and -eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their -iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt. - -8:14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and -Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his -cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. - -9:1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast -gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every -cornfloor. - -9:2 The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine -shall fail in her. - -9:3 They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return -to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. - -9:4 They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall -they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the -bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their -bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD. - -9:5 What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of -the LORD? 9:6 For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt -shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for -their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their -tabernacles. - -9:7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; -Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, -for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred. - -9:8 The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a -snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God. - -9:9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: -therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins. - -9:10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers -as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to -Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their -abominations were according as they loved. - -9:11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the -birth, and from the womb, and from the conception. - -9:12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, -that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I -depart from them! 9:13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a -pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the -murderer. - -9:14 Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying -womb and dry breasts. - -9:15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for -the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I -will love them no more: all their princes are revolters. - -9:16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no -fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved -fruit of their womb. - -9:17 My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto -him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations. - -10:1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: -according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; -according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images. - -10:2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall -break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. - -10:3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not -the LORD; what then should a king do to us? 10:4 They have spoken -words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth -up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. - -10:5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of -Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests -thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is -departed from it. - -10:6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king -Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his -own counsel. - -10:7 As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water. - -10:8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be -destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; -and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall -on us. - -10:9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they -stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not -overtake them. - -10:10 It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people -shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in -their two furrows. - -10:11 And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread -out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make -Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods. - -10:12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your -fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain -righteousness upon you. - -10:13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have -eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the -multitude of thy mighty men. - -10:14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy -fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day -of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children. - -10:15 So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in -a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off. - -11:1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out -of Egypt. - -11:2 As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto -Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. - -11:3 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they -knew not that I healed them. - -11:4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to -them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat -unto them. - -11:5 He shall not return into the land of Egypt, and the Assyrian -shall be his king, because they refused to return. - -11:6 And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his -branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels. - -11:7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called -them to the most High, none at all would exalt him. - -11:8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, -Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as -Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled -together. - -11:9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not -return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in -the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city. - -11:10 They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when -he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west. - -11:11 They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of -the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the -LORD. - -11:12 Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel -with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the -saints. - -12:1 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he -daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with -the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. - -12:2 The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish -Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he -recompense him. - -12:3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength -he had power with God: 12:4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and -prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in -Bethel, and there he spake with us; 12:5 Even the LORD God of hosts; -the LORD is his memorial. - -12:6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment and wait -on thy God continually. - -12:7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he -loveth to oppress. - -12:8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out -substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that -were sin. - -12:9 And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet -make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast. - -12:10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied -visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. - -12:11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they -sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the -furrows of the fields. - -12:12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for -a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. - -12:13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a -prophet was he preserved. - -12:14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he -leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his LORD return unto -him. - -13:1 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but -when he offended in Baal, he died. - -13:2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images -of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all -of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that -sacrifice kiss the calves. - -13:3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew -that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out -of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney. - -13:4 Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt -know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me. - -13:5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. - -13:6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were -filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me. - -13:7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way -will I observe them: 13:8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved -of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I -devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them. - -13:9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. - -13:10 I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all -thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and -princes? 13:11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in -my wrath. - -13:12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid. - -13:13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an -unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking -forth of children. - -13:14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem -them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be -thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. - -13:15 Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall -come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his -spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall -spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels. - -13:16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her -God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in -pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. - -14:1 O israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by -thine iniquity. - -14:2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take -away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the -calves of our lips. - -14:3 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither -will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in -thee the fatherless findeth mercy. - -14:4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine -anger is turned away from him. - -14:5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and -cast forth his roots as Lebanon. - -14:6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive -tree, and his smell as Lebanon. - -14:7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive -as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the -wine of Lebanon. - -14:8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have -heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is -thy fruit found. - -14:9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and -he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just -shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein. - - - - -Joel - - -1:1 The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. - -1:2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. - -Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? 1:3 -Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their -children, and their children another generation. - -1:4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and -that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that -which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten. - -1:5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, -because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. - -1:6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, -whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a -great lion. - -1:7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made -it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white. - -1:8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her -youth. - -1:9 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house -of the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn. - -1:10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: -the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. - -1:11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the -wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is -perished. - -1:12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the -pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the -trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from -the sons of men. - -1:13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of -the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: -for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the -house of your God. - -1:14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and -all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, -and cry unto the LORD, 1:15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD -is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. - -1:16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness -from the house of our God? 1:17 The seed is rotten under their clods, -the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn -is withered. - -1:18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, -because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made -desolate. - -1:19 O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the -pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of -the field. - -1:20 The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of -waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the -wilderness. - -2:1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy -mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of -the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; 2:2 A day of darkness and of -gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning -spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not -been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the -years of many generations. - -2:3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the -land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate -wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. - -2:4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as -horsemen, so shall they run. - -2:5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they -leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as -a strong people set in battle array. - -2:6 Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall -gather blackness. - -2:7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men -of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not -break their ranks: 2:8 Neither shall one thrust another; they shall -walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they -shall not be wounded. - -2:9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the -wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the -windows like a thief. - -2:10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the -sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their -shining: 2:11 And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for -his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for -the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it? -2:12 Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all -your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: -2:13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the -LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of -great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. - -2:14 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing -behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD -your God? 2:15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a -solemn assembly: 2:16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, -assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the -breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out -of her closet. - -2:17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the -porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and -give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over -them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? -2:18 Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. - -2:19 Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will -send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: -and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen: 2:20 But I -will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him -into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, -and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come -up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great -things. - -2:21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great -things. - -2:22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the -wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and -the vine do yield their strength. - -2:23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your -God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will -cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter -rain in the first month. - -2:24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall -overflow with wine and oil. - -2:25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, -the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army -which I sent among you. - -2:26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name -of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my -people shall never be ashamed. - -2:27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am -the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be -ashamed. - -2:28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my -spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall -prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see -visions: 2:29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in -those days will I pour out my spirit. - -2:30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, -and fire, and pillars of smoke. - -2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, -before the great and terrible day of the LORD come. - -2:32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name -of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem -shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom -the LORD shall call. - -3:1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring -again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 3:2 I will also gather all -nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and -will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, -whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. - -3:3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an -harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. - -3:4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all -the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye -recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon -your own head; 3:5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and -have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: 3:6 The -children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto -the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. - -3:7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold -them, and will return your recompence upon your own head: 3:8 And I -will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children -of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far -off: for the LORD hath spoken it. - -3:9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the -mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: 3:10 -Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: -let the weak say, I am strong. - -3:11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather -yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come -down, O LORD. - -3:12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of -Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round -about. - -3:13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you -down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness -is great. - -3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of -the LORD is near in the valley of decision. - -3:15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall -withdraw their shining. - -3:16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from -Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD -will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of -Israel. - -3:17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my -holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no -strangers pass through her any more. - -3:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall -drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the -rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come -forth out of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of -Shittim. - -3:19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate -wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because -they have shed innocent blood in their land. - -3:20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to -generation. - -3:21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the -LORD dwelleth in Zion. - - - - -Amos - - -1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he -saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the -days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the -earthquake. - -1:2 And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice -from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and -the top of Carmel shall wither. - -1:3 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for -four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have -threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron: 1:4 But I will -send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces -of Benhadad. - -1:5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant -from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the -house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto -Kir, saith the LORD. - -1:6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for -four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they -carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom: -1:7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the -palaces thereof: 1:8 And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, -and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine -hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, -saith the Lord GOD. - -1:9 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for -four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they -delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the -brotherly covenant: 1:10 But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, -which shall devour the palaces thereof. - -1:11 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for -four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did -pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his -anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever: 1:12 But I -will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. - -1:13 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of -Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; -because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they -might enlarge their border: 1:14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall -of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in -the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: 1:15 -And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, -saith the LORD. - -2:1 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for -four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned -the bones of the king of Edom into lime: 2:2 But I will send a fire -upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall -die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: 2:3 -And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all -the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD. - -2:4 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for -four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have -despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and -their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have -walked: 2:5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the -palaces of Jerusalem. - -2:6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for -four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold -the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; 2:7 That -pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn -aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto -the same maid, to profane my holy name: 2:8 And they lay themselves -down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the -wine of the condemned in the house of their god. - -2:9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the -height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed -his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. - -2:10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty -years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. - -2:11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men -for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the -LORD. - -2:12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the -prophets, saying, Prophesy not. - -2:13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full -of sheaves. - -2:14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong -shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver -himself: 2:15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he -that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that -rideth the horse deliver himself. - -2:16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked -in that day, saith the LORD. - -3:1 Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children -of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land -of Egypt, saying, 3:2 You only have I known of all the families of the -earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. - -3:3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed? 3:4 Will a lion -roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of -his den, if he have taken nothing? 3:5 Can a bird fall in a snare -upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare -from the earth, and have taken nothing at all? 3:6 Shall a trumpet be -blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil -in a city, and the LORD hath not done it? 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD -will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the -prophets. - -3:8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, -who can but prophesy? 3:9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in -the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon -the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst -thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof. - -3:10 For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up -violence and robbery in their palaces. - -3:11 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be -even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from -thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled. - -3:12 Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of -the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of -Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and -in Damascus in a couch. - -3:13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, -the God of hosts, 3:14 That in the day that I shall visit the -transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of -Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the -ground. - -3:15 And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the -houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, -saith the LORD. - -4:1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of -Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to -their masters, Bring, and let us drink. - -4:2 The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall -come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your -posterity with fishhooks. - -4:3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is -before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD. - -4:4 Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; -and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three -years: 4:5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and -proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye -children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. - -4:6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, -and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto -me, saith the LORD. - -4:7 And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet -three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, -and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained -upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered. - -4:8 So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but -they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the -LORD. - -4:9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and -your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the -palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the -LORD. - -4:10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: -your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your -horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your -nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. - -4:11 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and -Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet -have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. - -4:12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will -do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. - -4:13 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, -and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning -darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, -The God of hosts, is his name. - -5:1 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, -O house of Israel. - -5:2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is -forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up. - -5:3 For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand -shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall -leave ten, to the house of Israel. - -5:4 For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and -ye shall live: 5:5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and -pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and -Bethel shall come to nought. - -5:6 Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in -the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in -Bethel. - -5:7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in -the earth, 5:8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and -turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark -with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them -out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: 5:9 That -strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled -shall come against the fortress. - -5:10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that -speaketh uprightly. - -5:11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye -take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, -but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, -but ye shall not drink wine of them. - -5:12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: -they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor -in the gate from their right. - -5:13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is -an evil time. - -5:14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the -God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. - -5:15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the -gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the -remnant of Joseph. - -5:16 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus; -Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the -highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, -and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing. - -5:17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through -thee, saith the LORD. - -5:18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it -for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. - -5:19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went -into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit -him. - -5:20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even -very dark, and no brightness in it? 5:21 I hate, I despise your feast -days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. - -5:22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I -will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of -your fat beasts. - -5:23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not -hear the melody of thy viols. - -5:24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a -mighty stream. - -5:25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the -wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? 5:26 But ye have borne the -tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, -which ye made to yourselves. - -5:27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, -saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts. - -6:1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of -Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of -Israel came! 6:2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye -to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they -better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border? -6:3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence -to come near; 6:4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves -upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves -out of the midst of the stall; 6:5 That chant to the sound of the -viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; 6:6 -That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief -ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. - -6:7 Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go -captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be -removed. - -6:8 The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of -hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: -therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. - -6:9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, -that they shall die. - -6:10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to -bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is -by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall -say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make -mention of the name of the LORD. - -6:11 For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great -house with breaches, and the little house with clefts. - -6:12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? -for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness -into hemlock: 6:13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, -Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? 6:14 But, behold, -I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the -LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in -of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness. - -7:1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed -grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; -and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings. - -7:2 And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the -grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: -by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. - -7:3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD. - -7:4 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD -called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat -up a part. - -7:5 Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall -Jacob arise? for he is small. - -7:6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord -GOD. - -7:7 Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the LORD stood upon a wall made by -a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. - -7:8 And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A -plumbline. Then said the LORD, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the -midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more: 7:9 -And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of -Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of -Jeroboam with the sword. - -7:10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of -Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the -house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. - -7:11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel -shall surely be led away captive out of their own land. - -7:12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into -the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: 7:13 But -prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, -and it is the king's court. - -7:14 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, -neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of -sycomore fruit: 7:15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and -the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. - -7:16 Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, -Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house -of Isaac. - -7:17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the -city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy -land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: -and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land. - -8:1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of -summer fruit. - -8:2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer -fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of -Israel; I will not again pass by them any more. - -8:3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith -the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they -shall cast them forth with silence. - -8:4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor -of the land to fail, 8:5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that -we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making -the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by -deceit? 8:6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a -pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat? 8:7 The LORD -hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any -of their works. - -8:8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that -dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall -be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. - -8:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I -will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in -the clear day: 8:10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all -your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all -loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the -mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day. - -8:11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a -famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but -of hearing the words of the LORD: 8:12 And they shall wander from sea -to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro -to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it. - -8:13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for -thirst. - -8:14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, -liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and -never rise up again. - -9:1 I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the -lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the -head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he -that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them -shall not be delivered. - -9:2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; -though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: 9:3 And -though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and -take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the -bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall -bite them: 9:4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, -thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will -set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. - -9:5 And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it -shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise -up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of -Egypt. - -9:6 It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded -his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and -poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name. - -9:7 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of -Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land -of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir? -9:8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and -I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will -not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD. - -9:9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among -all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the -least grain fall upon the earth. - -9:10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, -The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us. - -9:11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is -fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his -ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: 9:12 That they may -possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called -by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this. - -9:13 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall -overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; -and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. - -9:14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and -they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall -plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make -gardens, and eat the fruit of them. - -9:15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be -pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD -thy God. - - - - -Obadiah - - -1:1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; -We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among -the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. - -1:2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly -despised. - -1:3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in -the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his -heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? 1:4 Though thou exalt -thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, -thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD. - -1:5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut -off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the -grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes? 1:6 -How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things -sought up! 1:7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even -to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived -thee, and prevailed against thee; that they eat thy bread have laid a -wound under thee: there is none understanding in him. - -1:8 Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men -out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? 1:9 And thy -mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of -the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. - -1:10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover -thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. - -1:11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that -the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered -into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of -them. - -1:12 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in -the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have -rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; -neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. - -1:13 Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the -day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their -affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their -substance in the day of their calamity; 1:14 Neither shouldest thou -have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; -neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain -in the day of distress. - -1:15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou -hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon -thine own head. - -1:16 For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the -heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall -swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been. - -1:17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be -holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. - -1:18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a -flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in -them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the -house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it. - -1:19 And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they -of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of -Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. - -1:20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall -possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity -of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the -south. - -1:21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of -Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD's. - - - - -Jonah - - -1:1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, -saying, 1:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; -for their wickedness is come up before me. - -1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the -LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: -so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them -unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. - -1:4 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a -mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. - -1:5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, -and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to -lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the -ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. - -1:6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest -thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will -think upon us, that we perish not. - -1:7 And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, -that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast -lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. - -1:8 Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause -this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest -thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou? 1:9 And he -said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of -heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land. - -1:10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him. Why hast -thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the -LORD, because he had told them. - -1:11 Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea -may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous. - -1:12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the -sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake -this great tempest is upon you. - -1:13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they -could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them. - -1:14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O -LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay -not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased -thee. - -1:15 So they look up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the -sea ceased from her raging. - -1:16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice -unto the LORD, and made vows. - -1:17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And -Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. - -2:1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly, -2:2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and -he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my -voice. - -2:3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; -and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves -passed over me. - -2:4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again -toward thy holy temple. - -2:5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed -me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. - -2:6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her -bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from -corruption, O LORD my God. - -2:7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my -prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. - -2:8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. - -2:9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I -will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD. - -2:10 And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon -the dry land. - -3:1 And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, -3:2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the -preaching that I bid thee. - -3:3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of -the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' -journey. - -3:4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he -cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. - -3:5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and -put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. - -3:6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his -throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, -and sat in ashes. - -3:7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by -the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor -beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink -water: 3:8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry -mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and -from the violence that is in their hands. - -3:9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his -fierce anger, that we perish not? 3:10 And God saw their works, that -they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he -had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. - -4:1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. - -4:2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was -not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled -before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and -merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of -the evil. - -4:3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for -it is better for me to die than to live. - -4:4 Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? 4:5 So Jonah -went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there -made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see -what would become of the city. - -4:6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over -Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from -his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. - -4:7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it -smote the gourd that it withered. - -4:8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a -vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he -fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me -to die than to live. - -4:9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? -And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death. - -4:10 Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the -which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in -a night, and perished in a night: 4:11 And should not I spare Nineveh, -that great city, wherein are more then sixscore thousand persons that -cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also -much cattle? - - - - -Micah - - -1:1 The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the -days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw -concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. - -1:2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: -and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the LORD from his holy -temple. - -1:3 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come -down, and tread upon the high places of the earth. - -1:4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall -be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured -down a steep place. - -1:5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of -the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not -Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not -Jerusalem? 1:6 Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, -and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones -thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof. - -1:7 And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and -all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols -thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an -harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot. - -1:8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I -will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls. - -1:9 For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come -unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. - -1:10 Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of -Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. - -1:11 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: -the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; -he shall receive of you his standing. - -1:12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil -came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem. - -1:13 O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift -beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for -the transgressions of Israel were found in thee. - -1:14 Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses -of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel. - -1:15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he -shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel. - -1:16 Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge -thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee. - -2:1 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! -when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the -power of their hand. - -2:2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and -take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and -his heritage. - -2:3 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I -devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither -shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil. - -2:4 In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament -with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath -changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! -turning away he hath divided our fields. - -2:5 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in -the congregation of the LORD. - -2:6 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not -prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame. - -2:7 O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the -LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him -that walketh uprightly? 2:8 Even of late my people is risen up as an -enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by -securely as men averse from war. - -2:9 The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant -houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever. - -2:10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is -polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction. - -2:11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I -will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be -the prophet of this people. - -2:12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely -gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of -Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great -noise by reason of the multitude of men. - -2:13 The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have -passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall -pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them. - -3:1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of -the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment? 3:2 Who hate -the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, -and their flesh from off their bones; 3:3 Who also eat the flesh of my -people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, -and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the -caldron. - -3:4 Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he -will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved -themselves ill in their doings. - -3:5 Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people -err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth -not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him. - -3:6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a -vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and -the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark -over them. - -3:7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, -they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God. - -3:8 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of -judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and -to Israel his sin. - -3:9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes -of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. - -3:10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. - -3:11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach -for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they -lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can -come upon us. - -3:12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and -Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the -high places of the forest. - -4:1 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of -the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the -mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall -flow unto it. - -4:2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to -the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he -will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law -shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. - -4:3 And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations -afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their -spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against -nation, neither shall they learn war any more. - -4:4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig -tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of -hosts hath spoken it. - -4:5 For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we -will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever. - -4:6 In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and -I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted; -4:7 And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast -far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount -Zion from henceforth, even for ever. - -4:8 And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of -Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom -shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. - -4:9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy -counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail. - -4:10 Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a -woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and -thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; -there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from -the hand of thine enemies. - -4:11 Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let -her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion. - -4:12 But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand -they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the -floor. - -4:13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn -iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces -many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their -substance unto the Lord of the whole earth. - -5:1 Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid -siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon -the cheek. - -5:2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the -thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that -is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, -from everlasting. - -5:3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which -travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall -return unto the children of Israel. - -5:4 And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the -majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now -shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. - -5:5 And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into -our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise -against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. - -5:6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the -land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from -the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth -within our borders. - -5:7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a -dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not -for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. - -5:8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst -of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young -lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth -down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. - -5:9 Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all -thine enemies shall be cut off. - -5:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I -will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy -thy chariots: 5:11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and -throw down all thy strong holds: 5:12 And I will cut off witchcrafts -out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers: 5:13 Thy -graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the -midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands. - -5:14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will -I destroy thy cities. - -5:15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, -such as they have not heard. - -6:1 Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the -mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. - -6:2 Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD's controversy, and ye strong -foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his -people, and he will plead with Israel. - -6:3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I -wearied thee? testify against me. - -6:4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee -out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and -Miriam. - -6:5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and -what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; -that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD. - -6:6 Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the -high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of -a year old? 6:7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or -with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my -transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 6:8 He -hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require -of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with -thy God? 6:9 The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of -wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. - -6:10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the -wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? 6:11 Shall I count -them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful -weights? 6:12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the -inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in -their mouth. - -6:13 Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making -thee desolate because of thy sins. - -6:14 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall -be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not -deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword. - -6:15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the -olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but -shalt not drink wine. - -6:16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house -of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a -desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall -bear the reproach of my people. - -7:1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, -as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my -soul desired the firstripe fruit. - -7:2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none -upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man -his brother with a net. - -7:3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince -asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he -uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. - -7:4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a -thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now -shall be their perplexity. - -7:5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep -the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. - -7:6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up -against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a -man's enemies are the men of his own house. - -7:7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my -salvation: my God will hear me. - -7:8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; -when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me. - -7:9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned -against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he -will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his -righteousness. - -7:10 Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover -her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall -behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. - -7:11 In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the -decree be far removed. - -7:12 In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and -from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, -and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain. - -7:13 Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that -dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. - -7:14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which -dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in -Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. - -7:15 According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will -I shew unto him marvellous things. - -7:16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they -shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf. - -7:17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of -their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD -our God, and shall fear because of thee. - -7:18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth -by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not -his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. - -7:19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will -subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the -depths of the sea. - -7:20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, -which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. - - - - -Nahum - - -1:1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. - -1:2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is -furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he -reserveth wrath for his enemies. - -1:3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all -acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the -storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. - -1:4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the -rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon -languisheth. - -1:5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is -burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. - -1:6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the -fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the -rocks are thrown down by him. - -1:7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he -knoweth them that trust in him. - -1:8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the -place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. - -1:9 What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: -affliction shall not rise up the second time. - -1:10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are -drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. - -1:11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the -LORD, a wicked counsellor. - -1:12 Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet -thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have -afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. - -1:13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy -bonds in sunder. - -1:14 And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no -more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off -the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou -art vile. - -1:15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good -tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, -perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he -is utterly cut off. - -2:1 He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the -munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power -mightily. - -2:2 For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the -excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and -marred their vine branches. - -2:3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in -scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his -preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken. - -2:4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one -against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they -shall run like the lightnings. - -2:5 He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; -they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be -prepared. - -2:6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be -dissolved. - -2:7 And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and -her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon -their breasts. - -2:8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee -away. - -Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back. - -2:9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is -none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture. - -2:10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the -knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of -them all gather blackness. - -2:11 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the -young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's -whelp, and none made them afraid? 2:12 The lion did tear in pieces -enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his -holes with prey, and his dens with ravin. - -2:13 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will -burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young -lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of -thy messengers shall no more be heard. - -3:1 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the -prey departeth not; 3:2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the -rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping -chariots. - -3:3 The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering -spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of -carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon -their corpses: 3:4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the -wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations -through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. - -3:5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will -discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy -nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. - -3:6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, -and will set thee as a gazingstock. - -3:7 And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall -flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? -whence shall I seek comforters for thee? 3:8 Art thou better than -populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters -round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the -sea? 3:9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; -Put and Lubim were thy helpers. - -3:10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young -children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and -they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were -bound in chains. - -3:11 Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt -seek strength because of the enemy. - -3:12 All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe -figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the -eater. - -3:13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of -thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall -devour thy bars. - -3:14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into -clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln. - -3:15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, -it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the -cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts. - -3:16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the -cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away. - -3:17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great -grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the -sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they -are. - -3:18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell -in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man -gathereth them. - -3:19 There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all -that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon -whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually? - - - - -Habakkuk - - -1:1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. - -1:2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out -unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! 1:3 Why dost thou shew -me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and -violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and -contention. - -1:4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: -for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong -judgment proceedeth. - -1:5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: -for I will work a work in your days which ye will not believe, though -it be told you. - -1:6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, -which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the -dwellingplaces that are not their's. - -1:7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity -shall proceed of themselves. - -1:8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more -fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread -themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as -the eagle that hasteth to eat. - -1:9 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the -east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. - -1:10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a -scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall -heap dust, and take it. - -1:11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, -imputing this his power unto his god. - -1:12 Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we -shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O -mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. - -1:13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on -iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, -and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more -righteous than he? 1:14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as -the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? 1:15 They take up -all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather -them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. - -1:16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto -their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat -plenteous. - -1:17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually -to slay the nations? 2:1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon -the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I -shall answer when I am reproved. - -2:2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it -plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. - -2:3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it -shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it -will surely come, it will not tarry. - -2:4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the -just shall live by his faith. - -2:5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, -neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as -death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, -and heapeth unto him all people: 2:6 Shall not all these take up a -parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe -to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him -that ladeth himself with thick clay! 2:7 Shall they not rise up -suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou -shalt be for booties unto them? 2:8 Because thou hast spoiled many -nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of -men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all -that dwell therein. - -2:9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that -he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power -of evil! 2:10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off -many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. - -2:11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the -timber shall answer it. - -2:12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a -city by iniquity! 2:13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that -the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary -themselves for very vanity? 2:14 For the earth shall be filled with -the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. - -2:15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy -bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on -their nakedness! 2:16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink -thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD's -right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on -thy glory. - -2:17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of -beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the -violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. - -2:18 What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath -graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of -his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? 2:19 Woe unto him that -saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! -Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath -at all in the midst of it. - -2:20 But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep -silence before him. - -3:1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. - -3:2 O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive -thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make -known; in wrath remember mercy. - -3:3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His -glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. - -3:4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of -his hand: and there was the hiding of his power. - -3:5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at -his feet. - -3:6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the -nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual -hills did bow: his ways are everlasting. - -3:7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the -land of Midian did tremble. - -3:8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger -against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst -ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation? 3:9 Thy bow was -made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. -Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. - -3:10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the -water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands -on high. - -3:11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of -thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear. - -3:12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst -thresh the heathen in anger. - -3:13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for -salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the -house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. -Selah. - -3:14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his -villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing -was as to devour the poor secretly. - -3:15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the -heap of great waters. - -3:16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: -rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I -might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, -he will invade them with his troops. - -3:17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be -in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall -yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there -shall be no herd in the stalls: 3:18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I -will joy in the God of my salvation. - -3:19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' -feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief -singer on my stringed instruments. - - - - -Zephaniah - - -1:1 The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, -the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the -days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. - -1:2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the -LORD. - -1:3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the -heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the -wicked: and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD. - -1:4 I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the -inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from -this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; 1:5 And -them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that -worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; 1:6 And -them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not -sought the LORD, nor enquired for him. - -1:7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the -LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid -his guests. - -1:8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD's sacrifice, that -I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as -are clothed with strange apparel. - -1:9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the -threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit. - -1:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there -shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from -the second, and a great crashing from the hills. - -1:11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are -cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off. - -1:12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search -Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their -lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will -he do evil. - -1:13 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a -desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and -they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof. - -1:14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth -greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall -cry there bitterly. - -1:15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day -of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day -of clouds and thick darkness, 1:16 A day of the trumpet and alarm -against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. - -1:17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like -blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood -shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. - -1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them -in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured -by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance -of all them that dwell in the land. - -2:1 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not -desired; 2:2 Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the -chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the -day of the LORD's anger come upon you. - -2:3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his -judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid -in the day of the LORD's anger. - -2:4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall -drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. - -2:5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the -Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land -of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no -inhabitant. - -2:6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, -and folds for flocks. - -2:7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they -shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in -the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away -their captivity. - -2:8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the -children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and -magnified themselves against their border. - -2:9 Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, -Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, -even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual -desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant -of my people shall possess them. - -2:10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have -reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of -hosts. - -2:11 The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the -gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his -place, even all the isles of the heathen. - -2:12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. - -2:13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy -Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a -wilderness. - -2:14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of -the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the -upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation -shall be in the thresholds; for he shall uncover the cedar work. - -2:15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in -her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a -desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth -by her shall hiss, and wag his hand. - -3:1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! -3:2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted -not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God. - -3:3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening -wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. - -3:4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have -polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. - -3:5 The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: -every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but -the unjust knoweth no shame. - -3:6 I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made -their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, -so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant. - -3:7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; -so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: -but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings. - -3:8 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I -rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, -that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, -even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the -fire of my jealousy. - -3:9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may -all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. - -3:10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the -daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. - -3:11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein -thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of -the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no -more be haughty because of my holy mountain. - -3:12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor -people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD. - -3:13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; -neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they -shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. - -3:14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice -with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. - -3:15 The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine -enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: -thou shalt not see evil any more. - -3:16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to -Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. - -3:17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he -will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy -over thee with singing. - -3:18 I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, -who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. - -3:19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I -will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I -will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put -to shame. - -3:20 At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I -gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people -of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, -saith the LORD. - - - - -Haggai - - -1:1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the -first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the -prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and -to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, 1:2 Thus -speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not -come, the time that the LORD's house should be built. - -1:3 Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, 1:4 -Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this -house lie waste? 1:5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; -Consider your ways. - -1:6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not -enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but -there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it -into a bag with holes. - -1:7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. - -1:8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I -will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD. - -1:9 Ye looked for much, and, lo it came to little; and when ye brought -it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of -mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. - -1:10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth -is stayed from her fruit. - -1:11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, -and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon -that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, -and upon all the labour of the hands. - -1:12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of -Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed -the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, -as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the -LORD. - -1:13 Then spake Haggai the LORD's messenger in the LORD's message unto -the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD. - -1:14 And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of -Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of -Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the -people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, -their God, 1:15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in -the second year of Darius the king. - -2:1 In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, -came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying, 2:2 Speak now -to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua -the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the -people, saying, 2:3 Who is left among you that saw this house in her -first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in -comparison of it as nothing? 2:4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, -saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high -priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and -work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts: 2:5 According to the -word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my -spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not. - -2:6 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, -and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry -land; 2:7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations -shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of -hosts. - -2:8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. - -2:9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the -former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, -saith the LORD of hosts. - -2:10 In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second -year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, -saying, 2:11 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests -concerning the law, saying, 2:12 If one bear holy flesh in the skirt -of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or -wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered -and said, No. - -2:13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any -of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It -shall be unclean. - -2:14 Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this -nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; -and that which they offer there is unclean. - -2:15 And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from -before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD: 2:16 -Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, -there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out -fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty. - -2:17 I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all -the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD. - -2:18 Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and -twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the -foundation of the LORD's temple was laid, consider it. - -2:19 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig -tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: -from this day will I bless you. - -2:20 And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and -twentieth day of the month, saying, 2:21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor -of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; 2:22 And I -will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength -of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and -those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come -down, every one by the sword of his brother. - -2:23 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O -Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will -make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts. - - - - -Zechariah - - -1:1 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word -of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the -prophet, saying, 1:2 The LORD hath been sore displeased with your -fathers. - -1:3 Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn -ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith -the LORD of hosts. - -1:4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have -cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your -evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor -hearken unto me, saith the LORD. - -1:5 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for -ever? 1:6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants -the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they -returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, -according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt -with us. - -1:7 Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is -the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the -LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the -prophet, saying, 1:8 I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a -red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the -bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white. - -1:9 Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked -with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be. - -1:10 And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, -These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the -earth. - -1:11 And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the -myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, -and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest. - -1:12 Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, -how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of -Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and -ten years? 1:13 And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me -with good words and comfortable words. - -1:14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, -saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and -for Zion with a great jealousy. - -1:15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: -for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the -affliction. - -1:16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with -mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a -line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. - -1:17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through -prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort -Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. - -1:18 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. - -1:19 And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And -he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, -Israel, and Jerusalem. - -1:20 And the LORD shewed me four carpenters. - -1:21 Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These -are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up -his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of -the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to -scatter it. - -2:1 I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a -measuring line in his hand. - -2:2 Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure -Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length -thereof. - -2:3 And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another -angel went out to meet him, 2:4 And said unto him, Run, speak to this -young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls -for the multitude of men and cattle therein: 2:5 For I, saith the -LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the -glory in the midst of her. - -2:6 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the -LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, -saith the LORD. - -2:7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of -Babylon. - -2:8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me -unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth -the apple of his eye. - -2:9 For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a -spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath -sent me. - -2:10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will -dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. - -2:11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and -shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou -shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee. - -2:12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, -and shall choose Jerusalem again. - -2:13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out -of his holy habitation. - -3:1 And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel -of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. - -3:2 And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even -the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand -plucked out of the fire? 3:3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy -garments, and stood before the angel. - -3:4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, -saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, -Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will -clothe thee with change of raiment. - -3:5 And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a -fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel -of the LORD stood by. - -3:6 And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying, 3:7 Thus -saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou -wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt -also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these -that stand by. - -3:8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit -before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring -forth my servant the BRANCH. - -3:9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one -stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, -saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land -in one day. - -3:10 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his -neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree. - -4:1 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a -man that is wakened out of his sleep. - -4:2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and -behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and -his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are -upon the top thereof: 4:3 And two olive trees by it, one upon the -right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. - -4:4 So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, -What are these, my lord? 4:5 Then the angel that talked with me -answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, -No, my lord. - -4:6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of -the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by -my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. - -4:7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt -become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with -shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it. - -4:8 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 4:9 The hands -of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall -also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent -me unto you. - -4:10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall -rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with -those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro -through the whole earth. - -4:11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive -trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side -thereof? 4:12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these -two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden -oil out of themselves? 4:13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou -not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. - -4:14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the -LORD of the whole earth. - -5:1 Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a -flying roll. - -5:2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a -flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth -thereof ten cubits. - -5:3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the -face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off -as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be -cut off as on that side according to it. - -5:4 I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter -into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth -falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and -shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof. - -5:5 Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, -Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth. - -5:6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth -forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the -earth. - -5:7 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a -woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. - -5:8 And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of -the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. - -5:9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came -out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings -like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the -earth and the heaven. - -5:10 Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these -bear the ephah? 5:11 And he said unto me, To build it an house in the -land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her -own base. - -6:1 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, -there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the -mountains were mountains of brass. - -6:2 In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot -black horses; 6:3 And in the third chariot white horses; and in the -fourth chariot grisled and bay horses. - -6:4 Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What -are these, my lord? 6:5 And the angel answered and said unto me, -These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from -standing before the LORD of all the earth. - -6:6 The black horses which are therein go forth into the north -country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth -toward the south country. - -6:7 And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to -and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro -through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth. - -6:8 Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these -that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north -country. - -6:9 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 6:10 Take of them -of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which -are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the -house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah; 6:11 Then take silver and gold, -and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of -Josedech, the high priest; 6:12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus -speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The -BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the -temple of the LORD: 6:13 Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; -and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; -and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace -shall be between them both. - -6:14 And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, -and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the -LORD. - -6:15 And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of -the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto -you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice -of the LORD your God. - -7:1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the -word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth -month, even in Chisleu; 7:2 When they had sent unto the house of God -Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD, 7:3 -And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of -hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, -separating myself, as I have done these so many years? 7:4 Then came -the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying, 7:5 Speak unto all the -people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and -mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did -ye at all fast unto me, even to me? 7:6 And when ye did eat, and when -ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? -7:7 Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the -former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and -the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and -the plain? 7:8 And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying, -7:9 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, -and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: 7:10 And -oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; -and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. - -7:11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and -stopped their ears, that they should not hear. - -7:12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should -hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his -spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the -LORD of hosts. - -7:13 Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would -not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of -hosts: 7:14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the -nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, -that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant -land desolate. - -8:1 Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, 8:2 Thus -saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, -and I was jealous for her with great fury. - -8:3 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in -the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; -and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain. - -8:4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old -women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff -in his hand for very age. - -8:5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls -playing in the streets thereof. - -8:6 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of -the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous -in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts. - -8:7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from -the east country, and from the west country; 8:8 And I will bring -them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall -be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness. - -8:9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that -hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which -were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts -was laid, that the temple might be built. - -8:10 For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for -beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in -because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his -neighbour. - -8:11 But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the -former days, saith the LORD of hosts. - -8:12 For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, -and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give -their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all -these things. - -8:13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the -heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, -and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong. - -8:14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, -when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I -repented not: 8:15 So again have I thought in these days to do well -unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not. - -8:16 These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the -truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in -your gates: 8:17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts -against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are -things that I hate, saith the LORD. - -8:18 And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, 8:19 Thus -saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of -the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, -shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; -therefore love the truth and peace. - -8:20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that -there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: 8:21 And -the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go -speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I -will go also. - -8:22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD -of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. - -8:23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to -pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the -nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, -saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you. - -9:1 The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and -Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all -the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD. - -9:2 And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it -be very wise. - -9:3 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as -the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. - -9:4 Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her power in -the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. - -9:5 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be -very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and -the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. - -9:6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride -of the Philistines. - -9:7 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his -abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, -shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and -Ekron as a Jebusite. - -9:8 And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of -him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no -oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with -mine eyes. - -9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of -Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having -salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of -an ass. - -9:10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from -Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak -peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to -sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth. - -9:11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth -thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. - -9:12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do -I declare that I will render double unto thee; 9:13 When I have bent -Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O -Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a -mighty man. - -9:14 And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go -forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and -shall go with whirlwinds of the south. - -9:15 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and -subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as -through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners -of the altar. - -9:16 And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock -of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up -as an ensign upon his land. - -9:17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn -shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids. - -10:1 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the -LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every -one grass in the field. - -10:2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a -lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they -went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no -shepherd. - -10:3 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the -goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of -Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle. - -10:4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him -the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together. - -10:5 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies -in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, -because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be -confounded. - -10:6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the -house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have -mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: -for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them. - -10:7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart -shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and -be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD. - -10:8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: -and they shall increase as they have increased. - -10:9 And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me -in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn -again. - -10:10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and -gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of -Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them. - -10:11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall -smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry -up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of -Egypt shall depart away. - -10:12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up -and down in his name, saith the LORD. - -11:1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. - -11:2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are -spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is -come down. - -11:3 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory -is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of -Jordan is spoiled. - -11:4 Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; 11:5 -Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they -that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own -shepherds pity them not. - -11:6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the -LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's -hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, -and out of their hand I will not deliver them. - -11:7 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the -flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the -other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. - -11:8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed -them, and their soul also abhorred me. - -11:9 Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; -and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest -eat every one the flesh of another. - -11:10 And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I -might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. - -11:11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that -waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD. - -11:12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if -not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. - -11:13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly -price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of -silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD. - -11:14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might -break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. - -11:15 And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of -a foolish shepherd. - -11:16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not -visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor -heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he -shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces. - -11:17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall -be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried -up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened. - -12:1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, -which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the -earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. - -12:2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the -people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah -and against Jerusalem. - -12:3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all -people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, -though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. - -12:4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with -astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes -upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with -blindness. - -12:5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The -inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts -their God. - -12:6 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of -fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they -shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the -left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in -Jerusalem. - -12:7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory -of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do -not magnify themselves against Judah. - -12:8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; -and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and -the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before -them. - -12:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to -destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. - -12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the -inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: -and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall -mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in -bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. - -12:11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the -mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. - -12:12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the -house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house -of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; 12:13 The family of the house -of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and -their wives apart; 12:14 All the families that remain, every family -apart, and their wives apart. - -13:1 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of -David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness. - -13:2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, -that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they -shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and -the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. - -13:3 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then -his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou -shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and -his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when -he prophesieth. - -13:4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be -ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither -shall they wear a rough garment to deceive: 13:5 But he shall say, I -am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle -from my youth. - -13:6 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? -Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of -my friends. - -13:7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is -my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep -shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. - -13:8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, -two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be -left therein. - -13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine -them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they -shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my -people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God. - -14:1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be -divided in the midst of thee. - -14:2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and -the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women -ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the -residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. - -14:3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as -when he fought in the day of battle. - -14:4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, -which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall -cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and -there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall -remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. - -14:5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley -of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye -fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: -and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. - -14:6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not -be clear, nor dark: 14:7 But it shall be one day which shall be known -to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at -evening time it shall be light. - -14:8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from -Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward -the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. - -14:9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall -there be one LORD, and his name one. - -14:10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon -south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her -place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the -corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's -winepresses. - -14:11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter -destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited. - -14:12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all -the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall -consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall -consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in -their mouth. - -14:13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from -the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the -hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of -his neighbour. - -14:14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all -the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, -and apparel, in great abundance. - -14:15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the -camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these -tents, as this plague. - -14:16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all -the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to -year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of -tabernacles. - -14:17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families -of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, -even upon them shall be no rain. - -14:18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no -rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the -heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. - -14:19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all -nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. - -14:20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, -HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD's house shall be like -the bowls before the altar. - -14:21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto -the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of -them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the -Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts. - - - - -Malachi - - -1:1 The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. - -1:2 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou -loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved -Jacob, 1:3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage -waste for the dragons of the wilderness. - -1:4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and -build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall -build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of -wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for -ever. - -1:5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be -magnified from the border of Israel. - -1:6 A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be -a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my -fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my -name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? 1:7 Ye offer -polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted -thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. - -1:8 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye -offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy -governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith -the LORD of hosts. - -1:9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: -this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the -LORD of hosts. - -1:10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? -neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure -in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at -your hand. - -1:11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the -same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place -incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my -name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. - -1:12 But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is -polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. - -1:13 Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed -at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, -and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I -accept this of your hand? saith the LORD. - -1:14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and -voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a -great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the -heathen. - -2:1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. - -2:2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give -glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse -upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them -already, because ye do not lay it to heart. - -2:3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, -even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with -it. - -2:4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that -my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. - -2:5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him -for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name. - -2:6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in -his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many -away from iniquity. - -2:7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek -the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. - -2:8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble -at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of -hosts. - -2:9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all -the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been -partial in the law. - -2:10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do -we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the -covenant of our fathers? 2:11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an -abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath -profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the -daughter of a strange god. - -2:12 The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the -scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an -offering unto the LORD of hosts. - -2:13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with -tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth -not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your -hand. - -2:14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between -thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt -treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. - -2:15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. -And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take -heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife -of his youth. - -2:16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting -away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of -hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not -treacherously. - -2:17 Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein -have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in -the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God -of judgment? 3:1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall -prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly -come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye -delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. - -3:2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when -he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: -3:3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall -purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they -may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. - -3:4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto -the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years. - -3:5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift -witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against -false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his -wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger -from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts. - -3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are -not consumed. - -3:7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine -ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return -unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we -return? 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, -Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. - -3:9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole -nation. - -3:10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be -meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of -hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out -a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. - -3:11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not -destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her -fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts. - -3:12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a -delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts. - -3:13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye -say, What have we spoken so much against thee? 3:14 Ye have said, It -is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his -ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of -hosts? 3:15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work -wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered. - -3:16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and -the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was -written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought -upon his name. - -3:17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when -I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own -son that serveth him. - -3:18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the -wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not. - -4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all -the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the -day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it -shall leave them neither root nor branch. - -4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness -arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as -calves of the stall. - -4:3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under -the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD -of hosts. - -4:4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto -him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. - -4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of -the great and dreadful day of the LORD: 4:6 And he shall turn the -heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to -their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. - - -*** - - - - -The New Testament of the King James Bible - - - - -The Gospel According to Saint Matthew - - -1:1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the -son of Abraham. - -1:2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas -and his brethren; 1:3 And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and -Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; 1:4 And Aram begat Aminadab; -and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; 1:5 And Salmon -begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat -Jesse; 1:6 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat -Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias; 1:7 And Solomon begat -Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; 1:8 And Asa begat -Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; 1:9 And -Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; -1:10 And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon -begat Josias; 1:11 And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about -the time they were carried away to Babylon: 1:12 And after they were -brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat -Zorobabel; 1:13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; -and Eliakim begat Azor; 1:14 And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat -Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; 1:15 And Eliud begat Eleazar; and -Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; 1:16 And Jacob begat -Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called -Christ. - -1:17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen -generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are -fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto -Christ are fourteen generations. - -1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his -mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was -found with child of the Holy Ghost. - -1:19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to -make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. - -1:20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the -LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, -fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived -in her is of the Holy Ghost. - -1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name -JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. - -1:22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was -spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall -be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his -name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. - -1:24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord -had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: 1:25 And knew her not till -she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS. - -2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of -Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to -Jerusalem, 2:2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for -we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. - -2:3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and -all Jerusalem with him. - -2:4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the -people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. - -2:5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is -written by the prophet, 2:6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, -art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall -come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. - -2:7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of -them diligently what time the star appeared. - -2:8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently -for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, -that I may come and worship him also. - -2:9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, -which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood -over where the young child was. - -2:10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. - -2:11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child -with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they -had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and -frankincense and myrrh. - -2:12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to -Herod, they departed into their own country another way. - -2:13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord -appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young -child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I -bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. - -2:14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, -and departed into Egypt: 2:15 And was there until the death of Herod: -that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the -prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son. - -2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was -exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were -in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and -under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the -wise men. - -2:17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, -saying, 2:18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and -weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and -would not be comforted, because they are not. - -2:19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth -in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 2:20 Saying, Arise, and take the young -child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are -dead which sought the young child's life. - -2:21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came -into the land of Israel. - -2:22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room -of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, -being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of -Galilee: 2:23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it -might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be -called a Nazarene. - -3:1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness -of Judaea, 3:2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at -hand. - -3:3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, -The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the -Lord, make his paths straight. - -3:4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern -girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. - -3:5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region -round about Jordan, 3:6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing -their sins. - -3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his -baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned -you to flee from the wrath to come? 3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits -meet for repentance: 3:9 And think not to say within yourselves, We -have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of -these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. - -3:10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: -therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, -and cast into the fire. - -3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but he that -cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to -bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: 3:12 -Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and -gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with -unquenchable fire. - -3:13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be -baptized of him. - -3:14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, -and comest thou to me? 3:15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer -it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. -Then he suffered him. - -3:16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the -water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the -Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 3:17 And -lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am -well pleased. - -4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be -tempted of the devil. - -4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was -afterward an hungred. - -4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of -God, command that these stones be made bread. - -4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by -bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of -God. - -4:5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him -on a pinnacle of the temple, 4:6 And saith unto him, If thou be the -Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his -angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee -up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. - -4:7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the -Lord thy God. - -4:8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, -and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; -4:9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou -wilt fall down and worship me. - -4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is -written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou -serve. - -4:11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and -ministered unto him. - -4:12 Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he -departed into Galilee; 4:13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in -Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and -Nephthalim: 4:14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias -the prophet, saying, 4:15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of -Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the -Gentiles; 4:16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and -to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung -up. - -4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the -kingdom of heaven is at hand. - -4:18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon -called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for -they were fishers. - -4:19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of -men. - -4:20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. - -4:21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the -son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their -father, mending their nets; and he called them. - -4:22 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed -him. - -4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, -and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of -sickness and all manner of disease among the people. - -4:24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him -all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and -those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, -and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. - -4:25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, -and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from -beyond Jordan. - -5:1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he -was set, his disciples came unto him: 5:2 And he opened his mouth, and -taught them, saying, 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is -the kingdom of heaven. - -5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. - -5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. - -5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: -for they shall be filled. - -5:7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. - -5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. - -5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children -of God. - -5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: -for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. - -5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and -shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. - -5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in -heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. - -5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his -savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for -nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. - -5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill -cannot be hid. - -5:15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on -a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. - -5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good -works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. - -5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I -am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. - -5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or -one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. - -5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, -and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of -heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be -called great in the kingdom of heaven. - -5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed -the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case -enter into the kingdom of heaven. - -5:21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt -not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: -5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother -without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever -shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but -whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. - -5:23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there -rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; 5:24 Leave there -thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy -brother, and then come and offer thy gift. - -5:25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way -with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, -and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into -prison. - -5:26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, -till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. - -5:27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt -not commit adultery: 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh -on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already -in his heart. - -5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from -thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should -perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. - -5:30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from -thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should -perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. - -5:31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him -give her a writing of divorcement: 5:32 But I say unto you, That -whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of -fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry -her that is divorced committeth adultery. - -5:33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, -Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine -oaths: 5:34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; -for it is God's throne: 5:35 Nor by the earth; for it is his -footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. - -5:36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make -one hair white or black. - -5:37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever -is more than these cometh of evil. - -5:38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a -tooth for a tooth: 5:39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: -but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the -other also. - -5:40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, -let him have thy cloak also. - -5:41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. - -5:42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of -thee turn not thou away. - -5:43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy -neighbour, and hate thine enemy. - -5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, -do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully -use you, and persecute you; 5:45 That ye may be the children of your -Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil -and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. - -5:46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not -even the publicans the same? 5:47 And if ye salute your brethren -only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? 5:48 -Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is -perfect. - -6:1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: -otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. - -6:2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet -before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the -streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They -have their reward. - -6:3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy -right hand doeth: 6:4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father -which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. - -6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: -for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of -the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They -have their reward. - -6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou -hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy -Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. - -6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for -they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. - -6:8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what -things ye have need of, before ye ask him. - -6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in -heaven, Hallowed be thy name. - -6:10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. - -6:11 Give us this day our daily bread. - -6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. - -6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For -thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. - -6:14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will -also forgive you: 6:15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, -neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. - -6:16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad -countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto -men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. - -6:17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy -face; 6:18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father -which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall -reward thee openly. - -6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and -rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 6:20 But -lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust -doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 6:21 -For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. - -6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be -single, thy whole body shall be full of light. - -6:23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of -darkness. - -If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that -darkness! 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate -the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and -despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. - -6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye -shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye -shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than -raiment? 6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither -do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth -them. Are ye not much better than they? 6:27 Which of you by taking -thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 6:28 And why take ye -thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; -they toil not, neither do they spin: 6:29 And yet I say unto you, That -even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. - -6:30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day -is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe -you, O ye of little faith? 6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, -What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we -be clothed? 6:32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) -for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these -things. - -6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and -all these things shall be added unto you. - -6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall -take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the -evil thereof. - -7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. - -7:2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what -measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. - -7:3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but -considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 7:4 Or how wilt -thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; -and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 7:5 Thou hypocrite, first -cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see -clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. - -7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your -pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn -again and rend you. - -7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, -and it shall be opened unto you: 7:8 For every one that asketh -receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it -shall be opened. - -7:9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he -give him a stone? 7:10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a -serpent? 7:11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts -unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven -give good things to them that ask him? 7:12 Therefore all things -whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: -for this is the law and the prophets. - -7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad -is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in -thereat: 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which -leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. - -7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, -but inwardly they are ravening wolves. - -7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of -thorns, or figs of thistles? 7:17 Even so every good tree bringeth -forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. - -7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt -tree bring forth good fruit. - -7:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and -cast into the fire. - -7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. - -7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into -the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which -is in heaven. - -7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not -prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in -thy name done many wonderful works? 7:23 And then will I profess unto -them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. - -7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth -them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a -rock: 7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds -blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded -upon a rock. - -7:26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them -not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon -the sand: 7:27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the -winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the -fall of it. - -7:28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the -people were astonished at his doctrine: 7:29 For he taught them as one -having authority, and not as the scribes. - -8:1 When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed -him. - -8:2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, -if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. - -8:3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be -thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. - -8:4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, -shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, -for a testimony unto them. - -8:5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a -centurion, beseeching him, 8:6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at -home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. - -8:7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. - -8:8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou -shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant -shall be healed. - -8:9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I -say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he -cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. - -8:10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that -followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, -not in Israel. - -8:11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, -and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom -of heaven. - -8:12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer -darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. - -8:13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast -believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the -selfsame hour. - -8:14 And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's -mother laid, and sick of a fever. - -8:15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, -and ministered unto them. - -8:16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were -possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and -healed all that were sick: 8:17 That it might be fulfilled which was -spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, -and bare our sicknesses. - -8:18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave -commandment to depart unto the other side. - -8:19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will -follow thee whithersoever thou goest. - -8:20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of -the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. - -8:21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first -to go and bury my father. - -8:22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their -dead. - -8:23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. - -8:24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch -that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. - -8:25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save -us: we perish. - -8:26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? -Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a -great calm. - -8:27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that -even the winds and the sea obey him! 8:28 And when he was come to the -other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two -possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so -that no man might pass by that way. - -8:29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with -thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us -before the time? 8:30 And there was a good way off from them an herd -of many swine feeding. - -8:31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer -us to go away into the herd of swine. - -8:32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went -into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran -violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters. - -8:33 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, -and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the -devils. - -8:34 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they -saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts. - -9:1 And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own -city. - -9:2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on -a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; -Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. - -9:3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This -man blasphemeth. - -9:4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in -your hearts? 9:5 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven -thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? 9:6 But that ye may know that the -Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the -sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. - -9:7 And he arose, and departed to his house. - -9:8 But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, -which had given such power unto men. - -9:9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named -Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, -Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. - -9:10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, -many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his -disciples. - -9:11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why -eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? 9:12 But when Jesus -heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a -physician, but they that are sick. - -9:13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not -sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to -repentance. - -9:14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the -Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? 9:15 And Jesus said -unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the -bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom -shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast. - -9:16 No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that -which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is -made worse. - -9:17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles -break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put -new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved. - -9:18 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a -certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now -dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. - -9:19 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. - -9:20 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood -twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: -9:21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I -shall be whole. - -9:22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, -Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the -woman was made whole from that hour. - -9:23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels -and the people making a noise, 9:24 He said unto them, Give place: for -the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. - -9:25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by -the hand, and the maid arose. - -9:26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. - -9:27 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, -crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us. - -9:28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: -and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They -said unto him, Yea, Lord. - -9:29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it -unto you. - -9:30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, -saying, See that no man know it. - -9:31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all -that country. - -9:32 As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man -possessed with a devil. - -9:33 And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the -multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. - -9:34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince -of the devils. - -9:35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in -their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing -every sickness and every disease among the people. - -9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on -them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having -no shepherd. - -9:37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, -but the labourers are few; 9:38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the -harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. - -10:1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave -them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all -manner of sickness and all manner of disease. - -10:2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, -who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, -and John his brother; 10:3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and -Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose -surname was Thaddaeus; 10:4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, -who also betrayed him. - -10:5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not -into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans -enter ye not: 10:6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of -Israel. - -10:7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. - -10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out -devils: freely ye have received, freely give. - -10:9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, 10:10 -Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet -staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat. - -10:11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in -it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence. - -10:12 And when ye come into an house, salute it. - -10:13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if -it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. - -10:14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when -ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. - -10:15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land -of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. - -10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye -therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. - -10:17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, -and they will scourge you in their synagogues; 10:18 And ye shall be -brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony -against them and the Gentiles. - -10:19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye -shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall -speak. - -10:20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which -speaketh in you. - -10:21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the -father the child: and the children shall rise up against their -parents, and cause them to be put to death. - -10:22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that -endureth to the end shall be saved. - -10:23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: -for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of -Israel, till the Son of man be come. - -10:24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his -lord. - -10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the -servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house -Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? 10:26 -Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not -be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. - -10:27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye -hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. - -10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill -the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and -body in hell. - -10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall -not fall on the ground without your Father. - -10:30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. - -10:31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. - -10:32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I -confess also before my Father which is in heaven. - -10:33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny -before my Father which is in heaven. - -10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to -send peace, but a sword. - -10:35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and -the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her -mother in law. - -10:36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. - -10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of -me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of -me. - -10:38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not -worthy of me. - -10:39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his -life for my sake shall find it. - -10:40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me -receiveth him that sent me. - -10:41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall -receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in -the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. - -10:42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones -a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto -you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. - -11:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his -twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their -cities. - -11:2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he -sent two of his disciples, 11:3 And said unto him, Art thou he that -should come, or do we look for another? 11:4 Jesus answered and said -unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and -see: 11:5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers -are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor -have the gospel preached to them. - -11:6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. - -11:7 And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes -concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed -shaken with the wind? 11:8 But what went ye out for to see? A man -clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in -kings' houses. - -11:9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, -and more than a prophet. - -11:10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my -messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. - -11:11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there -hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he -that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. - -11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of -heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. - -11:13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. - -11:14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. - -11:15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. - -11:16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto -children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, 11:17 -And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have -mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. - -11:18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath -a devil. - -11:19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a -man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. -But wisdom is justified of her children. - -11:20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty -works were done, because they repented not: 11:21 Woe unto thee, -Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which -were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have -repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. - -11:22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and -Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. - -11:23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be -brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in -thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. - -11:24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land -of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee. - -11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, -Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the -wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. - -11:26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight. - -11:27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man -knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, -save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. - -11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will -give you rest. - -11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly -in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. - -11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. - -12:1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and -his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn and -to eat. - -12:2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy -disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. - -12:3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he -was an hungred, and they that were with him; 12:4 How he entered into -the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for -him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the -priests? 12:5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath -days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? -12:6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the -temple. - -12:7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not -sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. - -12:8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. - -12:9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue: -12:10 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And -they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that -they might accuse him. - -12:11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that -shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, -will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? 12:12 How much then is a -man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the -sabbath days. - -12:13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he -stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other. - -12:14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how -they might destroy him. - -12:15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and -great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; 12:16 And -charged them that they should not make him known: 12:17 That it might -be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 12:18 -Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is -well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew -judgment to the Gentiles. - -12:19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his -voice in the streets. - -12:20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not -quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. - -12:21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. - -12:22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and -dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake -and saw. - -12:23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of -David? 12:24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow -doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. - -12:25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom -divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or -house divided against itself shall not stand: 12:26 And if Satan cast -out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom -stand? 12:27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your -children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. - -12:28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom -of God is come unto you. - -12:29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil -his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil -his house. - -12:30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not -with me scattereth abroad. - -12:31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall -be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall -not be forgiven unto men. - -12:32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall -be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it -shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world -to come. - -12:33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the -tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his -fruit. - -12:34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good -things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. - -12:35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth -good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth -evil things. - -12:36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, -they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. - -12:37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou -shalt be condemned. - -12:38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, -saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. - -12:39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous -generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to -it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 12:40 For as Jonas was three -days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be -three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. - -12:41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, -and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; -and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. - -12:42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this -generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost -parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a -greater than Solomon is here. - -12:43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through -dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. - -12:44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came -out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. - -12:45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more -wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last -state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also -unto this wicked generation. - -12:46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his -brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. - -12:47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren -stand without, desiring to speak with thee. - -12:48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my -mother? and who are my brethren? 12:49 And he stretched forth his -hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! -12:50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, -the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. - -13:1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea -side. - -13:2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he -went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. - -13:3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a -sower went forth to sow; 13:4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by -the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: 13:5 Some fell -upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they -sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: 13:6 And when the -sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they -withered away. - -13:7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked -them: 13:8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, -some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. - -13:9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. - -13:10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou -unto them in parables? 13:11 He answered and said unto them, Because -it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, -but to them it is not given. - -13:12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have -more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away -even that he hath. - -13:13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see -not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. - -13:14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By -hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall -see, and shall not perceive: 13:15 For this people's heart is waxed -gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have -closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with -their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be -converted, and I should heal them. - -13:16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they -hear. - -13:17 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men -have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; -and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. - -13:18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. - -13:19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth -it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was -sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. - -13:20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he -that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; 13:21 Yet hath -he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation -or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. - -13:22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth -the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, -choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. - -13:23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that -heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and -bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. - -13:24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of -heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 13:25 -But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, -and went his way. - -13:26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then -appeared the tares also. - -13:27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, -didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it -tares? 13:28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants -said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 13:29 -But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also -the wheat with them. - -13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of -harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, -and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my -barn. - -13:31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of -heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed -in his field: 13:32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when -it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so -that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. - -13:33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is -like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of -meal, till the whole was leavened. - -13:34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and -without a parable spake he not unto them: 13:35 That it might be -fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my -mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret -from the foundation of the world. - -13:36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and -his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of -the tares of the field. - -13:37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is -the Son of man; 13:38 The field is the world; the good seed are the -children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked -one; 13:39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the -end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. - -13:40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so -shall it be in the end of this world. - -13:41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall -gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do -iniquity; 13:42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there -shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. - -13:43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom -of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. - -13:44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a -field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof -goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. - -13:45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, -seeking goodly pearls: 13:46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great -price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. - -13:47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast -into the sea, and gathered of every kind: 13:48 Which, when it was -full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into -vessels, but cast the bad away. - -13:49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come -forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, 13:50 And shall cast -them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of -teeth. - -13:51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They -say unto him, Yea, Lord. - -13:52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is -instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an -householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and -old. - -13:53 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these -parables, he departed thence. - -13:54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in -their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence -hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? 13:55 Is not this -the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, -James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? 13:56 And his sisters, are -they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things? -13:57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A -prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own -house. - -13:58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their -unbelief. - -14:1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, 14:2 -And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from -the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. - -14:3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in -prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. - -14:4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. - -14:5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, -because they counted him as a prophet. - -14:6 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias -danced before them, and pleased Herod. - -14:7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she -would ask. - -14:8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me -here John Baptist's head in a charger. - -14:9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and -them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her. - -14:10 And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. - -14:11 And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: -and she brought it to her mother. - -14:12 And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and -went and told Jesus. - -14:13 When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert -place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him -on foot out of the cities. - -14:14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved -with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. - -14:15 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This -is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, -that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. - -14:16 But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to -eat. - -14:17 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two -fishes. - -14:18 He said, Bring them hither to me. - -14:19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and -took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he -blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the -disciples to the multitude. - -14:20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the -fragments that remained twelve baskets full. - -14:21 And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside -women and children. - -14:22 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a -ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the -multitudes away. - -14:23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a -mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there -alone. - -14:24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: -for the wind was contrary. - -14:25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, -walking on the sea. - -14:26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were -troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. - -14:27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; -it is I; be not afraid. - -14:28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me -come unto thee on the water. - -14:29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, -he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. - -14:30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and -beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. - -14:31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, -and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? -14:32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. - -14:33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, -Of a truth thou art the Son of God. - -14:34 And when they were gone over, they came into the land of -Gennesaret. - -14:35 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent -out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that -were diseased; 14:36 And besought him that they might only touch the -hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole. - -15:1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of -Jerusalem, saying, 15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition -of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. - -15:3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the -commandment of God by your tradition? 15:4 For God commanded, saying, -Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, -let him die the death. - -15:5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It -is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; 15:6 And -honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye -made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. - -15:7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, 15:8 This -people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with -their lips; but their heart is far from me. - -15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the -commandments of men. - -15:10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and -understand: 15:11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; -but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. - -15:12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that -the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? 15:13 But -he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not -planted, shall be rooted up. - -15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the -blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. - -15:15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this -parable. - -15:16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? 15:17 Do -not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth -into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? 15:18 But those -things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and -they defile the man. - -15:19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, -fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: 15:20 These are the -things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not -a man. - -15:21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and -Sidon. - -15:22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and -cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; -my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. - -15:23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and -besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. - -15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep -of the house of Israel. - -15:25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. - -15:26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's -bread, and to cast it to dogs. - -15:27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which -fall from their masters' table. - -15:28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy -faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made -whole from that very hour. - -15:29 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of -Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. - -15:30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that -were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at -Jesus' feet; and he healed them: 15:31 Insomuch that the multitude -wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the -lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of -Israel. - -15:32 Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have -compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three -days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, -lest they faint in the way. - -15:33 And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much -bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? 15:34 And -Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, -and a few little fishes. - -15:35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. - -15:36 And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, -and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the -multitude. - -15:37 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the -broken meat that was left seven baskets full. - -15:38 And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and -children. - -15:39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the -coasts of Magdala. - -16:1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired -him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. - -16:2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It -will be fair weather: for the sky is red. - -16:3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky -is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the -sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? 16:4 A wicked and -adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be -given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, -and departed. - -16:5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had -forgotten to take bread. - -16:6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of -the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. - -16:7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have -taken no bread. - -16:8 Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little -faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no -bread? 16:9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five -loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? 16:10 -Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye -took up? 16:11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it -not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of -the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? 16:12 Then understood they how -that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the -doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. - -16:13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked -his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? -16:14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, -Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. - -16:15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16:16 And Simon -Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living -God. - -16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon -Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my -Father which is in heaven. - -16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this -rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail -against it. - -16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and -whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and -whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. - -16:20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that -he was Jesus the Christ. - -16:21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how -that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders -and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the -third day. - -16:22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far -from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. - -16:23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: -thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be -of God, but those that be of men. - -16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after -me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. - -16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever -will lose his life for my sake shall find it. - -16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, -and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his -soul? 16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father -with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his -works. - -16:28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall -not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his -kingdom. - -17:1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his -brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, 17:2 And -was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and -his raiment was white as the light. - -17:3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking -with him. - -17:4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us -to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for -thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. - -17:5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and -behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, -in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. - -17:6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and -were sore afraid. - -17:7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not -afraid. - -17:8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save -Jesus only. - -17:9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, -saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again -from the dead. - -17:10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes -that Elias must first come? 17:11 And Jesus answered and said unto -them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. - -17:12 But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew -him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall -also the Son of man suffer of them. - -17:13 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John -the Baptist. - -17:14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a -certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, 17:15 Lord, have mercy -on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth -into the fire, and oft into the water. - -17:16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. - -17:17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse -generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? -bring him hither to me. - -17:18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the -child was cured from that very hour. - -17:19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not -we cast him out? 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your -unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of -mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder -place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. - -17:21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. - -17:22 And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son -of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: 17:23 And they shall -kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. - -And they were exceeding sorry. - -17:24 And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute -money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? -17:25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus -prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings -of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of -strangers? 17:26 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto -him, Then are the children free. - -17:27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, -and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when -thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that -take, and give unto them for me and thee. - -18:1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is -the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? 18:2 And Jesus called a little -child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, 18:3 And said, -Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little -children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. - -18:4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, -the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. - -18:5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name -receiveth me. - -18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in -me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his -neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. - -18:7 Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that -offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! 18:8 -Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast -them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or -maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into -everlasting fire. - -18:9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from -thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather -than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. - -18:10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I -say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of -my Father which is in heaven. - -18:11 For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. - -18:12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be -gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the -mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray? 18:13 And if so be -that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that -sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray. - -18:14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, -that one of these little ones should perish. - -18:15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell -him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou -hast gained thy brother. - -18:16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two -more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be -established. - -18:17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: -but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an -heathen man and a publican. - -18:18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall -be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be -loosed in heaven. - -18:19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as -touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of -my Father which is in heaven. - -18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there -am I in the midst of them. - -18:21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother -sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? 18:22 Jesus -saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until -seventy times seven. - -18:23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, -which would take account of his servants. - -18:24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which -owed him ten thousand talents. - -18:25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be -sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to -be made. - -18:26 The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, -Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. - -18:27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and -loosed him, and forgave him the debt. - -18:28 But the same servant went out, and found one of his -fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on -him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. - -18:29 And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, -saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. - -18:30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he -should pay the debt. - -18:31 So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very -sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. - -18:32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O -thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou -desiredst me: 18:33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy -fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? 18:34 And his lord was -wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all -that was due unto him. - -18:35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye -from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. - -19:1 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, -he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond -Jordan; 19:2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them -there. - -19:3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto -him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? -19:4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he -which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 19:5 And -said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall -cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 19:6 Wherefore -they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined -together, let not man put asunder. - -19:7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing -of divorcement, and to put her away? 19:8 He saith unto them, Moses -because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your -wives: but from the beginning it was not so. - -19:9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it -be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and -whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery. - -19:10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with -his wife, it is not good to marry. - -19:11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save -they to whom it is given. - -19:12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their -mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of -men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the -kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him -receive it. - -19:13 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should -put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. - -19:14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to -come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. - -19:15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence. - -19:16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good -thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? 19:17 And he said -unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that -is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. - -19:18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, -Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not -bear false witness, 19:19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou -shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. - -19:20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from -my youth up: what lack I yet? 19:21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt -be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou -shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. - -19:22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away -sorrowful: for he had great possessions. - -19:23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That -a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. - -19:24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through -the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of -God. - -19:25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, -saying, Who then can be saved? 19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and said -unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are -possible. - -19:27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken -all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore? 19:28 And Jesus -said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, -in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his -glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve -tribes of Israel. - -19:29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or -sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my -name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit -everlasting life. - -19:30 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be -first. - -20:1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an -householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers -into his vineyard. - -20:2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he -sent them into his vineyard. - -20:3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing -idle in the marketplace, 20:4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the -vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their -way. - -20:5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did -likewise. - -20:6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others -standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day -idle? 20:7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith -unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that -shall ye receive. - -20:8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his -steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from -the last unto the first. - -20:9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they -received every man a penny. - -20:10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have -received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. - -20:11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman -of the house, 20:12 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and -thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and -heat of the day. - -20:13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no -wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? 20:14 Take that -thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto -thee. - -20:15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is -thine eye evil, because I am good? 20:16 So the last shall be first, -and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. - -20:17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart -in the way, and said unto them, 20:18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; -and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto -the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, 20:19 And shall -deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify -him: and the third day he shall rise again. - -20:20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons, -worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. - -20:21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant -that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the -other on the left, in thy kingdom. - -20:22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye -able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized -with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are -able. - -20:23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be -baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my -right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given -to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. - -20:24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation -against the two brethren. - -20:25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the -princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are -great exercise authority upon them. - -20:26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great -among you, let him be your minister; 20:27 And whosoever will be chief -among you, let him be your servant: 20:28 Even as the Son of man came -not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a -ransom for many. - -20:29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed -him. - -20:30 And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they -heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O -Lord, thou son of David. - -20:31 And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their -peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou -son of David. - -20:32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye -that I shall do unto you? 20:33 They say unto him, Lord, that our -eyes may be opened. - -20:34 So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and -immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him. - -21:1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to -Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, -21:2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and -straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose -them, and bring them unto me. - -21:3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath -need of them; and straightway he will send them. - -21:4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by -the prophet, saying, 21:5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy -King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the -foal of an ass. - -21:6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, 21:7 And -brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they -set him thereon. - -21:8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; -others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. - -21:9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, -saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the -name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. - -21:10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, -saying, Who is this? 21:11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the -prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. - -21:12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them -that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the -moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, 21:13 And said -unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of -prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. - -21:14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he -healed them. - -21:15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things -that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, -Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased, 21:16 And said -unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; -have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast -perfected praise? 21:17 And he left them, and went out of the city -into Bethany; and he lodged there. - -21:18 Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered. - -21:19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found -nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow -on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered -away. - -21:20 And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon -is the fig tree withered away! 21:21 Jesus answered and said unto -them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall -not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall -say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the -sea; it shall be done. - -21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye -shall receive. - -21:23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the -elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By -what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this -authority? 21:24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will -ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you -by what authority I do these things. - -21:25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And -they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; -he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? 21:26 But if we -shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet. - -21:27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said -unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. - -21:28 But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to -the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. - -21:29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and -went. - -21:30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered -and said, I go, sir: and went not. - -21:31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto -him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the -publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. - -21:32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye -believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and -ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe -him. - -21:33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which -planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress -in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into -a far country: 21:34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent -his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of -it. - -21:35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed -another, and stoned another. - -21:36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did -unto them likewise. - -21:37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will -reverence my son. - -21:38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, -This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his -inheritance. - -21:39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew -him. - -21:40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do -unto those husbandmen? 21:41 They say unto him, He will miserably -destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other -husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. - -21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The -stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the -corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? -21:43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from -you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. - -21:44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on -whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. - -21:45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, -they perceived that he spake of them. - -21:46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the -multitude, because they took him for a prophet. - -22:1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and -said, 22:2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which -made a marriage for his son, 22:3 And sent forth his servants to call -them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. - -22:4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are -bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are -killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. - -22:5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, -another to his merchandise: 22:6 And the remnant took his servants, -and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. - -22:7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth -his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. - -22:8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they -which were bidden were not worthy. - -22:9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, -bid to the marriage. - -22:10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered -together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding -was furnished with guests. - -22:11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man -which had not on a wedding garment: 22:12 And he saith unto him, -Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he -was speechless. - -22:13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and -take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be -weeping and gnashing of teeth. - -22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen. - -22:15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might -entangle him in his talk. - -22:16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, -saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of -God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not -the person of men. - -22:17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give -tribute unto Caesar, or not? 22:18 But Jesus perceived their -wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? 22:19 Shew me -the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. - -22:20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? -22:21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render -therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the -things that are God's. - -22:22 When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, -and went their way. - -22:23 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is -no resurrection, and asked him, 22:24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a -man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and -raise up seed unto his brother. - -22:25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he -had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto -his brother: 22:26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the -seventh. - -22:27 And last of all the woman died also. - -22:28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the -seven? for they all had her. - -22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the -scriptures, nor the power of God. - -22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in -marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. - -22:31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read -that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, 22:32 I am the God of -Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the -God of the dead, but of the living. - -22:33 And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his -doctrine. - -22:34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees -to silence, they were gathered together. - -22:35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, -tempting him, and saying, 22:36 Master, which is the great commandment -in the law? 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy -God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. - -22:38 This is the first and great commandment. - -22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as -thyself. - -22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. - -22:41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, -22:42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto -him, The son of David. - -22:43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, -saying, 22:44 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, -till I make thine enemies thy footstool? 22:45 If David then call him -Lord, how is he his son? 22:46 And no man was able to answer him a -word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more -questions. - -23:1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 23:2 -Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 23:3 All -therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do -not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. - -23:4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay -them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with -one of their fingers. - -23:5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make -broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, -23:6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in -the synagogues, 23:7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of -men, Rabbi, Rabbi. - -23:8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; -and all ye are brethren. - -23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your -Father, which is in heaven. - -23:10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even -Christ. - -23:11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. - -23:12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that -shall humble himself shall be exalted. - -23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut -up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, -neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. - -23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour -widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye -shall receive the greater damnation. - -23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass -sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him -twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. - -23:16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear -by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of -the temple, he is a debtor! 23:17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is -greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? 23:18 -And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever -sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. - -23:19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the -altar that sanctifieth the gift? 23:20 Whoso therefore shall swear by -the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. - -23:21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him -that dwelleth therein. - -23:22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of -God, and by him that sitteth thereon. - -23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay -tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier -matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have -done, and not to leave the other undone. - -23:24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. - -23:25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make -clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are -full of extortion and excess. - -23:26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup -and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. - -23:27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like -unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are -within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. - -23:28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within -ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. - -23:29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye -build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the -righteous, 23:30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, -we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the -prophets. - -23:31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the -children of them which killed the prophets. - -23:32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. - -23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the -damnation of hell? 23:34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, -and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; -and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute -them from city to city: 23:35 That upon you may come all the righteous -blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the -blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple -and the altar. - -23:36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this -generation. - -23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and -stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered -thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her -wings, and ye would not! 23:38 Behold, your house is left unto you -desolate. - -23:39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye -shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. - -24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his -disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. - -24:2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I -say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, -that shall not be thrown down. - -24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto -him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what -shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 24:4 -And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive -you. - -24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall -deceive many. - -24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not -troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not -yet. - -24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against -kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, -in divers places. - -24:8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. - -24:9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill -you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. - -24:10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, -and shall hate one another. - -24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. - -24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax -cold. - -24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. - -24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the -world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. - -24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, -spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso -readeth, let him understand:) 24:16 Then let them which be in Judaea -flee into the mountains: 24:17 Let him which is on the housetop not -come down to take any thing out of his house: 24:18 Neither let him -which is in the field return back to take his clothes. - -24:19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give -suck in those days! 24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the -winter, neither on the sabbath day: 24:21 For then shall be great -tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this -time, no, nor ever shall be. - -24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh -be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. - -24:23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or -there; believe it not. - -24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and -shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were -possible, they shall deceive the very elect. - -24:25 Behold, I have told you before. - -24:26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the -desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it -not. - -24:27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even -unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. - -24:28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be -gathered together. - -24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be -darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall -fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 24:30 -And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then -shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of -man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. - -24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, -and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one -end of heaven to the other. - -24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet -tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 24:33 -So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is -near, even at the doors. - -24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all -these things be fulfilled. - -24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass -away. - -24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of -heaven, but my Father only. - -24:37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son -of man be. - -24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating -and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe -entered into the ark, 24:39 And knew not until the flood came, and -took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. - -24:40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the -other left. - -24:41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, -and the other left. - -24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. - -24:43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in -what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not -have suffered his house to be broken up. - -24:44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not -the Son of man cometh. - -24:45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made -ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? 24:46 -Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so -doing. - -24:47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his -goods. - -24:48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord -delayeth his coming; 24:49 And shall begin to smite his -fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 24:50 The lord -of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and -in an hour that he is not aware of, 24:51 And shall cut him asunder, -and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be -weeping and gnashing of teeth. - -25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, -which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. - -25:2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. - -25:3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with -them: 25:4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. - -25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. - -25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom -cometh; go ye out to meet him. - -25:7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. - -25:8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our -lamps are gone out. - -25:9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough -for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for -yourselves. - -25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that -were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. - -25:11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open -to us. - -25:12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. - -25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour -wherein the Son of man cometh. - -25:14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far -country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his -goods. - -25:15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to -another one; to every man according to his several ability; and -straightway took his journey. - -25:16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with -the same, and made them other five talents. - -25:17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. - -25:18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and -hid his lord's money. - -25:19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and -reckoneth with them. - -25:20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other -five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: -behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. - -25:21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful -servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee -ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. - -25:22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou -deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other -talents beside them. - -25:23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; -thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over -many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. - -25:24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I -knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, -and gathering where thou hast not strawed: 25:25 And I was afraid, and -went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is -thine. - -25:26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful -servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where -I have not strawed: 25:27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money -to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine -own with usury. - -25:28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which -hath ten talents. - -25:29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have -abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that -which he hath. - -25:30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there -shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. - -25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy -angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 25:32 -And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate -them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the -goats: 25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the -goats on the left. - -25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye -blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the -foundation of the world: 25:35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me -meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye -took me in: 25:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited -me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. - -25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we -thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 25:38 -When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed -thee? 25:39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto -thee? 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say -unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these -my brethren, ye have done it unto me. - -25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from -me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his -angels: 25:42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was -thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 25:43 I was a stranger, and ye took -me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye -visited me not. - -25:44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee -an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in -prison, and did not minister unto thee? 25:45 Then shall he answer -them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one -of the least of these, ye did it not to me. - -25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the -righteous into life eternal. - -26:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, -he said unto his disciples, 26:2 Ye know that after two days is the -feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. - -26:3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and -the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was -called Caiaphas, 26:4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by -subtilty, and kill him. - -26:5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar -among the people. - -26:6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, -26:7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very -precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. - -26:8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To -what purpose is this waste? 26:9 For this ointment might have been -sold for much, and given to the poor. - -26:10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the -woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. - -26:11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. - -26:12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it -for my burial. - -26:13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached -in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, -be told for a memorial of her. - -26:14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the -chief priests, 26:15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I -will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty -pieces of silver. - -26:16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. - -26:17 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples -came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for -thee to eat the passover? 26:18 And he said, Go into the city to such -a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will -keep the passover at thy house with my disciples. - -26:19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made -ready the passover. - -26:20 Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. - -26:21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of -you shall betray me. - -26:22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them -to say unto him, Lord, is it I? 26:23 And he answered and said, He -that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. - -26:24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that -man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man -if he had not been born. - -26:25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it -I? He said unto him, Thou hast said. - -26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and -brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is -my body. - -26:27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, -saying, Drink ye all of it; 26:28 For this is my blood of the new -testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. - -26:29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of -the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's -kingdom. - -26:30 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of -Olives. - -26:31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of -me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the -sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. - -26:32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. - -26:33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be -offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended. - -26:34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, -before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. - -26:35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I -not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples. - -26:36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and -saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. - -26:37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and -began to be sorrowful and very heavy. - -26:38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even -unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. - -26:39 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, -saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: -nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. - -26:40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and -saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? 26:41 -Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed -is willing, but the flesh is weak. - -26:42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my -Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy -will be done. - -26:43 And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were -heavy. - -26:44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third -time, saying the same words. - -26:45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on -now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of -man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. - -26:46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray -me. - -26:47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and -with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief -priests and elders of the people. - -26:48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I -shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast. - -26:49 And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and -kissed him. - -26:50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then -came they, and laid hands on Jesus and took him. - -26:51 And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his -hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, -and smote off his ear. - -26:52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: -for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. - -26:53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall -presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? 26:54 But how -then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? 26:55 -In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as -against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily -with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me. - -26:56 But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might -be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled. - -26:57 And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas -the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. - -26:58 But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, -and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. - -26:59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought -false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; 26:60 But found -none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At -the last came two false witnesses, 26:61 And said, This fellow said, I -am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. - -26:62 And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou -nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? 26:63 But Jesus -held his peace, And the high priest answered and said unto him, I -adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the -Christ, the Son of God. - -26:64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto -you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand -of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. - -26:65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken -blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have -heard his blasphemy. - -26:66 What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death. - -26:67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others -smote him with the palms of their hands, 26:68 Saying, Prophesy unto -us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee? 26:69 Now Peter sat -without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also -wast with Jesus of Galilee. - -26:70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou -sayest. - -26:71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, -and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of -Nazareth. - -26:72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. - -26:73 And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to -Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth -thee. - -26:74 Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. -And immediately the cock crew. - -26:75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, -Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and -wept bitterly. - -27:1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of -the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: 27:2 And -when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to -Pontius Pilate the governor. - -27:3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was -condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of -silver to the chief priests and elders, 27:4 Saying, I have sinned in -that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that -to us? see thou to that. - -27:5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and -departed, and went and hanged himself. - -27:6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not -lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of -blood. - -27:7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, -to bury strangers in. - -27:8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this -day. - -27:9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, -saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him -that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; 27:10 -And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me. - -27:11 And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, -saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou -sayest. - -27:12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he -answered nothing. - -27:13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they -witness against thee? 27:14 And he answered him to never a word; -insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly. - -27:15 Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the -people a prisoner, whom they would. - -27:16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. - -27:17 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto -them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which -is called Christ? 27:18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered -him. - -27:19 When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto -him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have -suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. - -27:20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that -they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. - -27:21 The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain -will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. - -27:22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is -called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified. - -27:23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they -cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. - -27:24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a -tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the -multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see -ye to it. - -27:25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and -on our children. - -27:26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged -Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. - -27:27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common -hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. - -27:28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. - -27:29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon -his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before -him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! 27:30 And they -spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. - -27:31 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from -him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. - -27:32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: -him they compelled to bear his cross. - -27:33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to -say, a place of a skull, 27:34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled -with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. - -27:35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: -that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They -parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. - -27:36 And sitting down they watched him there; 27:37 And set up over -his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. - -27:38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right -hand, and another on the left. - -27:39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, 27:40 -And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three -days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the -cross. - -27:41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes -and elders, said, 27:42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he -be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we -will believe him. - -27:43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: -for he said, I am the Son of God. - -27:44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same -in his teeth. - -27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land -unto the ninth hour. - -27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, -Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast -thou forsaken me? 27:47 Some of them that stood there, when they -heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. - -27:48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled -it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. - -27:49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to -save him. - -27:50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the -ghost. - -27:51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the -top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 27:52 -And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept -arose, 27:53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and -went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. - -27:54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching -Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they -feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. - -27:55 And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed -Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: 27:56 Among which was Mary -Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of -Zebedees children. - -27:57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, -named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: 27:58 He went to -Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body -to be delivered. - -27:59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean -linen cloth, 27:60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn -out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the -sepulchre, and departed. - -27:61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over -against the sepulchre. - -27:62 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the -chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, 27:63 Saying, -Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, -After three days I will rise again. - -27:64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the -third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and -say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error -shall be worse than the first. - -27:65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as -sure as ye can. - -27:66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, -and setting a watch. - -28:1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first -day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the -sepulchre. - -28:2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the -Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from -the door, and sat upon it. - -28:3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as -snow: 28:4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as -dead men. - -28:5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for -I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. - -28:6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place -where the Lord lay. - -28:7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the -dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye -see him: lo, I have told you. - -28:8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great -joy; and did run to bring his disciples word. - -28:9 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, -saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and -worshipped him. - -28:10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren -that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me. - -28:11 Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into -the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were -done. - -28:12 And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken -counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, 28:13 Saying, Say -ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. - -28:14 And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, -and secure you. - -28:15 So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this -saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day. - -28:16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a -mountain where Jesus had appointed them. - -28:17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. - -28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given -unto me in heaven and in earth. - -28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the -name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 28:20 -Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: -and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. - - - - -The Gospel According to Saint Mark - - -1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; 1:2 -As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before -thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. - -1:3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of -the Lord, make his paths straight. - -1:4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of -repentance for the remission of sins. - -1:5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of -Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, -confessing their sins. - -1:6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a -skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; 1:7 And -preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the -latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. - -1:8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you -with the Holy Ghost. - -1:9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth -of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. - -1:10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens -opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: 1:11 And there -came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I -am well pleased. - -1:12 And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness. - -1:13 And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; -and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him. - -1:14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, -preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 1:15 And saying, The time -is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and -believe the gospel. - -1:16 Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew -his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. - -1:17 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you -to become fishers of men. - -1:18 And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him. - -1:19 And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw James the -son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship -mending their nets. - -1:20 And straightway he called them: and they left their father -Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him. - -1:21 And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day -he entered into the synagogue, and taught. - -1:22 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as -one that had authority, and not as the scribes. - -1:23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; -and he cried out, 1:24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with -thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee -who thou art, the Holy One of God. - -1:25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of -him. - -1:26 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud -voice, he came out of him. - -1:27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among -themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for -with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do -obey him. - -1:28 And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region -round about Galilee. - -1:29 And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they -entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. - -1:30 But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell -him of her. - -1:31 And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and -immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. - -1:32 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that -were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils. - -1:33 And all the city was gathered together at the door. - -1:34 And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast -out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they -knew him. - -1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went -out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. - -1:36 And Simon and they that were with him followed after him. - -1:37 And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for -thee. - -1:38 And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may -preach there also: for therefore came I forth. - -1:39 And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and -cast out devils. - -1:40 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down -to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. - -1:41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched -him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. - -1:42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed -from him, and he was cleansed. - -1:43 And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away; 1:44 -And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, -shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things -which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. - -1:45 But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze -abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into -the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from -every quarter. - -2:1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was -noised that he was in the house. - -2:2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there -was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he -preached the word unto them. - -2:3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was -borne of four. - -2:4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they -uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they -let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. - -2:5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, -Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. - -2:6 But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning -in their hearts, 2:7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can -forgive sins but God only? 2:8 And immediately when Jesus perceived -in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto -them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts? 2:9 Whether is it -easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or -to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? 2:10 But that ye may -know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he -saith to the sick of the palsy,) 2:11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take -up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house. - -2:12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before -them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, -saying, We never saw it on this fashion. - -2:13 And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude -resorted unto him, and he taught them. - -2:14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at -the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and -followed him. - -2:15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, -many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his -disciples: for there were many, and they followed him. - -2:16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and -sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and -drinketh with publicans and sinners? 2:17 When Jesus heard it, he -saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, -but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners -to repentance. - -2:18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and -they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the -Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? 2:19 And Jesus said unto -them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom -is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they -cannot fast. - -2:20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away -from them, and then shall they fast in those days. - -2:21 No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else -the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent -is made worse. - -2:22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine -doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will -be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles. - -2:23 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the -sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears -of corn. - -2:24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the -sabbath day that which is not lawful? 2:25 And he said unto them, -Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an -hungred, he, and they that were with him? 2:26 How he went into the -house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the -shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave -also to them which were with him? 2:27 And he said unto them, The -sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: 2:28 Therefore -the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. - -3:1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there -which had a withered hand. - -3:2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath -day; that they might accuse him. - -3:3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand -forth. - -3:4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath -days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their -peace. - -3:5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being -grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, -Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was -restored whole as the other. - -3:6 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with -the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. - -3:7 But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a -great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea, 3:8 And -from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they -about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what -great things he did, came unto him. - -3:9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on -him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. - -3:10 For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for -to touch him, as many as had plagues. - -3:11 And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and -cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God. - -3:12 And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known. - -3:13 And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he -would: and they came unto him. - -3:14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he -might send them forth to preach, 3:15 And to have power to heal -sicknesses, and to cast out devils: 3:16 And Simon he surnamed Peter; -3:17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and -he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: 3:18 And -Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and -James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite, -3:19 And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into -an house. - -3:20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not -so much as eat bread. - -3:21 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on -him: for they said, He is beside himself. - -3:22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath -Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils. - -3:23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How -can Satan cast out Satan? 3:24 And if a kingdom be divided against -itself, that kingdom cannot stand. - -3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot -stand. - -3:26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot -stand, but hath an end. - -3:27 No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, -except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his -house. - -3:28 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons -of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: 3:29 -But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never -forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation. - -3:30 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit. - -3:31 There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing -without, sent unto him, calling him. - -3:32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, -thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee. - -3:33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren? -3:34 And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, -Behold my mother and my brethren! 3:35 For whosoever shall do the -will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother. - -4:1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was -gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, -and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the -land. - -4:2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in -his doctrine, 4:3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4:4 -And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the -fowls of the air came and devoured it up. - -4:5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and -immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: 4:6 But -when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it -withered away. - -4:7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, -and it yielded no fruit. - -4:8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up -and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and -some an hundred. - -4:9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. - -4:10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve -asked of him the parable. - -4:11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery -of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these -things are done in parables: 4:12 That seeing they may see, and not -perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any -time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. - -4:13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then -will ye know all parables? 4:14 The sower soweth the word. - -4:15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but -when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the -word that was sown in their hearts. - -4:16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, -when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; -4:17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: -afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, -immediately they are offended. - -4:18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the -word, 4:19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of -riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and -it becometh unfruitful. - -4:20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear -the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some -sixty, and some an hundred. - -4:21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a -bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? 4:22 For -there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any -thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. - -4:23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. - -4:24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure -ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall -more be given. - -4:25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, -from him shall be taken even that which he hath. - -4:26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast -seed into the ground; 4:27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, -and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. - -4:28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, -then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. - -4:29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in -the sickle, because the harvest is come. - -4:30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with -what comparison shall we compare it? 4:31 It is like a grain of -mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all -the seeds that be in the earth: 4:32 But when it is sown, it groweth -up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great -branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of -it. - -4:33 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they -were able to hear it. - -4:34 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were -alone, he expounded all things to his disciples. - -4:35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let -us pass over unto the other side. - -4:36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as -he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. - -4:37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into -the ship, so that it was now full. - -4:38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: -and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we -perish? 4:39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the -sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. - -4:40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye -have no faith? 4:41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to -another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea -obey him? 5:1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into -the country of the Gadarenes. - -5:2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him -out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 5:3 Who had his -dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with -chains: 5:4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters and -chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the -fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. - -5:5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the -tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. - -5:6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, 5:7 And -cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, -thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment -me not. - -5:8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. - -5:9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My -name is Legion: for we are many. - -5:10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of -the country. - -5:11 Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine -feeding. - -5:12 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, -that we may enter into them. - -5:13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went -out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a -steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were -choked in the sea. - -5:14 And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in -the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done. - -5:15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the -devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right -mind: and they were afraid. - -5:16 And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was -possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine. - -5:17 And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts. - -5:18 And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed -with the devil prayed him that he might be with him. - -5:19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to -thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for -thee, and hath had compassion on thee. - -5:20 And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great -things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel. - -5:21 And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, -much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea. - -5:22 And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, -Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, 5:23 And -besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of -death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be -healed; and she shall live. - -5:24 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and -thronged him. - -5:25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, -5:26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent -all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, -5:27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and -touched his garment. - -5:28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. - -5:29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she -felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. - -5:30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone -out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my -clothes? 5:31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the -multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? 5:32 And -he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. - -5:33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in -her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. - -5:34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; -go in peace, and be whole of thy plague. - -5:35 While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's -house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the -Master any further? 5:36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was -spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only -believe. - -5:37 And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and -John the brother of James. - -5:38 And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and -seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly. - -5:39 And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this -ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. - -5:40 And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, -he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were -with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying. - -5:41 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha -cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise. - -5:42 And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the -age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great -astonishment. - -5:43 And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and -commanded that something should be given her to eat. - -6:1 And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and -his disciples follow him. - -6:2 And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the -synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence -hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given -unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands? 6:3 -Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and -Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? -And they were offended at him. - -6:4 But Jesus, said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in -his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. - -6:5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands -upon a few sick folk, and healed them. - -6:6 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round -about the villages, teaching. - -6:7 And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by -two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits; 6:8 And -commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a -staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse: 6:9 But be -shod with sandals; and not put on two coats. - -6:10 And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an -house, there abide till ye depart from that place. - -6:11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart -thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against -them. - -Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and -Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. - -6:12 And they went out, and preached that men should repent. - -6:13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that -were sick, and healed them. - -6:14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) -and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and -therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. - -6:15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a -prophet, or as one of the prophets. - -6:16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I -beheaded: he is risen from the dead. - -6:17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and -bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for -he had married her. - -6:18 For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have -thy brother's wife. - -6:19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have -killed him; but she could not: 6:20 For Herod feared John, knowing -that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he -heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly. - -6:21 And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday -made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of -Galilee; 6:22 And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and -danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said -unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it -thee. - -6:23 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will -give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom. - -6:24 And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? -And she said, The head of John the Baptist. - -6:25 And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, -saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of -John the Baptist. - -6:26 And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and -for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her. - -6:27 And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his -head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison, 6:28 -And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the -damsel gave it to her mother. - -6:29 And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his -corpse, and laid it in a tomb. - -6:30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and -told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had -taught. - -6:31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert -place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and -they had no leisure so much as to eat. - -6:32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. - -6:33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran -afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together -unto him. - -6:34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with -compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a -shepherd: and he began to teach them many things. - -6:35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, -and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: 6:36 -Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and -into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to -eat. - -6:37 He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say -unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and -give them to eat? 6:38 He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? -go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes. - -6:39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the -green grass. - -6:40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. - -6:41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he -looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them -to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he -among them all. - -6:42 And they did all eat, and were filled. - -6:43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the -fishes. - -6:44 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men. - -6:45 And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the -ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent -away the people. - -6:46 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to -pray. - -6:47 And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and -he alone on the land. - -6:48 And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto -them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, -walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them. - -6:49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had -been a spirit, and cried out: 6:50 For they all saw him, and were -troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be -of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. - -6:51 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and -they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered. - -6:52 For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their -heart was hardened. - -6:53 And when they had passed over, they came into the land of -Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. - -6:54 And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew -him, 6:55 And ran through that whole region round about, and began to -carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was. - -6:56 And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or -country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they -might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as -touched him were made whole. - -7:1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the -scribes, which came from Jerusalem. - -7:2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, -that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. - -7:3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands -oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. - -7:4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat -not. - -And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as -the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables. - -7:5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy -disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with -unwashen hands? 7:6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias -prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth -me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. - -7:7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the -commandments of men. - -7:8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of -men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things -ye do. - -7:9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, -that ye may keep your own tradition. - -7:10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso -curseth father or mother, let him die the death: 7:11 But ye say, If a -man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a -gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. - -7:12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his -mother; 7:13 Making the word of God of none effect through your -tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. - -7:14 And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto -them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: 7:15 There is -nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but -the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. - -7:16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. - -7:17 And when he was entered into the house from the people, his -disciples asked him concerning the parable. - -7:18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do -ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the -man, it cannot defile him; 7:19 Because it entereth not into his -heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all -meats? 7:20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that -defileth the man. - -7:21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, -adulteries, fornications, murders, 7:22 Thefts, covetousness, -wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, -foolishness: 7:23 All these evil things come from within, and defile -the man. - -7:24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and -Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but -he could not be hid. - -7:25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, -heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: 7:26 The woman was a -Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would -cast forth the devil out of her daughter. - -7:27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it -is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the -dogs. - -7:28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under -the table eat of the children's crumbs. - -7:29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is -gone out of thy daughter. - -7:30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, -and her daughter laid upon the bed. - -7:31 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came -unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. - -7:32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment -in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. - -7:33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers -into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; 7:34 And looking -up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be -opened. - -7:35 And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his -tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. - -7:36 And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he -charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; 7:37 -And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things -well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. - -8:1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing -to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, 8:2 -I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me -three days, and have nothing to eat: 8:3 And if I send them away -fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of -them came from far. - -8:4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy -these men with bread here in the wilderness? 8:5 And he asked them, -How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. - -8:6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took -the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his -disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people. - -8:7 And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to -set them also before them. - -8:8 So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken -meat that was left seven baskets. - -8:9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them -away. - -8:10 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and -came into the parts of Dalmanutha. - -8:11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, -seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. - -8:12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this -generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no -sign be given unto this generation. - -8:13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to -the other side. - -8:14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they -in the ship with them more than one loaf. - -8:15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of -the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. - -8:16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have -no bread. - -8:17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, -because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? -have ye your heart yet hardened? 8:18 Having eyes, see ye not? and -having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? 8:19 When I brake -the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of -fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. - -8:20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of -fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. - -8:21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand? 8:22 -And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and -besought him to touch him. - -8:23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the -town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he -asked him if he saw ought. - -8:24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. - -8:25 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him -look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. - -8:26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the -town, nor tell it to any in the town. - -8:27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea -Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, -Whom do men say that I am? 8:28 And they answered, John the Baptist; -but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. - -8:29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter -answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. - -8:30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. - -8:31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many -things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and -scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. - -8:32 And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to -rebuke him. - -8:33 But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he -rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest -not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. - -8:34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples -also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny -himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. - -8:35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever -shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save -it. - -8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, -and lose his own soul? 8:37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for -his soul? 8:38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my -words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the -Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with -the holy angels. - -9:1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some -of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they -have seen the kingdom of God come with power. - -9:2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and -John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: -and he was transfigured before them. - -9:3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no -fuller on earth can white them. - -9:4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were -talking with Jesus. - -9:5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to -be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for -Moses, and one for Elias. - -9:6 For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid. - -9:7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out -of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. - -9:8 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man -any more, save Jesus only with themselves. - -9:9 And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they -should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were -risen from the dead. - -9:10 And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with -another what the rising from the dead should mean. - -9:11 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must -first come? 9:12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh -first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of -man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. - -9:13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done -unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him. - -9:14 And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about -them, and the scribes questioning with them. - -9:15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were -greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. - -9:16 And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? 9:17 And -one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto -thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; 9:18 And wheresoever he taketh -him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and -pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him -out; and they could not. - -9:19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long -shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. - -9:20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway -the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. - -9:21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto -him? And he said, Of a child. - -9:22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, -to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, -and help us. - -9:23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are -possible to him that believeth. - -9:24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with -tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. - -9:25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked -the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge -thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. - -9:26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and -he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. - -9:27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose. - -9:28 And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him -privately, Why could not we cast him out? 9:29 And he said unto them, -This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting. - -9:30 And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he -would not that any man should know it. - -9:31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man -is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after -that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. - -9:32 But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him. - -9:33 And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, -What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way? 9:34 But -they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among -themselves, who should be the greatest. - -9:35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If -any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant -of all. - -9:36 And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when -he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, 9:37 Whosoever shall -receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever -shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me. - -9:38 And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out -devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, -because he followeth not us. - -9:39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall -do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. - -9:40 For he that is not against us is on our part. - -9:41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, -because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose -his reward. - -9:42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe -in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his -neck, and he were cast into the sea. - -9:43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to -enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into -the fire that never shall be quenched: 9:44 Where their worm dieth -not, and the fire is not quenched. - -9:45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to -enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into -the fire that never shall be quenched: 9:46 Where their worm dieth -not, and the fire is not quenched. - -9:47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee -to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to -be cast into hell fire: 9:48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire -is not quenched. - -9:49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice -shall be salted with salt. - -9:50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith -will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with -another. - -10:1 And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by -the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, -as he was wont, he taught them again. - -10:2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a -man to put away his wife? tempting him. - -10:3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? -10:4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and -to put her away. - -10:5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your -heart he wrote you this precept. - -10:6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and -female. - -10:7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and -cleave to his wife; 10:8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then -they are no more twain, but one flesh. - -10:9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. - -10:10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same -matter. - -10:11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and -marry another, committeth adultery against her. - -10:12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to -another, she committeth adultery. - -10:13 And they brought young children to him, that he should touch -them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. - -10:14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto -them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: -for of such is the kingdom of God. - -10:15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom -of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. - -10:16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and -blessed them. - -10:17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, -and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I -may inherit eternal life? 10:18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest -thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. - -10:19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not -kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy -father and mother. 10:20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, -all these have I observed from my youth. - -10:21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing -thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the -poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the -cross, and follow me. - -10:22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had -great possessions. - -10:23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How -hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! -10:24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus -answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for -them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! 10:25 It -is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a -rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. - -10:26 And they were astonished out of measure, saying among -themselves, Who then can be saved? 10:27 And Jesus looking upon them -saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all -things are possible. - -10:28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have -followed thee. - -10:29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no -man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or -mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, -10:30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, -and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with -persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life. - -10:31 But many that are first shall be last; and the last first. - -10:32 And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went -before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were -afraid. - -And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things -should happen unto him, 10:33 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; -and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto -the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver -him to the Gentiles: 10:34 And they shall mock him, and shall scourge -him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he -shall rise again. - -10:35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, -Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall -desire. - -10:36 And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you? -10:37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy -right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. - -10:38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink -of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am -baptized with? 10:39 And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said -unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with -the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized: 10:40 But -to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but -it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared. - -10:41 And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with -James and John. - -10:42 But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that -they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship -over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. - -10:43 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great -among you, shall be your minister: 10:44 And whosoever of you will be -the chiefest, shall be servant of all. - -10:45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to -minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. - -10:46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his -disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of -Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. - -10:47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry -out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. - -10:48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried -the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me. - -10:49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they -call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he -calleth thee. - -10:50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus. - -10:51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I -should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might -receive my sight. - -10:52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee -whole. - -And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way. - -11:1 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, -at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, 11:2 -And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: -and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, -whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him. - -11:3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord -hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither. - -11:4 And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door -without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him. - -11:5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, -loosing the colt? 11:6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had -commanded: and they let them go. - -11:7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on -him; and he sat upon him. - -11:8 And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down -branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way. - -11:9 And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, -Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: 11:10 -Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of -the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. - -11:11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when -he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was -come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve. - -11:12 And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was -hungry: 11:13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, -if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he -found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. - -11:14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee -hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it. - -11:15 And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and -began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and -overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that -sold doves; 11:16 And would not suffer that any man should carry any -vessel through the temple. - -11:17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house -shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made -it a den of thieves. - -11:18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they -might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was -astonished at his doctrine. - -11:19 And when even was come, he went out of the city. - -11:20 And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree -dried up from the roots. - -11:21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, -the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. - -11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. - -11:23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this -mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall -not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he -saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. - -11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye -pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. - -11:25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against -any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your -trespasses. - -11:26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in -heaven forgive your trespasses. - -11:27 And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the -temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the -elders, 11:28 And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these -things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things? 11:29 -And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one -question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do -these things. - -11:30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me. - -11:31 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From -heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him? 11:32 But if we -shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, -that he was a prophet indeed. - -11:33 And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus -answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I -do these things. - -12:1 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man -planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for -the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went -into a far country. - -12:2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he -might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. - -12:3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. - -12:4 And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast -stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully -handled. - -12:5 And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; -beating some, and killing some. - -12:6 Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also -last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son. - -12:7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; -come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our's. - -12:8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the -vineyard. - -12:9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come -and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. - -12:10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the -builders rejected is become the head of the corner: 12:11 This was the -Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? 12:12 And they sought -to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had -spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their -way. - -12:13 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the -Herodians, to catch him in his words. - -12:14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that -thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the -person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to -give tribute to Caesar, or not? 12:15 Shall we give, or shall we not -give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye -me? bring me a penny, that I may see it. - -12:16 And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image -and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's. - -12:17 And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things -that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they -marvelled at him. - -12:18 Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no -resurrection; and they asked him, saying, 12:19 Master, Moses wrote -unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and -leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up -seed unto his brother. - -12:20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and -dying left no seed. - -12:21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and -the third likewise. - -12:22 And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman -died also. - -12:23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife -shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife. - -12:24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, -because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? 12:25 -For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are -given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven. - -12:26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in -the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am -the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? 12:27 -He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore -do greatly err. - -12:28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning -together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, -Which is the first commandment of all? 12:29 And Jesus answered him, -The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God -is one Lord: 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy -heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy -strength: this is the first commandment. - -12:31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy -neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than -these. - -12:32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the -truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: 12:33 And -to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and -with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his -neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and -sacrifices. - -12:34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto -him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that -durst ask him any question. - -12:35 And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How -say the scribes that Christ is the son of David? 12:36 For David -himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on -my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. - -12:37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then -his son? And the common people heard him gladly. - -12:38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, -which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the -marketplaces, 12:39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the -uppermost rooms at feasts: 12:40 Which devour widows' houses, and for -a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. - -12:41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the -people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in -much. - -12:42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, -which make a farthing. - -12:43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, -Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than -all they which have cast into the treasury: 12:44 For all they did -cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that -she had, even all her living. - -13:1 And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto -him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! -13:2 And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great -buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall -not be thrown down. - -13:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, -Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, 13:4 Tell us, -when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these -things shall be fulfilled? 13:5 And Jesus answering them began to -say, Take heed lest any man deceive you: 13:6 For many shall come in -my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. - -13:7 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not -troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. - -13:8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against -kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there -shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows. - -13:9 But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to -councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be -brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against -them. - -13:10 And the gospel must first be published among all nations. - -13:11 But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no -thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but -whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is -not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. - -13:12 Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the -father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and -shall cause them to be put to death. - -13:13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that -shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. - -13:14 But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of -by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that -readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the -mountains: 13:15 And let him that is on the housetop not go down into -the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house: -13:16 And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take -up his garment. - -13:17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck -in those days! 13:18 And pray ye that your flight be not in the -winter. - -13:19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the -beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither -shall be. - -13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh -should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he -hath shortened the days. - -13:21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, -lo, he is there; believe him not: 13:22 For false Christs and false -prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if -it were possible, even the elect. - -13:23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things. - -13:24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be -darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 13:25 And the stars -of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be -shaken. - -13:26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with -great power and glory. - -13:27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his -elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the -uttermost part of heaven. - -13:28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet -tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: 13:29 -So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, -know that it is nigh, even at the doors. - -13:30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till -all these things be done. - -13:31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass -away. - -13:32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels -which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. - -13:33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. - -13:34 For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left -his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his -work, and commanded the porter to watch. - -13:35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house -cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the -morning: 13:36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. - -13:37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch. - -14:1 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened -bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might -take him by craft, and put him to death. - -14:2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of -the people. - -14:3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat -at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of -spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his -head. - -14:4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and -said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? 14:5 For it might have -been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to -the poor. And they murmured against her. - -14:6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath -wrought a good work on me. - -14:7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye -may do them good: but me ye have not always. - -14:8 She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my -body to the burying. - -14:9 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached -throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be -spoken of for a memorial of her. - -14:10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief -priests, to betray him unto them. - -14:11 And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him -money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him. - -14:12 And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the -passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and -prepare that thou mayest eat the passover? 14:13 And he sendeth forth -two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and -there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him. - -14:14 And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the -house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat -the passover with my disciples? 14:15 And he will shew you a large -upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. - -14:16 And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found -as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. - -14:17 And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. - -14:18 And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, -One of you which eateth with me shall betray me. - -14:19 And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, -Is it I? and another said, Is it I? 14:20 And he answered and said -unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish. - -14:21 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to -that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man -if he had never been born. - -14:22 And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake -it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. - -14:23 And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to -them: and they all drank of it. - -14:24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, -which is shed for many. - -14:25 Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the -vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. - -14:26 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of -Olives. - -14:27 And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of -me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the -sheep shall be scattered. - -14:28 But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. - -14:29 But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet -will not I. - -14:30 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, -even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me -thrice. - -14:31 But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I -will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all. - -14:32 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he -saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. - -14:33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be -sore amazed, and to be very heavy; 14:34 And saith unto them, My soul -is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. - -14:35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed -that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. - -14:36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; -take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what -thou wilt. - -14:37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, -Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? 14:38 Watch -ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, -but the flesh is weak. - -14:39 And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words. - -14:40 And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their -eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him. - -14:41 And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, -and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of -man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. - -14:42 Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand. - -14:43 And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the -twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from -the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. - -14:44 And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, -Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away -safely. - -14:45 And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and -saith, Master, master; and kissed him. - -14:46 And they laid their hands on him, and took him. - -14:47 And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant -of the high priest, and cut off his ear. - -14:48 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as -against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me? 14:49 I was -daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the -scriptures must be fulfilled. - -14:50 And they all forsook him, and fled. - -14:51 And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth -cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him: 14:52 -And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. - -14:53 And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were -assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. - -14:54 And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the -high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the -fire. - -14:55 And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness -against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. - -14:56 For many bare false witness against him, but their witness -agreed not together. - -14:57 And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, -saying, 14:58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is -made with hands, and within three days I will build another made -without hands. - -14:59 But neither so did their witness agree together. - -14:60 And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, -saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against -thee? 14:61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the -high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son -of the Blessed? 14:62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son -of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of -heaven. - -14:63 Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we -any further witnesses? 14:64 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think -ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. - -14:65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to -buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike -him with the palms of their hands. - -14:66 And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the -maids of the high priest: 14:67 And when she saw Peter warming -himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus -of Nazareth. - -14:68 But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what -thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew. - -14:69 And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood -by, This is one of them. - -14:70 And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by -said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a -Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto. - -14:71 But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man -of whom ye speak. - -14:72 And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the -word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt -deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept. - -15:1 And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a -consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and -bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate. - -15:2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he -answering said unto them, Thou sayest it. - -15:3 And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered -nothing. - -15:4 And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? -behold how many things they witness against thee. - -15:5 But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled. - -15:6 Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever -they desired. - -15:7 And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that -had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the -insurrection. - -15:8 And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he -had ever done unto them. - -15:9 But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you -the King of the Jews? 15:10 For he knew that the chief priests had -delivered him for envy. - -15:11 But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather -release Barabbas unto them. - -15:12 And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then -that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews? 15:13 And -they cried out again, Crucify him. - -15:14 Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And -they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him. - -15:15 And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas -unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be -crucified. - -15:16 And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; -and they call together the whole band. - -15:17 And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, -and put it about his head, 15:18 And began to salute him, Hail, King -of the Jews! 15:19 And they smote him on the head with a reed, and -did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him. - -15:20 And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, -and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him. - -15:21 And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out -of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. - -15:22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being -interpreted, The place of a skull. - -15:23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he -received it not. - -15:24 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, -casting lots upon them, what every man should take. - -15:25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. - -15:26 And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE -KING OF THE JEWS. - -15:27 And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right -hand, and the other on his left. - -15:28 And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was -numbered with the transgressors. - -15:29 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and -saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three -days, 15:30 Save thyself, and come down from the cross. - -15:31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves -with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save. - -15:32 Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that -we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled -him. - -15:33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the -whole land until the ninth hour. - -15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, -Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my -God, why hast thou forsaken me? 15:35 And some of them that stood by, -when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias. - -15:36 And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a -reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether -Elias will come to take him down. - -15:37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. - -15:38 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the -bottom. - -15:39 And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that -he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was -the Son of God. - -15:40 There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary -Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and -Salome; 15:41 (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and -ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto -Jerusalem. - -15:42 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, -that is, the day before the sabbath, 15:43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an -honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, -and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. - -15:44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto -him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. - -15:45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to -Joseph. - -15:46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in -the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, -and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre. - -15:47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he -was laid. - -16:1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the -mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might -come and anoint him. - -16:2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they -came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. - -16:3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone -from the door of the sepulchre? 16:4 And when they looked, they saw -that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. - -16:5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on -the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were -affrighted. - -16:6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of -Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the -place where they laid him. - -16:7 But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth -before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you. - -16:8 And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they -trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for -they were afraid. - -16:9 Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he -appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven -devils. - -16:10 And she went and told them that had been with him, as they -mourned and wept. - -16:11 And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been -seen of her, believed not. - -16:12 After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they -walked, and went into the country. - -16:13 And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed -they them. - -16:14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and -upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they -believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. - -16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the -gospel to every creature. - -16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that -believeth not shall be damned. - -16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall -they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 16:18 They -shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall -not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall -recover. - -16:19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up -into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. - -16:20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working -with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen. - - - - -The Gospel According to Saint Luke - - -1:1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a -declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, -1:2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were -eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; 1:3 It seemed good to me -also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very -first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, 1:4 -That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou -hast been instructed. - -1:5 THERE was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain -priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the -daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. - -1:6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the -commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. - -1:7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they -both were now well stricken in years. - -1:8 And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office -before God in the order of his course, 1:9 According to the custom of -the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the -temple of the Lord. - -1:10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the -time of incense. - -1:11 And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the -right side of the altar of incense. - -1:12 And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon -him. - -1:13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer -is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt -call his name John. - -1:14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at -his birth. - -1:15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink -neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy -Ghost, even from his mother's womb. - -1:16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord -their God. - -1:17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to -turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to -the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. - -1:18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for -I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. - -1:19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand -in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew -thee these glad tidings. - -1:20 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the -day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not -my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season. - -1:21 And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he -tarried so long in the temple. - -1:22 And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they -perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned -unto them, and remained speechless. - -1:23 And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his -ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house. - -1:24 And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid -herself five months, saying, 1:25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in -the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men. - -1:26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a -city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 1:27 To a virgin espoused to a man -whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name -was Mary. - -1:28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art -highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. - -1:29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in -her mind what manner of salutation this should be. - -1:30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found -favour with God. - -1:31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a -son, and shalt call his name JESUS. - -1:32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: -and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: -1:33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his -kingdom there shall be no end. - -1:34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know -not a man? 1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy -Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall -overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of -thee shall be called the Son of God. - -1:36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son -in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called -barren. - -1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible. - -1:38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me -according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. - -1:39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with -haste, into a city of Juda; 1:40 And entered into the house of -Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. - -1:41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of -Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the -Holy Ghost: 1:42 And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, -Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. - -1:43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come -to me? 1:44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded -in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. - -1:45 And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a -performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. - -1:46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 1:47 And my spirit -hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. - -1:48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, -behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. - -1:49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is -his name. - -1:50 And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to -generation. - -1:51 He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud -in the imagination of their hearts. - -1:52 He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of -low degree. - -1:53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath -sent empty away. - -1:54 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; -1:55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever. - -1:56 And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her -own house. - -1:57 Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and -she brought forth a son. - -1:58 And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed -great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her. - -1:59 And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to -circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of -his father. - -1:60 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called -John. - -1:61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is -called by this name. - -1:62 And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. - -1:63 And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is -John. And they marvelled all. - -1:64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and -he spake, and praised God. - -1:65 And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these -sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea. - -1:66 And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, -saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord -was with him. - -1:67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and -prophesied, saying, 1:68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he -hath visited and redeemed his people, 1:69 And hath raised up an horn -of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; 1:70 As he -spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the -world began: 1:71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from -the hand of all that hate us; 1:72 To perform the mercy promised to -our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; 1:73 The oath which he -sware to our father Abraham, 1:74 That he would grant unto us, that we -being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without -fear, 1:75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of -our life. - -1:76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for -thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; 1:77 To -give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their -sins, 1:78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring -from on high hath visited us, 1:79 To give light to them that sit in -darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of -peace. - -1:80 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the -deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel. - -2:1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree -from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. - -2:2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of -Syria.) 2:3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. - -2:4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, -into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; -(because he was of the house and lineage of David:) 2:5 To be taxed -with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. - -2:6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were -accomplished that she should be delivered. - -2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in -swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room -for them in the inn. - -2:8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, -keeping watch over their flock by night. - -2:9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of -the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. - -2:10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you -good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. - -2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, -which is Christ the Lord. - -2:12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped -in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. - -2:13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly -host praising God, and saying, 2:14 Glory to God in the highest, and -on earth peace, good will toward men. - -2:15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into -heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto -Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord -hath made known unto us. - -2:16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the -babe lying in a manger. - -2:17 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying -which was told them concerning this child. - -2:18 And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were -told them by the shepherds. - -2:19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. - -2:20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all -the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. - -2:21 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the -child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel -before he was conceived in the womb. - -2:22 And when the days of her purification according to the law of -Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him -to the Lord; 2:23 (As it is written in the law of the LORD, Every male -that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) 2:24 And to -offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the -Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons. - -2:25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; -and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of -Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. - -2:26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should -not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. - -2:27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents -brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, -2:28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, 2:29 -Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy -word: 2:30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, 2:31 Which thou hast -prepared before the face of all people; 2:32 A light to lighten the -Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. - -2:33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were -spoken of him. - -2:34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, -this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and -for a sign which shall be spoken against; 2:35 (Yea, a sword shall -pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts -may be revealed. - -2:36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of -the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an -husband seven years from her virginity; 2:37 And she was a widow of -about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, -but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. - -2:38 And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the -Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in -Jerusalem. - -2:39 And when they had performed all things according to the law of -the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. - -2:40 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with -wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him. - -2:41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the -passover. - -2:42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after -the custom of the feast. - -2:43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child -Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not -of it. - -2:44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's -journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. - -2:45 And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, -seeking him. - -2:46 And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the -temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and -asking them questions. - -2:47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and -answers. - -2:48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto -him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I -have sought thee sorrowing. - -2:49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not -that I must be about my Father's business? 2:50 And they understood -not the saying which he spake unto them. - -2:51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject -unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. - -2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God -and man. - -3:1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius -Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, -and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of -Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, 3:2 Annas and -Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the -son of Zacharias in the wilderness. - -3:3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the -baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; 3:4 As it is written -in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of -one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his -paths straight. - -3:5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be -brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough -ways shall be made smooth; 3:6 And all flesh shall see the salvation -of God. - -3:7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of -him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the -wrath to come? 3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, -and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: -for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up -children unto Abraham. - -3:9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every -tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and -cast into the fire. - -3:10 And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? 3:11 He -answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart -to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise. - -3:12 Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, -Master, what shall we do? 3:13 And he said unto them, Exact no more -than that which is appointed you. - -3:14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall -we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse -any falsely; and be content with your wages. - -3:15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their -hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; 3:16 John -answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but -one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy -to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: -3:17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, -and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn -with fire unquenchable. - -3:18 And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the -people. - -3:19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his -brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, -3:20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison. - -3:21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that -Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, 3:22 -And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, -and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in -thee I am well pleased. - -3:23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being -(as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli, 3:24 -Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the -son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of -Joseph, 3:25 Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of -Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was -the son of Nagge, 3:26 Which was the son of Maath, which was the son -of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of -Joseph, which was the son of Juda, 3:27 Which was the son of Joanna, -which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was -the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri, 3:28 Which was the -son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, -which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er, 3:29 Which was -the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of -Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, 3:30 -Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the -son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of -Eliakim, 3:31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, -which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was -the son of David, 3:32 Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son -of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which -was the son of Naasson, 3:33 Which was the son of Aminadab, which was -the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of -Phares, which was the son of Juda, 3:34 Which was the son of Jacob, -which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was -the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor, 3:35 Which was the son -of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, -which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala, 3:36 Which was -the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of -Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech, 3:37 Which -was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the -son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of -Cainan, 3:38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, -which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God. - -4:1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and -was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 4:2 Being forty days -tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when -they were ended, he afterward hungered. - -4:3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command -this stone that it be made bread. - -4:4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not -live by bread alone, but by every word of God. - -4:5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto -him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. - -4:6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and -the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I -will I give it. - -4:7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. - -4:8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: -for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only -shalt thou serve. - -4:9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the -temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself -down from hence: 4:10 For it is written, He shall give his angels -charge over thee, to keep thee: 4:11 And in their hands they shall -bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. - -4:12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not -tempt the Lord thy God. - -4:13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from -him for a season. - -4:14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and -there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. - -4:15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. - -4:16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as -his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and -stood up for to read. - -4:17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. -And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was -written, 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath -anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal -the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and -recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are -bruised, 4:19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. - -4:20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and -sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were -fastened on him. - -4:21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture -fulfilled in your ears. - -4:22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words -which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's -son? 4:23 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this -proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in -Capernaum, do also here in thy country. - -4:24 And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his -own country. - -4:25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days -of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when -great famine was throughout all the land; 4:26 But unto none of them -was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that -was a widow. - -4:27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the -prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. - -4:28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were -filled with wrath, 4:29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, -and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, -that they might cast him down headlong. - -4:30 But he passing through the midst of them went his way, 4:31 And -came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the -sabbath days. - -4:32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with -power. - -4:33 And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an -unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, 4:34 Saying, Let us -alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou -come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God. - -4:35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of -him. - -And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, -and hurt him not. - -4:36 And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, -What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the -unclean spirits, and they come out. - -4:37 And the fame of him went out into every place of the country -round about. - -4:38 And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's -house. - -And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they -besought him for her. - -4:39 And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: -and immediately she arose and ministered unto them. - -4:40 Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with -divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every -one of them, and healed them. - -4:41 And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou -art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to -speak: for they knew that he was Christ. - -4:42 And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: -and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he -should not depart from them. - -4:43 And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other -cities also: for therefore am I sent. - -4:44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee. - -5:1 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear -the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, 5:2 And saw two -ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, -and were washing their nets. - -5:3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and -prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat -down, and taught the people out of the ship. - -5:4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into -the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. - -5:5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the -night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let -down the net. - -5:6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of -fishes: and their net brake. - -5:7 And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other -ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled -both the ships, so that they began to sink. - -5:8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, -Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. - -5:9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught -of the fishes which they had taken: 5:10 And so was also James, and -John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus -said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. - -5:11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, -and followed him. - -5:12 And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man -full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, -saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. - -5:13 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be -thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. - -5:14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to -the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, -for a testimony unto them. - -5:15 But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great -multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their -infirmities. - -5:16 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. - -5:17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that -there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were -come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the -power of the Lord was present to heal them. - -5:18 And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a -palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before -him. - -5:19 And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in -because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him -down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus. - -5:20 And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are -forgiven thee. - -5:21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is -this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone? -5:22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto -them, What reason ye in your hearts? 5:23 Whether is easier, to say, -Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk? 5:24 But that -ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, -(he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take -up thy couch, and go into thine house. - -5:25 And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon -he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God. - -5:26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled -with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day. - -5:27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named -Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow -me. - -5:28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him. - -5:29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a -great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them. - -5:30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, -saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? 5:31 And -Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a -physician; but they that are sick. - -5:32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. - -5:33 And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, -and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but -thine eat and drink? 5:34 And he said unto them, Can ye make the -children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? -5:35 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away -from them, and then shall they fast in those days. - -5:36 And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of -a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a -rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the -old. - -5:37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine -will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. - -5:38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are -preserved. - -5:39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for -he saith, The old is better. - -6:1 And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he -went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of -corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. - -6:2 And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which -is not lawful to do on the sabbath days? 6:3 And Jesus answering them -said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself -was an hungred, and they which were with him; 6:4 How he went into the -house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to -them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the -priests alone? 6:5 And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord -also of the sabbath. - -6:6 And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into -the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was -withered. - -6:7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal -on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him. - -6:8 But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the -withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and -stood forth. - -6:9 Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful -on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to -destroy it? 6:10 And looking round about upon them all, he said unto -the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was -restored whole as the other. - -6:11 And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another -what they might do to Jesus. - -6:12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a -mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. - -6:13 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of -them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; 6:14 Simon, (whom -he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip -and Bartholomew, 6:15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, -and Simon called Zelotes, 6:16 And Judas the brother of James, and -Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor. - -6:17 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the -company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all -Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which -came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases; 6:18 And they -that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed. - -6:19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went -virtue out of him, and healed them all. - -6:20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be -ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. - -6:21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed -are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. - -6:22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall -separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out -your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. - -6:23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your -reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers -unto the prophets. - -6:24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your -consolation. - -6:25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you -that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. - -6:26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did -their fathers to the false prophets. - -6:27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them -which hate you, 6:28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them -which despitefully use you. - -6:29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the -other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat -also. - -6:30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh -away thy goods ask them not again. - -6:31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them -likewise. - -6:32 For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for -sinners also love those that love them. - -6:33 And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have -ye? for sinners also do even the same. - -6:34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank -have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. - -6:35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for -nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the -children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the -evil. - -6:36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. - -6:37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall -not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: 6:38 Give, and it -shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken -together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with -the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you -again. - -6:39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? -shall they not both fall into the ditch? 6:40 The disciple is not -above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his -master. - -6:41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but -perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 6:42 Either how -canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that -is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in -thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine -own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is -in thy brother's eye. - -6:43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a -corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. - -6:44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do -not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. - -6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth -that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his -heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the -heart his mouth speaketh. - -6:46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I -say? 6:47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth -them, I will shew you to whom he is like: 6:48 He is like a man which -built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: -and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, -and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. - -6:49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a -foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did -beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house -was great. - -7:1 Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the -people, he entered into Capernaum. - -7:2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was -sick, and ready to die. - -7:3 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the -Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant. - -7:4 And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, -That he was worthy for whom he should do this: 7:5 For he loveth our -nation, and he hath built us a synagogue. - -7:6 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the -house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, -trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter -under my roof: 7:7 Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come -unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed. - -7:8 For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, -and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he -cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. - -7:9 When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him -about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I -have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. - -7:10 And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the -servant whole that had been sick. - -7:11 And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city -called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. - -7:12 Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was -a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a -widow: and much people of the city was with her. - -7:13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said -unto her, Weep not. - -7:14 And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood -still. - -And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. - -7:15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered -him to his mother. - -7:16 And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, -That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited -his people. - -7:17 And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and -throughout all the region round about. - -7:18 And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things. - -7:19 And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to -Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? -7:20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath -sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we -for another? 7:21 And in that same hour he cured many of their -infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were -blind he gave sight. - -7:22 Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John -what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame -walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to -the poor the gospel is preached. - -7:23 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. - -7:24 And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak -unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness -for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? 7:25 But what went ye out -for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are -gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. - -7:26 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, -and much more than a prophet. - -7:27 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger -before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. - -7:28 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is -not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in -the kingdom of God is greater than he. - -7:29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified -God, being baptized with the baptism of John. - -7:30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against -themselves, being not baptized of him. - -7:31 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this -generation? and to what are they like? 7:32 They are like unto -children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and -saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have -mourned to you, and ye have not wept. - -7:33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; -and ye say, He hath a devil. - -7:34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a -gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! -7:35 But wisdom is justified of all her children. - -7:36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. -And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat. - -7:37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she -knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an -alabaster box of ointment, 7:38 And stood at his feet behind him -weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with -the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the -ointment. - -7:39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake -within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have -known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she -is a sinner. - -7:40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say -unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on. - -7:41 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed -five hundred pence, and the other fifty. - -7:42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. -Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? 7:43 Simon -answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. - -And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. - -7:44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this -woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my -feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the -hairs of her head. - -7:45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in -hath not ceased to kiss my feet. - -7:46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath -anointed my feet with ointment. - -7:47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are -forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same -loveth little. - -7:48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. - -7:49 And they that sat at meat with him began to say within -themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? 7:50 And he said to -the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace. - -8:1 And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city -and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of -God: and the twelve were with him, 8:2 And certain women, which had -been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, -out of whom went seven devils, 8:3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza -Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto -him of their substance. - -8:4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him -out of every city, he spake by a parable: 8:5 A sower went out to sow -his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was -trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. - -8:6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it -withered away, because it lacked moisture. - -8:7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and -choked it. - -8:8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an -hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath -ears to hear, let him hear. - -8:9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? -8:10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the -kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not -see, and hearing they might not understand. - -8:11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. - -8:12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, -and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe -and be saved. - -8:13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the -word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and -in time of temptation fall away. - -8:14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have -heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of -this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. - -8:15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good -heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with -patience. - -8:16 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, -or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they -which enter in may see the light. - -8:17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither -any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. - -8:18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall -be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that -which he seemeth to have. - -8:19 Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come -at him for the press. - -8:20 And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy -brethren stand without, desiring to see thee. - -8:21 And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are -these which hear the word of God, and do it. - -8:22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship -with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the -other side of the lake. And they launched forth. - -8:23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of -wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in -jeopardy. - -8:24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we -perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the -water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. - -8:25 And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid -wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he -commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him. - -8:26 And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over -against Galilee. - -8:27 And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a -certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither -abode in any house, but in the tombs. - -8:28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and -with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son -of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not. - -8:29 (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. -For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains -and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil -into the wilderness.) 8:30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy -name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him. - -8:31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go out -into the deep. - -8:32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the -mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter -into them. And he suffered them. - -8:33 Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: -and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were -choked. - -8:34 When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went -and told it in the city and in the country. - -8:35 Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and -found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the -feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. - -8:36 They also which saw it told them by what means he that was -possessed of the devils was healed. - -8:37 Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round -about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great -fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again. - -8:38 Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him -that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying, 8:39 -Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done -unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole -city how great things Jesus had done unto him. - -8:40 And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people -gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him. - -8:41 And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of -the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that -he would come into his house: 8:42 For he had one only daughter, about -twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people -thronged him. - -8:43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had -spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, -8:44 Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and -immediately her issue of blood stanched. - -8:45 And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they -that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press -thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? 8:46 And Jesus said, Somebody -hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me. - -8:47 And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, -and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the -people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed -immediately. - -8:48 And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith -hath made thee whole; go in peace. - -8:49 While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the -synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not -the Master. - -8:50 But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: -believe only, and she shall be made whole. - -8:51 And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, -save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the -maiden. - -8:52 And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not -dead, but sleepeth. - -8:53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. - -8:54 And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, -saying, Maid, arise. - -8:55 And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he -commanded to give her meat. - -8:56 And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they -should tell no man what was done. - -9:1 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power -and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. - -9:2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the -sick. - -9:3 And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither -staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two -coats apiece. - -9:4 And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence -depart. - -9:5 And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, -shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them. - -9:6 And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the -gospel, and healing every where. - -9:7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he -was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen -from the dead; 9:8 And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of -others, that one of the old prophets was risen again. - -9:9 And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I -hear such things? And he desired to see him. - -9:10 And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they -had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert -place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. - -9:11 And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received -them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that -had need of healing. - -9:12 And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and -said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the -towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are -here in a desert place. - -9:13 But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We -have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and -buy meat for all this people. - -9:14 For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his -disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company. - -9:15 And they did so, and made them all sit down. - -9:16 Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up -to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to -set before the multitude. - -9:17 And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of -fragments that remained to them twelve baskets. - -9:18 And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were -with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am? -9:19 They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and -others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again. - -9:20 He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering -said, The Christ of God. - -9:21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man -that thing; 9:22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and -be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, -and be raised the third day. - -9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him -deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. - -9:24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever -will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. - -9:25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and -lose himself, or be cast away? 9:26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of -me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he -shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy -angels. - -9:27 But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which -shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God. - -9:28 And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he -took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. - -9:29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and -his raiment was white and glistering. - -9:30 And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and -Elias: 9:31 Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he -should accomplish at Jerusalem. - -9:32 But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and -when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood -with him. - -9:33 And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto -Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three -tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not -knowing what he said. - -9:34 While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: -and they feared as they entered into the cloud. - -9:35 And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my -beloved Son: hear him. - -9:36 And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept -it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they -had seen. - -9:37 And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come -down from the hill, much people met him. - -9:38 And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I -beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child. - -9:39 And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it -teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth -from him. - -9:40 And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not. - -9:41 And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, -how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither. - -9:42 And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare -him. - -And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and -delivered him again to his father. - -9:43 And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while -they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto -his disciples, 9:44 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for -the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. - -9:45 But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, -that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying. - -9:46 Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be -greatest. - -9:47 And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, -and set him by him, 9:48 And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive -this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me -receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the -same shall be great. - -9:49 And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils -in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us. - -9:50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not -against us is for us. - -9:51 And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be -received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, 9:52 And -sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a -village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. - -9:53 And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he -would go to Jerusalem. - -9:54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, -wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume -them, even as Elias did? 9:55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and -said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. - -9:56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to -save them. And they went to another village. - -9:57 And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man -said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. - -9:58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air -have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. - -9:59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me -first to go and bury my father. - -9:60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou -and preach the kingdom of God. - -9:61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first -go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. - -9:62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the -plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. - -10:1 After these things the LORD appointed other seventy also, and -sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, -whither he himself would come. - -10:2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the -labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he -would send forth labourers into his harvest. - -10:3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. - -10:4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by -the way. - -10:5 And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this -house. - -10:6 And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: -if not, it shall turn to you again. - -10:7 And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as -they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house -to house. - -10:8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such -things as are set before you: 10:9 And heal the sick that are therein, -and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. - -10:10 But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go -your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, 10:11 Even the -very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against -you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is -come nigh unto you. - -10:12 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day -for Sodom, than for that city. - -10:13 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the -mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in -you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and -ashes. - -10:14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the -judgment, than for you. - -10:15 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be -thrust down to hell. - -10:16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you -despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me. - -10:17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the -devils are subject unto us through thy name. - -10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from -heaven. - -10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and -scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by -any means hurt you. - -10:20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are -subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written -in heaven. - -10:21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O -Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from -the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, -Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. - -10:22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth -who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, -and he to whom the Son will reveal him. - -10:23 And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, -Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: 10:24 For I -tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those -things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things -which ye hear, and have not heard them. - -10:25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, -Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 10:26 He said unto -him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? 10:27 And he -answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, -and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy -mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. - -10:28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and -thou shalt live. - -10:29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is -my neighbour? 10:30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down -from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him -of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. - -10:31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and -when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. - -10:32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked -on him, and passed by on the other side. - -10:33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and -when he saw him, he had compassion on him, 10:34 And went to him, and -bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own -beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. - -10:35 And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and -gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and -whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. - -10:36 Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him -that fell among the thieves? 10:37 And he said, He that shewed mercy -on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. - -10:38 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a -certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into -her house. - -10:39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, -and heard his word. - -10:40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and -said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve -alone? bid her therefore that she help me. - -10:41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art -careful and troubled about many things: 10:42 But one thing is -needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken -away from her. - -11:1 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, -when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to -pray, as John also taught his disciples. - -11:2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in -heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as -in heaven, so in earth. - -11:3 Give us day by day our daily bread. - -11:4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is -indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from -evil. - -11:5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and -shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three -loaves; 11:6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I -have nothing to set before him? 11:7 And he from within shall answer -and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are -with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. - -11:8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he -is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give -him as many as he needeth. - -11:9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye -shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. - -11:10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh -findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. - -11:11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he -give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a -serpent? 11:12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a -scorpion? 11:13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts -unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the -Holy Spirit to them that ask him? 11:14 And he was casting out a -devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone -out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered. - -11:15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub -the chief of the devils. - -11:16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. - -11:17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom -divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided -against a house falleth. - -11:18 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom -stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. - -11:19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast -them out? therefore shall they be your judges. - -11:20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the -kingdom of God is come upon you. - -11:21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in -peace: 11:22 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and -overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, -and divideth his spoils. - -11:23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not -with me scattereth. - -11:24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through -dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return -unto my house whence I came out. - -11:25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. - -11:26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked -than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state -of that man is worse than the first. - -11:27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman -of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the -womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. - -11:28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of -God, and keep it. - -11:29 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to -say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no -sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. - -11:30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the -Son of man be to this generation. - -11:31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the -men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost -parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a -greater than Solomon is here. - -11:32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this -generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching -of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. - -11:33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret -place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which -come in may see the light. - -11:34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is -single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is -evil, thy body also is full of darkness. - -11:35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not -darkness. - -11:36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part -dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of -a candle doth give thee light. - -11:37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with -him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. - -11:38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first -washed before dinner. - -11:39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the -outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of -ravening and wickedness. - -11:40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that -which is within also? 11:41 But rather give alms of such things as ye -have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. - -11:42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all -manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these -ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. - -11:43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the -synagogues, and greetings in the markets. - -11:44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as -graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware -of them. - -11:45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, -thus saying thou reproachest us also. - -11:46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with -burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens -with one of your fingers. - -11:47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and -your fathers killed them. - -11:48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: -for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. - -11:49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets -and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: 11:50 -That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation -of the world, may be required of this generation; 11:51 From the blood -of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias which perished between the altar -and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this -generation. - -11:52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of -knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering -in ye hindered. - -11:53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the -Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of -many things: 11:54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something -out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. - -12:1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an -innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon -another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of -the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. - -12:2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither -hid, that shall not be known. - -12:3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in -the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall -be proclaimed upon the housetops. - -12:4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill -the body, and after that have no more that they can do. - -12:5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after -he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear -him. - -12:6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them -is forgotten before God? 12:7 But even the very hairs of your head -are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many -sparrows. - -12:8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him -shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: 12:9 But -he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of -God. - -12:10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it -shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy -Ghost it shall not be forgiven. - -12:11 And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto -magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall -answer, or what ye shall say: 12:12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you -in the same hour what ye ought to say. - -12:13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my -brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. - -12:14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over -you? 12:15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of -covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the -things which he possesseth. - -12:16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a -certain rich man brought forth plentifully: 12:17 And he thought -within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where -to bestow my fruits? 12:18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull -down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my -fruits and my goods. - -12:19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up -for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. - -12:20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be -required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast -provided? 12:21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is -not rich toward God. - -12:22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take -no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, -what ye shall put on. - -12:23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. - -12:24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which -neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more -are ye better than the fowls? 12:25 And which of you with taking -thought can add to his stature one cubit? 12:26 If ye then be not -able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the -rest? 12:27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they -spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was -not arrayed like one of these. - -12:28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, -and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, -O ye of little faith? 12:29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or -what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. - -12:30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and -your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. - -12:31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things -shall be added unto you. - -12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to -give you the kingdom. - -12:33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which -wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no -thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. - -12:34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. - -12:35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; 12:36 -And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will -return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may -open unto him immediately. - -12:37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall -find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and -make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. - -12:38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third -watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. - -12:39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what -hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have -suffered his house to be broken through. - -12:40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour -when ye think not. - -12:41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto -us, or even to all? 12:42 And the Lord said, Who then is that -faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his -household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? 12:43 -Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so -doing. - -12:44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all -that he hath. - -12:45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his -coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to -eat and drink, and to be drunken; 12:46 The lord of that servant will -come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is -not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his -portion with the unbelievers. - -12:47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not -himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many -stripes. - -12:48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, -shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, -of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of -him they will ask the more. - -12:49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be -already kindled? 12:50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and -how am I straitened till it be accomplished! 12:51 Suppose ye that I -am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: -12:52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, -three against two, and two against three. - -12:53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against -the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against -the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the -daughter in law against her mother in law. - -12:54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of -the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. - -12:55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; -and it cometh to pass. - -12:56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the -earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? 12:57 Yea, and -why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? 12:58 When thou -goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, -give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale -thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the -officer cast thee into prison. - -12:59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid -the very last mite. - -13:1 There were present at that season some that told him of the -Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. - -13:2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these -Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they -suffered such things? 13:3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye -shall all likewise perish. - -13:4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew -them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in -Jerusalem? 13:5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all -likewise perish. - -13:6 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted -in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. - -13:7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these -three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut -it down; why cumbereth it the ground? 13:8 And he answering said unto -him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and -dung it: 13:9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that -thou shalt cut it down. - -13:10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. - -13:11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity -eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up -herself. - -13:12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, -Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. - -13:13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made -straight, and glorified God. - -13:14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, -because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the -people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them -therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. - -13:15 The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not -each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, -and lead him away to watering? 13:16 And ought not this woman, being -a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen -years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? 13:17 And when he -had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the -people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him. - -13:18 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and -whereunto shall I resemble it? 13:19 It is like a grain of mustard -seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and -waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of -it. - -13:20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? -13:21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures -of meal, till the whole was leavened. - -13:22 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and -journeying toward Jerusalem. - -13:23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And -he said unto them, 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for -many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. - -13:25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to -the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, -saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto -you, I know you not whence ye are: 13:26 Then shall ye begin to say, -We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our -streets. - -13:27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; -depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. - -13:28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see -Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of -God, and you yourselves thrust out. - -13:29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from -the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of -God. - -13:30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are -first which shall be last. - -13:31 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto -him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee. - -13:32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast -out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I -shall be perfected. - -13:33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day -following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. - -13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest -them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy -children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and -ye would not! 13:35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and -verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when -ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. - -14:1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the -chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched -him. - -14:2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the -dropsy. - -14:3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, -Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? 14:4 And they held their -peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go; 14:5 And -answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen -into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day? -14:6 And they could not answer him again to these things. - -14:7 And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he -marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them. - -14:8 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the -highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him; -14:9 And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man -place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. - -14:10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; -that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go -up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that -sit at meat with thee. - -14:11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that -humbleth himself shall be exalted. - -14:12 Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a -dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither -thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, -and a recompence be made thee. - -14:13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the -lame, the blind: 14:14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot -recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of -the just. - -14:15 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these -things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the -kingdom of God. - -14:16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and -bade many: 14:17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them -that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. - -14:18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first -said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go -and see it: I pray thee have me excused. - -14:19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to -prove them: I pray thee have me excused. - -14:20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot -come. - -14:21 So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the -master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly -into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, -and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. - -14:22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, -and yet there is room. - -14:23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and -hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. - -14:24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden -shall taste of my supper. - -14:25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and -said unto them, 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, -and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, -and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. - -14:27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot -be my disciple. - -14:28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down -first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? -14:29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able -to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, 14:30 Saying, This -man began to build, and was not able to finish. - -14:31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth -not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to -meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? 14:32 Or else, -while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and -desireth conditions of peace. - -14:33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that -he hath, he cannot be my disciple. - -14:34 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith -shall it be seasoned? 14:35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet -for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let -him hear. - -15:1 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear -him. - -15:2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man -receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. - -15:3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying, 15:4 What man of -you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave -the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is -lost, until he find it? 15:5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it -on his shoulders, rejoicing. - -15:6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and -neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my -sheep which was lost. - -15:7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one -sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, -which need no repentance. - -15:8 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one -piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek -diligently till she find it? 15:9 And when she hath found it, she -calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with -me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. - -15:10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the -angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. - -15:11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 15:12 And the younger -of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that -falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. - -15:13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, -and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his -substance with riotous living. - -15:14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that -land; and he began to be in want. - -15:15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and -he sent him into his fields to feed swine. - -15:16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the -swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. - -15:17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of -my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! -15:18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, -I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 15:19 And am no more -worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. - -15:20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a -great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and -fell on his neck, and kissed him. - -15:21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, -and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. - -15:22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, -and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: -15:23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, -and be merry: 15:24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he -was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. - -15:25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh -to the house, he heard musick and dancing. - -15:26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things -meant. - -15:27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath -killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. - -15:28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father -out, and intreated him. - -15:29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I -serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and -yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my -friends: 15:30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath -devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted -calf. - -15:31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I -have is thine. - -15:32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy -brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. - -16:1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich -man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he -had wasted his goods. - -16:2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this -of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no -longer steward. - -16:3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my -lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am -ashamed. - -16:4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the -stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. - -16:5 So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said -unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? 16:6 And he said, -An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and -sit down quickly, and write fifty. - -16:7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An -hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and -write fourscore. - -16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done -wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser -than the children of light. - -16:9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of -unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into -everlasting habitations. - -16:10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in -much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. - -16:11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous -mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? 16:12 And if -ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall -give you that which is your own? 16:13 No servant can serve two -masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else -he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God -and mammon. - -16:14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these -things: and they derided him. - -16:15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves -before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly -esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. - -16:16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the -kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. - -16:17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle -of the law to fail. - -16:18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, -committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from -her husband committeth adultery. - -16:19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and -fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 16:20 And there was a -certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of -sores, 16:21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from -the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. - -16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by -the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was -buried; 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and -seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. - -16:24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and -send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool -my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. - -16:25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime -receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now -he is comforted, and thou art tormented. - -16:26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf -fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither -can they pass to us, that would come from thence. - -16:27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest -send him to my father's house: 16:28 For I have five brethren; that he -may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. - -16:29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let -them hear them. - -16:30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from -the dead, they will repent. - -16:31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, -neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. - -17:1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that -offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! 17:2 It -were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and -he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little -ones. - -17:3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, -rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. - -17:4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven -times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt -forgive him. - -17:5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. - -17:6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye -might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and -be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. - -17:7 But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, -will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and -sit down to meat? 17:8 And will not rather say unto him, Make ready -wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten -and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink? 17:9 Doth he -thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? -I trow not. - -17:10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which -are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done -that which was our duty to do. - -17:11 And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed -through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. - -17:12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men -that were lepers, which stood afar off: 17:13 And they lifted up their -voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. - -17:14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto -the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were -cleansed. - -17:15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, -and with a loud voice glorified God, 17:16 And fell down on his face -at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. - -17:17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where -are the nine? 17:18 There are not found that returned to give glory -to God, save this stranger. - -17:19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made -thee whole. - -17:20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of -God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh -not with observation: 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo -there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. - -17:22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye -shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall -not see it. - -17:23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after -them, nor follow them. - -17:24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under -heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the -Son of man be in his day. - -17:25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this -generation. - -17:26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the -days of the Son of man. - -17:27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in -marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood -came, and destroyed them all. - -17:28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they -drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 17:29 But -the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone -from heaven, and destroyed them all. - -17:30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is -revealed. - -17:31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff -in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in -the field, let him likewise not return back. - -17:32 Remember Lot's wife. - -17:33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and -whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. - -17:34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the -one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. - -17:35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, -and the other left. - -17:36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the -other left. - -17:37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said -unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be -gathered together. - -18:1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought -always to pray, and not to faint; 18:2 Saying, There was in a city a -judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 18:3 And there was -a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine -adversary. - -18:4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within -himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 18:5 Yet because this -widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming -she weary me. - -18:6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. - -18:7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night -unto him, though he bear long with them? 18:8 I tell you that he will -avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall -he find faith on the earth? 18:9 And he spake this parable unto -certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and -despised others: 18:10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the -one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. - -18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank -thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, -adulterers, or even as this publican. - -18:12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. - -18:13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much -as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be -merciful to me a sinner. - -18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather -than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; -and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. - -18:15 And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch -them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them. - -18:16 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children -to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of -God. - -18:17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom -of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein. - -18:18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I -do to inherit eternal life? 18:19 And Jesus said unto him, Why -callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. - -18:20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not -kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and -thy mother. - -18:21 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up. - -18:22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest -thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, -and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. - -18:23 And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very -rich. - -18:24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How -hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! -18:25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than -for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. - -18:26 And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved? 18:27 And -he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with -God. - -18:28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee. - -18:29 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man -that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, -for the kingdom of God's sake, 18:30 Who shall not receive manifold -more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting. - -18:31 Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we -go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets -concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. - -18:32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be -mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: 18:33 And they shall -scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise -again. - -18:34 And they understood none of these things: and this saying was -hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken. - -18:35 And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a -certain blind man sat by the way side begging: 18:36 And hearing the -multitude pass by, he asked what it meant. - -18:37 And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. - -18:38 And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on -me. - -18:39 And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his -peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy on -me. - -18:40 And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and -when he was come near, he asked him, 18:41 Saying, What wilt thou that -I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. - -18:42 And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved -thee. - -18:43 And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, -glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto -God. - -19:1 And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. - -19:2 And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief -among the publicans, and he was rich. - -19:3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the -press, because he was little of stature. - -19:4 And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see -him: for he was to pass that way. - -19:5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and -said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must -abide at thy house. - -19:6 And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. - -19:7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone -to be guest with a man that is a sinner. - -19:8 And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord: Behold, Lord, the -half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing -from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. - -19:9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this -house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. - -19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was -lost. - -19:11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, -because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the -kingdom of God should immediately appear. - -19:12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to -receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. - -19:13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, -and said unto them, Occupy till I come. - -19:14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, -saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. - -19:15 And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received -the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, -to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man -had gained by trading. - -19:16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten -pounds. - -19:17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast -been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. - -19:18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five -pounds. - -19:19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities. - -19:20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which -I have kept laid up in a napkin: 19:21 For I feared thee, because thou -art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and -reapest that thou didst not sow. - -19:22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, -thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up -that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: 19:23 Wherefore -then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might -have required mine own with usury? 19:24 And he said unto them that -stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten -pounds. - -19:25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) 19:26 For I -say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from -him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. - -19:27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over -them, bring hither, and slay them before me. - -19:28 And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to -Jerusalem. - -19:29 And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and -Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his -disciples, 19:30 Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in -the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet -never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither. - -19:31 And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say -unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him. - -19:32 And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had -said unto them. - -19:33 And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto -them, Why loose ye the colt? 19:34 And they said, The Lord hath need -of him. - -19:35 And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon -the colt, and they set Jesus thereon. - -19:36 And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way. - -19:37 And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount -of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and -praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had -seen; 19:38 Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the -Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. - -19:39 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto -him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. - -19:40 And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these -should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. - -19:41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, -19:42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy -day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from -thine eyes. - -19:43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast -a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every -side, 19:44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children -within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; -because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. - -19:45 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that -sold therein, and them that bought; 19:46 Saying unto them, It is -written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of -thieves. - -19:47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the -scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him, 19:48 And -could not find what they might do: for all the people were very -attentive to hear him. - -20:1 And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the -people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and -the scribes came upon him with the elders, 20:2 And spake unto him, -saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is -he that gave thee this authority? 20:3 And he answered and said unto -them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me: 20:4 The baptism -of John, was it from heaven, or of men? 20:5 And they reasoned with -themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why -then believed ye him not? 20:6 But and if we say, Of men; all the -people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet. - -20:7 And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was. - -20:8 And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I -do these things. - -20:9 Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man -planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a -far country for a long time. - -20:10 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they -should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat -him, and sent him away empty. - -20:11 And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and -entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. - -20:12 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast -him out. - -20:13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send -my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him. - -20:14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, -saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance -may be ours. - -20:15 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What -therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them? 20:16 He shall -come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to -others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid. - -20:17 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, -The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of -the corner? 20:18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be -broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. - -20:19 And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to -lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that -he had spoken this parable against them. - -20:20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign -themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so -they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. - -20:21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and -teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but -teachest the way of God truly: 20:22 Is it lawful for us to give -tribute unto Caesar, or no? 20:23 But he perceived their craftiness, -and said unto them, Why tempt ye me? 20:24 Shew me a penny. Whose -image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's. - -20:25 And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things -which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's. - -20:26 And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and -they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace. - -20:27 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there -is any resurrection; and they asked him, 20:28 Saying, Master, Moses -wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die -without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up -seed unto his brother. - -20:29 There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, -and died without children. - -20:30 And the second took her to wife, and he died childless. - -20:31 And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and -they left no children, and died. - -20:32 Last of all the woman died also. - -20:33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for -seven had her to wife. - -20:34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world -marry, and are given in marriage: 20:35 But they which shall be -accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the -dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: 20:36 Neither can they -die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children -of God, being the children of the resurrection. - -20:37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, -when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and -the God of Jacob. - -20:38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live -unto him. - -20:39 Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast -well said. - -20:40 And after that they durst not ask him any question at all. - -20:41 And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son? -20:42 And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said -unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 20:43 Till I make thine -enemies thy footstool. - -20:44 David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son? 20:45 -Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples, -20:46 Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and -love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the -synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; 20:47 Which devour widows' -houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive -greater damnation. - -21:1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into -the treasury. - -21:2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two -mites. - -21:3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath -cast in more than they all: 21:4 For all these have of their abundance -cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in -all the living that she had. - -21:5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly -stones and gifts, he said, 21:6 As for these things which ye behold, -the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone -upon another, that shall not be thrown down. - -21:7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things -be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass? -21:8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall -come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye -not therefore after them. - -21:9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: -for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and -by. - -21:10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and -kingdom against kingdom: 21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in -divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and -great signs shall there be from heaven. - -21:12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and -persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, -being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. - -21:13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony. - -21:14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what -ye shall answer: 21:15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which -all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. - -21:16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and -kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to -death. - -21:17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. - -21:18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish. - -21:19 In your patience possess ye your souls. - -21:20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know -that the desolation thereof is nigh. - -21:21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let -them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that -are in the countries enter thereinto. - -21:22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are -written may be fulfilled. - -21:23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give -suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, -and wrath upon this people. - -21:24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led -away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of -the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. - -21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the -stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the -sea and the waves roaring; 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, -and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for -the powers of heaven shall be shaken. - -21:27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with -power and great glory. - -21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and -lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. - -21:29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the -trees; 21:30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own -selves that summer is now nigh at hand. - -21:31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye -that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. - -21:32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till -all be fulfilled. - -21:33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass -away. - -21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be -overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, -and so that day come upon you unawares. - -21:35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face -of the whole earth. - -21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted -worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to -stand before the Son of man. - -21:37 And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night -he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of -Olives. - -21:38 And all the people came early in the morning to him in the -temple, for to hear him. - -22:1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the -Passover. - -22:2 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; -for they feared the people. - -22:3 Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the -number of the twelve. - -22:4 And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and -captains, how he might betray him unto them. - -22:5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. - -22:6 And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them -in the absence of the multitude. - -22:7 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be -killed. - -22:8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the -passover, that we may eat. - -22:9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? 22:10 -And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, -there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him -into the house where he entereth in. - -22:11 And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith -unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover -with my disciples? 22:12 And he shall shew you a large upper room -furnished: there make ready. - -22:13 And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made -ready the passover. - -22:14 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles -with him. - -22:15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this -passover with you before I suffer: 22:16 For I say unto you, I will -not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. - -22:17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and -divide it among yourselves: 22:18 For I say unto you, I will not drink -of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. - -22:19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto -them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in -remembrance of me. - -22:20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new -testament in my blood, which is shed for you. - -22:21 But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the -table. - -22:22 And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe -unto that man by whom he is betrayed! 22:23 And they began to enquire -among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing. - -22:24 And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be -accounted the greatest. - -22:25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise -lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are -called benefactors. - -22:26 But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let -him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. - -22:27 For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that -serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he -that serveth. - -22:28 Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. - -22:29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed -unto me; 22:30 That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, -and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. - -22:31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to -have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 22:32 But I have prayed for -thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen -thy brethren. - -22:33 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both -into prison, and to death. - -22:34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this -day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me. - -22:35 And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, -and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing. - -22:36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him -take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him -sell his garment, and buy one. - -22:37 For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be -accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for -the things concerning me have an end. - -22:38 And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said -unto them, It is enough. - -22:39 And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of -Olives; and his disciples also followed him. - -22:40 And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye -enter not into temptation. - -22:41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled -down, and prayed, 22:42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove -this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. - -22:43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening -him. - -22:44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat -was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. - -22:45 And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, -he found them sleeping for sorrow, 22:46 And said unto them, Why sleep -ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. - -22:47 And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was -called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto -Jesus to kiss him. - -22:48 But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man -with a kiss? 22:49 When they which were about him saw what would -follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword? -22:50 And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut -off his right ear. - -22:51 And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched -his ear, and healed him. - -22:52 Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the -temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as -against a thief, with swords and staves? 22:53 When I was daily with -you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is -your hour, and the power of darkness. - -22:54 Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high -priest's house. And Peter followed afar off. - -22:55 And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and -were set down together, Peter sat down among them. - -22:56 But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and -earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him. - -22:57 And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not. - -22:58 And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art -also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not. - -22:59 And about the space of one hour after another confidently -affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is -a Galilaean. - -22:60 And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And -immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew. - -22:61 And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered -the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, -thou shalt deny me thrice. - -22:62 And Peter went out, and wept bitterly. - -22:63 And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him. - -22:64 And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, -and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee? 22:65 And -many other things blasphemously spake they against him. - -22:66 And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the -chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their -council, saying, 22:67 Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto -them, If I tell you, ye will not believe: 22:68 And if I also ask you, -ye will not answer me, nor let me go. - -22:69 Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the -power of God. - -22:70 Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said -unto them, Ye say that I am. - -22:71 And they said, What need we any further witness? for we -ourselves have heard of his own mouth. - -23:1 And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. - -23:2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow -perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, -saying that he himself is Christ a King. - -23:3 And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And -he answered him and said, Thou sayest it. - -23:4 Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find -no fault in this man. - -23:5 And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, -teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place. - -23:6 When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a -Galilaean. - -23:7 And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's -jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem -at that time. - -23:8 And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was -desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things -of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him. - -23:9 Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him -nothing. - -23:10 And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused -him. - -23:11 And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, -and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate. - -23:12 And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: -for before they were at enmity between themselves. - -23:13 And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and -the rulers and the people, 23:14 Said unto them, Ye have brought this -man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having -examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching -those things whereof ye accuse him: 23:15 No, nor yet Herod: for I -sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. - -23:16 I will therefore chastise him, and release him. - -23:17 (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.) -23:18 And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and -release unto us Barabbas: 23:19 (Who for a certain sedition made in -the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.) 23:20 Pilate -therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them. - -23:21 But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. - -23:22 And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he -done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise -him, and let him go. - -23:23 And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might -be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests -prevailed. - -23:24 And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. - -23:25 And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was -cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to -their will. - -23:26 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a -Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, -that he might bear it after Jesus. - -23:27 And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, -which also bewailed and lamented him. - -23:28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep -not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. - -23:29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, -Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps -which never gave suck. - -23:30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and -to the hills, Cover us. - -23:31 For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done -in the dry? 23:32 And there were also two other, malefactors, led -with him to be put to death. - -23:33 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, -there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, -and the other on the left. - -23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what -they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. - -23:35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them -derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be -Christ, the chosen of God. - -23:36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering -him vinegar, 23:37 And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save -thyself. - -23:38 And a superscription also was written over him in letters of -Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. - -23:39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, -saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. - -23:40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear -God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? 23:41 And we indeed -justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath -done nothing amiss. - -23:42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into -thy kingdom. - -23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt -thou be with me in paradise. - -23:44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over -all the earth until the ninth hour. - -23:45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in -the midst. - -23:46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, -into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up -the ghost. - -23:47 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, -saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. - -23:48 And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding -the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned. - -23:49 And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from -Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things. - -23:50 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he -was a good man, and a just: 23:51 (The same had not consented to the -counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: -who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. - -23:52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. - -23:53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a -sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. - -23:54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. - -23:55 And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed -after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. - -23:56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested -the sabbath day according to the commandment. - -24:1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, -they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had -prepared, and certain others with them. - -24:2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. - -24:3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. - -24:4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, -behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: 24:5 And as they -were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto -them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? 24:6 He is not here, but -is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, -24:7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful -men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. - -24:8 And they remembered his words, 24:9 And returned from the -sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the -rest. - -24:10 It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, -and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the -apostles. - -24:11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed -them not. - -24:12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, -he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, -wondering in himself at that which was come to pass. - -24:13 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called -Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. - -24:14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened. - -24:15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and -reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. - -24:16 But their eyes were holden that they should not know him. - -24:17 And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these -that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad? 24:18 And the -one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou -only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are -come to pass there in these days? 24:19 And he said unto them, What -things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which -was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: -24:20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be -condemned to death, and have crucified him. - -24:21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed -Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these -things were done. - -24:22 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, -which were early at the sepulchre; 24:23 And when they found not his -body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, -which said that he was alive. - -24:24 And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, -and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not. - -24:25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe -all that the prophets have spoken: 24:26 Ought not Christ to have -suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? 24:27 And -beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all -the scriptures the things concerning himself. - -24:28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he -made as though he would have gone further. - -24:29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is -toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with -them. - -24:30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, -and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. - -24:31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished -out of their sight. - -24:32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, -while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the -scriptures? 24:33 And they rose up the same hour, and returned to -Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were -with them, 24:34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared -to Simon. - -24:35 And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was -known of them in breaking of bread. - -24:36 And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of -them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. - -24:37 But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they -had seen a spirit. - -24:38 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts -arise in your hearts? 24:39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I -myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as -ye see me have. - -24:40 And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his -feet. - -24:41 And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said -unto them, Have ye here any meat? 24:42 And they gave him a piece of -a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. - -24:43 And he took it, and did eat before them. - -24:44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto -you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, -which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in -the psalms, concerning me. - -24:45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand -the scriptures, 24:46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus -it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: -24:47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in -his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. - -24:48 And ye are witnesses of these things. - -24:49 And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry -ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on -high. - -24:50 And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his -hands, and blessed them. - -24:51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from -them, and carried up into heaven. - -24:52 And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great -joy: 24:53 And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing -God. Amen. - - - - -The Gospel According to Saint John - - -1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the -Word was God. - -1:2 The same was in the beginning with God. - -1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing -made that was made. - -1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. - -1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended -it not. - -1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. - -1:7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that -all men through him might believe. - -1:8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. - -1:9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into -the world. - -1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world -knew him not. - -1:11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. - -1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the -sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 1:13 Which were -born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of -man, but of God. - -1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld -his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of -grace and truth. - -1:15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom -I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was -before me. - -1:16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. - -1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus -Christ. - -1:18 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is -in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. - -1:19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and -Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? 1:20 And he -confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. - -1:21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am -not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. - -1:22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer -to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? 1:23 He said, I am -the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of -the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. - -1:24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. - -1:25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, -if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? 1:26 -John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth -one among you, whom ye know not; 1:27 He it is, who coming after me is -preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. - -1:28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was -baptizing. - -1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold -the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. - -1:30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is -preferred before me: for he was before me. - -1:31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to -Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. - -1:32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from -heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. - -1:33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, -the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, -and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy -Ghost. - -1:34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. - -1:35 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; -1:36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of -God! 1:37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed -Jesus. - -1:38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, -What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being -interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou? 1:39 He saith unto them, -Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him -that day: for it was about the tenth hour. - -1:40 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was -Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. - -1:41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We -have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. - -1:42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, -Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is -by interpretation, A stone. - -1:43 The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth -Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. - -1:44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. - -1:45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, -of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of -Nazareth, the son of Joseph. - -1:46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of -Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. - -1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an -Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! 1:48 Nathanael saith unto him, -Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that -Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. - -1:49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of -God; thou art the King of Israel. - -1:50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw -thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things -than these. - -1:51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter -ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and -descending upon the Son of man. - -2:1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the -mother of Jesus was there: 2:2 And both Jesus was called, and his -disciples, to the marriage. - -2:3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, -They have no wine. - -2:4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine -hour is not yet come. - -2:5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, -do it. - -2:6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner -of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. - -2:7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they -filled them up to the brim. - -2:8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor -of the feast. And they bare it. - -2:9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made -wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the -water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, 2:10 And -saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; -and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast -kept the good wine until now. - -2:11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and -manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him. - -2:12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his -brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days. - -2:13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to -Jerusalem. - -2:14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, -and the changers of money sitting: 2:15 And when he had made a scourge -of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, -and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the -tables; 2:16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things -hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. - -2:17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of -thine house hath eaten me up. - -2:18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou -unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? 2:19 Jesus answered and -said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it -up. - -2:20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in -building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? 2:21 But he spake -of the temple of his body. - -2:22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples -remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the -scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. - -2:23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, -many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. - -2:24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all -men, 2:25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew -what was in man. - -3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the -Jews: 3:2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, -we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these -miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. - -3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, -Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. - -3:4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? -can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? 3:5 -Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born -of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. - -3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born -of the Spirit is spirit. - -3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. - -3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound -thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so -is every one that is born of the Spirit. - -3:9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? -3:10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, -and knowest not these things? 3:11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, -We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye -receive not our witness. - -3:12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall -ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? 3:13 And no man hath -ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son -of man which is in heaven. - -3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so -must the Son of man be lifted up: 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him -should not perish, but have eternal life. - -3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, -that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have -everlasting life. - -3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but -that the world through him might be saved. - -3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth -not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of -the only begotten Son of God. - -3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, -and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were -evil. - -3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to -the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. - -3:21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may -be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. - -3:22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of -Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. - -3:23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there -was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. - -3:24 For John was not yet cast into prison. - -3:25 Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and -the Jews about purifying. - -3:26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was -with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same -baptizeth, and all men come to him. - -3:27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be -given him from heaven. - -3:28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, -but that I am sent before him. - -3:29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the -bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because -of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. - -3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease. - -3:31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth -is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is -above all. - -3:32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man -receiveth his testimony. - -3:33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God -is true. - -3:34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God -giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. - -3:35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his -hand. - -3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that -believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth -on him. - -4:1 When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard that -Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, 4:2 (Though Jesus -himself baptized not, but his disciples,) 4:3 He left Judaea, and -departed again into Galilee. - -4:4 And he must needs go through Samaria. - -4:5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near -to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. - -4:6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with -his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. - -4:7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto -her, Give me to drink. - -4:8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) 4:9 -Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a -Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews -have no dealings with the Samaritans. - -4:10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of -God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest -have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. - -4:11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, -and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? -4:12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, -and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? 4:13 -Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water -shall thirst again: 4:14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I -shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him -shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. - -4:15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst -not, neither come hither to draw. - -4:16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. - -4:17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto -her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: 4:18 For thou hast had -five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that -saidst thou truly. - -4:19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a -prophet. - -4:20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in -Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. - -4:21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye -shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the -Father. - -4:22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for -salvation is of the Jews. - -4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall -worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such -to worship him. - -4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in -spirit and in truth. - -4:25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is -called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. - -4:26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. - -4:27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked -with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest -thou with her? 4:28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her -way into the city, and saith to the men, 4:29 Come, see a man, which -told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? 4:30 Then -they went out of the city, and came unto him. - -4:31 In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. - -4:32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. - -4:33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought -him ought to eat? 4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the -will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. - -4:35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? -behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for -they are white already to harvest. - -4:36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto -life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice -together. - -4:37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. - -4:38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men -laboured, and ye are entered into their labours. - -4:39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the -saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did. - -4:40 So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that -he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days. - -4:41 And many more believed because of his own word; 4:42 And said -unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have -heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the -Saviour of the world. - -4:43 Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee. - -4:44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his -own country. - -4:45 Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, -having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for -they also went unto the feast. - -4:46 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water -wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at -Capernaum. - -4:47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he -went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his -son: for he was at the point of death. - -4:48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye -will not believe. - -4:49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. - -4:50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man -believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. - -4:51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, -saying, Thy son liveth. - -4:52 Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And -they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. - -4:53 So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which -Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his -whole house. - -4:54 This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come -out of Judaea into Galilee. - -5:1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to -Jerusalem. - -5:2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is -called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. - -5:3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, -withered, waiting for the moving of the water. - -5:4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and -troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the -water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. - -5:5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and -eight years. - -5:6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time -in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? 5:7 The -impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is -troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another -steppeth down before me. - -5:8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. - -5:9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and -walked: and on the same day was the sabbath. - -5:10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the -sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. - -5:11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, -Take up thy bed, and walk. - -5:12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take -up thy bed, and walk? 5:13 And he that was healed wist not who it -was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that -place. - -5:14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, -Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto -thee. - -5:15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had -made him whole. - -5:16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay -him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. - -5:17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. - -5:18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not -only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, -making himself equal with God. - -5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say -unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the -Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son -likewise. - -5:20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that -himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye -may marvel. - -5:21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even -so the Son quickeneth whom he will. - -5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment -unto the Son: 5:23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they -honour the Father. - -He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent -him. - -5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and -believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not -come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. - -5:25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, -when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that -hear shall live. - -5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the -Son to have life in himself; 5:27 And hath given him authority to -execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. - -5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that -are in the graves shall hear his voice, 5:29 And shall come forth; -they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that -have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. - -5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my -judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of -the Father which hath sent me. - -5:31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. - -5:32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the -witness which he witnesseth of me is true. - -5:33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. - -5:34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, -that ye might be saved. - -5:35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a -season to rejoice in his light. - -5:36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which -the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear -witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. - -5:37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of -me. - -Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. - -5:38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, -him ye believe not. - -5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: -and they are they which testify of me. - -5:40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. - -5:41 I receive not honour from men. - -5:42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. - -5:43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another -shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. - -5:44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek -not the honour that cometh from God only? 5:45 Do not think that I -will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even -Moses, in whom ye trust. - -5:46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for he -wrote of me. - -5:47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my -words? 6:1 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, -which is the sea of Tiberias. - -6:2 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles -which he did on them that were diseased. - -6:3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his -disciples. - -6:4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. - -6:5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come -unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these -may eat? 6:6 And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what -he would do. - -6:7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not -sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. - -6:8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto -him, 6:9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two -small fishes: but what are they among so many? 6:10 And Jesus said, -Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the -men sat down, in number about five thousand. - -6:11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he -distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set -down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. - -6:12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the -fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. - -6:13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets -with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and -above unto them that had eaten. - -6:14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, -said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world. - -6:15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him -by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain -himself alone. - -6:16 And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea, -6:17 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. -And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them. - -6:18 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. - -6:19 So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, -they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and -they were afraid. - -6:20 But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid. - -6:21 Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately -the ship was at the land whither they went. - -6:22 The day following, when the people which stood on the other side -of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one -whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his -disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone; -6:23 (Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place -where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:) 6:24 -When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his -disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for -Jesus. - -6:25 And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they -said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither? 6:26 Jesus answered -them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because -ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were -filled. - -6:27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which -endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto -you: for him hath God the Father sealed. - -6:28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the -works of God? 6:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the -work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. - -6:30 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that -we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? 6:31 Our fathers -did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from -heaven to eat. - -6:32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses -gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true -bread from heaven. - -6:33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and -giveth life unto the world. - -6:34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. - -6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh -to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never -thirst. - -6:36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not. - -6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that -cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. - -6:38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the -will of him that sent me. - -6:39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all -which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up -again at the last day. - -6:40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which -seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I -will raise him up at the last day. - -6:41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread -which came down from heaven. - -6:42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father -and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from -heaven? 6:43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not -among yourselves. - -6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw -him: and I will raise him up at the last day. - -6:45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of -God. - -Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, -cometh unto me. - -6:46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, -he hath seen the Father. - -6:47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath -everlasting life. - -6:48 I am that bread of life. - -6:49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. - -6:50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may -eat thereof, and not die. - -6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat -of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give -is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. - -6:52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this -man give us his flesh to eat? 6:53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, -verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and -drink his blood, ye have no life in you. - -6:54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; -and I will raise him up at the last day. - -6:55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. - -6:56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, -and I in him. - -6:57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so -he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. - -6:58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your -fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread -shall live for ever. - -6:59 These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. - -6:60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, -This is an hard saying; who can hear it? 6:61 When Jesus knew in -himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth -this offend you? 6:62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend -up where he was before? 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the -flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are -spirit, and they are life. - -6:64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from -the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray -him. - -6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto -me, except it were given unto him of my Father. - -6:66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no -more with him. - -6:67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? 6:68 Then -Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the -words of eternal life. - -6:69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of -the living God. - -6:70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you -is a devil? 6:71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he -it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve. - -7:1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk -in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. - -7:2 Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand. - -7:3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into -Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest. - -7:4 For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself -seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to -the world. - -7:5 For neither did his brethren believe in him. - -7:6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time -is alway ready. - -7:7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of -it, that the works thereof are evil. - -7:8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for my -time is not yet full come. - -7:9 When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee. - -7:10 But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the -feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. - -7:11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? -7:12 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for -some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the -people. - -7:13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews. - -7:14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, -and taught. - -7:15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, -having never learned? 7:16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine -is not mine, but his that sent me. - -7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, -whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. - -7:18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that -seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no -unrighteousness is in him. - -7:19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the -law? Why go ye about to kill me? 7:20 The people answered and said, -Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee? 7:21 Jesus answered -and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel. - -7:22 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of -Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a -man. - -7:23 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of -Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a -man every whit whole on the sabbath day? 7:24 Judge not according to -the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. - -7:25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they -seek to kill? 7:26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing -unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? -7:27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no -man knoweth whence he is. - -7:28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know -me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that -sent me is true, whom ye know not. - -7:29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me. - -7:30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, -because his hour was not yet come. - -7:31 And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ -cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done? -7:32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things -concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers -to take him. - -7:33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and -then I go unto him that sent me. - -7:34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither -ye cannot come. - -7:35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we -shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, -and teach the Gentiles? 7:36 What manner of saying is this that he -said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither -ye cannot come? 7:37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, -Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto -me, and drink. - -7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his -belly shall flow rivers of living water. - -7:39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him -should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that -Jesus was not yet glorified.) 7:40 Many of the people therefore, when -they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. - -7:41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come -out of Galilee? 7:42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh -of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David -was? 7:43 So there was a division among the people because of him. - -7:44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on -him. - -7:45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and -they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? 7:46 The officers -answered, Never man spake like this man. - -7:47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? 7:48 -Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? 7:49 But -this people who knoweth not the law are cursed. - -7:50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being -one of them,) 7:51 Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and -know what he doeth? 7:52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou -also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no -prophet. - -7:53 And every man went unto his own house. - -8:1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. - -8:2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all -the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. - -8:3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in -adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, 8:4 They say unto -him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. - -8:5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but -what sayest thou? 8:6 This they said, tempting him, that they might -have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote -on the ground, as though he heard them not. - -8:7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said -unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a -stone at her. - -8:8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. - -8:9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, -went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and -Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. - -8:10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he -said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man -condemned thee? 8:11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, -Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. - -8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the -world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have -the light of life. - -8:13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of -thyself; thy record is not true. - -8:14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of -myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I -go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go. - -8:15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man. - -8:16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but -I and the Father that sent me. - -8:17 It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is -true. - -8:18 I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me -beareth witness of me. - -8:19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye -neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have -known my Father also. - -8:20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the -temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come. - -8:21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek -me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come. - -8:22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, -Whither I go, ye cannot come. - -8:23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye -are of this world; I am not of this world. - -8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if -ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. - -8:25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, -Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. - -8:26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent -me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard -of him. - -8:27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father. - -8:28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, -then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but -as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. - -8:29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me -alone; for I do always those things that please him. - -8:30 As he spake these words, many believed on him. - -8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye -continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 8:32 And ye -shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. - -8:33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in -bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? 8:34 -Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever -committeth sin is the servant of sin. - -8:35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son -abideth ever. - -8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free -indeed. - -8:37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, -because my word hath no place in you. - -8:38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that -which ye have seen with your father. - -8:39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus -saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works -of Abraham. - -8:40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, -which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. - -8:41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not -born of fornication; we have one Father, even God. - -8:42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: -for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but -he sent me. - -8:43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear -my word. - -8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye -will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the -truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he -speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. - -8:45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. - -8:46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do -ye not believe me? 8:47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye -therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. - -8:48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that -thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? 8:49 Jesus answered, I have -not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. - -8:50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and -judgeth. - -8:51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall -never see death. - -8:52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. - -Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my -saying, he shall never taste of death. - -8:53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the -prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? 8:54 Jesus answered, If -I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth -me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: 8:55 Yet ye have not known -him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a -liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. - -8:56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and -was glad. - -8:57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, -and hast thou seen Abraham? 8:58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, -verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. - -8:59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, -and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so -passed by. - -9:1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his -birth. - -9:2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this -man, or his parents, that he was born blind? 9:3 Jesus answered, -Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of -God should be made manifest in him. - -9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the -night cometh, when no man can work. - -9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. - -9:6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of -the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, -9:7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by -interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came -seeing. - -9:8 The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that -he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? 9:9 Some -said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he. - -9:10 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened? 9:11 -He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and -anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and -wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight. - -9:12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not. - -9:13 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. - -9:14 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened -his eyes. - -9:15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his -sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, -and do see. - -9:16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, -because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man -that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among -them. - -9:17 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that -he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet. - -9:18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been -blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him -that had received his sight. - -9:19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was -born blind? how then doth he now see? 9:20 His parents answered them -and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind: -9:21 But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened -his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for -himself. - -9:22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for -the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was -Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. - -9:23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him. - -9:24 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, -Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner. - -9:25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: -one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. - -9:26 Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he -thine eyes? 9:27 He answered them, I have told you already, and ye -did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his -disciples? 9:28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his -disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. - -9:29 We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know -not from whence he is. - -9:30 The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous -thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine -eyes. - -9:31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a -worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. - -9:32 Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the -eyes of one that was born blind. - -9:33 If this man were not of God, he could do nothing. - -9:34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in -sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. - -9:35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found -him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? 9:36 He -answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? 9:37 -And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that -talketh with thee. - -9:38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. - -9:39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they -which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. - -9:40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, -and said unto him, Are we blind also? 9:41 Jesus said unto them, If -ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; -therefore your sin remaineth. - -10:1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door -into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a -thief and a robber. - -10:2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. - -10:3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he -calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. - -10:4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, -and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. - -10:5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for -they know not the voice of strangers. - -10:6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what -things they were which he spake unto them. - -10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, -I am the door of the sheep. - -10:8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the -sheep did not hear them. - -10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and -shall go in and out, and find pasture. - -10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to -destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have -it more abundantly. - -10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for -the sheep. - -10:12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the -sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and -fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. - -10:13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not -for the sheep. - -10:14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. - -10:15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay -down my life for the sheep. - -10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I -must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, -and one shepherd. - -10:17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, -that I might take it again. - -10:18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have -power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This -commandment have I received of my Father. - -10:19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these -sayings. - -10:20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye -him? 10:21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a -devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? 10:22 And it was at -Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. - -10:23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. - -10:24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long -dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. - -10:25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works -that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. - -10:26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said -unto you. - -10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: -10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, -neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. - -10:29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man -is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. - -10:30 I and my Father are one. - -10:31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. - -10:32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my -Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? 10:33 The Jews -answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for -blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. - -10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye -are gods? 10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God -came, and the scripture cannot be broken; 10:36 Say ye of him, whom -the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; -because I said, I am the Son of God? 10:37 If I do not the works of -my Father, believe me not. - -10:38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that -ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. - -10:39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of -their hand, 10:40 And went away again beyond Jordan into the place -where John at first baptized; and there he abode. - -10:41 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but -all things that John spake of this man were true. - -10:42 And many believed on him there. - -11:1 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town -of Mary and her sister Martha. - -11:2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and -wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) 11:3 -Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom -thou lovest is sick. - -11:4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, -but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified -thereby. - -11:5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. - -11:6 When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days -still in the same place where he was. - -11:7 Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea -again. - -11:8 His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to -stone thee; and goest thou thither again? 11:9 Jesus answered, Are -there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he -stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. - -11:10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is -no light in him. - -11:11 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our -friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. - -11:12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. - -11:13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had -spoken of taking of rest in sleep. - -11:14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead. - -11:15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent -ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him. - -11:16 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his -fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. - -11:17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave -four days already. - -11:18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: -11:19 And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them -concerning their brother. - -11:20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went -and met him: but Mary sat still in the house. - -11:21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my -brother had not died. - -11:22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God -will give it thee. - -11:23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. - -11:24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the -resurrection at the last day. - -11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he -that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 11:26 -And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest -thou this? 11:27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou -art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world. - -11:28 And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her -sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee. - -11:29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him. - -11:30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place -where Martha met him. - -11:31 The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted -her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, -followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there. - -11:32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell -down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my -brother had not died. - -11:33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping -which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled. - -11:34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come -and see. - -11:35 Jesus wept. - -11:36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! 11:37 And some of -them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, -have caused that even this man should not have died? 11:38 Jesus -therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a -cave, and a stone lay upon it. - -11:39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him -that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he -hath been dead four days. - -11:40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou -wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? 11:41 Then -they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And -Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou -hast heard me. - -11:42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the -people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast -sent me. - -11:43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, -Lazarus, come forth. - -11:44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with -graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith -unto them, Loose him, and let him go. - -11:45 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the -things which Jesus did, believed on him. - -11:46 But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them -what things Jesus had done. - -11:47 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and -said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. - -11:48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the -Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation. - -11:49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same -year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, 11:50 Nor consider that -it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and -that the whole nation perish not. - -11:51 And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that -year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; 11:52 And -not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in -one the children of God that were scattered abroad. - -11:53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put -him to death. - -11:54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went -thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called -Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples. - -11:55 And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of -the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves. - -11:56 Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they -stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the -feast? 11:57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a -commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, -that they might take him. - -12:1 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where -Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. - -12:2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was -one of them that sat at the table with him. - -12:3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and -anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the -house was filled with the odour of the ointment. - -12:4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, -which should betray him, 12:5 Why was not this ointment sold for three -hundred pence, and given to the poor? 12:6 This he said, not that he -cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and -bare what was put therein. - -12:7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying -hath she kept this. - -12:8 For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always. - -12:9 Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and -they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus -also, whom he had raised from the dead. - -12:10 But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also -to death; 12:11 Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went -away, and believed on Jesus. - -12:12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when -they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 12:13 Took branches of -palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is -the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. - -12:14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is -written, 12:15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, -sitting on an ass's colt. - -12:16 These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when -Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were -written of him, and that they had done these things unto him. - -12:17 The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus -out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record. - -12:18 For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that -he had done this miracle. - -12:19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how -ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him. - -12:20 And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship -at the feast: 12:21 The same came therefore to Philip, which was of -Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see -Jesus. - -12:22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip -tell Jesus. - -12:23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son -of man should be glorified. - -12:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into -the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth -much fruit. - -12:25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his -life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. - -12:26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there -shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father -honour. - -12:27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me -from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. - -12:28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, -saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. - -12:29 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it -thundered: others said, An angel spake to him. - -12:30 Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but -for your sakes. - -12:31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this -world be cast out. - -12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto -me. - -12:33 This he said, signifying what death he should die. - -12:34 The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that -Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be -lifted up? who is this Son of man? 12:35 Then Jesus said unto them, -Yet a little while is the light with you. - -Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that -walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. - -12:36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the -children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did -hide himself from them. - -12:37 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they -believed not on him: 12:38 That the saying of Esaias the prophet might -be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and -to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? 12:39 Therefore they -could not believe, because that Esaias said again, 12:40 He hath -blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see -with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, -and I should heal them. - -12:41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of -him. - -12:42 Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; -but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they -should be put out of the synagogue: 12:43 For they loved the praise of -men more than the praise of God. - -12:44 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on -me, but on him that sent me. - -12:45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. - -12:46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me -should not abide in darkness. - -12:47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: -for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. - -12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that -judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in -the last day. - -12:49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, -he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. - -12:50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever -I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak. - -13:1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his -hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, -having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the -end. - -13:2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart -of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; 13:3 Jesus knowing that -the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come -from God, and went to God; 13:4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside -his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. - -13:5 After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the -disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was -girded. - -13:6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, -dost thou wash my feet? 13:7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I -do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. - -13:8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus -answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. - -13:9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my -hands and my head. - -13:10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash -his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. - -13:11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not -all clean. - -13:12 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, -and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to -you? 13:13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. - -13:14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also -ought to wash one another's feet. - -13:15 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have -done to you. - -13:16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than -his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. - -13:17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. - -13:18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the -scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted -up his heel against me. - -13:19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye -may believe that I am he. - -13:20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I -send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent -me. - -13:21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and -testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you -shall betray me. - -13:22 Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he -spake. - -13:23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom -Jesus loved. - -13:24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it -should be of whom he spake. - -13:25 He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it? -13:26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I -have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas -Iscariot, the son of Simon. - -13:27 And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto -him, That thou doest, do quickly. - -13:28 Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto -him. - -13:29 For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus -had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the -feast; or, that he should give something to the poor. - -13:30 He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was -night. - -13:31 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of -man glorified, and God is glorified in him. - -13:32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in -himself, and shall straightway glorify him. - -13:33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek -me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now -I say to you. - -13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as -I have loved you, that ye also love one another. - -13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have -love one to another. - -13:36 Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus -answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou -shalt follow me afterwards. - -13:37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will -lay down my life for thy sake. - -13:38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? -Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou -hast denied me thrice. - -14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also -in me. - -14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I -would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. - -14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and -receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. - -14:4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. - -14:5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and -how can we know the way? 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the -truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. - -14:7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from -henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. - -14:8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth -us. - -14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet -hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the -Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? 14:10 Believest -thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words -that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that -dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. - -14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or -else believe me for the very works' sake. - -14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the -works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall -he do; because I go unto my Father. - -14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the -Father may be glorified in the Son. - -14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. - -14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. - -14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another -Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 14:17 Even the Spirit -of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, -neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and -shall be in you. - -14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. - -14:19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see -me: because I live, ye shall live also. - -14:20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, -and I in you. - -14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that -loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I -will love him, and will manifest myself to him. - -14:22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou -wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? 14:23 Jesus -answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: -and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our -abode with him. - -14:24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which -ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. - -14:25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. - -14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will -send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things -to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. - -14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the -world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither -let it be afraid. - -14:28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again -unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto -the Father: for my Father is greater than I. - -14:29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is -come to pass, ye might believe. - -14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this -world cometh, and hath nothing in me. - -14:31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the -Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence. - -15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. - -15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and -every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring -forth more fruit. - -15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. - -15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of -itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide -in me. - -15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I -in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do -nothing. - -15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is -withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they -are burned. - -15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what -ye will, and it shall be done unto you. - -15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall -ye be my disciples. - -15:9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in -my love. - -15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I -have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. - -15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in -you, and that your joy might be full. - -15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have -loved you. - -15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life -for his friends. - -15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. - -15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not -what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things -that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. - -15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, -that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should -remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may -give it you. - -15:17 These things I command you, that ye love one another. - -15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated -you. - -15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but -because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the -world, therefore the world hateth you. - -15:20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not -greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also -persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. - -15:21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, -because they know not him that sent me. - -15:22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: -but now they have no cloak for their sin. - -15:23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also. - -15:24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, -they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me -and my Father. - -15:25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that -is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. - -15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from -the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the -Father, he shall testify of me: 15:27 And ye also shall bear witness, -because ye have been with me from the beginning. - -16:1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be -offended. - -16:2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, -that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. - -16:3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not -known the Father, nor me. - -16:4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, -ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not -unto you at the beginning, because I was with you. - -16:5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh -me, Whither goest thou? 16:6 But because I have said these things -unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart. - -16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I -go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; -but if I depart, I will send him unto you. - -16:8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of -righteousness, and of judgment: 16:9 Of sin, because they believe not -on me; 16:10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see -me no more; 16:11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is -judged. - -16:12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them -now. - -16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you -into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he -shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. - -16:14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall -shew it unto you. - -16:15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that -he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. - -16:16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little -while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. - -16:17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this -that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and -again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the -Father? 16:18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A -little while? we cannot tell what he saith. - -16:19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto -them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, -and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see -me? 16:20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and -lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but -your sorrow shall be turned into joy. - -16:21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is -come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no -more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. - -16:22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and -your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. - -16:23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say -unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give -it you. - -16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall -receive, that your joy may be full. - -16:25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time -cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall -shew you plainly of the Father. - -16:26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, -that I will pray the Father for you: 16:27 For the Father himself -loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came -out from God. - -16:28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, -I leave the world, and go to the Father. - -16:29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and -speakest no proverb. - -16:30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not -that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest -forth from God. - -16:31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? 16:32 Behold, the hour -cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his -own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the -Father is with me. - -16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have -peace. - -In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have -overcome the world. - -17:1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and -said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may -glorify thee: 17:2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that -he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. - -17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true -God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. - -17:4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work -which thou gavest me to do. - -17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the -glory which I had with thee before the world was. - -17:6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out -of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have -kept thy word. - -17:7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me -are of thee. - -17:8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and -they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from -thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. - -17:9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which -thou hast given me; for they are thine. - -17:10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified -in them. - -17:11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, -and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those -whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. - -17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: -those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but -the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. - -17:13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, -that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. - -17:14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, -because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. - -17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but -that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. - -17:16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. - -17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. - -17:18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent -them into the world. - -17:19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be -sanctified through the truth. - -17:20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall -believe on me through their word; 17:21 That they all may be one; as -thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in -us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. - -17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they -may be one, even as we are one: 17:23 I in them, and thou in me, that -they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou -hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. - -17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with -me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given -me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. - -17:25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have -known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. - -17:26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: -that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in -them. - -18:1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his -disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he -entered, and his disciples. - -18:2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus -ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. - -18:3 Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the -chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches -and weapons. - -18:4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, -went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? 18:5 They answered him, -Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. - -And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. - -18:6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went -backward, and fell to the ground. - -18:7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of -Nazareth. - -18:8 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye -seek me, let these go their way: 18:9 That the saying might be -fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost -none. - -18:10 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high -priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was -Malchus. - -18:11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: -the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? 18:12 -Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and -bound him, 18:13 And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in -law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year. - -18:14 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was -expedient that one man should die for the people. - -18:15 And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: -that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus -into the palace of the high priest. - -18:16 But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other -disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her -that kept the door, and brought in Peter. - -18:17 Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not -thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not. - -18:18 And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire -of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood -with them, and warmed himself. - -18:19 The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his -doctrine. - -18:20 Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught -in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; -and in secret have I said nothing. - -18:21 Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said -unto them: behold, they know what I said. - -18:22 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by -struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the -high priest so? 18:23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear -witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me? 18:24 Now -Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest. - -18:25 And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore -unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and -said, I am not. - -18:26 One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose -ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him? -18:27 Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew. - -18:28 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and -it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, -lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover. - -18:29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring -ye against this man? 18:30 They answered and said unto him, If he -were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. - -18:31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according -to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us -to put any man to death: 18:32 That the saying of Jesus might be -fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die. - -18:33 Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called -Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews? 18:34 Jesus -answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it -thee of me? 18:35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and -the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done? -18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom -were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be -delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. - -18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus -answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and -for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto -the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. - -18:38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, -he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no -fault at all. - -18:39 But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the -passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the -Jews? 18:40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but -Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber. - -19:1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. - -19:2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his -head, and they put on him a purple robe, 19:3 And said, Hail, King of -the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. - -19:4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I -bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. - -19:5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the -purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! 19:6 When -the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, -saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, -and crucify him: for I find no fault in him. - -19:7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to -die, because he made himself the Son of God. - -19:8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; -19:9 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, -Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. - -19:10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest -thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release -thee? 19:11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all -against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that -delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. - -19:12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews -cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's -friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar. - -19:13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, -and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the -Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. - -19:14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth -hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! 19:15 But they -cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. - -Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests -answered, We have no king but Caesar. - -19:16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And -they took Jesus, and led him away. - -19:17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the -place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: 19:18 Where -they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and -Jesus in the midst. - -19:19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the -writing was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. - -19:20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus -was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and -Greek, and Latin. - -19:21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, -The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. - -19:22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written. - -19:23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his -garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his -coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. - -19:24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but -cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be -fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my -vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did. - -19:25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his -mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. - -19:26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing -by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! -19:27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that -hour that disciple took her unto his own home. - -19:28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, -that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. - -19:29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a -spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. - -19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is -finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. - -19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the -bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that -sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be -broken, and that they might be taken away. - -19:32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of -the other which was crucified with him. - -19:33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, -they brake not his legs: 19:34 But one of the soldiers with a spear -pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. - -19:35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he -knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. - -19:36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be -fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. - -19:37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom -they pierced. - -19:38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, -but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take -away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, -and took the body of Jesus. - -19:39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus -by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred -pound weight. - -19:40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes -with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. - -19:41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and -in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. - -19:42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation -day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand. - -20:1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it -was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from -the sepulchre. - -20:2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other -disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away -the LORD out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid -him. - -20:3 Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to -the sepulchre. - -20:4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun -Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. - -20:5 And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes -lying; yet went he not in. - -20:6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the -sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, 20:7 And the napkin, that -was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped -together in a place by itself. - -20:8 Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the -sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. - -20:9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again -from the dead. - -20:10 Then the disciples went away again unto their own home. - -20:11 But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she -wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, 20:12 And seeth -two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the -feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. - -20:13 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto -them, Because they have taken away my LORD, and I know not where they -have laid him. - -20:14 And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw -Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. - -20:15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest -thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if -thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I -will take him away. - -20:16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto -him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. - -20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to -my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my -Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. - -20:18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the -LORD, and that he had spoken these things unto her. - -20:19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, -when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear -of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, -Peace be unto you. - -20:20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his -side. - -Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD. - -20:21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father -hath sent me, even so send I you. - -20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto -them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: 20:23 Whose soever sins ye remit, -they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are -retained. - -20:24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them -when Jesus came. - -20:25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the -LORD. - -But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of -the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust -my hand into his side, I will not believe. - -20:26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas -with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the -midst, and said, Peace be unto you. - -20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my -hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be -not faithless, but believing. - -20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God. - -20:29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou -hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have -believed. - -20:30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his -disciples, which are not written in this book: 20:31 But these are -written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of -God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. - -21:1 After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at -the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself. - -21:2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and -Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other -of his disciples. - -21:3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, -We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship -immediately; and that night they caught nothing. - -21:4 But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but -the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. - -21:5 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They -answered him, No. - -21:6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the -ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not -able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. - -21:7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is -the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his -fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into -the sea. - -21:8 And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not -far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net -with fishes. - -21:9 As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals -there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. - -21:10 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now -caught. - -21:11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great -fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so -many, yet was not the net broken. - -21:12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples -durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord. - -21:13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish -likewise. - -21:14 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his -disciples, after that he was risen from the dead. - -21:15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son -of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, -Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. - -21:16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, -lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love -thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. - -21:17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest -thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, -Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; -thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. - -21:18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou -girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou -shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall -gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. - -21:19 This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. -And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me. - -21:20 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved -following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, -which is he that betrayeth thee? 21:21 Peter seeing him saith to -Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? 21:22 Jesus saith unto him, -If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou -me. - -21:23 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that -disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not -die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? -21:24 This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote -these things: and we know that his testimony is true. - -21:25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, -if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world -itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen. - - - - -The Acts of the Apostles - - -1:1 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus -began both to do and teach, 1:2 Until the day in which he was taken -up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto -the apostles whom he had chosen: 1:3 To whom also he shewed himself -alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them -forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of -God: 1:4 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that -they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the -Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. - -1:5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with -the Holy Ghost not many days hence. - -1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, -Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? 1:7 -And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the -seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. - -1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon -you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all -Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. - -1:9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was -taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. - -1:10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, -behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; 1:11 Which also said, -Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same -Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like -manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. - -1:12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, -which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey. - -1:13 And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, -where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and -Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon -Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James. - -1:14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, -with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren. - -1:15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, -and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and -twenty,) 1:16 Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been -fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before -concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus. - -1:17 For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this -ministry. - -1:18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and -falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels -gushed out. - -1:19 And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as -that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, -The field of blood. - -1:20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be -desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another -take. - -1:21 Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time -that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, 1:22 Beginning from the -baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must -one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection. - -1:23 And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed -Justus, and Matthias. - -1:24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts -of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, 1:25 That he -may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by -transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. - -1:26 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; -and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. - -2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with -one accord in one place. - -2:2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty -wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. - -2:3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and -it sat upon each of them. - -2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak -with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. - -2:5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of -every nation under heaven. - -2:6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and -were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own -language. - -2:7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, -Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? 2:8 And how hear we -every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? 2:9 Parthians, and -Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, -and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, 2:10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in -Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, -Jews and proselytes, 2:11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak -in our tongues the wonderful works of God. - -2:12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to -another, What meaneth this? 2:13 Others mocking said, These men are -full of new wine. - -2:14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and -said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, -be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: 2:15 For these are -not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the -day. - -2:16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; 2:17 And -it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of -my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall -prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall -dream dreams: 2:18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will -pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: 2:19 And -I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; -blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: 2:20 The sun shall be turned -into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable -day of the Lord come: 2:21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever -shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. - -2:22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man -approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God -did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: 2:23 Him, -being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, -ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: 2:24 Whom -God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was -not possible that he should be holden of it. - -2:25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always -before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be -moved: 2:26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; -moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: 2:27 Because thou wilt not -leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see -corruption. - -2:28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me -full of joy with thy countenance. - -2:29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch -David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us -unto this day. - -2:30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an -oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, -he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; 2:31 He seeing this -before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left -in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. - -2:32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. - -2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having -received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed -forth this, which ye now see and hear. - -2:34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, -The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 2:35 Until I -make thy foes thy footstool. - -2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God -hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and -Christ. - -2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and -said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, -what shall we do? 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be -baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the -remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. - -2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all -that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call. - -2:40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save -yourselves from this untoward generation. - -2:41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the -same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. - -2:42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and -fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. - -2:43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were -done by the apostles. - -2:44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common; -2:45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, -as every man had need. - -2:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and -breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness -and singleness of heart, 2:47 Praising God, and having favour with all -the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be -saved. - -3:1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of -prayer, being the ninth hour. - -3:2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom -they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, -to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; 3:3 Who seeing Peter -and John about to go into the temple asked an alms. - -3:4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on -us. - -3:5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of -them. - -3:6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have -give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. - -3:7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and -immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. - -3:8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into -the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. - -3:9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God: 3:10 And they -knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the -temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which -had happened unto him. - -3:11 And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the -people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, -greatly wondering. - -3:12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of -Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as -though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? -3:13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our -fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and -denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let -him go. - -3:14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer -to be granted unto you; 3:15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God -hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. - -3:16 And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, -whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him -this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. - -3:17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did -also your rulers. - -3:18 But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all -his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. - -3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be -blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence -of the Lord. - -3:20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto -you: 3:21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution -of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy -prophets since the world began. - -3:22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord -your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall -ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. - -3:23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear -that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. - -3:24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow -after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days. - -3:25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which -God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall -all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. - -3:26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to -bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities. - -4:1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of -the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, 4:2 Being grieved that -they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection -from the dead. - -4:3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next -day: for it was now eventide. - -4:4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number -of the men was about five thousand. - -4:5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, -and scribes, 4:6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, -and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, -were gathered together at Jerusalem. - -4:7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what -power, or by what name, have ye done this? 4:8 Then Peter, filled -with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and -elders of Israel, 4:9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done -to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; 4:10 Be it known -unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of -Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the -dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. - -4:11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which -is become the head of the corner. - -4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other -name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. - -4:13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived -that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they -took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. - -4:14 And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they -could say nothing against it. - -4:15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, -they conferred among themselves, 4:16 Saying, What shall we do to -these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is -manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it. - -4:17 But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly -threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. - -4:18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor -teach in the name of Jesus. - -4:19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be -right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, -judge ye. - -4:20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. - -4:21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, -finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for -all men glorified God for that which was done. - -4:22 For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of -healing was shewed. - -4:23 And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported -all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. - -4:24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with -one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and -earth, and the sea, and all that in them is: 4:25 Who by the mouth of -thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people -imagine vain things? 4:26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the -rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his -Christ. - -4:27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast -anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the -people of Israel, were gathered together, 4:28 For to do whatsoever -thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. - -4:29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy -servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, 4:30 By -stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be -done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. - -4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were -assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and -they spake the word of God with boldness. - -4:32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of -one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he -possessed was his own; but they had all things common. - -4:33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the -resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. - -4:34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were -possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the -things that were sold, 4:35 And laid them down at the apostles' feet: -and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. - -4:36 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, -being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the -country of Cyprus, 4:37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money, -and laid it at the apostles' feet. - -5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a -possession, 5:2 And kept back part of the price, his wife also being -privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' -feet. - -5:3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie -to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? -5:4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, -was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in -thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. - -5:5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: -and great fear came on all them that heard these things. - -5:6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and -buried him. - -5:7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, -not knowing what was done, came in. - -5:8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for -so much? And she said, Yea, for so much. - -5:9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together -to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have -buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out. - -5:10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the -ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying -her forth, buried her by her husband. - -5:11 And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as -heard these things. - -5:12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders -wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in -Solomon's porch. - -5:13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people -magnified them. - -5:14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of -men and women.) 5:15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into -the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the -shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. - -5:16 There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto -Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean -spirits: and they were healed every one. - -5:17 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, -(which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with -indignation, 5:18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them -in the common prison. - -5:19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and -brought them forth, and said, 5:20 Go, stand and speak in the temple -to the people all the words of this life. - -5:21 And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in -the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were -with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the -children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. - -5:22 But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, -they returned and told, 5:23 Saying, The prison truly found we shut -with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: -but when we had opened, we found no man within. - -5:24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the -chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this -would grow. - -5:25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put -in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people. - -5:26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without -violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been -stoned. - -5:27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: -and the high priest asked them, 5:28 Saying, Did not we straitly -command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye -have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this -man's blood upon us. - -5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to -obey God rather than men. - -5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged -on a tree. - -5:31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a -Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. - -5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy -Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him. - -5:33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took -counsel to slay them. - -5:34 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named -Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, -and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space; 5:35 And said -unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to -do as touching these men. - -5:36 For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be -somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined -themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were -scattered, and brought to nought. - -5:37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the -taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and -all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed. - -5:38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them -alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to -nought: 5:39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply -ye be found even to fight against God. - -5:40 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, -and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name -of Jesus, and let them go. - -5:41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing -that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. - -5:42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to -teach and preach Jesus Christ. - -6:1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was -multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the -Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily -ministration. - -6:2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, -and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and -serve tables. - -6:3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest -report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over -this business. - -6:4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the -ministry of the word. - -6:5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose -Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and -Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a -proselyte of Antioch: 6:6 Whom they set before the apostles: and when -they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. - -6:7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples -multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests -were obedient to the faith. - -6:8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and -miracles among the people. - -6:9 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the -synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of -them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen. - -6:10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by -which he spake. - -6:11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak -blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. - -6:12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, -and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council, -6:13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to -speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: 6:14 For -we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this -place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us. - -6:15 And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw -his face as it had been the face of an angel. - -7:1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so? 7:2 And he said, -Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto -our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in -Charran, 7:3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from -thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee. - -7:4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in -Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him -into this land, wherein ye now dwell. - -7:5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set -his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a -possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child. - -7:6 And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a -strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and -entreat them evil four hundred years. - -7:7 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said -God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place. - -7:8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat -Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and -Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs. - -7:9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but -God was with him, 7:10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, -and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; -and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. - -7:11 Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, -and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance. - -7:12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out -our fathers first. - -7:13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and -Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh. - -7:14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his -kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. - -7:15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers, -7:16 And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that -Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of -Sychem. - -7:17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn -to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, 7:18 Till another -king arose, which knew not Joseph. - -7:19 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our -fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they -might not live. - -7:20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and -nourished up in his father's house three months: 7:21 And when he was -cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her -own son. - -7:22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was -mighty in words and in deeds. - -7:23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to -visit his brethren the children of Israel. - -7:24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged -him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian: 7:25 For he supposed -his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would -deliver them: but they understood not. - -7:26 And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and -would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why -do ye wrong one to another? 7:27 But he that did his neighbour wrong -thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? -7:28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday? 7:29 -Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of -Madian, where he begat two sons. - -7:30 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the -wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a -bush. - -7:31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near -to behold it, the voice of the LORD came unto him, 7:32 Saying, I am -the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and -the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold. - -7:33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for -the place where thou standest is holy ground. - -7:34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in -Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver -them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt. - -7:35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a -judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand -of the angel which appeared to him in the bush. - -7:36 He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs -in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty -years. - -7:37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A -prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, -like unto me; him shall ye hear. - -7:38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the -angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who -received the lively oracles to give unto us: 7:39 To whom our fathers -would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned -back again into Egypt, 7:40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go -before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of -Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. - -7:41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto -the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. - -7:42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; -as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, -have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of -forty years in the wilderness? 7:43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of -Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to -worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon. - -7:44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as -he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it -according to the fashion that he had seen. - -7:45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into -the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of -our fathers, unto the days of David; 7:46 Who found favour before God, -and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. - -7:47 But Solomon built him an house. - -7:48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as -saith the prophet, 7:49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my -footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the -place of my rest? 7:50 Hath not my hand made all these things? 7:51 -Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always -resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. - -7:52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they -have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of -whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: 7:53 Who have -received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. - -7:54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and -they gnashed on him with their teeth. - -7:55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into -heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand -of God, 7:56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son -of man standing on the right hand of God. - -7:57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, -and ran upon him with one accord, 7:58 And cast him out of the city, -and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young -man's feet, whose name was Saul. - -7:59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord -Jesus, receive my spirit. - -7:60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not -this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. - -8:1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was -a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and -they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and -Samaria, except the apostles. - -8:2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great -lamentation over him. - -8:3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every -house, and haling men and women committed them to prison. - -8:4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where -preaching the word. - -8:5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ -unto them. - -8:6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which -Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. - -8:7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that -were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were -lame, were healed. - -8:8 And there was great joy in that city. - -8:9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the -same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving -out that himself was some great one: 8:10 To whom they all gave heed, -from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of -God. - -8:11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had -bewitched them with sorceries. - -8:12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the -kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both -men and women. - -8:13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he -continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs -which were done. - -8:14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria -had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: 8:15 -Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might -receive the Holy Ghost: 8:16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of -them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 8:17 -Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. - -8:18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands -the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, 8:19 Saying, Give me -also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the -Holy Ghost. - -8:20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou -hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. - -8:21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is -not right in the sight of God. - -8:22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps -the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. - -8:23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in -the bond of iniquity. - -8:24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the LORD for me, that -none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me. - -8:25 And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the -Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages -of the Samaritans. - -8:26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and -go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto -Gaza, which is desert. - -8:27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch -of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the -charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, -8:28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the -prophet. - -8:29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to -this chariot. - -8:30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet -Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? 8:31 And he -said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired -Philip that he would come up and sit with him. - -8:32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as -a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so -opened he not his mouth: 8:33 In his humiliation his judgment was -taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is -taken from the earth. - -8:34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom -speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man? 8:35 -Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and -preached unto him Jesus. - -8:36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: -and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be -baptized? 8:37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine -heart, thou mayest. - -And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of -God. - -8:38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down -both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. - -8:39 And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the -Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went -on his way rejoicing. - -8:40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached -in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea. - -9:1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the -disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, 9:2 And desired of -him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of -this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound -unto Jerusalem. - -9:3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there -shined round about him a light from heaven: 9:4 And he fell to the -earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest -thou me? 9:5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am -Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the -pricks. - -9:6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me -to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it -shall be told thee what thou must do. - -9:7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a -voice, but seeing no man. - -9:8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he -saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into -Damascus. - -9:9 And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor -drink. - -9:10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and -to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am -here, Lord. - -9:11 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which -is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called -Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, 9:12 And hath seen in a -vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, -that he might receive his sight. - -9:13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, -how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: 9:14 And here -he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy -name. - -9:15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel -unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the -children of Israel: 9:16 For I will shew him how great things he must -suffer for my name's sake. - -9:17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting -his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that -appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou -mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. - -9:18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: -and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized. - -9:19 And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul -certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus. - -9:20 And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is -the Son of God. - -9:21 But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that -destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither -for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief -priests? 9:22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded -the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ. - -9:23 And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to -kill him: 9:24 But their laying await was known of Saul. And they -watched the gates day and night to kill him. - -9:25 Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the -wall in a basket. - -9:26 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself -to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not -that he was a disciple. - -9:27 But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and -declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he -had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the -name of Jesus. - -9:28 And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem. - -9:29 And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed -against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him. - -9:30 Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, -and sent him forth to Tarsus. - -9:31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and -Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in -the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. - -9:32 And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he -came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda. - -9:33 And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his -bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy. - -9:34 And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: -arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately. - -9:35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the -Lord. - -9:36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by -interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and -almsdeeds which she did. - -9:37 And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: -whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber. - -9:38 And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had -heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him -that he would not delay to come to them. - -9:39 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they -brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him -weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while -she was with them. - -9:40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and -turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: -and when she saw Peter, she sat up. - -9:41 And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had -called the saints and widows, presented her alive. - -9:42 And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the -Lord. - -9:43 And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one -Simon a tanner. - -10:1 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion -of the band called the Italian band, 10:2 A devout man, and one that -feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and -prayed to God alway. - -10:3 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an -angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. - -10:4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, -Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up -for a memorial before God. - -10:5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname -is Peter: 10:6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by -the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do. - -10:7 And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he -called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them -that waited on him continually; 10:8 And when he had declared all -these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa. - -10:9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto -the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth -hour: 10:10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while -they made ready, he fell into a trance, 10:11 And saw heaven opened, -and a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet -knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: 10:12 Wherein -were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, -and creeping things, and fowls of the air. - -10:13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. - -10:14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing -that is common or unclean. - -10:15 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God -hath cleansed, that call not thou common. - -10:16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into -heaven. - -10:17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had -seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had -made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate, 10:18 And -called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged -there. - -10:19 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, -Behold, three men seek thee. - -10:20 Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting -nothing: for I have sent them. - -10:21 Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from -Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause -wherefore ye are come? 10:22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, -a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the -nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for -thee into his house, and to hear words of thee. - -10:23 Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter -went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him. - -10:24 And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius -waited for them, and he had called together his kinsmen and near -friends. - -10:25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at -his feet, and worshipped him. - -10:26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man. - -10:27 And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were -come together. - -10:28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing -for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another -nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common -or unclean. - -10:29 Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was -sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me? 10:30 -And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and -at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood -before me in bright clothing, 10:31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is -heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God. - -10:32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is -Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea -side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee. - -10:33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done -that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, -to hear all things that are commanded thee of God. - -10:34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive -that God is no respecter of persons: 10:35 But in every nation he that -feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. - -10:36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching -peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) 10:37 That word, I say, ye -know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from -Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; 10:38 How God anointed -Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about -doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God -was with him. - -10:39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land -of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: -10:40 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; 10:41 -Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before God, even to -us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. - -10:42 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify -that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and -dead. - -10:43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name -whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. - -10:44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all -them which heard the word. - -10:45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as -many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured -out the gift of the Holy Ghost. - -10:46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then -answered Peter, 10:47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not -be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? 10:48 -And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then -prayed they him to tarry certain days. - -11:1 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the -Gentiles had also received the word of God. - -11:2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the -circumcision contended with him, 11:3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men -uncircumcised, and didst eat with them. - -11:4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded -it by order unto them, saying, 11:5 I was in the city of Joppa -praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as -it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and -it came even to me: 11:6 Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, -I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, -and creeping things, and fowls of the air. - -11:7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat. - -11:8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at -any time entered into my mouth. - -11:9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath -cleansed, that call not thou common. - -11:10 And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into -heaven. - -11:11 And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto -the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me. - -11:12 And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover -these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's -house: 11:13 And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, -which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, -whose surname is Peter; 11:14 Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou -and all thy house shall be saved. - -11:15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us -at the beginning. - -11:16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John -indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy -Ghost. - -11:17 Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, -who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could -withstand God? 11:18 When they heard these things, they held their -peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles -granted repentance unto life. - -11:19 Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that -arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and -Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. - -11:20 And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they -were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the LORD -Jesus. - -11:21 And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number -believed, and turned unto the Lord. - -11:22 Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church -which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should -go as far as Antioch. - -11:23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and -exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto -the Lord. - -11:24 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: -and much people was added unto the Lord. - -11:25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: 11:26 And -when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to -pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and -taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in -Antioch. - -11:27 And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. - -11:28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by -the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: -which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. - -11:29 Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, -determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea: -11:30 Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of -Barnabas and Saul. - -12:1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to -vex certain of the church. - -12:2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. - -12:3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to -take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) 12:4 And -when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him -to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to -bring him forth to the people. - -12:5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without -ceasing of the church unto God for him. - -12:6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter -was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the -keepers before the door kept the prison. - -12:7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light -shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him -up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. - -12:8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy -sandals. - -And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and -follow me. - -12:9 And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true -which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision. - -12:10 When they were past the first and the second ward, they came -unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of -his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; -and forthwith the angel departed from him. - -12:11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a -surety, that the LORD hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out -of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of -the Jews. - -12:12 And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of -Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were -gathered together praying. - -12:13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to -hearken, named Rhoda. - -12:14 And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for -gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate. - -12:15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly -affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel. - -12:16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, -and saw him, they were astonished. - -12:17 But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, -declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And -he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he -departed, and went into another place. - -12:18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the -soldiers, what was become of Peter. - -12:19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he -examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. -And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode. - -12:20 And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but -they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's -chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was -nourished by the king's country. - -12:21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his -throne, and made an oration unto them. - -12:22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, -and not of a man. - -12:23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave -not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. - -12:24 But the word of God grew and multiplied. - -12:25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had -fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was -Mark. - -13:1 Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets -and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and -Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the -tetrarch, and Saul. - -13:2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, -Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called -them. - -13:3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on -them, they sent them away. - -13:4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto -Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. - -13:5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in -the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister. - -13:6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a -certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus: -13:7 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a -prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the -word of God. - -13:8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) -withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. - -13:9 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, -set his eyes on him. - -13:10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of -the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to -pervert the right ways of the Lord? 13:11 And now, behold, the hand -of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun -for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; -and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. - -13:12 Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being -astonished at the doctrine of the Lord. - -13:13 Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to -Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to -Jerusalem. - -13:14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in -Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. - -13:15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of -the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have -any word of exhortation for the people, say on. - -13:16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of -Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience. - -13:17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted -the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with -an high arm brought he them out of it. - -13:18 And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in -the wilderness. - -13:19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, -he divided their land to them by lot. - -13:20 And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four -hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. - -13:21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul -the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty -years. - -13:22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be -their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I have -found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall -fulfil all my will. - -13:23 Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto -Israel a Saviour, Jesus: 13:24 When John had first preached before his -coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. - -13:25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I -am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes -of his feet I am not worthy to loose. - -13:26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and -whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation -sent. - -13:27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they -knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every -sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. - -13:28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they -Pilate that he should be slain. - -13:29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they -took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre. - -13:30 But God raised him from the dead: 13:31 And he was seen many -days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are -his witnesses unto the people. - -13:32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which -was made unto the fathers, 13:33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us -their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also -written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten -thee. - -13:34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no -more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you -the sure mercies of David. - -13:35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer -thine Holy One to see corruption. - -13:36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of -God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: -13:37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption. - -13:38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through -this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: 13:39 And by -him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye -could not be justified by the law of Moses. - -13:40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in -the prophets; 13:41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for -I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, -though a man declare it unto you. - -13:42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles -besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath. - -13:43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and -religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to -them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. - -13:44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to -hear the word of God. - -13:45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with -envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, -contradicting and blaspheming. - -13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary -that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing -ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, -lo, we turn to the Gentiles. - -13:47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be -a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the -ends of the earth. - -13:48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified -the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life -believed. - -13:49 And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the -region. - -13:50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the -chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and -Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts. - -13:51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came -unto Iconium. - -13:52 And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost. - -14:1 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into -the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both -of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed. - -14:2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their -minds evil affected against the brethren. - -14:3 Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which -gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and -wonders to be done by their hands. - -14:4 But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the -Jews, and part with the apostles. - -14:5 And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also -of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone -them, 14:6 They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, -cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about: 14:7 -And there they preached the gospel. - -14:8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, -being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: 14:9 The -same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving -that he had faith to be healed, 14:10 Said with a loud voice, Stand -upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. - -14:11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their -voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us -in the likeness of men. - -14:12 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because -he was the chief speaker. - -14:13 Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought -oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with -the people. - -14:14 Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent -their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out, 14:15 And -saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions -with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities -unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and -all things that are therein: 14:16 Who in times past suffered all -nations to walk in their own ways. - -14:17 Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did -good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our -hearts with food and gladness. - -14:18 And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that -they had not done sacrifice unto them. - -14:19 And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, -who persuaded the people, and having stoned Paul, drew him out of the -city, supposing he had been dead. - -14:20 Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and -came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to -Derbe. - -14:21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had -taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and -Antioch, 14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting -them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much -tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. - -14:23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had -prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they -believed. - -14:24 And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to -Pamphylia. - -14:25 And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down -into Attalia: 14:26 And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had -been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they -fulfilled. - -14:27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, -they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened -the door of faith unto the Gentiles. - -14:28 And there they abode long time with the disciples. - -15:1 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, -and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye -cannot be saved. - -15:2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and -disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and -certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and -elders about this question. - -15:3 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through -Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and -they caused great joy unto all the brethren. - -15:4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the -church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things -that God had done with them. - -15:5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which -believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to -command them to keep the law of Moses. - -15:6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this -matter. - -15:7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said -unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God -made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the -word of the gospel, and believe. - -15:8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them -the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; 15:9 And put no difference -between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. - -15:10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of -the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? -15:11 But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ -we shall be saved, even as they. - -15:12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to -Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought -among the Gentiles by them. - -15:13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men -and brethren, hearken unto me: 15:14 Simeon hath declared how God at -the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his -name. - -15:15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, -15:16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of -David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, -and I will set it up: 15:17 That the residue of men might seek after -the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the -Lord, who doeth all these things. - -15:18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the -world. - -15:19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from -among the Gentiles are turned to God: 15:20 But that we write unto -them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from -fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. - -15:21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, -being read in the synagogues every sabbath day. - -15:22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the whole church, -to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and -Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas, chief men among -the brethren: 15:23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner; -The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren -which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia. - -15:24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us -have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must -be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment: -15:25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send -chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, 15:26 Men that -have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. - -15:27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you -the same things by mouth. - -15:28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you -no greater burden than these necessary things; 15:29 That ye abstain -from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things -strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye -shall do well. Fare ye well. - -15:30 So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they -had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle: 15:31 -Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation. - -15:32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted -the brethren with many words, and confirmed them. - -15:33 And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in -peace from the brethren unto the apostles. - -15:34 Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still. - -15:35 Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and -preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also. - -15:36 And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and -visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of -the LORD, and see how they do. - -15:37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname -was Mark. - -15:38 But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed -from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. - -15:39 And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed -asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto -Cyprus; 15:40 And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by -the brethren unto the grace of God. - -15:41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches. - -16:1 Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple -was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a -Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: 16:2 Which was well -reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium. - -16:3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and -circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for -they knew all that his father was a Greek. - -16:4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the -decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders -which were at Jerusalem. - -16:5 And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased -in number daily. - -16:6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of -Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in -Asia, 16:7 After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into -Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not. - -16:8 And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas. - -16:9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of -Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help -us. - -16:10 And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to -go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for -to preach the gospel unto them. - -16:11 Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to -Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis; 16:12 And from thence to -Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a -colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days. - -16:13 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, -where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the -women which resorted thither. - -16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city -of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord -opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. - -16:15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, -saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my -house, and abide there. And she constrained us. - -16:16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel -possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her -masters much gain by soothsaying: 16:17 The same followed Paul and us, -and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, -which shew unto us the way of salvation. - -16:18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and -said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come -out of her. - -And he came out the same hour. - -16:19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, -they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto -the rulers, 16:20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These -men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, 16:21 And teach -customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, -being Romans. - -16:22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the -magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them. - -16:23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them -into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: 16:24 Who, -having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and -made their feet fast in the stocks. - -16:25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto -God: and the prisoners heard them. - -16:26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the -foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors -were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. - -16:27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and -seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have -killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. - -16:28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: -for we are all here. - -16:29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, -and fell down before Paul and Silas, 16:30 And brought them out, and -said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 16:31 And they said, Believe -on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. - -16:32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that -were in his house. - -16:33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their -stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. - -16:34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before -them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house. - -16:35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, -Let those men go. - -16:36 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The -magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in -peace. - -16:37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, -being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us -out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us -out. - -16:38 And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and -they feared, when they heard that they were Romans. - -16:39 And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and -desired them to depart out of the city. - -16:40 And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of -Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and -departed. - -17:1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they -came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: 17:2 And -Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days -reasoned with them out of the scriptures, 17:3 Opening and alleging, -that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; -and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ. - -17:4 And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and -of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a -few. - -17:5 But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them -certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and -set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and -sought to bring them out to the people. - -17:6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain -brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned -the world upside down are come hither also; 17:7 Whom Jason hath -received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying -that there is another king, one Jesus. - -17:8 And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when -they heard these things. - -17:9 And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they -let them go. - -17:10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night -unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. - -17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they -received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the -scriptures daily, whether those things were so. - -17:12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which -were Greeks, and of men, not a few. - -17:13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of -God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred -up the people. - -17:14 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it -were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still. - -17:15 And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and -receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him -with all speed, they departed. - -17:16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred -in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. - -17:17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with -the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with -him. - -17:18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, -encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other -some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he -preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. - -17:19 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May -we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 17:20 For -thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know -therefore what these things mean. - -17:21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent -their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new -thing.) 17:22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, -Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too -superstitious. - -17:23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar -with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye -ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. - -17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he -is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; -17:25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any -thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; 17:26 -And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the -face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and -the bounds of their habitation; 17:27 That they should seek the Lord, -if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far -from every one of us: 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our -being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also -his offspring. - -17:29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to -think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven -by art and man's device. - -17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now -commandeth all men every where to repent: 17:31 Because he hath -appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness -by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance -unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. - -17:32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some -mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter. - -17:33 So Paul departed from among them. - -17:34 Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the -which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and -others with them. - -18:1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to -Corinth; 18:2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, -lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that -Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto -them. - -18:3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and -wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. - -18:4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the -Jews and the Greeks. - -18:5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was -pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was -Christ. - -18:6 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his -raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am -clean; from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. - -18:7 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, -named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the -synagogue. - -18:8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the -Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, -and were baptized. - -18:9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not -afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: 18:10 For I am with thee, -and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in -this city. - -18:11 And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word -of God among them. - -18:12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made -insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the -judgment seat, 18:13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God -contrary to the law. - -18:14 And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto -the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, -reason would that I should bear with you: 18:15 But if it be a -question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I -will be no judge of such matters. - -18:16 And he drave them from the judgment seat. - -18:17 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the -synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for -none of those things. - -18:18 And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then -took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with -him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he -had a vow. - -18:19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself -entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. - -18:20 When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he -consented not; 18:21 But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all -means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return -again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus. - -18:22 And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the -church, he went down to Antioch. - -18:23 And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went -over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening -all the disciples. - -18:24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent -man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. - -18:25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being -fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of -the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. - -18:26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila -and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto -him the way of God more perfectly. - -18:27 And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren -wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, -helped them much which had believed through grace: 18:28 For he -mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the -scriptures that Jesus was Christ. - -19:1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul -having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding -certain disciples, 19:2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy -Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much -as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. - -19:3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they -said, Unto John's baptism. - -19:4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of -repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him -which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. - -19:5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord -Jesus. - -19:6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came -on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. - -19:7 And all the men were about twelve. - -19:8 And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of -three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the -kingdom of God. - -19:9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil -of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated -the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. - -19:10 And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they -which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and -Greeks. - -19:11 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: 19:12 So -that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, -and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of -them. - -19:13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to -call over them which had evil spirits the name of the LORD Jesus, -saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. - -19:14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the -priests, which did so. - -19:15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I -know; but who are ye? 19:16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was -leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that -they fled out of that house naked and wounded. - -19:17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at -Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was -magnified. - -19:18 And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their -deeds. - -19:19 Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books -together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price -of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. - -19:20 So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. - -19:21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when -he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, -saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome. - -19:22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, -Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season. - -19:23 And the same time there arose no small stir about that way. - -19:24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made -silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen; -19:25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and -said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth. - -19:26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost -throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much -people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands: 19:27 -So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but -also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, -and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world -worshippeth. - -19:28 And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and -cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. - -19:29 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught -Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, -they rushed with one accord into the theatre. - -19:30 And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the -disciples suffered him not. - -19:31 And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent -unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the -theatre. - -19:32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the -assembly was confused: and the more part knew not wherefore they were -come together. - -19:33 And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting -him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made -his defence unto the people. - -19:34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about -the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. - -19:35 And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men -of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of -the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the -image which fell down from Jupiter? 19:36 Seeing then that these -things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do -nothing rashly. - -19:37 For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers -of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. - -19:38 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, -have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are -deputies: let them implead one another. - -19:39 But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall -be determined in a lawful assembly. - -19:40 For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's -uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this -concourse. - -19:41 And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly. - -20:1 And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the -disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia. - -20:2 And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much -exhortation, he came into Greece, 20:3 And there abode three months. -And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into -Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia. - -20:4 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the -Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and -Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. - -20:5 These going before tarried for us at Troas. - -20:6 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened -bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven -days. - -20:7 And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came -together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on -the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. - -20:8 And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were -gathered together. - -20:9 And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, -being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he -sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken -up dead. - -20:10 And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, -Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him. - -20:11 When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and -eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he -departed. - -20:12 And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little -comforted. - -20:13 And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there -intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to -go afoot. - -20:14 And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to -Mitylene. - -20:15 And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; -and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and -the next day we came to Miletus. - -20:16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not -spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to -be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost. - -20:17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of -the church. - -20:18 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from -the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been -with you at all seasons, 20:19 Serving the LORD with all humility of -mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the -lying in wait of the Jews: 20:20 And how I kept back nothing that was -profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you -publickly, and from house to house, 20:21 Testifying both to the Jews, -and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our -Lord Jesus Christ. - -20:22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not -knowing the things that shall befall me there: 20:23 Save that the -Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions -abide me. - -20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear -unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the -ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the -gospel of the grace of God. - -20:25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone -preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. - -20:26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the -blood of all men. - -20:27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of -God. - -20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over -the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church -of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. - -20:29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves -enter in among you, not sparing the flock. - -20:30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse -things, to draw away disciples after them. - -20:31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years -I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. - -20:32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his -grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance -among all them which are sanctified. - -20:33 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. - -20:34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto -my necessities, and to them that were with me. - -20:35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to -support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he -said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. - -20:36 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with -them all. - -20:37 And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, -20:38 Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they -should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship. - -21:1 And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had -launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day -following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara: 21:2 And finding a -ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth. - -21:3 Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, -and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to -unlade her burden. - -21:4 And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to -Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. - -21:5 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our -way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till -we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed. - -21:6 And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and -they returned home again. - -21:7 And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to -Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day. - -21:8 And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and -came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the -evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him. - -21:9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy. - -21:10 And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a -certain prophet, named Agabus. - -21:11 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound -his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall -the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall -deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. - -21:12 And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, -besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. - -21:13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine -heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at -Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. - -21:14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will -of the Lord be done. - -21:15 And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to -Jerusalem. - -21:16 There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, -and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom -we should lodge. - -21:17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us -gladly. - -21:18 And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all -the elders were present. - -21:19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what -things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry. - -21:20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto -him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which -believe; and they are all zealous of the law: 21:21 And they are -informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the -Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise -their children, neither to walk after the customs. - -21:22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: -for they will hear that thou art come. - -21:23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which -have a vow on them; 21:24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and -be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may -know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, -are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest -the law. - -21:25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and -concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep -themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from -strangled, and from fornication. - -21:26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with -them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the -days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for -every one of them. - -21:27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were -of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, -and laid hands on him, 21:28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is -the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the -law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, -and hath polluted this holy place. - -21:29 (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an -Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.) -21:30 And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and -they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the -doors were shut. - -21:31 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief -captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. - -21:32 Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto -them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left -beating of Paul. - -21:33 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded -him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he -had done. - -21:34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and -when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him -to be carried into the castle. - -21:35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne -of the soldiers for the violence of the people. - -21:36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away -with him. - -21:37 And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the -chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak -Greek? 21:38 Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days -madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand -men that were murderers? 21:39 But Paul said, I am a man which am a -Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I -beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people. - -21:40 And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and -beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a -great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying, 22:1 -Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto -you. - -22:2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, -they kept the more silence: and he saith,) 22:3 I am verily a man -which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in -this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect -manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye -all are this day. - -22:4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering -into prisons both men and women. - -22:5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate -of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, -and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto -Jerusalem, for to be punished. - -22:6 And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come -nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a -great light round about me. - -22:7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, -Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 22:8 And I answered, Who art -thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou -persecutest. - -22:9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; -but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me. - -22:10 And I said, What shall I do, LORD? And the Lord said unto me, -Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all -things which are appointed for thee to do. - -22:11 And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led -by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus. - -22:12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a -good report of all the Jews which dwelt there, 22:13 Came unto me, and -stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same -hour I looked up upon him. - -22:14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou -shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the -voice of his mouth. - -22:15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast -seen and heard. - -22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away -thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. - -22:17 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, -even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance; 22:18 And saw -him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: -for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me. - -22:19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every -synagogue them that believed on thee: 22:20 And when the blood of thy -martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto -his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him. - -22:21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto -the Gentiles. - -22:22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up -their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it -is not fit that he should live. - -22:23 And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw -dust into the air, 22:24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought -into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; -that he might know wherefore they cried so against him. - -22:25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion -that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, -and uncondemned? 22:26 When the centurion heard that, he went and -told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this -man is a Roman. - -22:27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art -thou a Roman? He said, Yea. - -22:28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this -freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born. - -22:29 Then straightway they departed from him which should have -examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew -that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. - -22:30 On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty -wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, -and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and -brought Paul down, and set him before them. - -23:1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and -brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this -day. - -23:2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to -smite him on the mouth. - -23:3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: -for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be -smitten contrary to the law? 23:4 And they that stood by said, -Revilest thou God's high priest? 23:5 Then said Paul, I wist not, -brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt -not speak evil of the ruler of thy people. - -23:6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the -other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a -Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the -dead I am called in question. - -23:7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the -Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. - -23:8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither -angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both. - -23:9 And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the -Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this -man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight -against God. - -23:10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, -fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded -the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and -to bring him into the castle. - -23:11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of -good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so -must thou bear witness also at Rome. - -23:12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and -bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor -drink till they had killed Paul. - -23:13 And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. - -23:14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have -bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we -have slain Paul. - -23:15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain -that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire -something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, -are ready to kill him. - -23:16 And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he -went and entered into the castle, and told Paul. - -23:17 Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring -this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to -tell him. - -23:18 So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, -Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this -young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee. - -23:19 Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him -aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me? -23:20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou -wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they -would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly. - -23:21 But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him -of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, -that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and -now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee. - -23:22 So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged -him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me. - -23:23 And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two -hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, -and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night; 23:24 And -provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe -unto Felix the governor. - -23:25 And he wrote a letter after this manner: 23:26 Claudius Lysias -unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting. - -23:27 This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of -them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood -that he was a Roman. - -23:28 And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused -him, I brought him forth into their council: 23:29 Whom I perceived to -be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his -charge worthy of death or of bonds. - -23:30 And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, -I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also -to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell. - -23:31 Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and -brought him by night to Antipatris. - -23:32 On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and -returned to the castle: 23:33 Who, when they came to Caesarea and -delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him. - -23:34 And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what -province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia; 23:35 -I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he -commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall. - -24:1 And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the -elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the -governor against Paul. - -24:2 And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, -saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very -worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence, 24:3 We -accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all -thankfulness. - -24:4 Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray -thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words. - -24:5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of -sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of -the sect of the Nazarenes: 24:6 Who also hath gone about to profane -the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law. - -24:7 But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great -violence took him away out of our hands, 24:8 Commanding his accusers -to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge -of all these things, whereof we accuse him. - -24:9 And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so. - -24:10 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to -speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years -a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself: -24:11 Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but -twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship. - -24:12 And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, -neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the -city: 24:13 Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse -me. - -24:14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call -heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which -are written in the law and in the prophets: 24:15 And have hope toward -God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a -resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. - -24:16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience -void to offence toward God, and toward men. - -24:17 Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and -offerings. - -24:18 Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the -temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult. - -24:19 Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had -ought against me. - -24:20 Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil -doing in me, while I stood before the council, 24:21 Except it be for -this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the -resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day. - -24:22 And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge -of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain -shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter. - -24:23 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have -liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to -minister or come unto him. - -24:24 And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, -which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the -faith in Christ. - -24:25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to -come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I -have a convenient season, I will call for thee. - -24:26 He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, -that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and -communed with him. - -24:27 But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and -Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound. - -25:1 Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he -ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem. - -25:2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him -against Paul, and besought him, 25:3 And desired favour against him, -that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to -kill him. - -25:4 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and -that he himself would depart shortly thither. - -25:5 Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down -with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him. - -25:6 And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went -down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat -commanded Paul to be brought. - -25:7 And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem -stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, -which they could not prove. - -25:8 While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the -Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I -offended any thing at all. - -25:9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and -said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these -things before me? 25:10 Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment -seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as -thou very well knowest. - -25:11 For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of -death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things -whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal -unto Caesar. - -25:12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, -Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go. - -25:13 And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto -Caesarea to salute Festus. - -25:14 And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's -cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by -Felix: 25:15 About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests -and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment -against him. - -25:16 To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to -deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the -accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself -concerning the crime laid against him. - -25:17 Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the -morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought -forth. - -25:18 Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none -accusation of such things as I supposed: 25:19 But had certain -questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, -which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. - -25:20 And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him -whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these -matters. - -25:21 But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of -Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar. - -25:22 Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. -To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him. - -25:23 And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with -great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief -captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul -was brought forth. - -25:24 And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here -present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the -Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that -he ought not to live any longer. - -25:25 But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, -and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to -send him. - -25:26 Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore -I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king -Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write. - -25:27 For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not -withal to signify the crimes laid against him. - -26:1 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for -thyself. - -Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself: 26:2 I -think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself -this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of -the Jews: 26:3 Especially because I know thee to be expert in all -customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech -thee to hear me patiently. - -26:4 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among -mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; 26:5 Which knew me -from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most -straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. - -26:6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of -God, unto our fathers: 26:7 Unto which promise our twelve tribes, -instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's -sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. - -26:8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God -should raise the dead? 26:9 I verily thought with myself, that I -ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. - -26:10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did -I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; -and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them. - -26:11 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them -to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted -them even unto strange cities. - -26:12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission -from the chief priests, 26:13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a -light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round -about me and them which journeyed with me. - -26:14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice -speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why -persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. - -26:15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom -thou persecutest. - -26:16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee -for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these -things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will -appear unto thee; 26:17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the -Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, 26:18 To open their eyes, and to -turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto -God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among -them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. - -26:19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the -heavenly vision: 26:20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at -Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the -Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet -for repentance. - -26:21 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went -about to kill me. - -26:22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, -witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than -those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: 26:23 That -Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise -from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the -Gentiles. - -26:24 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, -Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. - -26:25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth -the words of truth and soberness. - -26:26 For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak -freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from -him; for this thing was not done in a corner. - -26:27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou -believest. - -26:28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a -Christian. - -26:29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all -that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, -except these bonds. - -26:30 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, -and Bernice, and they that sat with them: 26:31 And when they were -gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth -nothing worthy of death or of bonds. - -26:32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at -liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar. - -27:1 And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they -delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a -centurion of Augustus' band. - -27:2 And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to -sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of -Thessalonica, being with us. - -27:3 And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously -entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh -himself. - -27:4 And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, -because the winds were contrary. - -27:5 And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we -came to Myra, a city of Lycia. - -27:6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into -Italy; and he put us therein. - -27:7 And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come -over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, -over against Salmone; 27:8 And, hardly passing it, came unto a place -which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea. - -27:9 Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, -because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them, 27:10 And -said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt -and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our -lives. - -27:11 Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of -the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul. - -27:12 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more -part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain -to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth -toward the south west and north west. - -27:13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had -obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete. - -27:14 But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, -called Euroclydon. - -27:15 And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the -wind, we let her drive. - -27:16 And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we -had much work to come by the boat: 27:17 Which when they had taken up, -they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should -fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven. - -27:18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day -they lightened the ship; 27:19 And the third day we cast out with our -own hands the tackling of the ship. - -27:20 And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no -small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then -taken away. - -27:21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, -and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed -from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. - -27:22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no -loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship. - -27:23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, -and whom I serve, 27:24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought -before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with -thee. - -27:25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it -shall be even as it was told me. - -27:26 Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island. - -27:27 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and -down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near -to some country; 27:28 And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and -when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it -fifteen fathoms. - -27:29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast -four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. - -27:30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they -had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would -have cast anchors out of the foreship, 27:31 Paul said to the -centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye -cannot be saved. - -27:32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her -fall off. - -27:33 And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take -meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and -continued fasting, having taken nothing. - -27:34 Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your -health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you. - -27:35 And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to -God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to -eat. - -27:36 Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat. - -27:37 And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and -sixteen souls. - -27:38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and -cast out the wheat into the sea. - -27:39 And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered -a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it -were possible, to thrust in the ship. - -27:40 And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed -themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up -the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore. - -27:41 And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship -aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the -hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves. - -27:42 And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of -them should swim out, and escape. - -27:43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their -purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast -themselves first into the sea, and get to land: 27:44 And the rest, -some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. - -And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land. - -28:1 And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was -called Melita. - -28:2 And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they -kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present -rain, and because of the cold. - -28:3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on -the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his -hand. - -28:4 And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, -they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, -though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live. - -28:5 And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm. - -28:6 Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down -dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no -harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a -god. - -28:7 In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the -island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three -days courteously. - -28:8 And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a -fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and -laid his hands on him, and healed him. - -28:9 So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the -island, came, and were healed: 28:10 Who also honoured us with many -honours; and when we departed, they laded us with such things as were -necessary. - -28:11 And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, -which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. - -28:12 And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days. - -28:13 And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and -after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to -Puteoli: 28:14 Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with -them seven days: and so we went toward Rome. - -28:15 And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to -meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul -saw, he thanked God, and took courage. - -28:16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners -to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself -with a soldier that kept him. - -28:17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief -of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto -them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the -people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from -Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. - -28:18 Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because -there was no cause of death in me. - -28:19 But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal -unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of. - -28:20 For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and -to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with -this chain. - -28:21 And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of -Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed -or spake any harm of thee. - -28:22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as -concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against. - -28:23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him -into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of -God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, -and out of the prophets, from morning till evening. - -28:24 And some believed the things which were spoken, and some -believed not. - -28:25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after -that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the -prophet unto our fathers, 28:26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, -Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall -see, and not perceive: 28:27 For the heart of this people is waxed -gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they -closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their -ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I -should heal them. - -28:28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is -sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it. - -28:29 And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had -great reasoning among themselves. - -28:30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and -received all that came in unto him, 28:31 Preaching the kingdom of -God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, -with all confidence, no man forbidding him. - - - - -The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans - - -1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, -separated unto the gospel of God, 1:2 (Which he had promised afore by -his prophets in the holy scriptures,) 1:3 Concerning his Son Jesus -Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the -flesh; 1:4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to -the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: 1:5 By whom -we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith -among all nations, for his name: 1:6 Among whom are ye also the called -of Jesus Christ: 1:7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to -be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord -Jesus Christ. - -1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your -faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. - -1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel -of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my -prayers; 1:10 Making request, if by any means now at length I might -have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you. - -1:11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual -gift, to the end ye may be established; 1:12 That is, that I may be -comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me. - -1:13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I -purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have -some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. - -1:14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to -the wise, and to the unwise. - -1:15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you -that are at Rome also. - -1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power -of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, -and also to the Greek. - -1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to -faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. - -1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all -ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in -unrighteousness; 1:19 Because that which may be known of God is -manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. - -1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world -are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even -his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: 1:21 -Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, -neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and -their foolish heart was darkened. - -1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 1:23 And -changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to -corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping -things. - -1:24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts -of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: -1:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and -served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. -Amen. - -1:26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even -their women did change the natural use into that which is against -nature: 1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the -woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working -that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of -their error which was meet. - -1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, -God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are -not convenient; 1:29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, -fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, -murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 1:30 Backbiters, haters -of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, -disobedient to parents, 1:31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, -without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 1:32 Who knowing -the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of -death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. - -2:1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that -judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; -for thou that judgest doest the same things. - -2:2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth -against them which commit such things. - -2:3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such -things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of -God? 2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance -and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee -to repentance? 2:5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart -treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and -revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 2:6 Who will render to -every man according to his deeds: 2:7 To them who by patient -continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, -eternal life: 2:8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey -the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 2:9 -Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of -the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; 2:10 But glory, honour, and -peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to -the Gentile: 2:11 For there is no respect of persons with God. - -2:12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without -law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; -2:13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the -doers of the law shall be justified. - -2:14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the -things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto -themselves: 2:15 Which shew the work of the law written in their -hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the -mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) 2:16 In the day -when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to -my gospel. - -2:17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest -thy boast of God, 2:18 And knowest his will, and approvest the things -that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 2:19 And art -confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them -which are in darkness, 2:20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of -babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. - -2:21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? -thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? 2:22 -Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit -adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? 2:23 -Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law -dishonourest thou God? 2:24 For the name of God is blasphemed among -the Gentiles through you, as it is written. - -2:25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if -thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. - -2:26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the -law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? 2:27 -And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, -judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the -law? 2:28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is -that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 2:29 But he is a -Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in -the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of -God. - -3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of -circumcision? 3:2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them -were committed the oracles of God. - -3:3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the -faith of God without effect? 3:4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, -but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be -justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. - -3:5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what -shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a -man) 3:6 God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world? 3:7 For -if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; -why yet am I also judged as a sinner? 3:8 And not rather, (as we be -slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do -evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just. - -3:9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have -before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; -3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 3:11 -There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after -God. - -3:12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become -unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. - -3:13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have -used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: 3:14 Whose mouth -is full of cursing and bitterness: 3:15 Their feet are swift to shed -blood: 3:16 Destruction and misery are in their ways: 3:17 And the way -of peace have they not known: 3:18 There is no fear of God before -their eyes. - -3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to -them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all -the world may become guilty before God. - -3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be -justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. - -3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, -being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 3:22 Even the -righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and -upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 3:23 For all -have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 3:24 Being justified -freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: -3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his -blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are -past, through the forbearance of God; 3:26 To declare, I say, at this -time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of -him which believeth in Jesus. - -3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? -Nay: but by the law of faith. - -3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without -the deeds of the law. - -3:29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? -Yes, of the Gentiles also: 3:30 Seeing it is one God, which shall -justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. - -3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we -establish the law. - -4:1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to -the flesh, hath found? 4:2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he -hath whereof to glory; but not before God. - -4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was -counted unto him for righteousness. - -4:4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but -of debt. - -4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth -the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. - -4:6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto -whom God imputeth righteousness without works, 4:7 Saying, Blessed are -they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. - -4:8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. - -4:9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon -the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham -for righteousness. - -4:10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in -uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. - -4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the -righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that -he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not -circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: 4:12 -And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision -only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father -Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised. - -4:13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not -to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the -righteousness of faith. - -4:14 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, -and the promise made of none effect: 4:15 Because the law worketh -wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. - -4:16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end -the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is -of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is -the father of us all, 4:17 (As it is written, I have made thee a -father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who -quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though -they were. - -4:18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the -father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall -thy seed be. - -4:19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now -dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness -of Sarah's womb: 4:20 He staggered not at the promise of God through -unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; 4:21 And being -fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to -perform. - -4:22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. - -4:23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to -him; 4:24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe -on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; 4:25 Who was -delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our -justification. - -5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through -our Lord Jesus Christ: 5:2 By whom also we have access by faith into -this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. - -5:3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that -tribulation worketh patience; 5:4 And patience, experience; and -experience, hope: 5:5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of -God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto -us. - -5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for -the ungodly. - -5:7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure -for a good man some would even dare to die. - -5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet -sinners, Christ died for us. - -5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be -saved from wrath through him. - -5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the -death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by -his life. - -5:11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus -Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. - -5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by -sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: 5:13 -(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when -there is no law. - -5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them -that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who -is the figure of him that was to come. - -5:15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through -the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the -gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto -many. - -5:16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the -judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many -offences unto justification. - -5:17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they -which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness -shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) 5:18 Therefore as by the -offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by -the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto -justification of life. - -5:19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by -the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. - -5:20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But -where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: 5:21 That as sin hath -reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness -unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. - -6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may -abound? 6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any -longer therein? 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized -into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 6:4 Therefore we are -buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised -up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should -walk in newness of life. - -6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, -we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: 6:6 Knowing -this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin -might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. - -6:7 For he that is dead is freed from sin. - -6:8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live -with him: 6:9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no -more; death hath no more dominion over him. - -6:10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he -liveth, he liveth unto God. - -6:11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, -but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. - -6:12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should -obey it in the lusts thereof. - -6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness -unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from -the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. - -6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under -the law, but under grace. - -6:15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but -under grace? God forbid. - -6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, -his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of -obedience unto righteousness? 6:17 But God be thanked, that ye were -the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of -doctrine which was delivered you. - -6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of -righteousness. - -6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your -flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and -to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to -righteousness unto holiness. - -6:20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from -righteousness. - -6:21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now -ashamed? for the end of those things is death. - -6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye -have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. - -6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal -life through Jesus Christ our Lord. - -7:1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) -how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? 7:2 -For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband -so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from -the law of her husband. - -7:3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another -man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, -she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be -married to another man. - -7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the -body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who -is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. - -7:5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by -the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. - -7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we -were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the -oldness of the letter. - -7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not -known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law -had said, Thou shalt not covet. - -7:8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all -manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. - -7:9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment -came, sin revived, and I died. - -7:10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be -unto death. - -7:11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by -it slew me. - -7:12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, -and good. - -7:13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But -sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is -good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. - -7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold -under sin. - -7:15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; -but what I hate, that do I. - -7:16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that -it is good. - -7:17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. - -7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good -thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which -is good I find not. - -7:19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would -not, that I do. - -7:20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin -that dwelleth in me. - -7:21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present -with me. - -7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 7:23 But I -see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and -bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. - -7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of -this death? 7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then -with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the -law of sin. - -8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ -Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. - -8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me -free from the law of sin and death. - -8:3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the -flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and -for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 8:4 That the righteousness of the -law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after -the Spirit. - -8:5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; -but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. - -8:6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded -is life and peace. - -8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not -subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. - -8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. - -8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the -Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of -Christ, he is none of his. - -8:10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the -Spirit is life because of righteousness. - -8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell -in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your -mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. - -8:12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live -after the flesh. - -8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through -the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. - -8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of -God. - -8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but -ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. - -8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are -the children of God: 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, -and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we -may be also glorified together. - -8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not -worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. - -8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the -manifestation of the sons of God. - -8:20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but -by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, 8:21 Because the -creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption -into the glorious liberty of the children of God. - -8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in -pain together until now. - -8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits -of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for -the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. - -8:24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for -what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? 8:25 But if we hope for -that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. - -8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not -what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh -intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. - -8:27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the -Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the -will of God. - -8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that -love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. - -8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be -conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn -among many brethren. - -8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom -he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also -glorified. - -8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can -be against us? 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him -up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all -things? 8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It -is God that justifieth. - -8:34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, -that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also -maketh intercession for us. - -8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, -or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or -sword? 8:36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day -long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. - -8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him -that loved us. - -8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor -principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, -8:39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to -separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - -9:1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing -me witness in the Holy Ghost, 9:2 That I have great heaviness and -continual sorrow in my heart. - -9:3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my -brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 9:4 Who are Israelites; -to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and -the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; 9:5 -Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ -came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. - -9:6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are -not all Israel, which are of Israel: 9:7 Neither, because they are the -seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed -be called. - -9:8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not -the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for -the seed. - -9:9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and -Sarah shall have a son. - -9:10 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, -even by our father Isaac; 9:11 (For the children being not yet born, -neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God -according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that -calleth;) 9:12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the -younger. - -9:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. - -9:14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God -forbid. - -9:15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have -mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. - -9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, -but of God that sheweth mercy. - -9:17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose -have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my -name might be declared throughout all the earth. - -9:18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he -will he hardeneth. - -9:19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who -hath resisted his will? 9:20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that -repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed -it, Why hast thou made me thus? 9:21 Hath not the potter power over -the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another -unto dishonour? 9:22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to -make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of -wrath fitted to destruction: 9:23 And that he might make known the -riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore -prepared unto glory, 9:24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the -Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? 9:25 As he saith also in Osee, I -will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, -which was not beloved. - -9:26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said -unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the -children of the living God. - -9:27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the -children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be -saved: 9:28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in -righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. - -9:29 And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us -a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha. - -9:30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not -after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the -righteousness which is of faith. - -9:31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath -not attained to the law of righteousness. - -9:32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by -the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; 9:33 -As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of -offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. - -10:1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that -they might be saved. - -10:2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not -according to knowledge. - -10:3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about -to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves -unto the righteousness of God. - -10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one -that believeth. - -10:5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That -the man which doeth those things shall live by them. - -10:6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, -Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to -bring Christ down from above:) 10:7 Or, Who shall descend into the -deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) 10:8 But -what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy -heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 10:9 That if thou -shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in -thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be -saved. - -10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with -the mouth confession is made unto salvation. - -10:11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be -ashamed. - -10:12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for -the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. - -10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be -saved. - -10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? -and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how -shall they hear without a preacher? 10:15 And how shall they preach, -except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of -them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good -things! 10:16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias -saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? 10:17 So then faith cometh -by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. - -10:18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went -into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. - -10:19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will -provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish -nation I will anger you. - -10:20 But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that -sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. - -10:21 But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my -hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. - -11:1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also -am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. - -11:2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not -what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God -against Israel saying, 11:3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and -digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. - -11:4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to -myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of -Baal. - -11:5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant -according to the election of grace. - -11:6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is -no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: -otherwise work is no more work. - -11:7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; -but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded. - -11:8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of -slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not -hear;) unto this day. - -11:9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and -a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: 11:10 Let their eyes be -darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway. - -11:11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God -forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the -Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. - -11:12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the -diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their -fulness? 11:13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the -apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: 11:14 If by any means -I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save -some of them. - -11:15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, -what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? 11:16 -For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root -be holy, so are the branches. - -11:17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a -wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest -of the root and fatness of the olive tree; 11:18 Boast not against the -branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root -thee. - -11:19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might -be graffed in. - -11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou -standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: 11:21 For if God -spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not -thee. - -11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which -fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his -goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. - -11:23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be -graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again. - -11:24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by -nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: -how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed -into their own olive tree? 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye -should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own -conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the -fulness of the Gentiles be come in. - -11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall -come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from -Jacob: 11:27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away -their sins. - -11:28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but -as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes. - -11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. - -11:30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now -obtained mercy through their unbelief: 11:31 Even so have these also -now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. - -11:32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have -mercy upon all. - -11:33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of -God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding -out! 11:34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been -his counsellor? 11:35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be -recompensed unto him again? 11:36 For of him, and through him, and to -him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. - -12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye -present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, -which is your reasonable service. - -12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the -renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and -acceptable, and perfect, will of God. - -12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is -among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; -but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the -measure of faith. - -12:4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not -the same office: 12:5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and -every one members one of another. - -12:6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given -to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion -of faith; 12:7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that -teacheth, on teaching; 12:8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he -that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with -diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. - -12:9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; -cleave to that which is good. - -12:10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in -honour preferring one another; 12:11 Not slothful in business; fervent -in spirit; serving the Lord; 12:12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in -tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; 12:13 Distributing to the -necessity of saints; given to hospitality. - -12:14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. - -12:15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. - -12:16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, -but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. - -12:17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the -sight of all men. - -12:18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with -all men. - -12:19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place -unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith -the Lord. - -12:20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give -him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. - -12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. - -13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no -power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. - -13:2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance -of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. - -13:3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt -thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou -shalt have praise of the same: 13:4 For he is the minister of God to -thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he -beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a -revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. - -13:5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also -for conscience sake. - -13:6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's -ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. - -13:7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is -due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. - -13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth -another hath fulfilled the law. - -13:9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, -Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt -not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly -comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as -thyself. - -13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the -fulfilling of the law. - -13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake -out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. - -13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore -cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. - -13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and -drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and -envying. - -13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for -the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. - -14:1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful -disputations. - -14:2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is -weak, eateth herbs. - -14:3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not -him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. - -14:4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own -master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is -able to make him stand. - -14:5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every -day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. - -14:6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he -that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that -eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that -eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. - -14:7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. - -14:8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, -we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the -Lord's. - -14:9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he -might be Lord both of the dead and living. - -14:10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at -nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of -Christ. - -14:11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall -bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. - -14:12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. - -14:13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this -rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his -brother's way. - -14:14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is -nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be -unclean, to him it is unclean. - -14:15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou -not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. - -14:16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of: 14:17 For the kingdom -of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in -the Holy Ghost. - -14:18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, -and approved of men. - -14:19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, -and things wherewith one may edify another. - -14:20 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are -pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. - -14:21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any -thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. - -14:22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that -condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. - -14:23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not -of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. - -15:1 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the -weak, and not to please ourselves. - -15:2 Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to -edification. - -15:3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The -reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me. - -15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our -learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might -have hope. - -15:5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be -likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: 15:6 That ye -may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our -Lord Jesus Christ. - -15:7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to -the glory of God. - -15:8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision -for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: -15:9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is -written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and -sing unto thy name. - -15:10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. - -15:11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all -ye people. - -15:12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he -that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles -trust. - -15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in -believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy -Ghost. - -15:14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also -are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish -one another. - -15:15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you -in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is -given to me of God, 15:16 That I should be the minister of Jesus -Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the -offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by -the Holy Ghost. - -15:17 I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in -those things which pertain to God. - -15:18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ -hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and -deed, 15:19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the -Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, -I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. - -15:20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ -was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation: 15:21 -But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: -and they that have not heard shall understand. - -15:22 For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to -you. - -15:23 But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great -desire these many years to come unto you; 15:24 Whensoever I take my -journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my -journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be -somewhat filled with your company. - -15:25 But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. - -15:26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a -certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem. - -15:27 It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if -the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their -duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things. - -15:28 When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them -this fruit, I will come by you into Spain. - -15:29 And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the -fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ. - -15:30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, -and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in -your prayers to God for me; 15:31 That I may be delivered from them -that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for -Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints; 15:32 That I may come unto -you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed. - -15:33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen. - -16:1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the -church which is at Cenchrea: 16:2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as -becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she -hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself -also. - -16:3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: 16:4 Who -have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give -thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. - -16:5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my -well-beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ. - -16:6 Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us. - -16:7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, -who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. - -16:8 Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord. - -16:9 Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. - -16:10 Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of -Aristobulus' household. - -16:11 Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household -of Narcissus, which are in the Lord. - -16:12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the -beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord. - -16:13 Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. - -16:14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the -brethren which are with them. - -16:15 Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and -Olympas, and all the saints which are with them. - -16:16 Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ -salute you. - -16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and -offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid -them. - -16:18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but -their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the -hearts of the simple. - -16:19 For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad -therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that -which is good, and simple concerning evil. - -16:20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. -The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. - -16:21 Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, -my kinsmen, salute you. - -16:22 I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord. - -16:23 Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus -the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother. - -16:24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. - -16:25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my -gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation -of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, 16:26 But -now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according -to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations -for the obedience of faith: 16:27 To God only wise, be glory through -Jesus Christ for ever. Amen. - - - - -The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians - - -1:1 Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of -God, and Sosthenes our brother, 1:2 Unto the church of God which is at -Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be -saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus -Christ our Lord, both their's and our's: 1:3 Grace be unto you, and -peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. - -1:4 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which -is given you by Jesus Christ; 1:5 That in every thing ye are enriched -by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; 1:6 Even as the -testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: 1:7 So that ye come behind -in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: 1:8 Who -shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the -day of our Lord Jesus Christ. - -1:9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his -Son Jesus Christ our Lord. - -1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus -Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no -divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the -same mind and in the same judgment. - -1:11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them -which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. - -1:12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I -of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. - -1:13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye -baptized in the name of Paul? 1:14 I thank God that I baptized none -of you, but Crispus and Gaius; 1:15 Lest any should say that I had -baptized in mine own name. - -1:16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know -not whether I baptized any other. - -1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not -with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none -effect. - -1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish -foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. - -1:19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and -will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. - -1:20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of -this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 1:21 -For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, -it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that -believe. - -1:22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: -1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, -and unto the Greeks foolishness; 1:24 But unto them which are called, -both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. - -1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the -weakness of God is stronger than men. - -1:26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men -after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: 1:27 But -God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; -and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the -things which are mighty; 1:28 And base things of the world, and things -which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to -bring to nought things that are: 1:29 That no flesh should glory in -his presence. - -1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us -wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: 1:31 -That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in -the Lord. - -2:1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of -speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. - -2:2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus -Christ, and him crucified. - -2:3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much -trembling. - -2:4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of -man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 2:5 -That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the -power of God. - -2:6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the -wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to -nought: 2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the -hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: 2:8 -Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, -they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. - -2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither -have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared -for them that love him. - -2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit -searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. - -2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man -which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the -Spirit of God. - -2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit -which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given -to us of God. - -2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom -teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual -things with spiritual. - -2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of -God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, -because they are spiritually discerned. - -2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is -judged of no man. - -2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct -him? But we have the mind of Christ. - -3:1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but -as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. - -3:2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were -not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. - -3:3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and -strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? 3:4 For -while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye -not carnal? 3:5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers -by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 3:6 I have -planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. - -3:7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that -watereth; but God that giveth the increase. - -3:8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man -shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. - -3:9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye -are God's building. - -3:10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise -masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth -thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. - -3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is -Jesus Christ. - -3:12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious -stones, wood, hay, stubble; 3:13 Every man's work shall be made -manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed -by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. - -3:14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall -receive a reward. - -3:15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he -himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. - -3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of -God dwelleth in you? 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him -shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. - -3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be -wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. - -3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is -written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. - -3:20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they -are vain. - -3:21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's; -3:22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or -death, or things present, or things to come; all are your's; 3:23 And -ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's. - -4:1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and -stewards of the mysteries of God. - -4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. - -4:3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of -you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. - -4:4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but -he that judgeth me is the Lord. - -4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who -both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make -manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have -praise of God. - -4:6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to -myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to -think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed -up for one against another. - -4:7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou -that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost -thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? 4:8 Now ye are full, -now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to -God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you. - -4:9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it -were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, -and to angels, and to men. - -4:10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are -weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised. - -4:11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are -naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; 4:12 And -labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being -persecuted, we suffer it: 4:13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made -as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto -this day. - -4:14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I -warn you. - -4:15 For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have -ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through -the gospel. - -4:16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. - -4:17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved -son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of -my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church. - -4:18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. - -4:19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, -not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. - -4:20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. - -4:21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and -in the spirit of meekness? 5:1 It is reported commonly that there is -fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named -among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. - -5:2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that -hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. - -5:3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have -judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so -done this deed, 5:4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are -gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus -Christ, 5:5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of -the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. - -5:6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven -leaveneth the whole lump? 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, -that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our -passover is sacrificed for us: 5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast, -not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; -but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. - -5:9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: -5:10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with -the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye -needs go out of the world. - -5:11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man -that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, -or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not -to eat. - -5:12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not -ye judge them that are within? 5:13 But them that are without God -judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person. - -6:1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before -the unjust, and not before the saints? 6:2 Do ye not know that the -saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, -are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 6:3 Know ye not that -we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? -6:4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set -them to judge who are least esteemed in the church. - -6:5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man -among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his -brethren? 6:6 But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before -the unbelievers. - -6:7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to -law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not -rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? 6:8 Nay, ye do wrong, and -defraud, and that your brethren. - -6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of -God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor -adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, -6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor -extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. - -6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are -sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by -the Spirit of our God. - -6:12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: -all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the -power of any. - -6:13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall -destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for -the Lord; and the Lord for the body. - -6:14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us -by his own power. - -6:15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I -then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an -harlot? God forbid. - -6:16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one -body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. - -6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. - -6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; -but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. - -6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost -which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 6:20 -For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, -and in your spirit, which are God's. - -7:1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for -a man not to touch a woman. - -7:2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own -wife, and let every woman have her own husband. - -7:3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise -also the wife unto the husband. - -7:4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and -likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the -wife. - -7:5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a -time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come -together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. - -7:6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. - -7:7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath -his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. - -7:8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them -if they abide even as I. - -7:9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to -marry than to burn. - -7:10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not -the wife depart from her husband: 7:11 But and if she depart, let her -remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the -husband put away his wife. - -7:12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife -that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not -put her away. - -7:13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he -be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. - -7:14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the -unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children -unclean; but now are they holy. - -7:15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a -sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to -peace. - -7:16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy -husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy -wife? 7:17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath -called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. - -7:18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become -uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be -circumcised. - -7:19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the -keeping of the commandments of God. - -7:20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. - -7:21 Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou -mayest be made free, use it rather. - -7:22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's -freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's -servant. - -7:23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. - -7:24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with -God. - -7:25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I -give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be -faithful. - -7:26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I -say, that it is good for a man so to be. - -7:27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou -loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. - -7:28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin -marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in -the flesh: but I spare you. - -7:29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that -both they that have wives be as though they had none; 7:30 And they -that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though -they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; -7:31 And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion -of this world passeth away. - -7:32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried -careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the -Lord: 7:33 But he that is married careth for the things that are of -the world, how he may please his wife. - -7:34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The -unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be -holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for -the things of the world, how she may please her husband. - -7:35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare -upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon -the Lord without distraction. - -7:36 But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his -virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let -him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry. - -7:37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no -necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in -his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well. - -7:38 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that -giveth her not in marriage doeth better. - -7:39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but -if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she -will; only in the Lord. - -7:40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I -think also that I have the Spirit of God. - -8:1 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all -have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. - -8:2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing -yet as he ought to know. - -8:3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him. - -8:4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are -offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in -the world, and that there is none other God but one. - -8:5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in -earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) 8:6 But to us there is -but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and -one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. - -8:7 Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with -conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto -an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. - -8:8 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we -the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. - -8:9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of your's become a -stumblingblock to them that are weak. - -8:10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the -idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be -emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; 8:11 And -through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ -died? 8:12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their -weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. - -8:13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh -while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend. - -9:1 Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ -our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? 9:2 If I be not an apostle -unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine -apostleship are ye in the Lord. - -9:3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, 9:4 Have we not -power to eat and to drink? 9:5 Have we not power to lead about a -sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the -Lord, and Cephas? 9:6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to -forbear working? 9:7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? -who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who -feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? 9:8 Say I -these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? 9:9 For it -is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the -ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? 9:10 Or -saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is -written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that -thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. - -9:11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if -we shall reap your carnal things? 9:12 If others be partakers of this -power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this -power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of -Christ. - -9:13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of -the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are -partakers with the altar? 9:14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that -they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel. - -9:15 But I have used none of these things: neither have I written -these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better -for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void. - -9:16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for -necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the -gospel! 9:17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but -if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me. - -9:18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I -may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my -power in the gospel. - -9:19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant -unto all, that I might gain the more. - -9:20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; -to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain -them that are under the law; 9:21 To them that are without law, as -without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to -Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. - -9:22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am -made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. - -9:23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker -thereof with you. - -9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one -receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. - -9:25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all -things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an -incorruptible. - -9:26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one -that beateth the air: 9:27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into -subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I -myself should be a castaway. - -10:1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how -that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the -sea; 10:2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the -sea; 10:3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 10:4 And did all -drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock -that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. - -10:5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were -overthrown in the wilderness. - -10:6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not -lust after evil things, as they also lusted. - -10:7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, -The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. - -10:8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and -fell in one day three and twenty thousand. - -10:9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and -were destroyed of serpents. - -10:10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were -destroyed of the destroyer. - -10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they -are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are -come. - -10:12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he -fall. - -10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: -but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that -ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, -that ye may be able to bear it. - -10:14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. - -10:15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. - -10:16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of -the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion -of the body of Christ? 10:17 For we being many are one bread, and one -body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. - -10:18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the -sacrifices partakers of the altar? 10:19 What say I then? that the -idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is -any thing? 10:20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles -sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not -that ye should have fellowship with devils. - -10:21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye -cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. - -10:22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? -10:23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: -all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. - -10:24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. - -10:25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question -for conscience sake: 10:26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the -fulness thereof. - -10:27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be -disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question -for conscience sake. - -10:28 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto -idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: -for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: 10:29 -Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my -liberty judged of another man's conscience? 10:30 For if I by grace -be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give -thanks? 10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye -do, do all to the glory of God. - -10:32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor -to the church of God: 10:33 Even as I please all men in all things, -not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be -saved. - -11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. - -11:2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, -and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. - -11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; -and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. - -11:4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, -dishonoureth his head. - -11:5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head -uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she -were shaven. - -11:6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it -be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. - -11:7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is -the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. - -11:8 For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man. - -11:9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the -man. - -11:10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because -of the angels. - -11:11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the -woman without the man, in the Lord. - -11:12 For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the -woman; but all things of God. - -11:13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God -uncovered? 11:14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a -man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? 11:15 But if a woman have -long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a -covering. - -11:16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, -neither the churches of God. - -11:17 Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye -come together not for the better, but for the worse. - -11:18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear -that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. - -11:19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are -approved may be made manifest among you. - -11:20 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to -eat the Lord's supper. - -11:21 For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and -one is hungry, and another is drunken. - -11:22 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye -the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to -you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not. - -11:23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto -you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took -bread: 11:24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, -Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in -remembrance of me. - -11:25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, -saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft -as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. - -11:26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do -shew the Lord's death till he come. - -11:27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of -the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the -Lord. - -11:28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, -and drink of that cup. - -11:29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh -damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. - -11:30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many -sleep. - -11:31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. - -11:32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we -should not be condemned with the world. - -11:33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one -for another. - -11:34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not -together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I -come. - -12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you -ignorant. - -12:2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb -idols, even as ye were led. - -12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the -Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that -Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. - -12:4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. - -12:5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. - -12:6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God -which worketh all in all. - -12:7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to -profit withal. - -12:8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another -the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 12:9 To another faith by the -same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 12:10 -To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another -discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another -the interpretation of tongues: 12:11 But all these worketh that one -and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. - -12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the -members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. - -12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we -be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all -made to drink into one Spirit. - -12:14 For the body is not one member, but many. - -12:15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of -the body; is it therefore not of the body? 12:16 And if the ear shall -say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore -not of the body? 12:17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the -hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? 12:18 -But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it -hath pleased him. - -12:19 And if they were all one member, where were the body? 12:20 But -now are they many members, yet but one body. - -12:21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: -nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. - -12:22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more -feeble, are necessary: 12:23 And those members of the body, which we -think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant -honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. - -12:24 For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the -body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which -lacked. - -12:25 That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members -should have the same care one for another. - -12:26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; -or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. - -12:27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. - -12:28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily -prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of -healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. - -12:29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all -workers of miracles? 12:30 Have all the gifts of healing? do all -speak with tongues? do all interpret? 12:31 But covet earnestly the -best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. - -13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have -not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. - -13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all -mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I -could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. - -13:3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I -give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me -nothing. - -13:4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity -vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 13:5 Doth not behave itself -unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no -evil; 13:6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 13:7 -Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth -all things. - -13:8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they -shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there -be knowledge, it shall vanish away. - -13:9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. - -13:10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in -part shall be done away. - -13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, -I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish -things. - -13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: -now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. - -13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the -greatest of these is charity. - -14:1 Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that -ye may prophesy. - -14:2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, -but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he -speaketh mysteries. - -14:3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and -exhortation, and comfort. - -14:4 He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he -that prophesieth edifieth the church. - -14:5 I would that ye all spake with tongues but rather that ye -prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh -with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive -edifying. - -14:6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what -shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, -or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine? 14:7 And even -things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they -give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped -or harped? 14:8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall -prepare himself to the battle? 14:9 So likewise ye, except ye utter -by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what -is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air. - -14:10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and -none of them is without signification. - -14:11 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be -unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a -barbarian unto me. - -14:12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek -that ye may excel to the edifying of the church. - -14:13 Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that -he may interpret. - -14:14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my -understanding is unfruitful. - -14:15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray -with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will -sing with the understanding also. - -14:16 Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that -occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, -seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest? 14:17 For thou verily -givest thanks well, but the other is not edified. - -14:18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all: 14:19 Yet -in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, -that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in -an unknown tongue. - -14:20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be -ye children, but in understanding be men. - -14:21 In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other -lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not -hear me, saith the LORD. - -14:22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but -to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that -believe not, but for them which believe. - -14:23 If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, -and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are -unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad? 14:24 -But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one -unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all: 14:25 And thus -are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his -face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth. - -14:26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of -you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, -hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying. - -14:27 If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at -the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret. - -14:28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the -church; and let him speak to himself, and to God. - -14:29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge. - -14:30 If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the -first hold his peace. - -14:31 For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all -may be comforted. - -14:32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. - -14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all -churches of the saints. - -14:34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not -permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under -obedience as also saith the law. - -14:35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at -home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. - -14:36 What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you -only? 14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, -let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the -commandments of the Lord. - -14:38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. - -14:39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak -with tongues. - -14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order. - -15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I -preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; -15:2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached -unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. - -15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, -how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 15:4 -And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according -to the scriptures: 15:5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the -twelve: 15:6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at -once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are -fallen asleep. - -15:7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. - -15:8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due -time. - -15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called -an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. - -15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was -bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than -they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. - -15:11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye -believed. - -15:12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say -some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 15:13 But -if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: -15:14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your -faith is also vain. - -15:15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have -testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if -so be that the dead rise not. - -15:16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: 15:17 And -if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. - -15:18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. - -15:19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men -most miserable. - -15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the -firstfruits of them that slept. - -15:21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection -of the dead. - -15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made -alive. - -15:23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; -afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. - -15:24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom -to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all -authority and power. - -15:25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. - -15:26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. - -15:27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all -things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which -did put all things under him. - -15:28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the -Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, -that God may be all in all. - -15:29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the -dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? 15:30 -And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? 15:31 I protest by your -rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our LORD, I die daily. - -15:32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, -what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; -for to morrow we die. - -15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. - -15:34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the -knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. - -15:35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what -body do they come? 15:36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not -quickened, except it die: 15:37 And that which thou sowest, thou -sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of -wheat, or of some other grain: 15:38 But God giveth it a body as it -hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. - -15:39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh -of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of -birds. - -15:40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the -glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is -another. - -15:41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, -and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another -star in glory. - -15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in -corruption; it is raised in incorruption: 15:43 It is sown in -dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised -in power: 15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual -body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. - -15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; -the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. - -15:46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is -natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. - -15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the -Lord from heaven. - -15:48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is -the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. - -15:49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear -the image of the heavenly. - -15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit -the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. - -15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we -shall all be changed, 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, -at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be -raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. - -15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal -must put on immortality. - -15:54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and -this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to -pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. - -15:55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? -15:56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. - -15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our -Lord Jesus Christ. - -15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, -always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that -your labour is not in vain in the Lord. - -16:1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given -order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. - -16:2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in -store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I -come. - -16:3 And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, -them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem. - -16:4 And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me. - -16:5 Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: -for I do pass through Macedonia. - -16:6 And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that -ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go. - -16:7 For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a -while with you, if the Lord permit. - -16:8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost. - -16:9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are -many adversaries. - -16:10 Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: -for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do. - -16:11 Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in -peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren. - -16:12 As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come -unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at -this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time. - -16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. - -16:14 Let all your things be done with charity. - -16:15 I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that -it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted -themselves to the ministry of the saints,) 16:16 That ye submit -yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and -laboureth. - -16:17 I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and -Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied. - -16:18 For they have refreshed my spirit and your's: therefore -acknowledge ye them that are such. - -16:19 The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you -much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house. - -16:20 All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with -an holy kiss. - -16:21 The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. - -16:22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be -Anathema Maranatha. - -16:23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. - -16:24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. - - - - -The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians - - -1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy -our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the -saints which are in all Achaia: 1:2 Grace be to you and peace from God -our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. - -1:3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the -Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 1:4 Who comforteth us -in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are -in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of -God. - -1:5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation -also aboundeth by Christ. - -1:6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and -salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings -which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your -consolation and salvation. - -1:7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers -of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation. - -1:8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which -came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above -strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: 1:9 But we had the -sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, -but in God which raiseth the dead: 1:10 Who delivered us from so great -a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver -us; 1:11 Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift -bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by -many on our behalf. - -1:12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that -in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the -grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more -abundantly to you-ward. - -1:13 For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or -acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end; 1:14 As -also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even -as ye also are our's in the day of the Lord Jesus. - -1:15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that -ye might have a second benefit; 1:16 And to pass by you into -Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to -be brought on my way toward Judaea. - -1:17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the -things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with -me there should be yea yea, and nay nay? 1:18 But as God is true, our -word toward you was not yea and nay. - -1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by -us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in -him was yea. - -1:20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto -the glory of God by us. - -1:21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed -us, is God; 1:22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the -Spirit in our hearts. - -1:23 Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you -I came not as yet unto Corinth. - -1:24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of -your joy: for by faith ye stand. - -2:1 But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to -you in heaviness. - -2:2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but -the same which is made sorry by me? 2:3 And I wrote this same unto -you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought -to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of -you all. - -2:4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you -with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know -the love which I have more abundantly unto you. - -2:5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: -that I may not overcharge you all. - -2:6 Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted -of many. - -2:7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort -him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch -sorrow. - -2:8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward -him. - -2:9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of -you, whether ye be obedient in all things. - -2:10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave -any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the -person of Christ; 2:11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for -we are not ignorant of his devices. - -2:12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and -a door was opened unto me of the Lord, 2:13 I had no rest in my -spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of -them, I went from thence into Macedonia. - -2:14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in -Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every -place. - -2:15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are -saved, and in them that perish: 2:16 To the one we are the savour of -death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And -who is sufficient for these things? 2:17 For we are not as many, -which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in -the sight of God speak we in Christ. - -3:1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some -others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation -from you? 3:2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and -read of all men: 3:3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the -epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the -Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables -of the heart. - -3:4 And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: 3:5 Not that we -are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but -our sufficiency is of God; 3:6 Who also hath made us able ministers of -the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the -letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. - -3:7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, -was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly -behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory -was to be done away: 3:8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit -be rather glorious? 3:9 For if the ministration of condemnation be -glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in -glory. - -3:10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this -respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. - -3:11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which -remaineth is glorious. - -3:12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of -speech: 3:13 And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that -the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that -which is abolished: 3:14 But their minds were blinded: for until this -day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old -testament; which vail is done away in Christ. - -3:15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon -their heart. - -3:16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be -taken away. - -3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, -there is liberty. - -3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of -the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as -by the Spirit of the LORD. - -4:1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, -we faint not; 4:2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, -not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; -but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's -conscience in the sight of God. - -4:3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4:4 In -whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which -believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is -the image of God, should shine unto them. - -4:5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and -ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. - -4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath -shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory -of God in the face of Jesus Christ. - -4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency -of the power may be of God, and not of us. - -4:8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are -perplexed, but not in despair; 4:9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast -down, but not destroyed; 4:10 Always bearing about in the body the -dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made -manifest in our body. - -4:11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, -that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal -flesh. - -4:12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you. - -4:13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I -believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore -speak; 4:14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise -up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. - -4:15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might -through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. - -4:16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, -yet the inward man is renewed day by day. - -4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for -us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 4:18 While we -look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not -seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which -are not seen are eternal. - -5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were -dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, -eternal in the heavens. - -5:2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with -our house which is from heaven: 5:3 If so be that being clothed we -shall not be found naked. - -5:4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not -for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might -be swallowed up of life. - -5:5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who -also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. - -5:6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at -home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 5:7 (For we walk by -faith, not by sight:) 5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather -to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. - -5:9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be -accepted of him. - -5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that -every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that -he hath done, whether it be good or bad. - -5:11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we -are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your -consciences. - -5:12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you -occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer -them which glory in appearance, and not in heart. - -5:13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we -be sober, it is for your cause. - -5:14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, -that if one died for all, then were all dead: 5:15 And that he died -for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto -themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. - -5:16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though -we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him -no more. - -5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old -things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. - -5:18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by -Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; -5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto -himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed -unto us the word of reconciliation. - -5:20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech -you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. - -5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we -might be made the righteousness of God in him. - -6:1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye -receive not the grace of God in vain. - -6:2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the -day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted -time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) 6:3 Giving no offence in -any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: 6:4 But in all things -approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in -afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 6:5 In stripes, in -imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; 6:6 -By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy -Ghost, by love unfeigned, 6:7 By the word of truth, by the power of -God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, -6:8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as -deceivers, and yet true; 6:9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, -and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; 6:10 As sorrowful, -yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, -and yet possessing all things. - -6:11 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is -enlarged. - -6:12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own -bowels. - -6:13 Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) -be ye also enlarged. - -6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what -fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion -hath light with darkness? 6:15 And what concord hath Christ with -Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 6:16 And -what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the -temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and -walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. - -6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the -Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. - -6:18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and -daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. - -7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse -ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting -holiness in the fear of God. - -7:2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we -have defrauded no man. - -7:3 I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye -are in our hearts to die and live with you. - -7:4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of -you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our -tribulation. - -7:5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but -we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were -fears. - -7:6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, -comforted us by the coming of Titus; 7:7 And not by his coming only, -but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told -us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so -that I rejoiced the more. - -7:8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though -I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you -sorry, though it were but for a season. - -7:9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed -to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye -might receive damage by us in nothing. - -7:10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be -repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. - -7:11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly -sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of -yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement -desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have -approved yourselves to be clear in this matter. - -7:12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause -that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but -that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you. - -7:13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly -the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was -refreshed by you all. - -7:14 For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; -but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, -which I made before Titus, is found a truth. - -7:15 And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he -remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye -received him. - -7:16 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things. - -8:1 Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed -on the churches of Macedonia; 8:2 How that in a great trial of -affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded -unto the riches of their liberality. - -8:3 For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power -they were willing of themselves; 8:4 Praying us with much intreaty -that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the -ministering to the saints. - -8:5 And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own -selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God. - -8:6 Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would -also finish in you the same grace also. - -8:7 Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, -and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that -ye abound in this grace also. - -8:8 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of -others, and to prove the sincerity of your love. - -8:9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he -was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his -poverty might be rich. - -8:10 And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who -have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago. - -8:11 Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a -readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that -which ye have. - -8:12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to -that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. - -8:13 For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: 8:14 But -by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply -for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your -want: that there may be equality: 8:15 As it is written, He that had -gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no -lack. - -8:16 But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the -heart of Titus for you. - -8:17 For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, -of his own accord he went unto you. - -8:18 And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the -gospel throughout all the churches; 8:19 And not that only, but who -was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, -which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and -declaration of your ready mind: 8:20 Avoiding this, that no man should -blame us in this abundance which is administered by us: 8:21 Providing -for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the -sight of men. - -8:22 And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes -proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the -great confidence which I have in you. - -8:23 Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner and -fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they are -the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ. - -8:24 Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of -your love, and of our boasting on your behalf. - -9:1 For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous -for me to write to you: 9:2 For I know the forwardness of your mind, -for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a -year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many. - -9:3 Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be -in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready: 9:4 Lest -haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we -(that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident -boasting. - -9:5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they -would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof -ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of -bounty, and not as of covetousness. - -9:6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also -sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also -bountifully. - -9:7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; -not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. - -9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, -always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good -work: 9:9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given -to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. - -9:10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for -your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of -your righteousness;) 9:11 Being enriched in every thing to all -bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God. - -9:12 For the administration of this service not only supplieth the -want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto -God; 9:13 Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify -God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for -your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men; 9:14 And by -their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of -God in you. - -9:15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. - -10:1 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of -Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold -toward you: 10:2 But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am -present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against -some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. - -10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: -10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty -through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 10:5 Casting down -imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the -knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the -obedience of Christ; 10:6 And having in a readiness to revenge all -disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. - -10:7 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man -trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this -again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's. - -10:8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which -the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, -I should not be ashamed: 10:9 That I may not seem as if I would -terrify you by letters. - -10:10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his -bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible. - -10:11 Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by -letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are -present. - -10:12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare -ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring -themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, -are not wise. - -10:13 But we will not boast of things without our measure, but -according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, -a measure to reach even unto you. - -10:14 For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we -reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in -preaching the gospel of Christ: 10:15 Not boasting of things without -our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when -your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to -our rule abundantly, 10:16 To preach the gospel in the regions beyond -you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to -our hand. - -10:17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. - -10:18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the -Lord commendeth. - -11:1 Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and -indeed bear with me. - -11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have -espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin -to Christ. - -11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve -through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the -simplicity that is in Christ. - -11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not -preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, -or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with -him. - -11:5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. - -11:6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have -been throughly made manifest among you in all things. - -11:7 Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be -exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely? -11:8 I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service. - -11:9 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to -no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from -Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being -burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself. - -11:10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this -boasting in the regions of Achaia. - -11:11 Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth. - -11:12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from -them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found -even as we. - -11:13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming -themselves into the apostles of Christ. - -11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of -light. - -11:15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be -transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be -according to their works. - -11:16 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a -fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. - -11:17 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it -were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. - -11:18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. - -11:19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. - -11:20 For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour -you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you -on the face. - -11:21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. -Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold -also. - -11:22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are -they the seed of Abraham? so am I. - -11:23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in -labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more -frequent, in deaths oft. - -11:24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. - -11:25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I -suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; 11:26 -In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in -perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in -the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils -among false brethren; 11:27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings -often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. - -11:28 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me -daily, the care of all the churches. - -11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? -11:30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern -mine infirmities. - -11:31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed -for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. - -11:32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of -the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: 11:33 And -through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped -his hands. - -12:1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to -visions and revelations of the Lord. - -12:2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the -body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God -knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. - -12:3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, -I cannot tell: God knoweth;) 12:4 How that he was caught up into -paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a -man to utter. - -12:5 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but -in mine infirmities. - -12:6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I -will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me -above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me. - -12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance -of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the -messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above -measure. - -12:8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart -from me. - -12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my -strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I -rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon -me. - -12:10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in -necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for -when I am weak, then am I strong. - -12:11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I -ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the -very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing. - -12:12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all -patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds. - -12:13 For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, -except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this -wrong. - -12:14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not -be burdensome to you: for I seek not your's but you: for the children -ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. - -12:15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the -more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. - -12:16 But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, -I caught you with guile. - -12:17 Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you? -12:18 I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a -gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the -same steps? 12:19 Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? -we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, -for your edifying. - -12:20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I -would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest -there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, -swellings, tumults: 12:21 And lest, when I come again, my God will -humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned -already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and -lasciviousness which they have committed. - -13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or -three witnesses shall every word be established. - -13:2 I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the -second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore -have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not -spare: 13:3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to -you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you. - -13:4 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by -the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with -him by the power of God toward you. - -13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own -selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, -except ye be reprobates? 13:6 But I trust that ye shall know that we -are not reprobates. - -13:7 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear -approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as -reprobates. - -13:8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. - -13:9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this -also we wish, even your perfection. - -13:10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present -I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath -given me to edification, and not to destruction. - -13:11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be -of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be -with you. - -13:12 Greet one another with an holy kiss. - -13:13 All the saints salute you. - -13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the -communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. - - - - -The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians - - -1:1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus -Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) 1:2 And all -the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia: 1:3 -Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus -Christ, 1:4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us -from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our -Father: 1:5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. - -1:6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into -the grace of Christ unto another gospel: 1:7 Which is not another; but -there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of -Christ. - -1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel -unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be -accursed. - -1:9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other -gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. - -1:10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? -for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. - -1:11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached -of me is not after man. - -1:12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by -the revelation of Jesus Christ. - -1:13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' -religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and -wasted it: 1:14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my -equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the -traditions of my fathers. - -1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, -and called me by his grace, 1:16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might -preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh -and blood: 1:17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were -apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto -Damascus. - -1:18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and -abode with him fifteen days. - -1:19 But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's -brother. - -1:20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie -not. - -1:21 Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia; 1:22 And -was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ: -1:23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times -past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. - -1:24 And they glorified God in me. - -2:1 Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with -Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. - -2:2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that -gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which -were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in -vain. - -2:3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled -to be circumcised: 2:4 And that because of false brethren unawares -brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have -in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: 2:5 To whom we -gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the -gospel might continue with you. - -2:6 But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it -maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who -seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me: 2:7 But -contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was -committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; -2:8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of -the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) 2:9 -And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived -the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the -right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and -they unto the circumcision. - -2:10 Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which -I also was forward to do. - -2:11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, -because he was to be blamed. - -2:12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the -Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, -fearing them which were of the circumcision. - -2:13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that -Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. - -2:14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the -truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being -a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, -why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews? 2:15 We who -are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, 2:16 Knowing that -a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of -Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be -justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for -by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. - -2:17 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves -also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God -forbid. - -2:18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself -a transgressor. - -2:19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto -God. - -2:20 I am crucified with Christ: neverthless I live; yet not I, but -Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live -by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. - -2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by -the law, then Christ is dead in vain. - -3:1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not -obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set -forth, crucified among you? 3:2 This only would I learn of you, -Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of -faith? 3:3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now -made perfect by the flesh? 3:4 Have ye suffered so many things in -vain? if it be yet in vain. - -3:5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh -miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the -hearing of faith? 3:6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was -accounted to him for righteousness. - -3:7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the -children of Abraham. - -3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen -through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In -thee shall all nations be blessed. - -3:9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. - -3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: -for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all -things which are written in the book of the law to do them. - -3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it -is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. - -3:12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall -live in them. - -3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a -curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a -tree: 3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles -through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit -through faith. - -3:15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a -man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth -thereto. - -3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, -And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is -Christ. - -3:17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of -God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, -cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. - -3:18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: -but God gave it to Abraham by promise. - -3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of -transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was -made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. - -3:20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. - -3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if -there had been a law given which could have given life, verily -righteousness should have been by the law. - -3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise -by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. - -3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto -the faith which should afterwards be revealed. - -3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, -that we might be justified by faith. - -3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a -schoolmaster. - -3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. - -3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on -Christ. - -3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, -there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. - -3:29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs -according to the promise. - -4:1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth -nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; 4:2 But is under -tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. - -4:3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the -elements of the world: 4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, -God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 4:5 To -redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the -adoption of sons. - -4:6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son -into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. - -4:7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, -then an heir of God through Christ. - -4:8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which -by nature are no gods. - -4:9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, -how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye -desire again to be in bondage? 4:10 Ye observe days, and months, and -times, and years. - -4:11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. - -4:12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have -not injured me at all. - -4:13 Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel -unto you at the first. - -4:14 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor -rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. - -4:15 Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, -that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own -eyes, and have given them to me. - -4:16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? -4:17 They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude -you, that ye might affect them. - -4:18 But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, -and not only when I am present with you. - -4:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ -be formed in you, 4:20 I desire to be present with you now, and to -change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. - -4:21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the -law? 4:22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a -bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. - -4:23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he -of the freewoman was by promise. - -4:24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; -the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is -Agar. - -4:25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to -Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. - -4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us -all. - -4:27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break -forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many -more children than she which hath an husband. - -4:28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. - -4:29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that -was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. - -4:30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and -her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son -of the freewoman. - -4:31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of -the free. - -5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us -free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. - -5:2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ -shall profit you nothing. - -5:3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a -debtor to do the whole law. - -5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are -justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. - -5:5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by -faith. - -5:6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor -uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. - -5:7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the -truth? 5:8 This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you. - -5:9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. - -5:10 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none -otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, -whosoever he be. - -5:11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet -suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased. - -5:12 I would they were even cut off which trouble you. - -5:13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not -liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. - -5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou -shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. - -5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not -consumed one of another. - -5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the -lust of the flesh. - -5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against -the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye -cannot do the things that ye would. - -5:18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. - -5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; -Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 5:20 Idolatry, -witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, -heresies, 5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such -like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time -past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of -God. - -5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, -gentleness, goodness, faith, 5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such -there is no law. - -5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the -affections and lusts. - -5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. - -5:26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, -envying one another. - -6:1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are -spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering -thyself, lest thou also be tempted. - -6:2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. - -6:3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he -deceiveth himself. - -6:4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have -rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. - -6:5 For every man shall bear his own burden. - -6:6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that -teacheth in all good things. - -6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, -that shall he also reap. - -6:8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap -corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap -life everlasting. - -6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall -reap, if we faint not. - -6:10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, -especially unto them who are of the household of faith. - -6:11 Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own -hand. - -6:12 As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they -constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer -persecution for the cross of Christ. - -6:13 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but -desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. - -6:14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord -Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the -world. - -6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor -uncircumcision, but a new creature. - -6:16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and -mercy, and upon the Israel of God. - -6:17 From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the -marks of the Lord Jesus. - -6:18 Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. - -Amen. - - - - -The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians - - -1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the -saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: -1:2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord -Jesus Christ. - -1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath -blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: -1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the -world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: -1:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus -Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 1:6 To -the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted -in the beloved. - -1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of -sins, according to the riches of his grace; 1:8 Wherein he hath -abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; 1:9 Having made known -unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which -he hath purposed in himself: 1:10 That in the dispensation of the -fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, -both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: 1:11 In -whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated -according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the -counsel of his own will: 1:12 That we should be to the praise of his -glory, who first trusted in Christ. - -1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, -the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye -were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 1:14 Which is the -earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased -possession, unto the praise of his glory. - -1:15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, -and love unto all the saints, 1:16 Cease not to give thanks for you, -making mention of you in my prayers; 1:17 That the God of our Lord -Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of -wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 1:18 The eyes of your -understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of -his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in -the saints, 1:19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to -us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, -1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and -set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 1:21 Far above -all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name -that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to -come: 1:22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be -the head over all things to the church, 1:23 Which is his body, the -fulness of him that filleth all in all. - -2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; -2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this -world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit -that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 2:3 Among whom also -we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, -fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by -nature the children of wrath, even as others. - -2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he -loved us, 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us -together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 2:6 And hath raised us -up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ -Jesus: 2:7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches -of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. - -2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of -yourselves: it is the gift of God: 2:9 Not of works, lest any man -should boast. - -2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good -works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. - -2:11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the -flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the -Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 2:12 That at that time ye -were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and -strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without -God in the world: 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were -far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. - -2:14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down -the middle wall of partition between us; 2:15 Having abolished in his -flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in -ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making -peace; 2:16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by -the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 2:17 And came and preached -peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. - -2:18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the -Father. - -2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but -fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; 2:20 And -are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus -Christ himself being the chief corner stone; 2:21 In whom all the -building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the -Lord: 2:22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of -God through the Spirit. - -3:1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you -Gentiles, 3:2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God -which is given me to you-ward: 3:3 How that by revelation he made -known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, 3:4 -Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery -of Christ) 3:5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of -men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the -Spirit; 3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same -body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: 3:7 -Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of -God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. - -3:8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace -given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches -of Christ; 3:9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the -mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, -who created all things by Jesus Christ: 3:10 To the intent that now -unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known -by the church the manifold wisdom of God, 3:11 According to the -eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: 3:12 In -whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. - -3:13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, -which is your glory. - -3:14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus -Christ, 3:15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, -3:16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to -be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 3:17 That -Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and -grounded in love, 3:18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what -is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 3:19 And to know -the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled -with all the fulness of God. - -3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all -that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 3:21 -Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, -world without end. Amen. - -4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk -worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 4:2 With all lowliness -and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; 4:3 -Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. - -4:4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one -hope of your calling; 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 4:6 One -God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you -all. - -4:7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure -of the gift of Christ. - -4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity -captive, and gave gifts unto men. - -4:9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first -into the lower parts of the earth? 4:10 He that descended is the same -also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all -things.) 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and -some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 4:12 For the -perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the -edifying of the body of Christ: 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of -the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, -unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 4:14 That we -henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about -with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning -craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 4:15 But speaking the -truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, -even Christ: 4:16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and -compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the -effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the -body unto the edifying of itself in love. - -4:17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth -walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 4:18 -Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of -God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of -their heart: 4:19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over -unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. - -4:20 But ye have not so learned Christ; 4:21 If so be that ye have -heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: 4:22 -That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which -is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 4:23 And be renewed in -the spirit of your mind; 4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which -after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. - -4:25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his -neighbour: for we are members one of another. - -4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your -wrath: 4:27 Neither give place to the devil. - -4:28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, -working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to -give to him that needeth. - -4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that -which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto -the hearers. - -4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto -the day of redemption. - -4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil -speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 4:32 And be ye kind -one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for -Christ's sake hath forgiven you. - -5:1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; 5:2 And walk -in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us -an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. - -5:3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not -be once named among you, as becometh saints; 5:4 Neither filthiness, -nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather -giving of thanks. - -5:5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor -covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom -of Christ and of God. - -5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these -things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. - -5:7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them. - -5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: -walk as children of light: 5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all -goodness and righteousness and truth;) 5:10 Proving what is acceptable -unto the Lord. - -5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but -rather reprove them. - -5:12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of -them in secret. - -5:13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: -for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. - -5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the -dead, and Christ shall give thee light. - -5:15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, -5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. - -5:17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of -the Lord is. - -5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with -the Spirit; 5:19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and -spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; -5:20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in -the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; 5:21 Submitting yourselves one to -another in the fear of God. - -5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the -Lord. - -5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the -head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. - -5:24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives -be to their own husbands in every thing. - -5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, -and gave himself for it; 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it -with the washing of water by the word, 5:27 That he might present it -to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such -thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. - -5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that -loveth his wife loveth himself. - -5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and -cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: 5:30 For we are members of -his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. - -5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall -be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. - -5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the -church. - -5:33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife -even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. - -6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. - -6:2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with -promise; 6:3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long -on the earth. - -6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring -them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. - -6:5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to -the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as -unto Christ; 6:6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the -servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; 6:7 With -good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: 6:8 Knowing -that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of -the Lord, whether he be bond or free. - -6:9 And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing -threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is -there respect of persons with him. - -6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of -his might. - -6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand -against the wiles of the devil. - -6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against -principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of -this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. - -6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be -able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. - -6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and -having on the breastplate of righteousness; 6:15 And your feet shod -with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 6:16 Above all, taking -the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the -fiery darts of the wicked. - -6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, -which is the word of God: 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and -supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all -perseverance and supplication for all saints; 6:19 And for me, that -utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to -make known the mystery of the gospel, 6:20 For which I am an -ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to -speak. - -6:21 But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a -beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to -you all things: 6:22 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, -that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts. - -6:23 Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the -Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. - -6:24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in -sincerity. - -Amen. - - - - -The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Philippians - - -1:1 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the -saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and -deacons: 1:2 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and -from the Lord Jesus Christ. - -1:3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, 1:4 Always in every -prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, 1:5 For your -fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; 1:6 Being -confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in -you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: 1:7 Even as it is -meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; -inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of -the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace. - -1:8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the -bowels of Jesus Christ. - -1:9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in -knowledge and in all judgment; 1:10 That ye may approve things that -are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day -of Christ. - -1:11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus -Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. - -1:12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which -happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the -gospel; 1:13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the -palace, and in all other places; 1:14 And many of the brethren in the -Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the -word without fear. - -1:15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also -of good will: 1:16 The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, -supposing to add affliction to my bonds: 1:17 But the other of love, -knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel. - -1:18 What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in -truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will -rejoice. - -1:19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your -prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, 1:20 According -to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be -ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ -shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. - -1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. - -1:22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet -what I shall choose I wot not. - -1:23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and -to be with Christ; which is far better: 1:24 Nevertheless to abide in -the flesh is more needful for you. - -1:25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and -continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith; 1:26 That -your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my -coming to you again. - -1:27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of -Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear -of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind -striving together for the faith of the gospel; 1:28 And in nothing -terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of -perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. - -1:29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to -believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake; 1:30 Having the same -conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me. - -2:1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of -love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, 2:2 -Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being -of one accord, of one mind. - -2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness -of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. - -2:4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the -things of others. - -2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 2:6 Who, -being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: -2:7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a -servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 2:8 And being found in -fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, -even the death of the cross. - -2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name -which is above every name: 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee -should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under -the earth; 2:11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ -is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. - -2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my -presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own -salvation with fear and trembling. - -2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his -good pleasure. - -2:14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings: 2:15 That ye may -be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the -midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights -in the world; 2:16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice -in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in -vain. - -2:17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your -faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. - -2:18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me. - -2:19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, -that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. - -2:20 For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your -state. - -2:21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's. - -2:22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he -hath served with me in the gospel. - -2:23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see -how it will go with me. - -2:24 But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly. - -2:25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my -brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your -messenger, and he that ministered to my wants. - -2:26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because -that ye had heard that he had been sick. - -2:27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; -and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon -sorrow. - -2:28 I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him -again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. - -2:29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold -such in reputation: 2:30 Because for the work of Christ he was nigh -unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service -toward me. - -3:1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same -things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe. - -3:2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. - -3:3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and -rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. - -3:4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man -thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: 3:5 -Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of -Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; -3:6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the -righteousness which is in the law, blameless. - -3:7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. - -3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency -of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the -loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, -3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is -of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the -righteousness which is of God by faith: 3:10 That I may know him, and -the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, -being made conformable unto his death; 3:11 If by any means I might -attain unto the resurrection of the dead. - -3:12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already -perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which -also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. - -3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one -thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching -forth unto those things which are before, 3:14 I press toward the mark -for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. - -3:15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if -in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto -you. - -3:16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by -the same rule, let us mind the same thing. - -3:17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk -so as ye have us for an ensample. - -3:18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you -even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: 3:19 -Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is -in their shame, who mind earthly things.) 3:20 For our conversation -is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus -Christ: 3:21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned -like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is -able even to subdue all things unto himself. - -4:1 Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and -crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. - -4:2 I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same -mind in the Lord. - -4:3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which -laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my -fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life. - -4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. - -4:5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. - -4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and -supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto -God. - -4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep -your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. - -4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things -are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, -whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if -there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these -things. - -4:9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, -and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you. - -4:10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your -care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye -lacked opportunity. - -4:11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in -whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. - -4:12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every -where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be -hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. - -4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. - -4:14 Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with -my affliction. - -4:15 Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the -gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me -as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only. - -4:16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my -necessity. - -4:17 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound -to your account. - -4:18 But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of -Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet -smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God. - -4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in -glory by Christ Jesus. - -4:20 Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. - -4:21 Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with -me greet you. - -4:22 All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's -household. - -4:23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. - - - - -The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians - - -1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, -and Timotheus our brother, 1:2 To the saints and faithful brethren -in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, -from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. - -1:3 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying -always for you, -1:4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye -have to all the saints, -1:5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard -before in the word of the truth of the gospel; -1:6 Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth -fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the -grace of God in truth: -1:7 As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you -a faithful minister of Christ; -1:8 Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. - -1:9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to -pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his -will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; -1:10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being -fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; -1:11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto -all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; -1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be -partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: -1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated -us into the kingdom of his dear Son: -1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of -sins: -1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every -creature: -1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are -in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or -principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: -1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. - -1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the -firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. - -1:19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; -1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to -reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in -earth, or things in heaven. - -1:21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by -wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled -1:22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and -unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: -1:23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved -away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached -to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; -1:24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is -behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is -the church: -1:25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God -which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; -1:26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, -but now is made manifest to his saints: -1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this -mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: -1:28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all -wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: -1:29 Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which -worketh in me mightily. - -2:1 For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for -them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; -2:2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and -unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the -acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; -2:3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. - -2:4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. - -2:5 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, -joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in -Christ. - -2:6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in -him: -2:7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have -been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. - -2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, -after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after -Christ. - -2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. - -2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and -power: -2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without -hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision -of Christ: -2:12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him -through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. - -2:13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your -flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all -trespasses; -2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which -was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; -2:15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them -openly, triumphing over them in it. - -2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of -an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: -2:17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. - -2:18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and -worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, -vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, -2:19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands -having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the -increase of God. - -2:20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, -why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, -2:21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not; -2:22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and -doctrines of men? -2:23 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and -humility, and neglecting of the body: not in any honour to the satisfying -of the flesh. - -3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, -where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. - -3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. - -3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. - -3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear -with him in glory. - -3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, -uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, -which is idolatry: -3:6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of -disobedience: -3:7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. - -3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, -filthy communication out of your mouth. - -3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with -his deeds; -3:10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the -image of him that created him: -3:11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor -uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in -all. - -3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of -mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; -3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a -quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. - -3:14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of -perfectness. - -3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye -are called in one body; and be ye thankful. - -3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching -and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing -with grace in your hearts to the Lord. - -3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord -Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. - -3:18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the -Lord. - -3:19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. - -3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing -unto the Lord. - -3:21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be -discouraged. - -3:22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not -with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God; -3:23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto -men; -3:24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the -inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. - -3:25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath -done: and there is no respect of persons. - -4:1 Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing -that ye also have a Master in heaven. - -4:2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; -4:3 Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of -utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: -4:4 That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. - -4:5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. - -4:6 Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may -know how ye ought to answer every man. - -4:7 All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved -brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord: -4:8 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know -your estate, and comfort your hearts; -4:9 With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They -shall make known unto you all things which are done here. - -4:10 Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son -to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, -receive him;) -4:11 And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These -only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort -unto me. - -4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, -always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and -complete in all the will of God. - -4:13 For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them -that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis. - -4:14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you. - -4:15 Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the -church which is in his house. - -4:16 And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also -in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from -Laodicea. - -4:17 And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast -received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. - -4:18 The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be -with you. Amen. - - - - -The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians - - -1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the -Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: -Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus -Christ. - -1:2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in -our prayers; 1:3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and -labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the -sight of God and our Father; 1:4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your -election of God. - -1:5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, -and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner -of men we were among you for your sake. - -1:6 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received -the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost. - -1:7 So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and -Achaia. - -1:8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in -Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward -is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing. - -1:9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had -unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and -true God; 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised -from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. - -2:1 For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it -was not in vain: 2:2 But even after that we had suffered before, and -were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in -our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention. - -2:3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in -guile: 2:4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the -gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth -our hearts. - -2:5 For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor -a cloke of covetousness; God is witness: 2:6 Nor of men sought we -glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been -burdensome, as the apostles of Christ. - -2:7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her -children: 2:8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing -to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our -own souls, because ye were dear unto us. - -2:9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring -night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we -preached unto you the gospel of God. - -2:10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and -unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe: 2:11 As ye -know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a -father doth his children, 2:12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who -hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. - -2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when -ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not -as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which -effectually worketh also in you that believe. - -2:14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which -in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things -of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: 2:15 Who both -killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; -and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: 2:16 Forbidding -us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their -sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. - -2:17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in -presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your -face with great desire. - -2:18 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and -again; but Satan hindered us. - -2:19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even -ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? 2:20 For -ye are our glory and joy. - -3:1 Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to -be left at Athens alone; 3:2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and -minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to -establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith: 3:3 That no -man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we -are appointed thereunto. - -3:4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we -should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know. - -3:5 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know -your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our -labour be in vain. - -3:6 But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good -tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance -of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you: 3:7 -Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction -and distress by your faith: 3:8 For now we live, if ye stand fast in -the Lord. - -3:9 For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the -joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God; 3:10 Night and day -praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect -that which is lacking in your faith? 3:11 Now God himself and our -Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. - -3:12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward -another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: 3:13 To the end -he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even -our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his -saints. - -4:1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the -Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to -please God, so ye would abound more and more. - -4:2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. - -4:3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye -should abstain from fornication: 4:4 That every one of you should know -how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 4:5 Not in the -lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: 4:6 -That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because -that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned -you and testified. - -4:7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. - -4:8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath -also given unto us his holy Spirit. - -4:9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: -for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. - -4:10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all -Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and -more; 4:11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, -and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 4:12 That ye may -walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack -of nothing. - -4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning -them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have -no hope. - -4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them -also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. - -4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which -are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent -them which are asleep. - -4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with -the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in -Christ shall rise first: 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall -be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the -air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. - -4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words. - -5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I -write unto you. - -5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh -as a thief in the night. - -5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction -cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall -not escape. - -5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should -overtake you as a thief. - -5:5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we -are not of the night, nor of darkness. - -5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be -sober. - -5:7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken -are drunken in the night. - -5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the -breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of -salvation. - -5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by -our Lord Jesus Christ, 5:10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or -sleep, we should live together with him. - -5:11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, -even as also ye do. - -5:12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among -you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; 5:13 And to -esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace -among yourselves. - -5:14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort -the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. - -5:15 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow -that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. - -5:16 Rejoice evermore. - -5:17 Pray without ceasing. - -5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ -Jesus concerning you. - -5:19 Quench not the Spirit. - -5:20 Despise not prophesyings. - -5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. - -5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil. - -5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God -your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the -coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. - -5:24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. - -5:25 Brethren, pray for us. - -5:26 Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss. - -5:27 I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the -holy brethren. - -5:28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. - - - - -The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians - - -1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the -Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: 1:2 Grace -unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. - -1:3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, -because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every -one of you all toward each other aboundeth; 1:4 So that we ourselves -glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all -your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: 1:5 Which is a -manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be -counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: 1:6 -Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to -them that trouble you; 1:7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, -when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty -angels, 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not -God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 1:9 Who -shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of -the Lord, and from the glory of his power; 1:10 When he shall come to -be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe -(because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. - -1:11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count -you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his -goodness, and the work of faith with power: 1:12 That the name of our -Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to -the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. - -2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus -Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2:2 That ye be not -soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, -nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. - -2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, -except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be -revealed, the son of perdition; 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself -above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God -sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. - -2:5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these -things? 2:6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be -revealed in his time. - -2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now -letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. - -2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall -consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the -brightness of his coming: 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the -working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 2:10 And -with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; -because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be -saved. - -2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they -should believe a lie: 2:12 That they all might be damned who believed -not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. - -2:13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren -beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to -salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the -truth: 2:14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of -the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. - -2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye -have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle. - -2:16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, -which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and -good hope through grace, 2:17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in -every good word and work. - -3:1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have -free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 3:2 And that we -may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have -not faith. - -3:3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you -from evil. - -3:4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do -and will do the things which we command you. - -3:5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the -patient waiting for Christ. - -3:6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus -Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh -disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us. - -3:7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not -ourselves disorderly among you; 3:8 Neither did we eat any man's bread -for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we -might not be chargeable to any of you: 3:9 Not because we have not -power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us. - -3:10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if -any would not work, neither should he eat. - -3:11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, -working not at all, but are busybodies. - -3:12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus -Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. - -3:13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. - -3:14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, -and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. - -3:15 Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. - -3:16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. -The Lord be with you all. - -3:17 The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in -every epistle: so I write. - -3:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. - - - - -The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy - - -1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our -Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; 1:2 Unto Timothy, -my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father -and Jesus Christ our Lord. - -1:3 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into -Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other -doctrine, 1:4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, -which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in -faith: so do. - -1:5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and -of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: 1:6 From which some -having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; 1:7 Desiring to -be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor -whereof they affirm. - -1:8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; 1:9 -Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for -the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for -unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, -for manslayers, 1:10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves -with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if -there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine; 1:11 -According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was -committed to my trust. - -1:12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that -he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; 1:13 Who was -before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained -mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. - -1:14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and -love which is in Christ Jesus. - -1:15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that -Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. - -1:16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus -Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which -should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. - -1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise -God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. - -1:18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the -prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a -good warfare; 1:19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some -having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck: 1:20 Of whom is -Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they -may learn not to blaspheme. - -2:1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, -intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2:2 For -kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and -peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. - -2:3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; -2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge -of the truth. - -2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the -man Christ Jesus; 2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be -testified in due time. - -2:7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the -truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and -verity. - -2:8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, -without wrath and doubting. - -2:9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest -apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or -gold, or pearls, or costly array; 2:10 But (which becometh women -professing godliness) with good works. - -2:11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. - -2:12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over -the man, but to be in silence. - -2:13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. - -2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in -the transgression. - -2:15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they -continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety. - -3:1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he -desireth a good work. - -3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, -vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to -teach; 3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; -but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 3:4 One that ruleth well his -own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 3:5 -(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take -care of the church of God?) 3:6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up -with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. - -3:7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; -lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. - -3:8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given -to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; 3:9 Holding the mystery of -the faith in a pure conscience. - -3:10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office -of a deacon, being found blameless. - -3:11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, -faithful in all things. - -3:12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their -children and their own houses well. - -3:13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to -themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in -Christ Jesus. - -3:14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: -3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to -behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living -God, the pillar and ground of the truth. - -3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God -was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, -preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into -glory. - -4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some -shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and -doctrines of devils; 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their -conscience seared with a hot iron; 4:3 Forbidding to marry, and -commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be -received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. - -4:4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if -it be received with thanksgiving: 4:5 For it is sanctified by the word -of God and prayer. - -4:6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou -shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of -faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. - -4:7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself -rather unto godliness. - -4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable -unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that -which is to come. - -4:9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation. - -4:10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we -trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of -those that believe. - -4:11 These things command and teach. - -4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the -believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, -in purity. - -4:13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to -doctrine. - -4:14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by -prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. - -4:15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy -profiting may appear to all. - -4:16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: -for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear -thee. - -5:1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger -men as brethren; 5:2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as -sisters, with all purity. - -5:3 Honour widows that are widows indeed. - -5:4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to -shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and -acceptable before God. - -5:5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and -continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. - -5:6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. - -5:7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless. - -5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his -own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. - -5:9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years -old, having been the wife of one man. - -5:10 Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, -if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if -she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every -good work. - -5:11 But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax -wanton against Christ, they will marry; 5:12 Having damnation, because -they have cast off their first faith. - -5:13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to -house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking -things which they ought not. - -5:14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, -guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak -reproachfully. - -5:15 For some are already turned aside after Satan. - -5:16 If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve -them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that -are widows indeed. - -5:17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, -especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. - -5:18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that -treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward. - -5:19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or -three witnesses. - -5:20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear. - -5:21 I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the -elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one -before another, doing nothing by partiality. - -5:22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's -sins: keep thyself pure. - -5:23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's -sake and thine often infirmities. - -5:24 Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; -and some men they follow after. - -5:25 Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and -they that are otherwise cannot be hid. - -6:1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters -worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not -blasphemed. - -6:2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, -because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they -are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach -and exhort. - -6:3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, -even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is -according to godliness; 6:4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting -about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, -railings, evil surmisings, 6:5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt -minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: -from such withdraw thyself. - -6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. - -6:7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can -carry nothing out. - -6:8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. - -6:9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and -into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction -and perdition. - -6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some -coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves -through with many sorrows. - -6:11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after -righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. - -6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, -whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession -before many witnesses. - -6:13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all -things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a -good confession; 6:14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, -unrebukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: 6:15 Which -in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the -King of kings, and Lord of lords; 6:16 Who only hath immortality, -dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath -seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen. - -6:17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not -highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who -giveth us richly all things to enjoy; 6:18 That they do good, that -they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to -communicate; 6:19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation -against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. - -6:20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding -profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so -called: 6:21 Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. -Grace be with thee. Amen. - - - - -The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy - - -1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to -the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, 1:2 To Timothy, -my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father -and Christ Jesus our Lord. - -1:3 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure -conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my -prayers night and day; 1:4 Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful -of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; 1:5 When I call to -remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in -thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that -in thee also. - -1:6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of -God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. - -1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of -love, and of a sound mind. - -1:8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of -me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel -according to the power of God; 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us -with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his -own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the -world began, 1:10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our -Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life -and immortality to light through the gospel: 1:11 Whereunto I am -appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. - -1:12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am -not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he -is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. - -1:13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, -in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. - -1:14 That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy -Ghost which dwelleth in us. - -1:15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away -from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. - -1:16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft -refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: 1:17 But, when he was -in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me. - -1:18 The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in -that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, -thou knowest very well. - -2:1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ -Jesus. - -2:2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, -the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach -others also. - -2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. - -2:4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this -life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. - -2:5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, -except he strive lawfully. - -2:6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the -fruits. - -2:7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all -things. - -2:8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from -the dead according to my gospel: 2:9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an -evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. - -2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they -may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal -glory. - -2:11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall -also live with him: 2:12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: -if we deny him, he also will deny us: 2:13 If we believe not, yet he -abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself. - -2:14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the -Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the -subverting of the hearers. - -2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth -not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. - -2:16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto -more ungodliness. - -2:17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus -and Philetus; 2:18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that -the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some. - -2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this -seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that -nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. - -2:20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of -silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to -dishonour. - -2:21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel -unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared -unto every good work. - -2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, -charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. - -2:23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do -gender strifes. - -2:24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto -all men, apt to teach, patient, 2:25 In meekness instructing those -that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance -to the acknowledging of the truth; 2:26 And that they may recover -themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him -at his will. - -3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. - -3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, -proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3:3 -Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, -fierce, despisers of those that are good, 3:4 Traitors, heady, -highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 3:5 Having a -form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. - -3:6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead -captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 3:7 -Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. - -3:8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist -the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. - -3:9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be -manifest unto all men, as their's also was. - -3:10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, -faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, 3:11 Persecutions, -afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; -what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered -me. - -3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer -persecution. - -3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, -and being deceived. - -3:14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast -been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 3:15 And that -from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to -make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. - -3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable -for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in -righteousness: 3:17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly -furnished unto all good works. - -4:1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who -shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; -4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, -rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. - -4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; -but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, -having itching ears; 4:4 And they shall turn away their ears from the -truth, and shall be turned unto fables. - -4:5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of -an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. - -4:6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is -at hand. - -4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept -the faith: 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of -righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at -that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his -appearing. - -4:9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: 4:10 For Demas hath -forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto -Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. - -4:11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he -is profitable to me for the ministry. - -4:12 And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus. - -4:13 The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, -bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments. - -4:14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him -according to his works: 4:15 Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath -greatly withstood our words. - -4:16 At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: -I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. - -4:17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that -by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles -might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. - -4:18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will -preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and -ever. Amen. - -4:19 Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. - -4:20 Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum -sick. - -4:21 Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, -and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren. - -4:22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. -Amen. - - - - -The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Titus - - -1:1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according -to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which -is after godliness; 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that -cannot lie, promised before the world began; 1:3 But hath in due times -manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me -according to the commandment of God our Saviour; 1:4 To Titus, mine -own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the -Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. - -1:5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in -order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as -I had appointed thee: 1:6 If any be blameless, the husband of one -wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. - -1:7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not -selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given -to filthy lucre; 1:8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, -sober, just, holy, temperate; 1:9 Holding fast the faithful word as he -hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort -and to convince the gainsayers. - -1:10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, -specially they of the circumcision: 1:11 Whose mouths must be stopped, -who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for -filthy lucre's sake. - -1:12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The -Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. - -1:13 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they -may be sound in the faith; 1:14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and -commandments of men, that turn from the truth. - -1:15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled -and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is -defiled. - -1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, -being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. - -2:1 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: 2:2 That -the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, -in patience. - -2:3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh -holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good -things; 2:4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love -their husbands, to love their children, 2:5 To be discreet, chaste, -keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word -of God be not blasphemed. - -2:6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. - -2:7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine -shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, 2:8 Sound speech, that -cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be -ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you. - -2:9 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to -please them well in all things; not answering again; 2:10 Not -purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the -doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. - -2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all -men, 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we -should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; -2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the -great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 2:14 Who gave himself for us, -that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a -peculiar people, zealous of good works. - -2:15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. -Let no man despise thee. - -3:1 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to -obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, 3:2 To speak evil of -no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all -men. - -3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, -deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and -envy, hateful, and hating one another. - -3:4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man -appeared, 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but -according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, -and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 3:6 Which he shed on us abundantly -through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 3:7 That being justified by his -grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. - -3:8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou -affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be -careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable -unto men. - -3:9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and -strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. - -3:10 A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition -reject; 3:11 Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, -being condemned of himself. - -3:12 When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to -come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter. - -3:13 Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, -that nothing be wanting unto them. - -3:14 And let our's also learn to maintain good works for necessary -uses, that they be not unfruitful. - -3:15 All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the -faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. - - - - -The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Philemon - - -1:1 Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto -Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer, 1:2 And to our -beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in -thy house: 1:3 Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the -Lord Jesus Christ. - -1:4 I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers, 1:5 -Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, -and toward all saints; 1:6 That the communication of thy faith may -become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in -you in Christ Jesus. - -1:7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the -bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother. - -1:8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee -that which is convenient, 1:9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech -thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of -Jesus Christ. - -1:10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my -bonds: 1:11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now -profitable to thee and to me: 1:12 Whom I have sent again: thou -therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: 1:13 Whom I would -have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto -me in the bonds of the gospel: 1:14 But without thy mind would I do -nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but -willingly. - -1:15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou -shouldest receive him for ever; 1:16 Not now as a servant, but above a -servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto -thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord? 1:17 If thou count me -therefore a partner, receive him as myself. - -1:18 If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine -account; 1:19 I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay -it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own -self besides. - -1:20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my -bowels in the Lord. - -1:21 Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing -that thou wilt also do more than I say. - -1:22 But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through -your prayers I shall be given unto you. - -1:23 There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus; -1:24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers. - -1:25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. - - - - -The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews - - -1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past -unto the fathers by the prophets, 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken -unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom -also he made the worlds; 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, -and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the -word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on -the right hand of the Majesty on high: 1:4 Being made so much better -than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent -name than they. - -1:5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, -this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, -and he shall be to me a Son? 1:6 And again, when he bringeth in the -firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God -worship him. - -1:7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his -ministers a flame of fire. - -1:8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and -ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. - -1:9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, -even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy -fellows. - -1:10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the -earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: 1:11 They shall -perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a -garment; 1:12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall -be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. - -1:13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right -hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? 1:14 Are they not all -ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be -heirs of salvation? 2:1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest -heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let -them slip. - -2:2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every -transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; -2:3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at -the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by -them that heard him; 2:4 God also bearing them witness, both with -signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy -Ghost, according to his own will? 2:5 For unto the angels hath he not -put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. - -2:6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that -thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest him? -2:7 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him -with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: -2:8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that -he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put -under him. - -But now we see not yet all things put under him. - -2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for -the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the -grace of God should taste death for every man. - -2:10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all -things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their -salvation perfect through sufferings. - -2:11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all -of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, 2:12 -Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the -church will I sing praise unto thee. - -2:13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and -the children which God hath given me. - -2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, -he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he -might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; -2:15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their -lifetime subject to bondage. - -2:16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took -on him the seed of Abraham. - -2:17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his -brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in -things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the -people. - -2:18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to -succour them that are tempted. - -3:1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, -consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; -3:2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was -faithful in all his house. - -3:3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch -as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. - -3:4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all -things is God. - -3:5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for -a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; 3:6 But -Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold -fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. - -3:7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his -voice, 3:8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day -of temptation in the wilderness: 3:9 When your fathers tempted me, -proved me, and saw my works forty years. - -3:10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do -alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. - -3:11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) 3:12 -Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of -unbelief, in departing from the living God. - -3:13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any -of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. - -3:14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of -our confidence stedfast unto the end; 3:15 While it is said, To day if -ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. - -3:16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that -came out of Egypt by Moses. - -3:17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them -that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? 3:18 And to -whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them -that believed not? 3:19 So we see that they could not enter in -because of unbelief. - -4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering -into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. - -4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the -word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them -that heard it. - -4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I -have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the -works were finished from the foundation of the world. - -4:4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, -And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. - -4:5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest. - -4:6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and -they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: -4:7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after -so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, -harden not your hearts. - -4:8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have -spoken of another day. - -4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. - -4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from -his own works, as God did from his. - -4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man -fall after the same example of unbelief. - -4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any -twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and -spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the -thoughts and intents of the heart. - -4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: -but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we -have to do. - -4:14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into -the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. - -4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the -feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we -are, yet without sin. - -4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we -may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. - -5:1 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in -things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices -for sins: 5:2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them -that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with -infirmity. - -5:3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for -himself, to offer for sins. - -5:4 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called -of God, as was Aaron. - -5:5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; -but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten -thee. - -5:6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever -after the order of Melchisedec. - -5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and -supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to -save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; 5:8 Though he -were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; -5:9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation -unto all them that obey him; 5:10 Called of God an high priest after -the order of Melchisedec. - -5:11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, -seeing ye are dull of hearing. - -5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that -one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of -God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. - -5:13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of -righteousness: for he is a babe. - -5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even -those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both -good and evil. - -6:1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us -go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance -from dead works, and of faith toward God, 6:2 Of the doctrine of -baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, -and of eternal judgment. - -6:3 And this will we do, if God permit. - -6:4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have -tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy -Ghost, 6:5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the -world to come, 6:6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto -repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, -and put him to an open shame. - -6:7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, -and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, -receiveth blessing from God: 6:8 But that which beareth thorns and -briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be -burned. - -6:9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things -that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. - -6:10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of -love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered -to the saints, and do minister. - -6:11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to -the full assurance of hope unto the end: 6:12 That ye be not slothful, -but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the -promises. - -6:13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by -no greater, he sware by himself, 6:14 Saying, Surely blessing I will -bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. - -6:15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. - -6:16 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation -is to them an end of all strife. - -6:17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of -promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: 6:18 -That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to -lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to -lay hold upon the hope set before us: 6:19 Which hope we have as an -anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into -that within the veil; 6:20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, -even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of -Melchisedec. - -7:1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, -who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed -him; 7:2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by -interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of -Salem, which is, King of peace; 7:3 Without father, without mother, -without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; -but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. - -7:4 Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch -Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. - -7:5 And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the -office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the -people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they -come out of the loins of Abraham: 7:6 But he whose descent is not -counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had -the promises. - -7:7 And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better. - -7:8 And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, -of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. - -7:9 And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes -in Abraham. - -7:10 For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met -him. - -7:11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for -under it the people received the law,) what further need was there -that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and -not be called after the order of Aaron? 7:12 For the priesthood being -changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law. - -7:13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another -tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar. - -7:14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which -tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. - -7:15 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of -Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, 7:16 Who is made, not after -the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless -life. - -7:17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of -Melchisedec. - -7:18 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going -before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. - -7:19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better -hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. - -7:20 And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: 7:21 (For -those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him -that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a -priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) 7:22 By so much was -Jesus made a surety of a better testament. - -7:23 And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered -to continue by reason of death: 7:24 But this man, because he -continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. - -7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come -unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. - -7:26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, -undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; -7:27 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up -sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this -he did once, when he offered up himself. - -7:28 For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the -word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is -consecrated for evermore. - -8:1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have -such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the -Majesty in the heavens; 8:2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the -true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. - -8:3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: -wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to -offer. - -8:4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that -there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: 8:5 Who serve -unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was -admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, -saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to -thee in the mount. - -8:6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much -also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established -upon better promises. - -8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no -place have been sought for the second. - -8:8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, -saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of -Israel and with the house of Judah: 8:9 Not according to the covenant -that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand -to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in -my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. - -8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of -Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their -mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and -they shall be to me a people: 8:11 And they shall not teach every man -his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for -all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. - -8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins -and their iniquities will I remember no more. - -8:13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now -that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. - -9:1 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine -service, and a worldly sanctuary. - -9:2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the -candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the -sanctuary. - -9:3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the -Holiest of all; 9:4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the -covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot -that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the -covenant; 9:5 And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the -mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly. - -9:6 Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always -into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God. - -9:7 But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, -not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of -the people: 9:8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the -holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first -tabernacle was yet standing: 9:9 Which was a figure for the time then -present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could -not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the -conscience; 9:10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers -washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of -reformation. - -9:11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a -greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to -say, not of this building; 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and -calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, -having obtained eternal redemption for us. - -9:13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an -heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the -flesh: 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the -eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your -conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 9:15 And for this -cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, -for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first -testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal -inheritance. - -9:16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the -death of the testator. - -9:17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is -of no strength at all while the testator liveth. - -9:18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without -blood. - -9:19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people -according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with -water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and -all the people, 9:20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which -God hath enjoined unto you. - -9:21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the -vessels of the ministry. - -9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and -without shedding of blood is no remission. - -9:23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the -heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things -themselves with better sacrifices than these. - -9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, -which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to -appear in the presence of God for us: 9:25 Nor yet that he should -offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place -every year with blood of others; 9:26 For then must he often have -suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of -the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of -himself. - -9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the -judgment: 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; -and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time -without sin unto salvation. - -10:1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the -very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they -offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. - -10:2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that -the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of -sins. - -10:3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins -every year. - -10:4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats -should take away sins. - -10:5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and -offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 10:6 In -burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. - -10:7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written -of me,) to do thy will, O God. - -10:8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings -and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure -therein; which are offered by the law; 10:9 Then said he, Lo, I come -to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish -the second. - -10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the -body of Jesus Christ once for all. - -10:11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering -oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 10:12 -But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, -sat down on the right hand of God; 10:13 From henceforth expecting -till his enemies be made his footstool. - -10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are -sanctified. - -10:15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that -he had said before, 10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with -them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their -hearts, and in their minds will I write them; 10:17 And their sins and -iniquities will I remember no more. - -10:18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for -sin. - -10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest -by the blood of Jesus, 10:20 By a new and living way, which he hath -consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 10:21 -And having an high priest over the house of God; 10:22 Let us draw -near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts -sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure -water. - -10:23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; -(for he is faithful that promised;) 10:24 And let us consider one -another to provoke unto love and to good works: 10:25 Not forsaking -the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but -exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day -approaching. - -10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge -of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 10:27 But a -certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which -shall devour the adversaries. - -10:28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or -three witnesses: 10:29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall -he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and -hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, -an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? -10:30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I -will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his -people. - -10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. - -10:32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were -illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; 10:33 Partly, -whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; -and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used. - -10:34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the -spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a -better and an enduring substance. - -10:35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great -recompence of reward. - -10:36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will -of God, ye might receive the promise. - -10:37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and -will not tarry. - -10:38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my -soul shall have no pleasure in him. - -10:39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them -that believe to the saving of the soul. - -11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of -things not seen. - -11:2 For by it the elders obtained a good report. - -11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the -word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things -which do appear. - -11:4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than -Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God -testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. - -11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and -was not found, because God had translated him: for before his -translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. - -11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that -cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of -them that diligently seek him. - -11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, -moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the -which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness -which is by faith. - -11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which -he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, -not knowing whither he went. - -11:9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange -country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with -him of the same promise: 11:10 For he looked for a city which hath -foundations, whose builder and maker is God. - -11:11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive -seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she -judged him faithful who had promised. - -11:12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so -many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by -the sea shore innumerable. - -11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but -having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced -them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the -earth. - -11:14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a -country. - -11:15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence -they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. - -11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: -wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath -prepared for them a city. - -11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he -that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 11:18 -Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: 11:19 -Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from -whence also he received him in a figure. - -11:20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. - -11:21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of -Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. - -11:22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of -the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. - -11:23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his -parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not -afraid of the king's commandment. - -11:24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called -the son of Pharaoh's daughter; 11:25 Choosing rather to suffer -affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin -for a season; 11:26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches -than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of -the reward. - -11:27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: -for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. - -11:28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, -lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. - -11:29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which -the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. - -11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were -compassed about seven days. - -11:31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed -not, when she had received the spies with peace. - -11:32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of -Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, -and Samuel, and of the prophets: 11:33 Who through faith subdued -kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths -of lions. - -11:34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, -out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to -flight the armies of the aliens. - -11:35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were -tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better -resurrection: 11:36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and -scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: 11:37 They were -stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the -sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being -destitute, afflicted, tormented; 11:38 (Of whom the world was not -worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and -caves of the earth. - -11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, -received not the promise: 11:40 God having provided some better thing -for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. - -12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a -cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which -doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is -set before us, 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our -faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, -despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne -of God. - -12:3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners -against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. - -12:4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. - -12:5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as -unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, -nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth -he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. - -12:7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for -what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 12:8 But if ye be -without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, -and not sons. - -12:9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, -and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection -unto the Father of spirits, and live? 12:10 For they verily for a few -days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, -that we might be partakers of his holiness. - -12:11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but -grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of -righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. - -12:12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble -knees; 12:13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is -lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. - -12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man -shall see the Lord: 12:15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the -grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, -and thereby many be defiled; 12:16 Lest there be any fornicator, or -profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his -birthright. - -12:17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the -blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though -he sought it carefully with tears. - -12:18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and -that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, -12:19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice -they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them -any more: 12:20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, -And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or -thrust through with a dart: 12:21 And so terrible was the sight, that -Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) 12:22 But ye are come unto -mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly -Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, 12:23 To the -general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in -heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men -made perfect, 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and -to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of -Abel. - -12:25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped -not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we -escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: 12:26 -Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, -Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. - -12:27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those -things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things -which cannot be shaken may remain. - -12:28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us -have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and -godly fear: 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire. - -13:1 Let brotherly love continue. - -13:2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have -entertained angels unawares. - -13:3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them -which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. - -13:4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but -whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. - -13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content -with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave -thee, nor forsake thee. - -13:6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not -fear what man shall do unto me. - -13:7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto -you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their -conversation. - -13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. - -13:9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is -a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, -which have not profited them that have been occupied therein. - -13:10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve -the tabernacle. - -13:11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the -sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. - -13:12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his -own blood, suffered without the gate. - -13:13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his -reproach. - -13:14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. - -13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God -continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. - -13:16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such -sacrifices God is well pleased. - -13:17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: -for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that -they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable -for you. - -13:18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all -things willing to live honestly. - -13:19 But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored -to you the sooner. - -13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord -Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the -everlasting covenant, 13:21 Make you perfect in every good work to do -his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, -through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. - -13:22 And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for -I have written a letter unto you in few words. - -13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, -if he come shortly, I will see you. - -13:24 Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. - -They of Italy salute you. - -13:25 Grace be with you all. Amen. - - - - -The General Epistle of James - - -1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, -to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. - -1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers -temptations; 1:3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh -patience. - -1:4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and -entire, wanting nothing. - -1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all -men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. - -1:6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth -is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. - -1:7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the -Lord. - -1:8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. - -1:9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: 1:10 -But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the -grass he shall pass away. - -1:11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it -withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of -the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in -his ways. - -1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is -tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath -promised to them that love him. - -1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God -cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 1:14 But -every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and -enticed. - -1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, -when it is finished, bringeth forth death. - -1:16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. - -1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh -down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither -shadow of turning. - -1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we -should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. - -1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, -slow to speak, slow to wrath: 1:20 For the wrath of man worketh not -the righteousness of God. - -1:21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of -naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is -able to save your souls. - -1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your -own selves. - -1:23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like -unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 1:24 For he -beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what -manner of man he was. - -1:25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth -therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this -man shall be blessed in his deed. - -1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his -tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. - -1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To -visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep -himself unspotted from the world. - -2:1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord -of glory, with respect of persons. - -2:2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in -goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; 2:3 -And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto -him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou -there, or sit here under my footstool: 2:4 Are ye not then partial in -yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? 2:5 Hearken, my -beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in -faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that -love him? 2:6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress -you, and draw you before the judgment seats? 2:7 Do not they -blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called? 2:8 If ye -fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy -neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 2:9 But if ye have respect to -persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. - -2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one -point, he is guilty of all. - -2:11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. -Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a -transgressor of the law. - -2:12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law -of liberty. - -2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no -mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. - -2:14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, -and have not works? can faith save him? 2:15 If a brother or sister -be naked, and destitute of daily food, 2:16 And one of you say unto -them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye -give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it -profit? 2:17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being -alone. - -2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me -thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my -works. - -2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils -also believe, and tremble. - -2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? -2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had -offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 2:22 Seest thou how faith -wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? 2:23 And -the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it -was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend -of God. - -2:24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by -faith only. - -2:25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when -she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? -2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without -works is dead also. - -3:1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive -the greater condemnation. - -3:2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, -the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. - -3:3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; -and we turn about their whole body. - -3:4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are -driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small -helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. - -3:5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. - -Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 3:6 And the tongue -is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, -that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of -nature; and it is set on fire of hell. - -3:7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of -things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 3:8 But -the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly -poison. - -3:9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we -men, which are made after the similitude of God. - -3:10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My -brethren, these things ought not so to be. - -3:11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and -bitter? 3:12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? -either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and -fresh. - -3:13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him -shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. - -3:14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory -not, and lie not against the truth. - -3:15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, -devilish. - -3:16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every -evil work. - -3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, -gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, -without partiality, and without hypocrisy. - -3:18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make -peace. - -4:1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not -hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 4:2 Ye lust, and -have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and -war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. - -4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume -it upon your lusts. - -4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of -the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of -the world is the enemy of God. - -4:5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that -dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? 4:6 But he giveth more grace. -Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the -humble. - -4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will -flee from you. - -4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your -hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. - -4:9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to -mourning, and your joy to heaviness. - -4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you -up. - -4:11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of -his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and -judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the -law, but a judge. - -4:12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who -art thou that judgest another? 4:13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or -to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and -buy and sell, and get gain: 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on -the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth -for a little time, and then vanisheth away. - -4:15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do -this, or that. - -4:16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. - -4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to -him it is sin. - -5:1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall -come upon you. - -5:2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. - -5:3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a -witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have -heaped treasure together for the last days. - -5:4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your -fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of -them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of -sabaoth. - -5:5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have -nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. - -5:6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. - -5:7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. - -Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, -and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter -rain. - -5:8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the -Lord draweth nigh. - -5:9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: -behold, the judge standeth before the door. - -5:10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of -the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. - -5:11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the -patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is -very pitiful, and of tender mercy. - -5:12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, -neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be -yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. - -5:13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him -sing psalms. - -5:14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; -and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the -Lord: 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord -shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be -forgiven him. - -5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, -that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man -availeth much. - -5:17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed -earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by -the space of three years and six months. - -5:18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth -brought forth her fruit. - -5:19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert -him; 5:20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the -error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a -multitude of sins. - - - - -The First Epistle General of Peter - - -1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered -throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 1:2 Elect -according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through -sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the -blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. - -1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which -according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively -hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 1:4 To an -inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, -reserved in heaven for you, 1:5 Who are kept by the power of God -through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. - -1:6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, -ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 1:7 That the trial -of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, -though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour -and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 1:8 Whom having not seen, -ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice -with joy unspeakable and full of glory: 1:9 Receiving the end of your -faith, even the salvation of your souls. - -1:10 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched -diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: -1:11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which -was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings -of Christ, and the glory that should follow. - -1:12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us -they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them -that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down -from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. - -1:13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to -the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation -of Jesus Christ; 1:14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves -according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 1:15 But as he which -hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; -1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. - -1:17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons -judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your -sojourning here in fear: 1:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not -redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain -conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 1:19 But with -the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without -spot: 1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the -world, but was manifest in these last times for you, 1:21 Who by him -do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him -glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. - -1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through -the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one -another with a pure heart fervently: 1:23 Being born again, not of -corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which -liveth and abideth for ever. - -1:24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower -of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: -1:25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word -which by the gospel is preached unto you. - -2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, -and envies, all evil speakings, 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the -sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 2:3 If so be ye -have tasted that the Lord is gracious. - -2:4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, -but chosen of God, and precious, 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are -built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual -sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. - -2:6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in -Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on -him shall not be confounded. - -2:7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them -which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the -same is made the head of the corner, 2:8 And a stone of stumbling, and -a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being -disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. - -2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy -nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of -him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light; -2:10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of -God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. - -2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain -from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; 2:12 Having your -conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak -against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they -shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. - -2:13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: -whether it be to the king, as supreme; 2:14 Or unto governors, as unto -them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the -praise of them that do well. - -2:15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to -silence the ignorance of foolish men: 2:16 As free, and not using your -liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. - -2:17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. - -2:18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to -the good and gentle, but also to the froward. - -2:19 For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God -endure grief, suffering wrongfully. - -2:20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye -shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, -ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. - -2:21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered -for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: 2:22 -Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 2:23 Who, when -he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened -not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: 2:24 Who -his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being -dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were -healed. - -2:25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the -Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. - -3:1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, -if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the -conversation of the wives; 3:2 While they behold your chaste -conversation coupled with fear. - -3:3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the -hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 3:4 But let -it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, -even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of -God of great price. - -3:5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who -trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own -husbands: 3:6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose -daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any -amazement. - -3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, -giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being -heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not -hindered. - -3:8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, -love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: 3:9 Not rendering evil for -evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that -ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. - -3:10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain -his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: 3:11 Let -him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. - -3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are -open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that -do evil. - -3:13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that -which is good? 3:14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, -happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; -3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to -give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that -is in you with meekness and fear: 3:16 Having a good conscience; that, -whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed -that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. - -3:17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for -well doing, than for evil doing. - -3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the -unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the -flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 3:19 By which also he went and -preached unto the spirits in prison; 3:20 Which sometime were -disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of -Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls -were saved by water. - -3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not -the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good -conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: 3:22 Who -is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and -authorities and powers being made subject unto him. - -4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm -yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in -the flesh hath ceased from sin; 4:2 That he no longer should live the -rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of -God. - -4:3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the -will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess -of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: 4:4 -Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same -excess of riot, speaking evil of you: 4:5 Who shall give account to -him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. - -4:6 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are -dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but -live according to God in the spirit. - -4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and -watch unto prayer. - -4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for -charity shall cover the multitude of sins. - -4:9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging. - -4:10 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same -one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. - -4:11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man -minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God -in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise -and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. - -4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is -to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 4:13 But -rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, -when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding -joy. - -4:14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the -spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil -spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. - -4:15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an -evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. - -4:16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but -let him glorify God on this behalf. - -4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of -God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that -obey not the gospel of God? 4:18 And if the righteous scarcely be -saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? 4:19 Wherefore -let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping -of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. - -5:1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and -a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the -glory that shall be revealed: 5:2 Feed the flock of God which is among -you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; -not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 5:3 Neither as being lords -over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. - -5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown -of glory that fadeth not away. - -5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all -of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for -God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. - -5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he -may exalt you in due time: 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he -careth for you. - -5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a -roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 5:9 Whom -resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are -accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. - -5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal -glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you -perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. - -5:11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. - -5:12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have -written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace -of God wherein ye stand. - -5:13 The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, -saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son. - -5:14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you -all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen. - - - - -The Second General Epistle of Peter - - -1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them -that have obtained like precious faith with us through the -righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: 1:2 Grace and peace -be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our -Lord, 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things -that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him -that hath called us to glory and virtue: 1:4 Whereby are given unto us -exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be -partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is -in the world through lust. - -1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; -and to virtue knowledge; 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to -temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 1:7 And to godliness -brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. - -1:8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye -shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord -Jesus Christ. - -1:9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar -off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. - -1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your -calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never -fall: 1:11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly -into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. - -1:12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in -remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established -in the present truth. - -1:13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir -you up by putting you in remembrance; 1:14 Knowing that shortly I must -put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed -me. - -1:15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to -have these things always in remembrance. - -1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made -known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were -eyewitnesses of his majesty. - -1:17 For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there -came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved -Son, in whom I am well pleased. - -1:18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with -him in the holy mount. - -1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well -that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until -the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 1:20 Knowing this -first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private -interpretation. - -1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but -holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. - -2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there -shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable -heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon -themselves swift destruction. - -2:2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the -way of truth shall be evil spoken of. - -2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make -merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, -and their damnation slumbereth not. - -2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down -to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved -unto judgment; 2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the -eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon -the world of the ungodly; 2:6 And turning the cities of Sodom and -Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an -ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; 2:7 And delivered -just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: 2:8 (For -that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed -his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) 2:9 The -Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to -reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: 2:10 But -chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and -despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not -afraid to speak evil of dignities. - -2:11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not -railing accusation against them before the Lord. - -2:12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and -destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and -shall utterly perish in their own corruption; 2:13 And shall receive -the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot -in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves -with their own deceivings while they feast with you; 2:14 Having eyes -full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable -souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed -children: 2:15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, -following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of -unrighteousness; 2:16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass -speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet. - -2:17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a -tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. - -2:18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure -through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that -were clean escaped from them who live in error. - -2:19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants -of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he -brought in bondage. - -2:20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world -through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are -again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with -them than the beginning. - -2:21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of -righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy -commandment delivered unto them. - -2:22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The -dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to -her wallowing in the mire. - -3:1 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which -I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: 3:2 That ye may be -mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, -and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: 3:3 -Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, -walking after their own lusts, 3:4 And saying, Where is the promise of -his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as -they were from the beginning of the creation. - -3:5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God -the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and -in the water: 3:6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed -with water, perished: 3:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are -now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against -the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. - -3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is -with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. - -3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count -slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any -should perish, but that all should come to repentance. - -3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the -which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements -shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are -therein shall be burned up. - -3:11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner -of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 3:12 -Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the -heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt -with fervent heat? 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, -look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. - -3:14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be -diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and -blameless. - -3:15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even -as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto -him hath written unto you; 3:16 As also in all his epistles, speaking -in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be -understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they -do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. - -3:17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware -lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from -your own stedfastness. - -3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour -Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. - - - - -The First Epistle General of John - - -1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we -have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have -handled, of the Word of life; 1:2 (For the life was manifested, and we -have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, -which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) 1:3 That which -we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have -fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and -with his Son Jesus Christ. - -1:4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. - -1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare -unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. - -1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, -we lie, and do not the truth: 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he -is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of -Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. - -1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth -is not in us. - -1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our -sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. - -1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his -word is not in us. - -2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin -not. - -And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ -the righteous: 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not -for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world. - -2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his -commandments. - -2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a -liar, and the truth is not in him. - -2:5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God -perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. - -2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, -even as he walked. - -2:7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old -commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is -the word which ye have heard from the beginning. - -2:8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in -him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now -shineth. - -2:9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in -darkness even until now. - -2:10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is -none occasion of stumbling in him. - -2:11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in -darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath -blinded his eyes. - -2:12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven -you for his name's sake. - -2:13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from -the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome -the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have -known the Father. - -2:14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that -is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye -are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome -the wicked one. - -2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If -any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. - -2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust -of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of -the world. - -2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that -doeth the will of God abideth for ever. - -2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that -antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we -know that it is the last time. - -2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had -been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went -out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. - -2:20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. - -2:21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but -because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. - -2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is -antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. - -2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that -acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. - -2:24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the -beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain -in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. - -2:25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal -life. - -2:26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce -you. - -2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, -and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing -teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as -it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. - -2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall -appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his -coming. - -2:29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that -doeth righteousness is born of him. - -3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that -we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us -not, because it knew him not. - -3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear -what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be -like him; for we shall see him as he is. - -3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even -as he is pure. - -3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is -the transgression of the law. - -3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in -him is no sin. - -3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not -seen him, neither known him. - -3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth -righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. - -3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from -the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he -might destroy the works of the devil. - -3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed -remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. - -3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the -devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he -that loveth not his brother. - -3:11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we -should love one another. - -3:12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. -And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his -brother's righteous. - -3:13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. - -3:14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love -the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. - -3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no -murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. - -3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life -for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. - -3:17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have -need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth -the love of God in him? 3:18 My little children, let us not love in -word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. - -3:19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our -hearts before him. - -3:20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and -knoweth all things. - -3:21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence -toward God. - -3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his -commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. - -3:23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name -of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us -commandment. - -3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in -him. - -And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath -given us. - -4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether -they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the -world. - -4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth -that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 4:3 And every spirit -that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of -God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that -it should come; and even now already is it in the world. - -4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because -greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. - -4:5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the -world heareth them. - -4:6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of -God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit -of error. - -4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every -one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. - -4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. - -4:9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God -sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through -him. - -4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and -sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. - -4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. - -4:12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God -dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. - -4:13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he -hath given us of his Spirit. - -4:14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to -be the Saviour of the world. - -4:15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God -dwelleth in him, and he in God. - -4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God -is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. - -4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the -day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. - -4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: -because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in -love. - -4:19 We love him, because he first loved us. - -4:20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: -for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love -God whom he hath not seen? 4:21 And this commandment have we from -him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. - -5:1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and -every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten -of him. - -5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love -God, and keep his commandments. - -5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and -his commandments are not grievous. - -5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is -the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. - -5:5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that -Jesus is the Son of God? 5:6 This is he that came by water and blood, -even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it -is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. - -5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the -Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. - -5:8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and -the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. - -5:9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: -for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. - -5:10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: -he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth -not the record that God gave of his Son. - -5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, -and this life is in his Son. - -5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of -God hath not life. - -5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of -the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that -ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. - -5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask -any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 5:15 And if we know -that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions -that we desired of him. - -5:16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he -shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto -death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for -it. - -5:17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. - -5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is -begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. - -5:19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in -wickedness. - -5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an -understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him -that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and -eternal life. - -5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. - - - - -The Second Epistle General of John - - -1:1 The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in -the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the -truth; 1:2 For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be -with us for ever. - -1:3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from -the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. - -1:4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, -as we have received a commandment from the Father. - -1:5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new -commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that -we love one another. - -1:6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the -commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk -in it. - -1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not -that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an -antichrist. - -1:8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have -wrought, but that we receive a full reward. - -1:9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of -Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he -hath both the Father and the Son. - -1:10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive -him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: 1:11 For he that -biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. - -1:12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with -paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, -that our joy may be full. - -1:13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen. - - - - -The Third Epistle General of John - - -1:1 The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. - -1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be -in health, even as thy soul prospereth. - -1:3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of -the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. - -1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. - -1:5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the -brethren, and to strangers; 1:6 Which have borne witness of thy -charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey -after a godly sort, thou shalt do well: 1:7 Because that for his -name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. - -1:8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers -to the truth. - -1:9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the -preeminence among them, receiveth us not. - -1:10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, -prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, -neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that -would, and casteth them out of the church. - -1:11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. -He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen -God. - -1:12 Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: -yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true. - -1:13 I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write -unto thee: 1:14 But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall -speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet -the friends by name. - - - - -The General Epistle of Jude - - -1:1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them -that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, -and called: 1:2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. - -1:3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common -salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you -that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once -delivered unto the saints. - -1:4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of -old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of -our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our -Lord Jesus Christ. - -1:5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, -how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, -afterward destroyed them that believed not. - -1:6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their -own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness -unto the judgment of the great day. - -1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like -manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange -flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of -eternal fire. - -1:8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise -dominion, and speak evil of dignities. - -1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he -disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a -railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. - -1:10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but -what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they -corrupt themselves. - -1:11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran -greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the -gainsaying of Core. - -1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with -you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, -carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, -twice dead, plucked up by the roots; 1:13 Raging waves of the sea, -foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the -blackness of darkness for ever. - -1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, -saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 1:15 -To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly -among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly -committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have -spoken against him. - -1:16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; -and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in -admiration because of advantage. - -1:17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of -the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 1:18 How that they told you -there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their -own ungodly lusts. - -1:19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the -Spirit. - -1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, -praying in the Holy Ghost, 1:21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, -looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. - -1:22 And of some have compassion, making a difference: 1:23 And others -save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment -spotted by the flesh. - -1:24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to -present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding -joy, 1:25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, -dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. - - - - -The Revelation of Saint John the Devine - - -1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew -unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent -and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: 1:2 Who bare -record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and -of all things that he saw. - -1:3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this -prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the -time is at hand. - -1:4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, -and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and -from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; 1:5 And from Jesus -Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the -dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved -us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 1:6 And hath made us -kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and -dominion for ever and ever. Amen. - -1:7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and -they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail -because of him. Even so, Amen. - -1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the -Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. - -1:9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, -and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that -is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus -Christ. - -1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a -great voice, as of a trumpet, 1:11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the -first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it -unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto -Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and -unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. - -1:12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being -turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; 1:13 And in the midst of the -seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a -garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden -girdle. - -1:14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; -and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 1:15 And his feet like unto fine -brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of -many waters. - -1:16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth -went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun -shineth in his strength. - -1:17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his -right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the -last: 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive -for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. - -1:19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, -and the things which shall be hereafter; 1:20 The mystery of the seven -stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden -candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: -and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. - -2:1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith -he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the -midst of the seven golden candlesticks; 2:2 I know thy works, and thy -labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are -evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are -not, and hast found them liars: 2:3 And hast borne, and hast patience, -and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. - -2:4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left -thy first love. - -2:5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do -the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will -remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. - -2:6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the -Nicolaitanes, which I also hate. - -2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the -churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of -life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. - -2:8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things -saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; 2:9 I know -thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I -know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but -are the synagogue of Satan. - -2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the -devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye -shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I -will give thee a crown of life. - -2:11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the -churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. - -2:12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things -saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges; 2:13 I know thy -works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou -holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days -wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where -Satan dwelleth. - -2:14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there -them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a -stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed -unto idols, and to commit fornication. - -2:15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the -Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate. - -2:16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight -against them with the sword of my mouth. - -2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the -churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden -manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name -written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. - -2:18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things -saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and -his feet are like fine brass; 2:19 I know thy works, and charity, and -service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to -be more than the first. - -2:20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou -sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to -teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat -things sacrificed unto idols. - -2:21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she -repented not. - -2:22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery -with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. - -2:23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches -shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I -will give unto every one of you according to your works. - -2:24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as -have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, -as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden. - -2:25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come. - -2:26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him -will I give power over the nations: 2:27 And he shall rule them with a -rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to -shivers: even as I received of my Father. - -2:28 And I will give him the morning star. - -2:29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the -churches. - -3:1 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things -saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I -know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. - -3:2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are -ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. - -3:3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold -fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on -thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon -thee. - -3:4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their -garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. - -3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; -and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will -confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. - -3:6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the -churches. - -3:7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things -saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, -he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man -openeth; 3:8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open -door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and -hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. - -3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they -are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come -and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. - -3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep -thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, -to try them that dwell upon the earth. - -3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no -man take thy crown. - -3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, -and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my -God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which -cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my -new name. - -3:13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the -churches. - -3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These -things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of -the creation of God; 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold -nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. - -3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I -will spue thee out of my mouth. - -3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and -have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and -miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 3:18 I counsel thee to buy -of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white -raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy -nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that -thou mayest see. - -3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, -and repent. - -3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, -and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and -he with me. - -3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, -even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. - -3:22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the -churches. - -4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and -the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with -me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must -be hereafter. - -4:2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set -in heaven, and one sat on the throne. - -4:3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine -stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like -unto an emerald. - -4:4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon -the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white -raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. - -4:5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and -voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, -which are the seven Spirits of God. - -4:6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: -and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four -beasts full of eyes before and behind. - -4:7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a -calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast -was like a flying eagle. - -4:8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they -were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, -Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to -come. - -4:9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that -sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 4:10 The four and -twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship -him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the -throne, saying, 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and -honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy -pleasure they are and were created. - -5:1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book -written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. - -5:2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is -worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? 5:3 And no -man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open -the book, neither to look thereon. - -5:4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to -read the book, neither to look thereon. - -5:5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of -the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, -and to loose the seven seals thereof. - -5:6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four -beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been -slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits -of God sent forth into all the earth. - -5:7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that -sat upon the throne. - -5:8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and -twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them -harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of -saints. - -5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the -book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast -redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and -people, and nation; 5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and -priests: and we shall reign on the earth. - -5:11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about -the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was -ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 5:12 -Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive -power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, -and blessing. - -5:13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and -under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, -heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto -him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. - -5:14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders -fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever. - -6:1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as -it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and -see. - -6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a -bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and -to conquer. - -6:3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast -say, Come and see. - -6:4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given -to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they -should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. - -6:5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast -say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat -on him had a pair of balances in his hand. - -6:6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure -of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and -see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. - -6:7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the -fourth beast say, Come and see. - -6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on -him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto -them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with -hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. - -6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the -souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the -testimony which they held: 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, -saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and -avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 6:11 And white -robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, -that they should rest yet for a little season, until their -fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they -were, should be fulfilled. - -6:12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there -was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, -and the moon became as blood; 6:13 And the stars of heaven fell unto -the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is -shaken of a mighty wind. - -6:14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; -and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. - -6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, -and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and -every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the -mountains; 6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and -hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the -wrath of the Lamb: 6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and -who shall be able to stand? 7:1 And after these things I saw four -angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four -winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on -the sea, nor on any tree. - -7:2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal -of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, -to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, 7:3 Saying, Hurt -not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the -servants of our God in their foreheads. - -7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were -sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the -children of Israel. - -7:5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of -Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed -twelve thousand. - -7:6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of -Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were -sealed twelve thousand. - -7:7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe -of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were -sealed twelve thousand. - -7:8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe -of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were -sealed twelve thousand. - -7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man -could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, -stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white -robes, and palms in their hands; 7:10 And cried with a loud voice, -saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto -the Lamb. - -7:11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the -elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, -and worshipped God, 7:12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and -wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto -our God for ever and ever. Amen. - -7:13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these -which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? 7:14 And I -said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they -which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and -made them white in the blood of the Lamb. - -7:15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day -and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell -among them. - -7:16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall -the sun light on them, nor any heat. - -7:17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, -and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall -wipe away all tears from their eyes. - -8:1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in -heaven about the space of half an hour. - -8:2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them -were given seven trumpets. - -8:3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden -censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should -offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which -was before the throne. - -8:4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the -saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. - -8:5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the -altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and -thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. - -8:6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared -themselves to sound. - -8:7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled -with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of -trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. - -8:8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain -burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea -became blood; 8:9 And the third part of the creatures which were in -the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were -destroyed. - -8:10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from -heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of -the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; 8:11 And the name of the -star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became -wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made -bitter. - -8:12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was -smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the -stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone -not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. - -8:13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of -heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of -the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three -angels, which are yet to sound! 9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and -I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the -key of the bottomless pit. - -9:2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of -the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were -darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. - -9:3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto -them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. - -9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of -the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those -men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. - -9:5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that -they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the -torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. - -9:6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and -shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. - -9:7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto -battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their -faces were as the faces of men. - -9:8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as -the teeth of lions. - -9:9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and -the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses -running to battle. - -9:10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in -their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. - -9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the -bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the -Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. - -9:12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter. - -9:13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four -horns of the golden altar which is before God, 9:14 Saying to the -sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are -bound in the great river Euphrates. - -9:15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, -and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. - -9:16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred -thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. - -9:17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on -them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and -the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their -mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. - -9:18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and -by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. - -9:19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their -tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do -hurt. - -9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues -yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not -worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, -and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: 9:21 Neither -repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their -fornication, nor of their thefts. - -10:1 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed -with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it -were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: 10:2 And he had in his -hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and -his left foot on the earth, 10:3 And cried with a loud voice, as when -a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their -voices. - -10:4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about -to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up -those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. - -10:5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth -lifted up his hand to heaven, 10:6 And sware by him that liveth for -ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, -and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the -things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: 10:7 -But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin -to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared -to his servants the prophets. - -10:8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and -said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the -angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. - -10:9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little -book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make -thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. - -10:10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it -up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten -it, my belly was bitter. - -10:11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many -peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. - -11:1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel -stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and -them that worship therein. - -11:2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure -it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall -they tread under foot forty and two months. - -11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall -prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in -sackcloth. - -11:4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing -before the God of the earth. - -11:5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their -mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he -must in this manner be killed. - -11:6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of -their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and -to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. - -11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that -ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and -shall overcome them, and kill them. - -11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, -which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was -crucified. - -11:9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall -see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer -their dead bodies to be put in graves. - -11:10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and -make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two -prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. - -11:11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God -entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell -upon them which saw them. - -11:12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come -up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their -enemies beheld them. - -11:13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth -part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven -thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God -of heaven. - -11:14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh -quickly. - -11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in -heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of -our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. - -11:16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their -seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, 11:17 Saying, We -give thee thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to -come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast -reigned. - -11:18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time -of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give -reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them -that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which -destroy the earth. - -11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen -in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and -voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. - -12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with -the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of -twelve stars: 12:2 And she being with child cried, travailing in -birth, and pained to be delivered. - -12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great -red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon -his heads. - -12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did -cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which -was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was -born. - -12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations -with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his -throne. - -12:6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place -prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two -hundred and threescore days. - -12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought -against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 12:8 And -prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. - -12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the -Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out -into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. - -12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come -salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of -his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which -accused them before our God day and night. - -12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word -of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. - -12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to -the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down -unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a -short time. - -12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he -persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. - -12:14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she -might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished -for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. - -12:15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the -woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. - -12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, -and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. - -12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war -with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and -have the testimony of Jesus Christ. - -13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out -of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten -crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. - -13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet -were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and -the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. - -13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his -deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. - -13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: -and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who -is able to make war with him? 13:5 And there was given unto him a -mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto -him to continue forty and two months. - -13:6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme -his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. - -13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to -overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, -and nations. - -13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names -are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the -foundation of the world. - -13:9 If any man have an ear, let him hear. - -13:10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that -killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the -patience and the faith of the saints. - -13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he -had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. - -13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, -and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the -first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. - -13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down -from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 13:14 And deceiveth them -that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had -power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on -the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the -wound by a sword, and did live. - -13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that -the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as -would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. - -13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free -and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their -foreheads: 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had -the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. - -13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number -of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six -hundred threescore and six. - -14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with -him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name -written in their foreheads. - -14:2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and -as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers -harping with their harps: 14:3 And they sung as it were a new song -before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no -man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, -which were redeemed from the earth. - -14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are -virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. -These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and -to the Lamb. - -14:5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault -before the throne of God. - -14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the -everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to -every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, 14:7 Saying with a -loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his -judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the -sea, and the fountains of waters. - -14:8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is -fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the -wine of the wrath of her fornication. - -14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If -any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his -forehead, or in his hand, 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of -the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of -his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in -the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: -14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: -and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his -image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. - -14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the -commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. - -14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed -are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the -Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do -follow them. - -14:14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one -sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and -in his hand a sharp sickle. - -14:15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud -voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: -for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is -ripe. - -14:16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; -and the earth was reaped. - -14:17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he -also having a sharp sickle. - -14:18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over -fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, -saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the -vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. - -14:19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered -the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the -wrath of God. - -14:20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came -out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a -thousand and six hundred furlongs. - -15:1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven -angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the -wrath of God. - -15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them -that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and -over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of -glass, having the harps of God. - -15:3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song -of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God -Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. - -15:4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou -only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for -thy judgments are made manifest. - -15:5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the -tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: 15:6 And the seven -angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in -pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden -girdles. - -15:7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven -golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. - -15:8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and -from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the -seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. - -16:1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven -angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon -the earth. - -16:2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and -there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark -of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. - -16:3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it -became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the -sea. - -16:4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and -fountains of waters; and they became blood. - -16:5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O -Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged -thus. - -16:6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou -hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. - -16:7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God -Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. - -16:8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power -was given unto him to scorch men with fire. - -16:9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of -God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to -give him glory. - -16:10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the -beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their -tongues for pain, 16:11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of -their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. - -16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river -Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the -kings of the east might be prepared. - -16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth -of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth -of the false prophet. - -16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go -forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather -them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. - -16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and -keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. - -16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew -tongue Armageddon. - -16:17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and -there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, -saying, It is done. - -16:18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there -was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, -so mighty an earthquake, and so great. - -16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities -of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, -to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. - -16:20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. - -16:21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone -about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the -plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great. - -17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, -and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee -the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 17:2 -With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the -inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her -fornication. - -17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I -saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of -blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. - -17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and -decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup -in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: -17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE -GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. - -17:6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and -with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered -with great admiration. - -17:7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will -tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth -her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. - -17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out -of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on -the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of -life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that -was, and is not, and yet is. - -17:9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven -mountains, on which the woman sitteth. - -17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the -other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short -space. - -17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and -is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. - -17:12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have -received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with -the beast. - -17:13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength -unto the beast. - -17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome -them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are -with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. - -17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the -whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. - -17:16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall -hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat -her flesh, and burn her with fire. - -17:17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to -agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God -shall be fulfilled. - -17:18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which -reigneth over the kings of the earth. - -18:1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, -having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. - -18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the -great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, -and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and -hateful bird. - -18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her -fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication -with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the -abundance of her delicacies. - -18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, -my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive -not of her plagues. - -18:5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered -her iniquities. - -18:6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double -according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her -double. - -18:7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so -much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a -queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. - -18:8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, -and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is -the Lord God who judgeth her. - -18:9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and -lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when -they shall see the smoke of her burning, 18:10 Standing afar off for -the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, -that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. - -18:11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; -for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: 18:12 The merchandise of -gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, -and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner -vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of -brass, and iron, and marble, 18:13 And cinnamon, and odours, and -ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and -wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, -and souls of men. - -18:14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from -thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from -thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all. - -18:15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, -shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, -18:16 And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine -linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious -stones, and pearls! 18:17 For in one hour so great riches is come to -nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and -sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, 18:18 And cried -when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto -this great city! 18:19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, -weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were -made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! -for in one hour is she made desolate. - -18:20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and -prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. - -18:21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and -cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city -Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. - -18:22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and -trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, -of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the -sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; 18:23 And -the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the -voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all -in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy -sorceries were all nations deceived. - -18:24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and -of all that were slain upon the earth. - -19:1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in -heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, -unto the Lord our God: 19:2 For true and righteous are his judgments: -for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with -her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her -hand. - -19:3 And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up for ever and -ever. - -19:4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and -worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. - -19:5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all -ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. - -19:6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the -voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, -Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. - -19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the -marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. - -19:8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, -clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. - -19:9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called -unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are -the true sayings of God. - -19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See -thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have -the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the -spirit of prophecy. - -19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that -sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he -doth judge and make war. - -19:12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many -crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. - -19:13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name -is called The Word of God. - -19:14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white -horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. - -19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should -smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he -treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. - -19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING -OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. - -19:17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud -voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come -and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; 19:18 -That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the -flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on -them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and -great. - -19:19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their -armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the -horse, and against his army. - -19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that -wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had -received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. -These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. - -19:21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon -the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls -were filled with their flesh. - -20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the -bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. - -20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the -Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 20:3 And cast him -into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, -that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years -should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. - -20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given -unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the -witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not -worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark -upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned -with Christ a thousand years. - -20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years -were finished. This is the first resurrection. - -20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: -on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of -God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. - -20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed -out of his prison, 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which -are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them -together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. - -20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the -camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down -from God out of heaven, and devoured them. - -20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire -and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be -tormented day and night for ever and ever. - -20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from -whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no -place for them. - -20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the -books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of -life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written -in the books, according to their works. - -20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and -hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged -every man according to their works. - -20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the -second death. - -20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast -into the lake of fire. - -21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and -the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. - -21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God -out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. - -21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the -tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they -shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their -God. - -21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there -shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall -there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. - -21:5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things -new. - -And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. - -21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the -beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the -fountain of the water of life freely. - -21:7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his -God, and he shall be my son. - -21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and -murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all -liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and -brimstone: which is the second death. - -21:9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the -seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, -saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. - -21:10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high -mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, -descending out of heaven from God, 21:11 Having the glory of God: and -her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper -stone, clear as crystal; 21:12 And had a wall great and high, and had -twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written -thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of -Israel: 21:13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on -the south three gates; and on the west three gates. - -21:14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the -names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. - -21:15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the -city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. - -21:16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the -breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand -furlongs. - -The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. - -21:17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four -cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. - -21:18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city -was pure gold, like unto clear glass. - -21:19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with -all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the -second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; -21:20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, -chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a -chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. - -21:21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was -of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were -transparent glass. - -21:22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the -Lamb are the temple of it. - -21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to -shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the -light thereof. - -21:24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light -of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into -it. - -21:25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there -shall be no night there. - -21:26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into -it. - -21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that -defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but -they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. - -22:1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, -proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. - -22:2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the -river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, -and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for -the healing of the nations. - -22:3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of -the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: 22:4 And -they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. - -22:5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, -neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they -shall reign for ever and ever. - -22:6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the -Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants -the things which must shortly be done. - -22:7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of -the prophecy of this book. - -22:8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard -and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which -shewed me these things. - -22:9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy -fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which -keep the sayings of this book: worship God. - -22:10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of -this book: for the time is at hand. - -22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is -filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be -righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. - -22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give -every man according as his work shall be. - -22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and -the last. - -22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have -right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the -city. - -22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and -murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. - -22:16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in -the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright -and morning star. - -22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth -say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let -him take the water of life freely. - -22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the -prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God -shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 22:19 -And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this -prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and -out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. - -22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. -Amen. - -Even so, come, Lord Jesus. - -22:21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The King James Bible + +Release Date: March 2, 2011 [EBook #10] +[This King James Bible was orginally posted by Project Gutenberg +in late 1989] + +Language: English + + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE KING JAMES BIBLE *** + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +The Old Testament of the King James Version of the Bible + + + + +The First Book of Moses: Called Genesis + + +1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. + +1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon +the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the +waters. + +1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. + +1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light +from the darkness. + +1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. +And the evening and the morning were the first day. + +1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, +and let it divide the waters from the waters. + +1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were +under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: +and it was so. + +1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the +morning were the second day. + +1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together +unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. + +1:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of +the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. + +1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding +seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is +in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. + +1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after +his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after +his kind: and God saw that it was good. + +1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day. + +1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven +to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for +seasons, and for days, and years: 1:15 And let them be for lights in +the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was +so. + +1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, +and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. + +1:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light +upon the earth, 1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and +to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. + +1:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. + +1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving +creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the +open firmament of heaven. + +1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that +moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, +and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. + +1:22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill +the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. + +1:23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. + +1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after +his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his +kind: and it was so. + +1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle +after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after +his kind: and God saw that it was good. + +1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: +and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl +of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over +every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. + +1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created +he him; male and female created he them. + +1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and +multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion +over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every +living thing that moveth upon the earth. + +1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, +which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which +is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. + +1:30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, +and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is +life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. + +1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was +very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. + +2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of +them. + +2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and +he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. + +2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that +in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. + +2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when +they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the +heavens, 2:5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, +and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not +caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the +ground. + +2:6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole +face of the ground. + +2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and +breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living +soul. + +2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he +put the man whom he had formed. + +2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is +pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the +midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. + +2:10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence +it was parted, and became into four heads. + +2:11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the +whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 2:12 And the gold of that +land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. + +2:13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that +compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. + +2:14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which +goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. + +2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of +Eden to dress it and to keep it. + +2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the +garden thou mayest freely eat: 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge +of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou +eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. + +2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be +alone; I will make him an help meet for him. + +2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the +field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see +what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living +creature, that was the name thereof. + +2:20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, +and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an +help meet for him. + +2:21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he +slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead +thereof; 2:22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made +he a woman, and brought her unto the man. + +2:23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my +flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. + +2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall +cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. + +2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not +ashamed. + +3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which +the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, +Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 3:2 And the woman said +unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: +3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, +God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest +ye die. + +3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 3:5 +For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall +be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. + +3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that +it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one +wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto +her husband with her; and he did eat. + +3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they +were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves +aprons. + +3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in +the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the +presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. + +3:9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art +thou? 3:10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was +afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. + +3:11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten +of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? +3:12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she +gave me of the tree, and I did eat. + +3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast +done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. + +3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done +this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the +field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the +days of thy life: 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the +woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, +and thou shalt bruise his heel. + +3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and +thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy +desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. + +3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice +of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, +saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; +in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 3:18 Thorns +also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the +herb of the field; 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, +till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for +dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. + +3:20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother +of all living. + +3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of +skins, and clothed them. + +3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to +know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also +of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: 3:23 Therefore the +LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground +from whence he was taken. + +3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden +of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep +the way of the tree of life. + +4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and +said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. + +4:2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of +sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. + +4:3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the +fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. + +4:4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of +the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his +offering: 4:5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. +And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. + +4:6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy +countenance fallen? 4:7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be +accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto +thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. + +4:8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when +they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, +and slew him. + +4:9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he +said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? 4:10 And he said, What +hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from +the ground. + +4:11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her +mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; 4:12 When thou +tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her +strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. + +4:13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can +bear. + +4:14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the +earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and +a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one +that findeth me shall slay me. + +4:15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, +vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark +upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. + +4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the +land of Nod, on the east of Eden. + +4:17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he +builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his +son, Enoch. + +4:18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and +Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. + +4:19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, +and the name of the other Zillah. + +4:20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, +and of such as have cattle. + +4:21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such +as handle the harp and organ. + +4:22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every +artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah. + +4:23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; +ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to +my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. + +4:24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and +sevenfold. + +4:25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his +name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead +of Abel, whom Cain slew. + +4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his +name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. + +5:1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God +created man, in the likeness of God made he him; 5:2 Male and female +created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the +day when they were created. + +5:3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his +own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth: 5:4 And +the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: +and he begat sons and daughters: 5:5 And all the days that Adam lived +were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. + +5:6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: 5:7 And +Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and +begat sons and daughters: 5:8 And all the days of Seth were nine +hundred and twelve years: and he died. + +5:9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: 5:10 And Enos lived +after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons +and daughters: 5:11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and +five years: and he died. + +5:12 And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel: 5:13 And +Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, +and begat sons and daughters: 5:14 And all the days of Cainan were +nine hundred and ten years: and he died. + +5:15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: 5:16 +And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty +years, and begat sons and daughters: 5:17 And all the days of +Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died. + +5:18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat +Enoch: 5:19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, +and begat sons and daughters: 5:20 And all the days of Jared were nine +hundred sixty and two years: and he died. + +5:21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: 5:22 +And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred +years, and begat sons and daughters: 5:23 And all the days of Enoch +were three hundred sixty and five years: 5:24 And Enoch walked with +God: and he was not; for God took him. + +5:25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat +Lamech. + +5:26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty +and two years, and begat sons and daughters: 5:27 And all the days of +Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. + +5:28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a +son: 5:29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort +us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground +which the LORD hath cursed. + +5:30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five +years, and begat sons and daughters: 5:31 And all the days of Lamech +were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. + +5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, +and Japheth. + +6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the +earth, and daughters were born unto them, 6:2 That the sons of God saw +the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of +all which they chose. + +6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for +that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty +years. + +6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, +when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare +children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of +renown. + +6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and +that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil +continually. + +6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it +grieved him at his heart. + +6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the +face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and +the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. + +6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. + +6:9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect +in his generations, and Noah walked with God. + +6:10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. + +6:11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled +with violence. + +6:12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for +all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. + +6:13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; +for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I +will destroy them with the earth. + +6:14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the +ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. + +6:15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length +of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty +cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. + +6:16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou +finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side +thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. + +6:17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the +earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under +heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. + +6:18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come +into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives +with thee. + +6:19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt +thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be +male and female. + +6:20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of +every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort +shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. + +6:21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt +gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. + +6:22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did +he. + +7:1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the +ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. + +7:2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male +and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and +his female. + +7:3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to +keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. + +7:4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth +forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have +made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. + +7:5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. + +7:6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was +upon the earth. + +7:7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives +with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. + +7:8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, +and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 7:9 There went in two +and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had +commanded Noah. + +7:10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the +flood were upon the earth. + +7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, +the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains +of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. + +7:12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. + +7:13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, +the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons +with them, into the ark; 7:14 They, and every beast after his kind, +and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that +creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, +every bird of every sort. + +7:15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all +flesh, wherein is the breath of life. + +7:16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as +God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. + +7:17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters +increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. + +7:18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the +earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. + +7:19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the +high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. + +7:20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains +were covered. + +7:21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and +of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth +upon the earth, and every man: 7:22 All in whose nostrils was the +breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. + +7:23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face +of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the +fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah +only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. + +7:24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty +days. + +8:1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the +cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over +the earth, and the waters asswaged; 8:2 The fountains also of the deep +and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was +restrained; 8:3 And the waters returned from off the earth +continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the +waters were abated. + +8:4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of +the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. + +8:5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the +tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the +mountains seen. + +8:6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the +window of the ark which he had made: 8:7 And he sent forth a raven, +which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off +the earth. + +8:8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were +abated from off the face of the ground; 8:9 But the dove found no rest +for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for +the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his +hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. + +8:10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the +dove out of the ark; 8:11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; +and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that +the waters were abated from off the earth. + +8:12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; +which returned not again unto him any more. + +8:13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the +first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from +off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, +and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. + +8:14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the +month, was the earth dried. + +8:15 And God spake unto Noah, saying, 8:16 Go forth of the ark, thou, +and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. + +8:17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of +all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing +that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the +earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. + +8:18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' +wives with him: 8:19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every +fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went +forth out of the ark. + +8:20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean +beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the +altar. + +8:21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his +heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for +the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I +again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. + +8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and +heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. + +9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be +fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. + +9:2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast +of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth +upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are +they delivered. + +9:3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the +green herb have I given you all things. + +9:4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall +ye not eat. + +9:5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of +every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of +every man's brother will I require the life of man. + +9:6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in +the image of God made he man. + +9:7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in +the earth, and multiply therein. + +9:8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, 9:9 And +I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after +you; 9:10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the +fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from +all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. + +9:11 And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all +flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall +there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. + +9:12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make +between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for +perpetual generations: 9:13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall +be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. + +9:14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, +that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 9:15 And I will remember my +covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all +flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all +flesh. + +9:16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that +I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living +creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. + +9:17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which +I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. + +9:18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and +Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. + +9:19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth +overspread. + +9:20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: +9:21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered +within his tent. + +9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, +and told his two brethren without. + +9:23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their +shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their +father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's +nakedness. + +9:24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had +done unto him. + +9:25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be +unto his brethren. + +9:26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be +his servant. + +9:27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of +Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. + +9:28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. + +9:29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and +he died. + +10:1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and +Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. + +10:2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and +Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. + +10:3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. + +10:4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and +Dodanim. + +10:5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; +every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. + +10:6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. + +10:7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, +and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. + +10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. + +10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, +Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. + +10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and +Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. + +10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the +city Rehoboth, and Calah, 10:12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: +the same is a great city. + +10:13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, +10:14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and +Caphtorim. + +10:15 And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, 10:16 And the +Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, 10:17 And the Hivite, +and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 10:18 And the Arvadite, and the +Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the +Canaanites spread abroad. + +10:19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest +to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and +Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. + +10:20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their +tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. + +10:21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the +brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. + +10:22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, +and Aram. + +10:23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. + +10:24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. + +10:25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for +in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. + +10:26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and +Jerah, 10:27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 10:28 And Obal, and +Abimael, and Sheba, 10:29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these +were the sons of Joktan. + +10:30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a +mount of the east. + +10:31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their +tongues, in their lands, after their nations. + +10:32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their +generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided +in the earth after the flood. + +11:1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. + +11:2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they +found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. + +11:3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn +them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for +morter. + +11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose +top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be +scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. + +11:5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the +children of men builded. + +11:6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all +one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be +restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. + +11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that +they may not understand one another's speech. + +11:8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of +all the earth: and they left off to build the city. + +11:9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did +there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the +LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. + +11:10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years +old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: 11:11 And Shem +lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and +daughters. + +11:12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: 11:13 +And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, +and begat sons and daughters. + +11:14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: 11:15 And Salah +lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons +and daughters. + +11:16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: 11:17 And +Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and +begat sons and daughters. + +11:18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: 11:19 And Peleg +lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons +and daughters. + +11:20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: 11:21 And +Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat +sons and daughters. + +11:22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: 11:23 And Serug +lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and +daughters. + +11:24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: 11:25 +And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, +and begat sons and daughters. + +11:26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and +Haran. + +11:27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, +Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. + +11:28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his +nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. + +11:29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife +was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of +Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. + +11:30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child. + +11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's +son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they +went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of +Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. + +11:32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah +died in Haran. + +12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, +and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I +will shew thee: 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I +will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a +blessing: 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him +that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be +blessed. + +12:4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went +with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed +out of Haran. + +12:5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all +their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had +gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; +and into the land of Canaan they came. + +12:6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto +the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. + +12:7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I +give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who +appeared unto him. + +12:8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, +and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: +and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name +of the LORD. + +12:9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. + +12:10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into +Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. + +12:11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, +that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a +fair woman to look upon: 12:12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when +the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: +and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. + +12:13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with +me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. + +12:14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the +Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. + +12:15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before +Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. + +12:16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and +oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, +and camels. + +12:17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues +because of Sarai Abram's wife. + +12:18 And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that thou hast +done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? 12:19 +Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to +wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. + +12:20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him +away, and his wife, and all that he had. + +13:1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he +had, and Lot with him, into the south. + +13:2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. + +13:3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto +the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and +Hai; 13:4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had make there at the +first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. + +13:5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and +tents. + +13:6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell +together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell +together. + +13:7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and +the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite +dwelled then in the land. + +13:8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, +between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be +brethren. + +13:9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, +from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; +or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. + +13:10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, +that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom +and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, +as thou comest unto Zoar. + +13:11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed +east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. + +13:12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the +cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. + +13:13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD +exceedingly. + +13:14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from +him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art +northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: 13:15 For all +the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for +ever. + +13:16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a +man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be +numbered. + +13:17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the +breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. + +13:18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of +Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD. + +14:1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, +Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of +nations; 14:2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with +Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of +Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. + +14:3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is +the salt sea. + +14:4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year +they rebelled. + +14:5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that +were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the +Zuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh Kiriathaim, 14:6 And the +Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness. + +14:7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and +smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that +dwelt in Hazezontamar. + +14:8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, +and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela +(the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of +Siddim; 14:9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king +of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; +four kings with five. + +14:10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of +Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled +to the mountain. + +14:11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their +victuals, and went their way. + +14:12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, +and his goods, and departed. + +14:13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; +for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and +brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. + +14:14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he +armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and +eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. + +14:15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by +night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the +left hand of Damascus. + +14:16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his +brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. + +14:17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from +the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at +the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale. + +14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and +he was the priest of the most high God. + +14:19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high +God, possessor of heaven and earth: 14:20 And blessed be the most high +God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him +tithes of all. + +14:21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and +take the goods to thyself. + +14:22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand +unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, +14:23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and +that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, +I have made Abram rich: 14:24 Save only that which the young men have +eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, +and Mamre; let them take their portion. + +15:1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a +vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding +great reward. + +15:2 And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go +childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? +15:3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, +one born in my house is mine heir. + +15:4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This +shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own +bowels shall be thine heir. + +15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward +heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he +said unto him, So shall thy seed be. + +15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for +righteousness. + +15:7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur +of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. + +15:8 And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit +it? 15:9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, +and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a +turtledove, and a young pigeon. + +15:10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, +and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. + +15:11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them +away. + +15:12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; +and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. + +15:13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be +a stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve them; and +they shall afflict them four hundred years; 15:14 And also that +nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they +come out with great substance. + +15:15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried +in a good old age. + +15:16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for +the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. + +15:17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was +dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between +those pieces. + +15:18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, +Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the +great river, the river Euphrates: 15:19 The Kenites, and the +Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 15:20 And the Hittites, and the +Perizzites, and the Rephaims, 15:21 And the Amorites, and the +Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. + +16:1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an +handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. + +16:2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained +me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may +obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. + +16:3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after +Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her +husband Abram to be his wife. + +16:4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw +that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. + +16:5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my +maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was +despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee. + +16:6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; do +to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she +fled from her face. + +16:7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the +wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. + +16:8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither +wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. + +16:9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, +and submit thyself under her hands. + +16:10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy +seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. + +16:11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with +child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because +the LORD hath heard thy affliction. + +16:12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, +and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence +of all his brethren. + +16:13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou +God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that +seeth me? 16:14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, +it is between Kadesh and Bered. + +16:15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, +which Hagar bare, Ishmael. + +16:16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare +Ishmael to Abram. + +17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared +to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, +and be thou perfect. + +17:2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will +multiply thee exceedingly. + +17:3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, 17:4 +As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a +father of many nations. + +17:5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name +shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. + +17:6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations +of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. + +17:7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed +after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a +God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. + +17:8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land +wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an +everlasting possession; and I will be their God. + +17:9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, +thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. + +17:10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and +thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. + +17:11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall +be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. + +17:12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, +every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or +bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. + +17:13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy +money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your +flesh for an everlasting covenant. + +17:14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is +not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath +broken my covenant. + +17:15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not +call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. + +17:16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I +will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people +shall be of her. + +17:17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his +heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? +and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? 17:18 And Abraham +said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! 17:19 And God +said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call +his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an +everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. + +17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed +him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; +twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. + +17:21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall +bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. + +17:22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. + +17:23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his +house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the +men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in +the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. + +17:24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was +circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. + +17:25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was +circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. + +17:26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his +son. + +17:27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with +money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. + +18:1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat +in the tent door in the heat of the day; 18:2 And he lift up his eyes +and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he +ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the +ground, 18:3 And said, My LORD, if now I have found favour in thy +sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 18:4 Let a little +water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves +under the tree: 18:5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort +ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come +to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. + +18:6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make +ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes +upon the hearth. + +18:7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, +and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. + +18:8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, +and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they +did eat. + +18:9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, +Behold, in the tent. + +18:10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the +time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah +heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. + +18:11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it +ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. + +18:12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed +old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? 18:13 And the LORD +said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a +surety bear a child, which am old? 18:14 Is any thing too hard for +the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to +the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. + +18:15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. +And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. + +18:16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and +Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. + +18:17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I +do; 18:18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty +nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? +18:19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his +household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do +justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which +he hath spoken of him. + +18:20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is +great, and because their sin is very grievous; 18:21 I will go down +now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of +it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. + +18:22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward +Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. + +18:23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the +righteous with the wicked? 18:24 Peradventure there be fifty +righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the +place for the fifty righteous that are therein? 18:25 That be far +from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the +wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far +from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 18:26 And +the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, +then I will spare all the place for their sakes. + +18:27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me +to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes: 18:28 +Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou +destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there +forty and five, I will not destroy it. + +18:29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there +shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's +sake. + +18:30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will +speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I +will not do it, if I find thirty there. + +18:31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the +LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I +will not destroy it for twenty's sake. + +18:32 And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yet +but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I +will not destroy it for ten's sake. + +18:33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with +Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. + +19:1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the +gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed +himself with his face toward the ground; 19:2 And he said, Behold now, +my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry +all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on +your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all +night. + +19:3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, +and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake +unleavened bread, and they did eat. + +19:4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of +Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people +from every quarter: 19:5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, +Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out +unto us, that we may know them. + +19:6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after +him, 19:7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. + +19:8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let +me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good +in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they +under the shadow of my roof. + +19:9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow +came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal +worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, +even Lot, and came near to break the door. + +19:10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house +to them, and shut to the door. + +19:11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with +blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to +find the door. + +19:12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in +law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the +city, bring them out of this place: 19:13 For we will destroy this +place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the +LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. + +19:14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married +his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD +will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons +in law. + +19:15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, +saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; +lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. + +19:16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon +the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD +being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him +without the city. + +19:17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, +that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay +thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. + +19:18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my LORD: 19:19 Behold now, +thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy +mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot +escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: 19:20 +Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: +Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall +live. + +19:21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this +thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou +hast spoken. + +19:22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou +be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. + +19:23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. + +19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and +fire from the LORD out of heaven; 19:25 And he overthrew those cities, +and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that +which grew upon the ground. + +19:26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a +pillar of salt. + +19:27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he +stood before the LORD: 19:28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, +and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke +of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. + +19:29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, +that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the +overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. + +19:30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his +two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt +in a cave, he and his two daughters. + +19:31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and +there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of +all the earth: 19:32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we +will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. + +19:33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the +firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when +she lay down, nor when she arose. + +19:34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto +the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him +drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we +may preserve seed of our father. + +19:35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the +younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay +down, nor when she arose. + +19:36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. + +19:37 And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the +same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. + +19:38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name +Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this +day. + +20:1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and +dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. + +20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and +Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. + +20:3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, +Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; +for she is a man's wife. + +20:4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou +slay also a righteous nation? 20:5 Said he not unto me, She is my +sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the +integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this. + +20:6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst +this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from +sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. + +20:7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and +he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her +not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are +thine. + +20:8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his +servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were +sore afraid. + +20:9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou +done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on +me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that +ought not to be done. + +20:10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou +hast done this thing? 20:11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, +Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for +my wife's sake. + +20:12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my +father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. + +20:13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my +father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou +shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, +He is my brother. + +20:14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and +womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his +wife. + +20:15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where +it pleaseth thee. + +20:16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a +thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the +eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was +reproved. + +20:17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his +wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. + +20:18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of +Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife. + +21:1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto +Sarah as he had spoken. + +21:2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at +the set time of which God had spoken to him. + +21:3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, +whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. + +21:4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as +God had commanded him. + +21:5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born +unto him. + +21:6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear +will laugh with me. + +21:7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should +have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age. + +21:8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great +feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. + +21:9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born +unto Abraham, mocking. + +21:10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her +son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even +with Isaac. + +21:11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of +his son. + +21:12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight +because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah +hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy +seed be called. + +21:13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, +because he is thy seed. + +21:14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a +bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, +and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in +the wilderness of Beersheba. + +21:15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child +under one of the shrubs. + +21:16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, +as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the +child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. + +21:17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called +to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? +fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. + +21:18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will +make him a great nation. + +21:19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she +went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. + +21:20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the +wilderness, and became an archer. + +21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him +a wife out of the land of Egypt. + +21:22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the +chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee +in all that thou doest: 21:23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God +that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my +son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, +thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. + +21:24 And Abraham said, I will swear. + +21:25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which +Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. + +21:26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing; neither +didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day. + +21:27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; +and both of them made a covenant. + +21:28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. + +21:29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs +which thou hast set by themselves? 21:30 And he said, For these seven +ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto +me, that I have digged this well. + +21:31 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they +sware both of them. + +21:32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, +and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the +land of the Philistines. + +21:33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on +the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. + +21:34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. + +22:1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt +Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. + +22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou +lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for +a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. + +22:3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, +and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave +the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place +of which God had told him. + +22:4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the +place afar off. + +22:5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; +and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. + +22:6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon +Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they +went both of them together. + +22:7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and +he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: +but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? 22:8 And Abraham said, My +son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they +went both of them together. + +22:9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham +built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his +son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. + +22:10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay +his son. + +22:11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and +said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. + +22:12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou +any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou +hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. + +22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind +him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took +the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his +son. + +22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is +said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen. + +22:15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the +second time, 22:16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, +for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, +thine only son: 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in +multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and +as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess +the gate of his enemies; 22:18 And in thy seed shall all the nations +of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. + +22:19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and +went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba. + +22:20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told +Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy +brother Nahor; 22:21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and +Kemuel the father of Aram, 22:22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, +and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. + +22:23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, +Abraham's brother. + +22:24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, +and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. + +23:1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these +were the years of the life of Sarah. + +23:2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of +Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. + +23:3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the +sons of Heth, saying, 23:4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: +give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my +dead out of my sight. + +23:5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, 23:6 +Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of +our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his +sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. + +23:7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the +land, even to the children of Heth. + +23:8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I +should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to +Ephron the son of Zohar, 23:9 That he may give me the cave of +Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as +much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a +buryingplace amongst you. + +23:10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the +Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even +of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, 23:11 Nay, my +lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I +give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: +bury thy dead. + +23:12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. + +23:13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the +land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will +give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead +there. + +23:14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, 23:15 My lord, +hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; +what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. + +23:16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron +the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, +four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. + +23:17 And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was before +Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees +that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were +made sure 23:18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the +children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. + +23:19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the +field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of +Canaan. + +23:20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto +Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth. + +24:1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had +blessed Abraham in all things. + +24:2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled +over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: 24:3 +And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God +of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the +daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: 24:4 But thou shalt +go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son +Isaac. + +24:5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be +willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again +unto the land from whence thou camest? 24:6 And Abraham said unto +him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again. + +24:7 The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and +from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware +unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send +his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from +thence. + +24:8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou +shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again. + +24:9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his +master, and sware to him concerning that matter. + +24:10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and +departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he +arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. + +24:11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well +of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out +to draw water. + +24:12 And he said O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send +me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham. + +24:13 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of +the men of the city come out to draw water: 24:14 And let it come to +pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I +pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give +thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed +for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed +kindness unto my master. + +24:15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, +Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of +Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. + +24:16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had +any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her +pitcher, and came up. + +24:17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, +drink a little water of thy pitcher. + +24:18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her +pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. + +24:19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw +water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking. + +24:20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran +again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels. + +24:21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the +LORD had made his journey prosperous or not. + +24:22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the +man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets +for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; 24:23 And said, Whose +daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's +house for us to lodge in? 24:24 And she said unto him, I am the +daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor. + +24:25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender +enough, and room to lodge in. + +24:26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD. + +24:27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who +hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being +in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren. + +24:28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these +things. + +24:29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran +out unto the man, unto the well. + +24:30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon +his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, +saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, +behold, he stood by the camels at the well. + +24:31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore +standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the +camels. + +24:32 And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and +gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, +and the men's feet that were with him. + +24:33 And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will +not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on. + +24:34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant. + +24:35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become +great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, +and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses. + +24:36 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was +old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath. + +24:37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife +to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell: +24:38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and +take a wife unto my son. + +24:39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not +follow me. + +24:40 And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his +angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for +my son of my kindred, and of my father's house: 24:41 Then shalt thou +be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if +they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath. + +24:42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my +master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go: 24:43 +Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that +when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, +I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink; 24:44 And she say +to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the +same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master's +son. + +24:45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah +came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto +the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray +thee. + +24:46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, +and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, +and she made the camels drink also. + +24:47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she +said, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: +and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands. + +24:48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed +the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way +to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son. + +24:49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell +me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the +left. + +24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth +from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. + +24:51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be +thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken. + +24:52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their +words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth. + +24:53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of +gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her +brother and to her mother precious things. + +24:54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, +and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, +Send me away unto my master. + +24:55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with +us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go. + +24:56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath +prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master. + +24:57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her +mouth. + +24:58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with +this man? And she said, I will go. + +24:59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and +Abraham's servant, and his men. + +24:60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our +sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed +possess the gate of those which hate them. + +24:61 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the +camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went +his way. + +24:62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt +in the south country. + +24:63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and +he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming. + +24:64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she +lighted off the camel. + +24:65 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh +in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: +therefore she took a vail, and covered herself. + +24:66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done. + +24:67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took +Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was +comforted after his mother's death. + +25:1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. + +25:2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and +Ishbak, and Shuah. + +25:3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were +Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. + +25:4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, +and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. + +25:5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. + +25:6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham +gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, +eastward, unto the east country. + +25:7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he +lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. + +25:8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an +old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. + +25:9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of +Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which +is before Mamre; 25:10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons +of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. + +25:11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed +his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi. + +25:12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom +Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham: 25:13 And +these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according +to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, +and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 25:14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, 25:15 +Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: 25:16 These are the sons +of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their +castles; twelve princes according to their nations. + +25:17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and +thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was +gathered unto his people. + +25:18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as +thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his +brethren. + +25:19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham +begat Isaac: 25:20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah +to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister +to Laban the Syrian. + +25:21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was +barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife +conceived. + +25:22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If +it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD. + +25:23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two +manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one +people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall +serve the younger. + +25:24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there +were twins in her womb. + +25:25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and +they called his name Esau. + +25:26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on +Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore +years old when she bare them. + +25:27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the +field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. + +25:28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but +Rebekah loved Jacob. + +25:29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was +faint: 25:30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that +same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. + +25:31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. + +25:32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit +shall this birthright do to me? 25:33 And Jacob said, Swear to me +this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto +Jacob. + +25:34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did +eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his +birthright. + +26:1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that +was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the +Philistines unto Gerar. + +26:2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; +dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: 26:3 Sojourn in this +land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and +unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the +oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; 26:4 And I will make thy +seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed +all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the +earth be blessed; 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept +my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. + +26:6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: 26:7 And the men of the place asked him +of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She +is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for +Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon. + +26:8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that +Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, +and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. + +26:9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is +thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto +him, Because I said, Lest I die for her. + +26:10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of +the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest +have brought guiltiness upon us. + +26:11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth +this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. + +26:12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an +hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. + +26:13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he +became very great: 26:14 For he had possession of flocks, and +possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines +envied him. + +26:15 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the +days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and +filled them with earth. + +26:16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much +mightier than we. + +26:17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of +Gerar, and dwelt there. + +26:18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged +in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped +them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the +names by which his father had called them. + +26:19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a +well of springing water. + +26:20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, +saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; +because they strove with him. + +26:21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he +called the name of it Sitnah. + +26:22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for +that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he +said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful +in the land. + +26:23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba. + +26:24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am +the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will +bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake. + +26:25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the +LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a +well. + +26:26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his +friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. + +26:27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye +hate me, and have sent me away from you? 26:28 And they said, We saw +certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now +an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a +covenant with thee; 26:29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not +touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have +sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD. + +26:30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. + +26:31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to +another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in +peace. + +26:32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, +and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto +him, We have found water. + +26:33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is +Beersheba unto this day. + +26:34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the +daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the +Hittite: 26:35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah. + +27:1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were +dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said +unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. + +27:2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my +death: 27:3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver +and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; 27:4 +And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I +may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die. + +27:5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went +to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. + +27:6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy +father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, 27:7 Bring me venison, and +make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD +before my death. + +27:8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I +command thee. + +27:9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of +the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as +he loveth: 27:10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may +eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. + +27:11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is +a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: 27:12 My father peradventure will +feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a +curse upon me, and not a blessing. + +27:13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only +obey my voice, and go fetch me them. + +27:14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and +his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved. + +27:15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which +were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son: +27:16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, +and upon the smooth of his neck: 27:17 And she gave the savoury meat +and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. + +27:18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, +Here am I; who art thou, my son? 27:19 And Jacob said unto his +father, I am Esau thy first born; I have done according as thou badest +me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may +bless me. + +27:20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it +so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it +to me. + +27:21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may +feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. + +27:22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and +said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. + +27:23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his +brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him. + +27:24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am. + +27:25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's +venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, +and he did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank. + +27:26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, +my son. + +27:27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of +his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as +the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed: 27:28 Therefore God +give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and +plenty of corn and wine: 27:29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow +down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow +down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he +that blesseth thee. + +27:30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of +blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of +Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. + +27:31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his +father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his +son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. + +27:32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I +am thy son, thy firstborn Esau. + +27:33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he +that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all +before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be +blessed. + +27:34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a +great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, +even me also, O my father. + +27:35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away +thy blessing. + +27:36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath +supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, +behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not +reserved a blessing for me? 27:37 And Isaac answered and said unto +Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I +given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained +him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son? 27:38 And Esau said +unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even +me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. + +27:39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy +dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven +from above; 27:40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve +thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the +dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. + +27:41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his +father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning +for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. + +27:42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and +she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, +thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to +kill thee. + +27:43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to Laban +my brother to Haran; 27:44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy +brother's fury turn away; 27:45 Until thy brother's anger turn away +from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will +send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you +both in one day? 27:46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my +life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the +daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the +land, what good shall my life do me? 28:1 And Isaac called Jacob, and +blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a +wife of the daughters of Canaan. + +28:2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's +father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughers of Laban thy +mother's brother. + +28:3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply +thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; 28:4 And give thee +the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou +mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave +unto Abraham. + +28:5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, +son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's +mother. + +28:6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to +Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him +he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the +daughers of Canaan; 28:7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his +mother, and was gone to Padanaram; 28:8 And Esau seeing that the +daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; 28:9 Then went Esau +unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the +daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his +wife. + +28:10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. + +28:11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all +night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that +place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to +sleep. + +28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the +top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending +and descending on it. + +28:13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD +God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou +liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; 28:14 And thy seed +shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the +west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee +and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. + +28:15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places +whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I +will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to +thee of. + +28:16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD +is in this place; and I knew it not. + +28:17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is +none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. + +28:18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that +he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil +upon the top of it. + +28:19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of +that city was called Luz at the first. + +28:20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will +keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and +raiment to put on, 28:21 So that I come again to my father's house in +peace; then shall the LORD be my God: 28:22 And this stone, which I +have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou +shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. + +29:1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the +people of the east. + +29:2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there +were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they +watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth. + +29:3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the +stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone +again upon the well's mouth in his place. + +29:4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they +said, Of Haran are we. + +29:5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they +said, We know him. + +29:6 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: +and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. + +29:7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the +cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and +feed them. + +29:8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered +together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we +water the sheep. + +29:9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's +sheep; for she kept them. + +29:10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban +his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, +that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and +watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. + +29:11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. + +29:12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that +he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father. + +29:13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his +sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed +him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. + +29:14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And +he abode with him the space of a month. + +29:15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, +shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy +wages be? 29:16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder +was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. + +29:17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well +favoured. + +29:18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years +for Rachel thy younger daughter. + +29:19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that +I should give her to another man: abide with me. + +29:20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto +him but a few days, for the love he had to her. + +29:21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are +fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. + +29:22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a +feast. + +29:23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his +daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. + +29:24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an +handmaid. + +29:25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: +and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I +serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? +29:26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give +the younger before the firstborn. + +29:27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service +which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. + +29:28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel +his daughter to wife also. + +29:29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be +her maid. + +29:30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more +than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. + +29:31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: +but Rachel was barren. + +29:32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name +Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; +now therefore my husband will love me. + +29:33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the +LORD hath heard I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: +and she called his name Simeon. + +29:34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time +will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: +therefore was his name called Levi. + +29:35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will +I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left +bearing. + +30:1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel +envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I +die. + +30:2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I +in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? +30:3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she +shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her. + +30:4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in +unto her. + +30:5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. + +30:6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my +voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. + +30:7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second +son. + +30:8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my +sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. + +30:9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her +maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. + +30:10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son. + +30:11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. + +30:12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son. + +30:13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me +blessed: and she called his name Asher. + +30:14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found +mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then +Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. + +30:15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken +my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And +Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's +mandrakes. + +30:16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went +out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I +have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that +night. + +30:17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob +the fifth son. + +30:18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given +my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. + +30:19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. + +30:20 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my +husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she +called his name Zebulun. + +30:21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. + +30:22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened +her womb. + +30:23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away +my reproach: 30:24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD +shall add to me another son. + +30:25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob +said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and +to my country. + +30:26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, +and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee. + +30:27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in +thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath +blessed me for thy sake. + +30:28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. + +30:29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and +how thy cattle was with me. + +30:30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now +increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my +coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also? 30:31 +And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not +give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again +feed and keep thy flock. + +30:32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence +all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among +the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such +shall be my hire. + +30:33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it +shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled +and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be +counted stolen with me. + +30:34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy +word. + +30:35 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and +spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and +every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the +sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons. + +30:36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and +Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. + +30:37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and +chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white +appear which was in the rods. + +30:38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the +gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that +they should conceive when they came to drink. + +30:39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth +cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. + +30:40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the +flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of +Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto +Laban's cattle. + +30:41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did +conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in +the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. + +30:42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the +feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. + +30:43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and +maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses. + +31:1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken +away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's +hath he gotten all this glory. + +31:2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was +not toward him as before. + +31:3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy +fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. + +31:4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his +flock, 31:5 And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that +it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with +me. + +31:6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. + +31:7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; +but God suffered him not to hurt me. + +31:8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the +cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be +thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked. + +31:9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given +them to me. + +31:10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that +I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which +leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled. + +31:11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: +And I said, Here am I. + +31:12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which +leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I +have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. + +31:13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and +where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this +land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. + +31:14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any +portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? 31:15 Are we not +counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured +also our money. + +31:16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is +ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto +thee, do. + +31:17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; +31:18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he +had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in +Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. + +31:19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the +images that were her father's. + +31:20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he +told him not that he fled. + +31:21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over +the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead. + +31:22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. + +31:23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven +days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. + +31:24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said +unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. + +31:25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the +mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. + +31:26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast +stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives +taken with the sword? 31:27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, +and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent +thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp? +31:28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou +hast now done foolishly in so doing. + +31:29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of +your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that +thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. + +31:30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore +longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my +gods? 31:31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was +afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy +daughters from me. + +31:32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before +our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. +For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. + +31:33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into +the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out +of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. + +31:34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's +furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but +found them not. + +31:35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I +cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he +searched but found not the images. + +31:36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered +and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast +so hotly pursued after me? 31:37 Whereas thou hast searched all my +stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here +before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us +both. + +31:38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she +goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not +eaten. + +31:39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare +the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by +day, or stolen by night. + +31:40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by +night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes. + +31:41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee +fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: +and thou hast changed my wages ten times. + +31:42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of +Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God +hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee +yesternight. + +31:43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my +daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my +cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day +unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born? +31:44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and +let it be for a witness between me and thee. + +31:45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. + +31:46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took +stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap. + +31:47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed. + +31:48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this +day. + +Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; 31:49 And Mizpah; for he +said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from +another. + +31:50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other +wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness +betwixt me and thee. + +31:51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this +pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee: 31:52 This heap be +witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this +heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this +pillar unto me, for harm. + +31:53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their +father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father +Isaac. + +31:54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his +brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night +in the mount. + +31:55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and +his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto +his place. + +32:1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. + +32:2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he +called the name of that place Mahanaim. + +32:3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the +land of Seir, the country of Edom. + +32:4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord +Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and +stayed there until now: 32:5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and +menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that +I may find grace in thy sight. + +32:6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy +brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men +with him. + +32:7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the +people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, +into two bands; 32:8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and +smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. + +32:9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father +Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to +thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: 32:10 I am not worthy of +the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast +shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; +and now I am become two bands. + +32:11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the +hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the +mother with the children. + +32:12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed +as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. + +32:13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came +to his hand a present for Esau his brother; 32:14 Two hundred she +goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, 32:15 +Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, +twenty she asses, and ten foals. + +32:16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove +by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and +put a space betwixt drove and drove. + +32:17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother +meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither +goest thou? and whose are these before thee? 32:18 Then thou shalt +say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord +Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. + +32:19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that +followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, +when ye find him. + +32:20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For +he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and +afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me. + +32:21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that +night in the company. + +32:22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two +womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. + +32:23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over +that he had. + +32:24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him +until the breaking of the day. + +32:25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched +the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of +joint, as he wrestled with him. + +32:26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I +will not let thee go, except thou bless me. + +32:27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. + +32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: +for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast +prevailed. + +32:29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. +And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he +blessed him there. + +32:30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen +God face to face, and my life is preserved. + +32:31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he +halted upon his thigh. + +32:32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which +shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because +he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. + +33:1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, +and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, +and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. + +33:2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah +and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. + +33:3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground +seven times, until he came near to his brother. + +33:4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, +and kissed him: and they wept. + +33:5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; +and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God +hath graciously given thy servant. + +33:6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they +bowed themselves. + +33:7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: +and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. + +33:8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And +he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. + +33:9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast +unto thyself. + +33:10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in +thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have +seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast +pleased with me. + +33:11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because +God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he +urged him, and he took it. + +33:12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will +go before thee. + +33:13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are +tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men +should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. + +33:14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I +will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and +the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir. + +33:15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that +are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the +sight of my lord. + +33:16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. + +33:17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made +booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called +Succoth. + +33:18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the +land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent +before the city. + +33:19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, +at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred +pieces of money. + +33:20 And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael. + +34:1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went +out to see the daughters of the land. + +34:2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the +country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. + +34:3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved +the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. + +34:4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this +damsel to wife. + +34:5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his +sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until +they were come. + +34:6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune +with him. + +34:7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: +and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had +wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter: which thing +ought not to be done. + +34:8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem +longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. + +34:9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, +and take our daughters unto you. + +34:10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; +dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein. + +34:11 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me +find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. + +34:12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according +as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife. + +34:13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father +deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister: +34:14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our +sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us: +34:15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, +that every male of you be circumcised; 34:16 Then will we give our +daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will +dwell with you, and we will become one people. + +34:17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will +we take our daughter, and we will be gone. + +34:18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. + +34:19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had +delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the +house of his father. + +34:20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, +and communed with the men of their city, saying, 34:21 These men are +peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade +therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us +take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our +daughters. + +34:22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, +to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are +circumcised. + +34:23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of +their's be our's? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell +with us. + +34:24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went +out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that +went out of the gate of his city. + +34:25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that +two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each +man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. + +34:26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the +sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out. + +34:27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, +because they had defiled their sister. + +34:28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that +which was in the city, and that which was in the field, 34:29 And all +their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they +captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house. + +34:30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make +me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites +and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather +themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, +I and my house. + +34:31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot? +35:1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: +and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou +fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. + +35:2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with +him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and +change your garments: 35:3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and +I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my +distress, and was with me in the way which I went. + +35:4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their +hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid +them under the oak which was by Shechem. + +35:5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities +that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of +Jacob. + +35:6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, +Bethel, he and all the people that were with him. + +35:7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: +because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his +brother. + +35:8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath +Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth. + +35:9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, +and blessed him. + +35:10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be +called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his +name Israel. + +35:11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and +multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and +kings shall come out of thy loins; 35:12 And the land which I gave +Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee +will I give the land. + +35:13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him. + +35:14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, +even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he +poured oil thereon. + +35:15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, +Bethel. + +35:16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way +to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. + +35:17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the +midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. + +35:18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she +died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him +Benjamin. + +35:19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is +Bethlehem. + +35:20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of +Rachel's grave unto this day. + +35:21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of +Edar. + +35:22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben +went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. +Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 35:23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, +Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and +Zebulun: 35:24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: 35:25 And the +sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 35:26 And the +sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of +Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram. + +35:27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city +of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. + +35:28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. + +35:29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his +people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried +him. + +36:1 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom. + +36:2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter +of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter +of Zibeon the Hivite; 36:3 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of +Nebajoth. + +36:4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel; 36:5 And +Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of +Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan. + +36:6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all +the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all +his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into +the country from the face of his brother Jacob. + +36:7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; +and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because +of their cattle. + +36:8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. + +36:9 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites +in mount Seir: 36:10 These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the +son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of +Esau. + +36:11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and +Kenaz. + +36:12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to +Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife. + +36:13 And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and +Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. + +36:14 And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the +daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and +Jaalam, and Korah. + +36:15 These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the +firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, +36:16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes +that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah. + +36:17 And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke +Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of +Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's +wife. + +36:18 And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, +duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah +the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. + +36:19 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their +dukes. + +36:20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; +Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, 36:21 And Dishon, and Ezer, +and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir +in the land of Edom. + +36:22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's +sister was Timna. + +36:23 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and +Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. + +36:24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this +was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the +asses of Zibeon his father. + +36:25 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the +daughter of Anah. + +36:26 And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and +Ithran, and Cheran. + +36:27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. + +36:28 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran. + +36:29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke +Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, 36:30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke +Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in +the land of Seir. + +36:31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before +there reigned any king over the children of Israel. + +36:32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his +city was Dinhabah. + +36:33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in +his stead. + +36:34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his +stead. + +36:35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in +the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was +Avith. + +36:36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. + +36:37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in +his stead. + +36:38 And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his +stead. + +36:39 And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his +stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was +Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. + +36:40 And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, +according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke +Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth, 36:41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, +duke Pinon, 36:42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 36:43 Duke +Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their +habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of +the Edomites. + +37:1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in +the land of Canaan. + +37:2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years +old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the +sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and +Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. + +37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he +was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. + +37:4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than +all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto +him. + +37:5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they +hated him yet the more. + +37:6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have +dreamed: 37:7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, +lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves +stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. + +37:8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or +shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the +more for his dreams, and for his words. + +37:9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and +said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and +the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. + +37:10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his +father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou +hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to +bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? 37:11 And his brethren +envied him; but his father observed the saying. + +37:12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. + +37:13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock +in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, +Here am I. + +37:14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with +thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he +sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. + +37:15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in +the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? 37:16 +And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed +their flocks. + +37:17 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, +Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found +them in Dothan. + +37:18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto +them, they conspired against him to slay him. + +37:19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. + +37:20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some +pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall +see what will become of his dreams. + +37:21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; +and said, Let us not kill him. + +37:22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this +pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might +rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. + +37:23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, +that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that +was on him; 37:24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the +pit was empty, there was no water in it. + +37:25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes +and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead +with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry +it down to Egypt. + +37:26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay +our brother, and conceal his blood? 37:27 Come, and let us sell him +to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our +brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content. + +37:28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and +lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites +for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt. + +37:29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in +the pit; and he rent his clothes. + +37:30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; +and I, whither shall I go? 37:31 And they took Joseph's coat, and +killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; 37:32 And +they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their +father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's +coat or no. + +37:33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast +hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces. + +37:34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, +and mourned for his son many days. + +37:35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; +but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into +the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. + +37:36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer +of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard. + +38:1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his +brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. + +38:2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name +was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. + +38:3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. + +38:4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name +Onan. + +38:5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name +Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. + +38:6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar. + +38:7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; +and the LORD slew him. + +38:8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and +marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. + +38:9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to +pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on +the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. + +38:10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he +slew him also. + +38:11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at +thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest +peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and +dwelt in her father's house. + +38:12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; +and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to +Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. + +38:13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up +to Timnath to shear his sheep. + +38:14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her +with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is +by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was +not given unto him to wife. + +38:15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she +had covered her face. + +38:16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, +let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter +in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come +in unto me? 38:17 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. +And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? 38:18 +And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, +and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it +her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. + +38:19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and +put on the garments of her widowhood. + +38:20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, +to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not. + +38:21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the +harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no +harlot in this place. + +38:22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also +the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place. + +38:23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: +behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. + +38:24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told +Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and +also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her +forth, and let her be burnt. + +38:25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, +saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, +Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and +staff. + +38:26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more +righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he +knew her again no more. + +38:27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, +twins were in her womb. + +38:28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out +his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet +thread, saying, This came out first. + +38:29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his +brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this +breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez. + +38:30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread +upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah. + +39:1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of +Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of +the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither. + +39:2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he +was in the house of his master the Egyptian. + +39:3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD +made all that he did to prosper in his hand. + +39:4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he +made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his +hand. + +39:5 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer +in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the +Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was +upon all that he had in the house, and in the field. + +39:6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not +ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly +person, and well favoured. + +39:7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife +cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. + +39:8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my +master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed +all that he hath to my hand; 39:9 There is none greater in this house +than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because +thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin +against God? 39:10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by +day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. + +39:11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the +house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house +there within. + +39:12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he +left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. + +39:13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment +in her hand, and was fled forth, 39:14 That she called unto the men of +her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an +Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I +cried with a loud voice: 39:15 And it came to pass, when he heard that +I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and +fled, and got him out. + +39:16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home. + +39:17 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The +Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to +mock me: 39:18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, +that he left his garment with me, and fled out. + +39:19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his +wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy +servant to me; that his wrath was kindled. + +39:20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a +place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the +prison. + +39:21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him +favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. + +39:22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the +prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he +was the doer of it. + +39:23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under +his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the +LORD made it to prosper. + +40:1 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the +king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt. + +40:2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the +chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. + +40:3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, +into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. + +40:4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he +served them: and they continued a season in ward. + +40:5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one +night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the +butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the +prison. + +40:6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon +them, and, behold, they were sad. + +40:7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of +his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? 40:8 And +they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no +interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations +belong to God? tell me them, I pray you. + +40:9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, +In my dream, behold, a vine was before me; 40:10 And in the vine were +three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot +forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes: 40:11 And +Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them +into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. + +40:12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The +three branches are three days: 40:13 Yet within three days shall +Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou +shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner +when thou wast his butler. + +40:14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew +kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, +and bring me out of this house: 40:15 For indeed I was stolen away out +of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that +they should put me into the dungeon. + +40:16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he +said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three +white baskets on my head: 40:17 And in the uppermost basket there was +of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out +of the basket upon my head. + +40:18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation +thereof: The three baskets are three days: 40:19 Yet within three days +shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a +tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. + +40:20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, +that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head +of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. + +40:21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and +he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: 40:22 But he hanged the chief +baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them. + +40:23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him. + +41:1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh +dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. + +41:2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured +kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. + +41:3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the +river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon +the brink of the river. + +41:4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven +well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. + +41:5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears +of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. + +41:6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind +sprung up after them. + +41:7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. +And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. + +41:8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; +and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the +wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none +that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. + +41:9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember +my faults this day: 41:10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put +me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief +baker: 41:11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed +each man according to the interpretation of his dream. + +41:12 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to +the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us +our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret. + +41:13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he +restored unto mine office, and him he hanged. + +41:14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him +hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his +raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. + +41:15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there +is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou +canst understand a dream to interpret it. + +41:16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall +give Pharaoh an answer of peace. + +41:17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon +the bank of the river: 41:18 And, behold, there came up out of the +river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a +meadow: 41:19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor +and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the +land of Egypt for badness: 41:20 And the lean and the ill favoured +kine did eat up the first seven fat kine: 41:21 And when they had +eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but +they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke. + +41:22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one +stalk, full and good: 41:23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, +and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: 41:24 And the +thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the +magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me. + +41:25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God +hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do. + +41:26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are +seven years: the dream is one. + +41:27 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them +are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind +shall be seven years of famine. + +41:28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is +about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh. + +41:29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all +the land of Egypt: 41:30 And there shall arise after them seven years +of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; +and the famine shall consume the land; 41:31 And the plenty shall not +be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall +be very grievous. + +41:32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is +because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it +to pass. + +41:33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and +set him over the land of Egypt. + +41:34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, +and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous +years. + +41:35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, +and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in +the cities. + +41:36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven +years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land +perish not through the famine. + +41:37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes +of all his servants. + +41:38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as +this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? 41:39 And Pharaoh said +unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none +so discreet and wise as thou art: 41:40 Thou shalt be over my house, +and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the +throne will I be greater than thou. + +41:41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the +land of Egypt. + +41:42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon +Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a +gold chain about his neck; 41:43 And he made him to ride in the second +chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he +made him ruler over all the land of Egypt. + +41:44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee +shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt. + +41:45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave +him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And +Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt. + +41:46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh +king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and +went throughout all the land of Egypt. + +41:47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by +handfuls. + +41:48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were +in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of +the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same. + +41:49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, +until he left numbering; for it was without number. + +41:50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine +came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto +him. + +41:51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, +said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. + +41:52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath +caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. + +41:53 And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of +Egypt, were ended. + +41:54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph +had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of +Egypt there was bread. + +41:55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to +Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto +Joseph; what he saith to you, do. + +41:56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph +opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the +famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. + +41:57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; +because that the famine was so sore in all lands. + +42:1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto +his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? 42:2 And he said, Behold, +I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and +buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die. + +42:3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. + +42:4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; +for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him. + +42:5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: +for the famine was in the land of Canaan. + +42:6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that +sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and +bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth. + +42:7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself +strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, +Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. + +42:8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. + +42:9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and +said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are +come. + +42:10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy +servants come. + +42:11 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no +spies. + +42:12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land +ye are come. + +42:13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one +man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with +our father, and one is not. + +42:14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, +saying, Ye are spies: 42:15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of +Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come +hither. + +42:16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be +kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any +truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. + +42:17 And he put them all together into ward three days. + +42:18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for +I fear God: 42:19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound +in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your +houses: 42:20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your +words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. + +42:21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning +our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought +us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. + +42:22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, +Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, +behold, also his blood is required. + +42:23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto +them by an interpreter. + +42:24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to +them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and +bound him before their eyes. + +42:25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to +restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision +for the way: and thus did he unto them. + +42:26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. + +42:27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in +the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth. + +42:28 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it +is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, +saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us? 42:29 +And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and +told him all that befell unto them; saying, 42:30 The man, who is the +lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the +country. + +42:31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: 42:32 We +be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest +is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. + +42:33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall +I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, +and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone: 42:34 +And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are +no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your +brother, and ye shall traffick in the land. + +42:35 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, +every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and +their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. + +42:36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my +children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin +away: all these things are against me. + +42:37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I +bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him +to thee again. + +42:38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother +is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in +the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to +the grave. + +43:1 And the famine was sore in the land. + +43:2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they +had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy +us a little food. + +43:3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest +unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with +you. + +43:4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy +thee food: 43:5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: +for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your +brother be with you. + +43:6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell +the man whether ye had yet a brother? 43:7 And they said, The man +asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your +father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according +to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would +say, Bring your brother down? 43:8 And Judah said unto Israel his +father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may +live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. + +43:9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I +bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the +blame for ever: 43:10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had +returned this second time. + +43:11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do +this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry +down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and +myrrh, nuts, and almonds: 43:12 And take double money in your hand; +and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry +it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight: 43:13 Take +also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: 43:14 And God +Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your +other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am +bereaved. + +43:15 And the men took that present, and they took double money in +their hand and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and +stood before Joseph. + +43:16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of +his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these +men shall dine with me at noon. + +43:17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into +Joseph's house. + +43:18 And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's +house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our +sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion +against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses. + +43:19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they +communed with him at the door of the house, 43:20 And said, O sir, we +came indeed down at the first time to buy food: 43:21 And it came to +pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, +every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full +weight: and we have brought it again in our hand. + +43:22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: +we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks. + +43:23 And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of +your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. +And he brought Simeon out unto them. + +43:24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them +water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender. + +43:25 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for +they heard that they should eat bread there. + +43:26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which +was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the +earth. + +43:27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father +well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? 43:28 And they +answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. +And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance. + +43:29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his +mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake +unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. + +43:30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his +brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, +and wept there. + +43:31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and +said, Set on bread. + +43:32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, +and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because +the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an +abomination unto the Egyptians. + +43:33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his +birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men +marvelled one at another. + +43:34 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but +Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of their's. And they +drank, and were merry with him. + +44:1 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's +sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money +in his sack's mouth. + +44:2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the +youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that +Joseph had spoken. + +44:3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they +and their asses. + +44:4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, +Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou +dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for +good? 44:5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby +indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing. + +44:6 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. + +44:7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God +forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing: 44:8 +Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought +again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal +out of thy lord's house silver or gold? 44:9 With whomsoever of thy +servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's +bondmen. + +44:10 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he +with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless. + +44:11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, +and opened every man his sack. + +44:12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the +youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. + +44:13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and +returned to the city. + +44:14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was +yet there: and they fell before him on the ground. + +44:15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? +wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine? 44:16 And Judah +said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how +shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy +servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with +whom the cup is found. + +44:17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in +whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, +get you up in peace unto your father. + +44:18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy +servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not +thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. + +44:19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a +brother? 44:20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old +man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is +dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. + +44:21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that +I may set mine eyes upon him. + +44:22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for +if he should leave his father, his father would die. + +44:23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother +come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. + +44:24 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, +we told him the words of my lord. + +44:25 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food. + +44:26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with +us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except +our youngest brother be with us. + +44:27 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife +bare me two sons: 44:28 And the one went out from me, and I said, +Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: 44:29 And if ye +take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down +my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. + +44:30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad +be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life; +44:31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with +us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs +of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. + +44:32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, +saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to +my father for ever. + +44:33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the +lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. + +44:34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? +lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father. + +45:1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood +by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there +stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his +brethren. + +45:2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh +heard. + +45:3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father +yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were +troubled at his presence. + +45:4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. +And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye +sold into Egypt. + +45:5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye +sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. + +45:6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet +there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor +harvest. + +45:7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the +earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. + +45:8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath +made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler +throughout all the land of Egypt. + +45:9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith +thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, +tarry not: 45:10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou +shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's +children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: 45:11 +And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; +lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. + +45:12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, +that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. + +45:13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all +that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither. + +45:14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and +Benjamin wept upon his neck. + +45:15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and +after that his brethren talked with him. + +45:16 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, +Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his +servants. + +45:17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; +lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; 45:18 And +take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will +give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of +the land. + +45:19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the +land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your +father, and come. + +45:20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of +Egypt is your's. + +45:21 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, +according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for +the way. + +45:22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to +Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of +raiment. + +45:23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden +with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and +bread and meat for his father by the way. + +45:24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said +unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. + +45:25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan +unto Jacob their father, 45:26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet +alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's +heart fainted, for he believed them not. + +45:27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said +unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry +him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived: 45:28 And Israel said, +It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before +I die. + +46:1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to +Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. + +46:2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, +Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. + +46:3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down +into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: 46:4 I will +go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up +again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. + +46:5 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried +Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the +wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. + +46:6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had +gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his +seed with him: 46:7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his +daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with +him into Egypt. + +46:8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came +into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. + +46:9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and +Carmi. + +46:10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, +and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. + +46:11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. + +46:12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and +Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of +Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. + +46:13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and +Shimron. + +46:14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. + +46:15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in +Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his +daughters were thirty and three. + +46:16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, +and Arodi, and Areli. + +46:17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, +and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel. + +46:18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his +daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. + +46:19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin. + +46:20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and +Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare +unto him. + +46:21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, +Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. + +46:22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the +souls were fourteen. + +46:23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim. + +46:24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and +Shillem. + +46:25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his +daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven. + +46:26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of +his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore +and six; 46:27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, +were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into +Egypt, were threescore and ten. + +46:28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face +unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. + +46:29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel +his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on +his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. + +46:30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen +thy face, because thou art yet alive. + +46:31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, +I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my +father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me; +46:32 And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed +cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all +that they have. + +46:33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and +shall say, What is your occupation? 46:34 That ye shall say, Thy +servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, +both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of +Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians. + +47:1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my +brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, +are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land +of Goshen. + +47:2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented +them unto Pharaoh. + +47:3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And +they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also +our fathers. + +47:4 They said morever unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we +come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the +famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let +thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen. + +47:5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy +brethren are come unto thee: 47:6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in +the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the +land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity +among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. + +47:7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before +Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. + +47:8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? 47:9 And Jacob +said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an +hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of +my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the +life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. + +47:10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. + +47:11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a +possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land +of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. + +47:12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his +father's household, with bread, according to their families. + +47:13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very +sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by +reason of the famine. + +47:14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land +of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: +and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. + +47:15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of +Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: +for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth. + +47:16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your +cattle, if money fail. + +47:17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them +bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle +of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all +their cattle for that year. + +47:18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, +and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our +money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not +ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands: +47:19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? +buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants +unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that +the land be not desolate. + +47:20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the +Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over +them: so the land became Pharaoh's. + +47:21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of +the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof. + +47:22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had +a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which +Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands. + +47:23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this +day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall +sow the land. + +47:24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give +the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for +seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, +and for food for your little ones. + +47:25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in +the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants. + +47:26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, +that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of the +priests only, which became not Pharaoh's. + +47:27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; +and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied +exceedingly. + +47:28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the +whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. + +47:29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his +son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, +put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly +with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: 47:30 But I will lie with +my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their +buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. + +47:31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel +bowed himself upon the bed's head. + +48:1 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, +Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, +Manasseh and Ephraim. + +48:2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto +thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. + +48:3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz +in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 48:4 And said unto me, Behold, +I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee +a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee +for an everlasting possession. + +48:5 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto +thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are +mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. + +48:6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, +and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their +inheritance. + +48:7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the +land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come +unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same +is Bethlehem. + +48:8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? 48:9 +And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given +me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I +will bless them. + +48:10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not +see. + +And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced +them. + +48:11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: +and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed. + +48:12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed +himself with his face to the earth. + +48:13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward +Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's +right hand, and brought them near unto him. + +48:14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon +Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's +head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn. + +48:15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers +Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto +this day, 48:16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the +lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers +Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of +the earth. + +48:17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the +head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, +to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. + +48:18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is +the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. + +48:19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: +he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly +his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall +become a multitude of nations. + +48:20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel +bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set +Ephraim before Manasseh. + +48:21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be +with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. + +48:22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, +which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my +bow. + +49:1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves +together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last +days. + +49:2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and +hearken unto Israel your father. + +49:3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my +strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: 49:4 +Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to +thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch. + +49:5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their +habitations. + +49:6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, +mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, +and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. + +49:7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it +was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. + +49:8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall +be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down +before thee. + +49:9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: +he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall +rouse him up? 49:10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a +lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall +the gathering of the people be. + +49:11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the +choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the +blood of grapes: 49:12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth +white with milk. + +49:13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for +an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon. + +49:14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: +49:15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was +pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto +tribute. + +49:16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. + +49:17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that +biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. + +49:18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD. + +49:19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the +last. + +49:20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal +dainties. + +49:21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. + +49:22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; +whose branches run over the wall: 49:23 The archers have sorely +grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: 49:24 But his bow abode +in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands +of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of +Israel:) 49:25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and +by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, +blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and +of the womb: 49:26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above +the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the +everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the +crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. + +49:27 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour +the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. + +49:28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that +their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to +his blessing he blessed them. + +49:29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered +unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the +field of Ephron the Hittite, 49:30 In the cave that is in the field of +Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham +bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a +buryingplace. + +49:31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried +Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah. + +49:32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was +from the children of Heth. + +49:33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he +gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was +gathered unto his people. + +50:1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and +kissed him. + +50:2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his +father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. + +50:3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the +days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him +threescore and ten days. + +50:4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto +the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, +speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 50:5 My father made +me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in +the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go +up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. + +50:6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he +made thee swear. + +50:7 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all +the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders +of the land of Egypt, 50:8 And all the house of Joseph, and his +brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their +flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. + +50:9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was +a very great company. + +50:10 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond +Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: +and he made a mourning for his father seven days. + +50:11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the +mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning +to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, +which is beyond Jordan. + +50:12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them: 50:13 +For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in +the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the +field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before +Mamre. + +50:14 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all +that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his +father. + +50:15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they +said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us +all the evil which we did unto him. + +50:16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did +command before he died, saying, 50:17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, +Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; +for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the +trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept +when they spake unto him. + +50:18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and +they said, Behold, we be thy servants. + +50:19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of +God? 50:20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant +it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people +alive. + +50:21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little +ones. + +And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them. + +50:22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and +Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. + +50:23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the +children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon +Joseph's knees. + +50:24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely +visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware +to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. + +50:25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God +will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. + +50:26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they +embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. + + + + +The Second Book of Moses: Called Exodus + + +1:1 Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came +into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. + +1:2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 1:3 Issachar, Zebulun, and +Benjamin, 1:4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. + +1:5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy +souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. + +1:6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. + +1:7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased +abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land +was filled with them. + +1:8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. + +1:9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of +Israel are more and mightier than we: 1:10 Come on, let us deal wisely +with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there +falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight +against us, and so get them up out of the land. + +1:11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with +their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and +Raamses. + +1:12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and +grew. + +And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. + +1:13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with +rigour: 1:14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in +morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all +their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour. + +1:15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the +name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: 1:16 And +he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and +see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but +if it be a daughter, then she shall live. + +1:17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt +commanded them, but saved the men children alive. + +1:18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto +them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children +alive? 1:19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew +women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are +delivered ere the midwives come in unto them. + +1:20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people +multiplied, and waxed very mighty. + +1:21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he +made them houses. + +1:22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is +born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save +alive. + +2:1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a +daughter of Levi. + +2:2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that +he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. + +2:3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of +bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child +therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. + +2:4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. + +2:5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the +river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she +saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. + +2:6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the +babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the +Hebrews' children. + +2:7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to +thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for +thee? 2:8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went +and called the child's mother. + +2:9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and +nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the women took +the child, and nursed it. + +2:10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, +and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, +Because I drew him out of the water. + +2:11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he +went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied +an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. + +2:12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there +was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. + +2:13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the +Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, +Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? 2:14 And he said, Who made thee a +prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou +killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing +is known. + +2:15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But +Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: +and he sat down by a well. + +2:16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and +drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. + +2:17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up +and helped them, and watered their flock. + +2:18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that +ye are come so soon to day? 2:19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered +us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for +us, and watered the flock. + +2:20 And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that +ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread. + +2:21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses +Zipporah his daughter. + +2:22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he +said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. + +2:23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt +died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and +they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. + +2:24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant +with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. + +2:25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect +unto them. + +3:1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest +of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and +came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. + +3:2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out +of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned +with fire, and the bush was not consumed. + +3:3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, +why the bush is not burnt. + +3:4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto +him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, +Here am I. + +3:5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy +feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. + +3:6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, +the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he +was afraid to look upon God. + +3:7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people +which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their +taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; 3:8 And I am come down to +deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up +out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing +with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the +Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and +the Jebusites. + +3:9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come +unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians +oppress them. + +3:10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou +mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. + +3:11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, +and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? +3:12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a +token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth +the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. + +3:13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of +Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me +unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say +unto them? 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, +Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me +unto you. + +3:15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the +children of Israel, the LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, +the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is +my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. + +3:16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, +The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of +Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen +that which is done to you in Egypt: 3:17 And I have said, I will bring +you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, +and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the +Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. + +3:18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou +and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say +unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us +go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we +may sacrifice to the LORD our God. + +3:19 And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not +by a mighty hand. + +3:20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my +wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will +let you go. + +3:21 And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: +and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty. + +3:22 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that +sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and +raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your +daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians. + +4:1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe +me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not +appeared unto thee. + +4:2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he +said, A rod. + +4:3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, +and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. + +4:4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by +the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a +rod in his hand: 4:5 That they may believe that the LORD God of their +fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, +hath appeared unto thee. + +4:6 And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into +thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it +out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. + +4:7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his +hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, +behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. + +4:8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither +hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the +voice of the latter sign. + +4:9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two +signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the +water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which +thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land. + +4:10 And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, +neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I +am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. + +4:11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who +maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the +LORD? 4:12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach +thee what thou shalt say. + +4:13 And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him +whom thou wilt send. + +4:14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, +Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. +And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth +thee, he will be glad in his heart. + +4:15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I +will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye +shall do. + +4:16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, +even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him +instead of God. + +4:17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt +do signs. + +4:18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said +unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which +are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to +Moses, Go in peace. + +4:19 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: +for all the men are dead which sought thy life. + +4:20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, +and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in +his hand. + +4:21 And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into +Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have +put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let +the people go. + +4:22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is +my son, even my firstborn: 4:23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, +that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will +slay thy son, even thy firstborn. + +4:24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, +and sought to kill him. + +4:25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her +son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art +thou to me. + +4:26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, +because of the circumcision. + +4:27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. +And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him. + +4:28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, +and all the signs which he had commanded him. + +4:29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of +the children of Israel: 4:30 And Aaron spake all the words which the +LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the +people. + +4:31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had +visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their +affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped. + +5:1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus +saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a +feast unto me in the wilderness. + +5:2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to +let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go. + +5:3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, +we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto +the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the +sword. + +5:4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and +Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. + +5:5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and +ye make them rest from their burdens. + +5:6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, +and their officers, saying, 5:7 Ye shall no more give the people straw +to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for +themselves. + +5:8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye +shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be +idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. + +5:9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour +therein; and let them not regard vain words. + +5:10 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, +and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not +give you straw. + +5:11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your +work shall be diminished. + +5:12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of +Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. + +5:13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your +daily tasks, as when there was straw. + +5:14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's +taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore +have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to +day, as heretofore? 5:15 Then the officers of the children of Israel +came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with +thy servants? 5:16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and +they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but +the fault is in thine own people. + +5:17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us +go and do sacrifice to the LORD. + +5:18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given +you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. + +5:19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were +in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your +bricks of your daily task. + +5:20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came +forth from Pharaoh: 5:21 And they said unto them, The LORD look upon +you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the +eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in +their hand to slay us. + +5:22 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, LORD, wherefore hast +thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me? +5:23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done +evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. + +6:1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do +to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a +strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. + +6:2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD: 6:3 +And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name +of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. + +6:4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them +the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were +strangers. + +6:5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom +the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. + +6:6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I +will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will +rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched +out arm, and with great judgments: 6:7 And I will take you to me for a +people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the +LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the +Egyptians. + +6:8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did +swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give +it you for an heritage: I am the LORD. + +6:9 And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened +not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. + +6:10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:11 Go in, speak unto +Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of +his land. + +6:12 And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of +Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who +am of uncircumcised lips? 6:13 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto +Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto +Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land +of Egypt. + +6:14 These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben +the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these +be the families of Reuben. + +6:15 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, +and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the +families of Simeon. + +6:16 And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their +generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the +life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years. + +6:17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their +families. + +6:18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: +and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three +years. + +6:19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families +of Levi according to their generations. + +6:20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she +bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an +hundred and thirty and seven years. + +6:21 And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. + +6:22 And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri. + +6:23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of +Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and +Ithamar. + +6:24 And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these +are the families of the Korhites. + +6:25 And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel +to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers +of the Levites according to their families. + +6:26 These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out +the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their +armies. + +6:27 These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out +the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron. + +6:28 And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses in +the land of Egypt, 6:29 That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am +the LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto +thee. + +6:30 And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised +lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me? 7:1 And the LORD said +unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy +brother shall be thy prophet. + +7:2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother +shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of +his land. + +7:3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my +wonders in the land of Egypt. + +7:4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand +upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of +Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. + +7:5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch +forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from +among them. + +7:6 And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they. + +7:7 And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three +years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. + +7:8 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 7:9 When +Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then +thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, +and it shall become a serpent. + +7:10 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the +LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and +before his servants, and it became a serpent. + +7:11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the +magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their +enchantments. + +7:12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: +but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. + +7:13 And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; +as the LORD had said. + +7:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he +refuseth to let the people go. + +7:15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the +water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and +the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand. + +7:16 And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath +sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in +the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear. + +7:17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: +behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters +which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. + +7:18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall +stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the +river. + +7:19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and +stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, +upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of +water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood +throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in +vessels of stone. + +7:20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted +up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight +of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that +were in the river were turned to blood. + +7:21 And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and +the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was +blood throughout all the land of Egypt. + +7:22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and +Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the +LORD had said. + +7:23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set +his heart to this also. + +7:24 And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to +drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. + +7:25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten +the river. + +8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, +Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. + +8:2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy +borders with frogs: 8:3 And the river shall bring forth frogs +abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy +bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and +upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs: +8:4 And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and +upon all thy servants. + +8:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine +hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the +ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. + +8:6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the +frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. + +8:7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up +frogs upon the land of Egypt. + +8:8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the +LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and +I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD. + +8:9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat +for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the +frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river +only? 8:10 And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to +thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD +our God. + +8:11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and +from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river +only. + +8:12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto +the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh. + +8:13 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs +died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields. + +8:14 And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank. + +8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his +heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. + +8:16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy +rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice +throughout all the land of Egypt. + +8:17 And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, +and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in +beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of +Egypt. + +8:18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth +lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast. + +8:19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: +and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as +the LORD had said. + +8:20 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and +stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto +him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. + +8:21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send +swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, +and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of +swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. + +8:22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my +people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou +mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth. + +8:23 And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to +morrow shall this sign be. + +8:24 And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies +into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all +the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of +flies. + +8:25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, +sacrifice to your God in the land. + +8:26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice +the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we +sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will +they not stone us? 8:27 We will go three days' journey into the +wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us. + +8:28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the +LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: +intreat for me. + +8:29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat +the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his +servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal +deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the +LORD. + +8:30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD. + +8:31 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed +the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his +people; there remained not one. + +8:32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would +he let the people go. + +9:1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, +Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they +may serve me. + +9:2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, 9:3 +Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, +upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and +upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain. + +9:4 And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the +cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the +children's of Israel. + +9:5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD +shall do this thing in the land. + +9:6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of +Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one. + +9:7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of +the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did +not let the people go. + +9:8 And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls +of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven +in the sight of Pharaoh. + +9:9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall +be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, +throughout all the land of Egypt. + +9:10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and +Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking +forth with blains upon man, and upon beast. + +9:11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the +boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the +Egyptians. + +9:12 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not +unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses. + +9:13 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and +stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the +Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. + +9:14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and +upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that +there is none like me in all the earth. + +9:15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy +people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth. + +9:16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to +shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all +the earth. + +9:17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt +not let them go? 9:18 Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause +it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since +the foundation thereof even until now. + +9:19 Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast +in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the +field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon +them, and they shall die. + +9:20 He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh +made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses: 9:21 And he +that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his +cattle in the field. + +9:22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward +heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and +upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of +Egypt. + +9:23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD +sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the +LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. + +9:24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, +such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it +became a nation. + +9:25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was +in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the +field, and brake every tree of the field. + +9:26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, +was there no hail. + +9:27 And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto +them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my +people are wicked. + +9:28 Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty +thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no +longer. + +9:29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I +will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall +cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how +that the earth is the LORD's. + +9:30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet +fear the LORD God. + +9:31 And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in +the ear, and the flax was bolled. + +9:32 But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not +grown up. + +9:33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad +his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the +rain was not poured upon the earth. + +9:34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders +were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his +servants. + +9:35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the +children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses. + +10:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have +hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew +these my signs before him: 10:2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears +of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, +and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I +am the LORD. + +10:3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus +saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble +thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. + +10:4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will +I bring the locusts into thy coast: 10:5 And they shall cover the face +of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall +eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you +from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of +the field: 10:6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all +thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy +fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they +were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out +from Pharaoh. + +10:7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be +a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their +God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? 10:8 And Moses and +Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, +serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go? 10:9 And +Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons +and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; +for we must hold a feast unto the LORD. + +10:10 And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will +let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you. + +10:11 Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye +did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. + +10:12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the +land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of +Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath +left. + +10:13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and +the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that +night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. + +10:14 And the locust went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in +all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there +were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. + +10:15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land +was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the +fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any +green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all +the land of Egypt. + +10:16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I +have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. + +10:17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and +intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death +only. + +10:18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD. + +10:19 And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away +the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one +locust in all the coasts of Egypt. + +10:20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let +the children of Israel go. + +10:21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward +heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even +darkness which may be felt. + +10:22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was +a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: 10:23 They saw +not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but +all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. + +10:24 And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; +only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones +also go with you. + +10:25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt +offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God. + +10:26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be +left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and +we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither. + +10:27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them +go. + +10:28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to +thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou +shalt die. + +10:29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again +no more. + +11:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more +upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: +when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence +altogether. + +11:2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of +his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver and +jewels of gold. + +11:3 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the +Egyptians. + +Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the +sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people. + +11:4 And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out +into the midst of Egypt: 11:5 And all the firstborn in the land of +Egypt shall die, from the first born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his +throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the +mill; and all the firstborn of beasts. + +11:6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, +such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. + +11:7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move +his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD +doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. + +11:8 And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down +themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that +follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from +Pharaoh in a great anger. + +11:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; +that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. + +11:10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and +the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the +children of Israel go out of his land. + +12:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt +saying, 12:2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it +shall be the first month of the year to you. + +12:3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the +tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, +according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: 12:4 And +if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour +next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; +every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. + +12:5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye +shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: 12:6 And ye shall +keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole +assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. + +12:7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side +posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat +it. + +12:8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and +unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. + +12:9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with +fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. + +12:10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and +that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. + +12:11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on +your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: +it is the LORD's passover. + +12:12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will +smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and +against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. + +12:13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where +ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague +shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. + +12:14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep +it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a +feast by an ordinance for ever. + +12:15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye +shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth +leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul +shall be cut off from Israel. + +12:16 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in +the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner +of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, +that only may be done of you. + +12:17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this +selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: +therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an +ordinance for ever. + +12:18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, +ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the +month at even. + +12:19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for +whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut +off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born +in the land. + +12:20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye +eat unleavened bread. + +12:21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto +them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and +kill the passover. + +12:22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood +that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts +with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at +the door of his house until the morning. + +12:23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when +he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the +LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to +come in unto your houses to smite you. + +12:24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to +thy sons for ever. + +12:25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the +LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep +this service. + +12:26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto +you, What mean ye by this service? 12:27 That ye shall say, It is the +sacrifice of the LORD's passover, who passed over the houses of the +children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and +delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. + +12:28 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had +commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. + +12:29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the +firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat +on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the +dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. + +12:30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and +all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was +not a house where there was not one dead. + +12:31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, +and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of +Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said. + +12:32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be +gone; and bless me also. + +12:33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might +send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men. + +12:34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their +kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. + +12:35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; +and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of +gold, and raiment: 12:36 And the LORD gave the people favour in the +sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as +they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians. + +12:37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, +about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. + +12:38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and +herds, even very much cattle. + +12:39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought +forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust +out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for +themselves any victual. + +12:40 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in +Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. + +12:41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty +years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of +the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. + +12:42 It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing +them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be +observed of all the children of Israel in their generations. + +12:43 And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of +the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof: 12:44 But every +man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised +him, then shall he eat thereof. + +12:45 A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof. + +12:46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought +of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone +thereof. + +12:47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. + +12:48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the +passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let +him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the +land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. + +12:49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger +that sojourneth among you. + +12:50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses +and Aaron, so did they. + +12:51 And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring +the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies. + +13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 13:2 Sanctify unto me all +the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of +Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine. + +13:3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye +came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of +hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened +bread be eaten. + +13:4 This day came ye out in the month Abib. + +13:5 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of +the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, +and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a +land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in +this month. + +13:6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh +day shall be a feast to the LORD. + +13:7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no +leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen +with thee in all thy quarters. + +13:8 And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done +because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of +Egypt. + +13:9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a +memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD's law may be in thy mouth: +for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt. + +13:10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year +to year. + +13:11 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of +the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall +give it thee, 13:12 That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that +openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which +thou hast; the males shall be the LORD's. + +13:13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and +if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all +the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem. + +13:14 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, +saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of +hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: +13:15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that +the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the +firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to +the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the +firstborn of my children I redeem. + +13:16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets +between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth +out of Egypt. + +13:17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that +God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, +although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people +repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: 13:18 But God led +the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: +and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt. + +13:19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly +sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and +ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. + +13:20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, +in the edge of the wilderness. + +13:21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to +lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them +light; to go by day and night: 13:22 He took not away the pillar of +the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the +people. + +14:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 14:2 Speak unto the +children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, +between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall +ye encamp by the sea. + +14:3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are +entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. + +14:4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after +them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that +the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so. + +14:5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the +heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, +and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from +serving us? 14:6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people +with him: 14:7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the +chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. + +14:8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he +pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went +out with an high hand. + +14:9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots +of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them +encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon. + +14:10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up +their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they +were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD. + +14:11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, +hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou +dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? 14:12 Is not this +the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we +may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the +Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. + +14:13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and +see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for +the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no +more for ever. + +14:14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. + +14:15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? +speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: 14:16 But +lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and +divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through +the midst of the sea. + +14:17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and +they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and +upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. + +14:18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have +gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his +horsemen. + +14:19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, +removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from +before their face, and stood behind them: 14:20 And it came between +the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud +and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the +one came not near the other all the night. + +14:21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD +caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and +made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. + +14:22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon +the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right +hand, and on their left. + +14:23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst +of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. + +14:24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked +unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the +cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, 14:25 And took off +their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the +Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD +fighteth for them against the Egyptians. + +14:26 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the +sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their +chariots, and upon their horsemen. + +14:27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea +returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians +fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of +the sea. + +14:28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the +horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after +them; there remained not so much as one of them. + +14:29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of +the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and +on their left. + +14:30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the +Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. + +14:31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the +Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and +his servant Moses. + +15:1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the +LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath +triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the +sea. + +15:2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: +he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, +and I will exalt him. + +15:3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name. + +15:4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his +chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea. + +15:5 The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a +stone. + +15:6 Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right +hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. + +15:7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown +them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which +consumed them as stubble. + +15:8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered +together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were +congealed in the heart of the sea. + +15:9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the +spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my +hand shall destroy them. + +15:10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank +as lead in the mighty waters. + +15:11 Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, +glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? 15:12 Thou +stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. + +15:13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast +redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy +habitation. + +15:14 The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on +the inhabitants of Palestina. + +15:15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, +trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan +shall melt away. + +15:16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine +arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O +LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased. + +15:17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of +thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee +to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O LORD, which thy hands have +established. + +15:18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. + +15:19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his +horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the +sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the +midst of the sea. + +15:20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel +in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and +with dances. + +15:21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath +triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the +sea. + +15:22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into +the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, +and found no water. + +15:23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters +of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called +Marah. + +15:24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we +drink? 15:25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a +tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made +sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he +proved them, 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the +voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his +sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his +statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have +brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee. + +15:27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and +threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters. + +16:1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation +of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is +between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after +their departing out of the land of Egypt. + +16:2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured +against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: 16:3 And the children of +Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the +LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we +did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this +wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. + +16:4 Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from +heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate +every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or +no. + +16:5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall +prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as +they gather daily. + +16:6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At +even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the +land of Egypt: 16:7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of +the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and +what are we, that ye murmur against us? 16:8 And Moses said, This +shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, +and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your +murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your +murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD. + +16:9 And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the +children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your +murmurings. + +16:10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation +of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, +and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud. + +16:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 16:12 I have heard the +murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even +ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; +and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God. + +16:13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and +covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. + +16:14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of +the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar +frost on the ground. + +16:15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to +another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said +unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. + +16:16 This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it +every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to +the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in +his tents. + +16:17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some +less. + +16:18 And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much +had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they +gathered every man according to his eating. + +16:19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning. + +16:20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them +left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses +was wroth with them. + +16:21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his +eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. + +16:22 And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice +as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the +congregation came and told Moses. + +16:23 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To +morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which +ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which +remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. + +16:24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did +not stink, neither was there any worm therein. + +16:25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto +the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field. + +16:26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is +the sabbath, in it there shall be none. + +16:27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on +the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. + +16:28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my +commandments and my laws? 16:29 See, for that the LORD hath given you +the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two +days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place +on the seventh day. + +16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day. + +16:31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it +was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers +made with honey. + +16:32 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, +Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see +the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought +you forth from the land of Egypt. + +16:33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of +manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your +generations. + +16:34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the +Testimony, to be kept. + +16:35 And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they +came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the +borders of the land of Canaan. + +16:36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. + +17:1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from +the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the +commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no +water for the people to drink. + +17:2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us +water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with +me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD? 17:3 And the people thirsted +there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, +Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill +us and our children and our cattle with thirst? 17:4 And Moses cried +unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be +almost ready to stone me. + +17:5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take +with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest +the river, take in thine hand, and go. + +17:6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; +and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, +that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders +of Israel. + +17:7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because +of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the +LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not? 17:8 Then came Amalek, +and fought with Israel in Rephidim. + +17:9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight +with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the +rod of God in mine hand. + +17:10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: +and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. + +17:11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel +prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. + +17:12 But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it +under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, +the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his +hands were steady until the going down of the sun. + +17:13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of +the sword. + +17:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a +book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put +out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. + +17:15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it +Jehovahnissi: 17:16 For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the +LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. + +18:1 When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of +all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that +the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt; 18:2 Then Jethro, Moses' +father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back, +18:3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for +he said, I have been an alien in a strange land: 18:4 And the name of +the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine +help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh: 18:5 And Jethro, +Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into +the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God: 18:6 And he +said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy +wife, and her two sons with her. + +18:7 And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, +and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they +came into the tent. + +18:8 And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto +Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail +that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them. + +18:9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done +to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. + +18:10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out +of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath +delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. + +18:11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the +thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them. + +18:12 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and +sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to +eat bread with Moses' father in law before God. + +18:13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the +people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the +evening. + +18:14 And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, +he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest +thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto +even? 18:15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people +come unto me to enquire of God: 18:16 When they have a matter, they +come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them +know the statutes of God, and his laws. + +18:17 And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou +doest is not good. + +18:18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is +with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to +perform it thyself alone. + +18:19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God +shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou +mayest bring the causes unto God: 18:20 And thou shalt teach them +ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must +walk, and the work that they must do. + +18:21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such +as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over +them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of +fifties, and rulers of tens: 18:22 And let them judge the people at +all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring +unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be +easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee. + +18:23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou +shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their +place in peace. + +18:24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did +all that he had said. + +18:25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads +over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of +fifties, and rulers of tens. + +18:26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they +brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. + +18:27 And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into +his own land. + +19:1 In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth +out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness +of Sinai. + +19:2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert +of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped +before the mount. + +19:3 And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of +the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and +tell the children of Israel; 19:4 Ye have seen what I did unto the +Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto +myself. + +19:5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my +covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all +people: for all the earth is mine: 19:6 And ye shall be unto me a +kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. + +These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of +Israel. + +19:7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid +before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him. + +19:8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD +hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people +unto the LORD. + +19:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick +cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe +thee for ever. + +And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD. + +19:10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify +them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, 19:11 And +be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come +down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. + +19:12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, +Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch +the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to +death: 19:13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be +stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not +live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. + +19:14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and +sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. + +19:15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: +come not at your wives. + +19:16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there +were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and +the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that +was in the camp trembled. + +19:17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with +God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. + +19:18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD +descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke +of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. + +19:19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder +and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. + +19:20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the +mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses +went up. + +19:21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest +they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish. + +19:22 And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify +themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them. + +19:23 And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount +Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and +sanctify it. + +19:24 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt +come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the +people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth +upon them. + +19:25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them. + +20:1 And God spake all these words, saying, 20:2 I am the LORD thy +God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the +house of bondage. + +20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. + +20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness +of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, +or that is in the water under the earth. + +20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I +the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the +fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them +that hate me; 20:6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love +me, and keep my commandments. + +20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the +LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. + +20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. + +20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 20:10 But the +seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not +do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor +thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy +gates: 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, +and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the +LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. + +20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon +the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. + +20:13 Thou shalt not kill. + +20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. + +20:15 Thou shalt not steal. + +20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. + +20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet +thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his +ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. + +20:18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and +the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the +people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. + +20:19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: +but let not God speak with us, lest we die. + +20:20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to +prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin +not. + +20:21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the +thick darkness where God was. + +20:22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the +children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from +heaven. + +20:23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make +unto you gods of gold. + +20:24 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice +thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and +thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto +thee, and I will bless thee. + +20:25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build +it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast +polluted it. + +20:26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy +nakedness be not discovered thereon. + +21:1 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. + +21:2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in +the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. + +21:3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were +married, then his wife shall go out with him. + +21:4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons +or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he +shall go out by himself. + +21:5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, +and my children; I will not go out free: 21:6 Then his master shall +bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or +unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an +aul; and he shall serve him for ever. + +21:7 And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not +go out as the menservants do. + +21:8 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, +then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation +he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. + +21:9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her +after the manner of daughters. + +21:10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty +of marriage, shall he not diminish. + +21:11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out +free without money. + +21:12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to +death. + +21:13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; +then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. + +21:14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him +with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. + +21:15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely +put to death. + +21:16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found +in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. + +21:17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be +put to death. + +21:18 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, +or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: 21:19 If he +rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote +him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall +cause him to be thoroughly healed. + +21:20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he +die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. + +21:21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be +punished: for he is his money. + +21:22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit +depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely +punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he +shall pay as the judges determine. + +21:23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, +21:24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, +21:25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. + +21:26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his +maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. + +21:27 And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's +tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. + +21:28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall +be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of +the ox shall be quit. + +21:29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and +it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but +that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his +owner also shall be put to death. + +21:30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for +the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him. + +21:31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according +to this judgment shall it be done unto him. + +21:32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall +give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be +stoned. + +21:33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and +not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein; 21:34 The owner of the +pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the +dead beast shall be his. + +21:35 And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall +sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also +they shall divide. + +21:36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, +and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and +the dead shall be his own. + +22:1 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; +he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. + +22:2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, +there shall no blood be shed for him. + +22:3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; +for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall +be sold for his theft. + +22:4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be +ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double. + +22:5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall +put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best +of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make +restitution. + +22:6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of +corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he +that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. + +22:7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, +and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let +him pay double. + +22:8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be +brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his +neighbour's goods. + +22:9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for +sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which another +challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the +judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto +his neighbour. + +22:10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a +sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, +no man seeing it: 22:11 Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them +both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and +the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good. + +22:12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the +owner thereof. + +22:13 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and +he shall not make good that which was torn. + +22:14 And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or +die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it +good. + +22:15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: +if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire. + +22:16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with +her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. + +22:17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay +money according to the dowry of virgins. + +22:18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. + +22:19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. + +22:20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he +shall be utterly destroyed. + +22:21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were +strangers in the land of Egypt. + +22:22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. + +22:23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I +will surely hear their cry; 22:24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I +will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your +children fatherless. + +22:25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, +thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him +usury. + +22:26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou +shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: 22:27 For that +is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he +sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will +hear; for I am gracious. + +22:28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy +people. + +22:29 Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and +of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. + +22:30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: +seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give +it me. + +22:31 And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh +that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs. + +23:1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the +wicked to be an unrighteous witness. + +23:2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou +speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: 23:3 Neither +shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. + +23:4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt +surely bring it back to him again. + +23:5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his +burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with +him. + +23:6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. + +23:7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous +slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. + +23:8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and +perverteth the words of the righteous. + +23:9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of +a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. + +23:10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the +fruits thereof: 23:11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and +lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave +the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with +thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. + +23:12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou +shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy +handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. + +23:13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and +make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out +of thy mouth. + +23:14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. + +23:15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat +unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time +appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and +none shall appear before me empty:) 23:16 And the feast of harvest, +the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and +the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou +hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. + +23:17 Three items in the year all thy males shall appear before the +LORD God. + +23:18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened +bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning. + +23:19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into +the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his +mother's milk. + +23:20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, +and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. + +23:21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will +not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. + +23:22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I +speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary +unto thine adversaries. + +23:23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the +Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, +the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off. + +23:24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do +after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite +break down their images. + +23:25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy +bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of +thee. + +23:26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy +land: the number of thy days I will fulfil. + +23:27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people +to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their +backs unto thee. + +23:28 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the +Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. + +23:29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the +land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against +thee. + +23:30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, +until thou be increased, and inherit the land. + +23:31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of +the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will +deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt +drive them out before thee. + +23:32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. + +23:33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin +against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare +unto thee. + +24:1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, +Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye +afar off. + +24:2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come +nigh; neither shall the people go up with him. + +24:3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and +all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and +said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do. + +24:4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in +the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, +according to the twelve tribes of Israel. + +24:5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered +burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD. + +24:6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half +of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. + +24:7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of +the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and +be obedient. + +24:8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and +said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with +you concerning all these words. + +24:9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of +the elders of Israel: 24:10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there +was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as +it were the body of heaven in his clearness. + +24:11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his +hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink. + +24:12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and +be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and +commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them. + +24:13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up +into the mount of God. + +24:14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come +again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man +have any matters to do, let him come unto them. + +24:15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. + +24:16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud +covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of +the midst of the cloud. + +24:17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire +on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. + +24:18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into +the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. + +25:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 25:2 Speak unto the +children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that +giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. + +25:3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and +silver, and brass, 25:4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine +linen, and goats' hair, 25:5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' +skins, and shittim wood, 25:6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing +oil, and for sweet incense, 25:7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in +the ephod, and in the breastplate. + +25:8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. + +25:9 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the +tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so +shall ye make it. + +25:10 And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a +half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth +thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. + +25:11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without +shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round +about. + +25:12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in +the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of +it, and two rings in the other side of it. + +25:13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them +with gold. + +25:14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the +ark, that the ark may be borne with them. + +25:15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be +taken from it. + +25:16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give +thee. + +25:17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a +half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth +thereof. + +25:18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt +thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. + +25:19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the +other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the +two ends thereof. + +25:20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, +covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look +one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims +be. + +25:21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the +ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. + +25:22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee +from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are +upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in +commandment unto the children of Israel. + +25:23 Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall +be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit +and a half the height thereof. + +25:24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a +crown of gold round about. + +25:25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round +about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round +about. + +25:26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings +in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. + +25:27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the +staves to bear the table. + +25:28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them +with gold, that the table may be borne with them. + +25:29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and +covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt +thou make them. + +25:30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway. + +25:31 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work +shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, +his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. + +25:32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three +branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of +the candlestick out of the other side: 25:33 Three bowls made like +unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls +made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in +the six branches that come out of the candlestick. + +25:34 And in the candlesticks shall be four bowls made like unto +almonds, with their knops and their flowers. + +25:35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a +knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of +the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the +candlestick. + +25:36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it +shall be one beaten work of pure gold. + +25:37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall +light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. + +25:38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of +pure gold. + +25:39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these +vessels. + +25:40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was +shewed thee in the mount. + +26:1 Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine +twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of +cunning work shalt thou make them. + +26:2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and +the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains +shall have one measure. + +26:3 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and +other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. + +26:4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one +curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou +make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the +second. + +26:5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops +shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of +the second; that the loops may take hold one of another. + +26:6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains +together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle. + +26:7 And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon +the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make. + +26:8 The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth +of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of +one measure. + +26:9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six +curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the +forefront of the tabernacle. + +26:10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain +that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the +curtain which coupleth the second. + +26:11 And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches +into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one. + +26:12 And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the +half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the +tabernacle. + +26:13 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of +that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it +shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that +side, to cover it. + +26:14 And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed +red, and a covering above of badgers' skins. + +26:15 And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood +standing up. + +26:16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a +half shall be the breadth of one board. + +26:17 Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against +another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. + +26:18 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards +on the south side southward. + +26:19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty +boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two +sockets under another board for his two tenons. + +26:20 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side +there shall be twenty boards: 26:21 And their forty sockets of silver; +two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. + +26:22 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six +boards. + +26:23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle +in the two sides. + +26:24 And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be +coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be +for them both; they shall be for the two corners. + +26:25 And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, +sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under +another board. + +26:26 And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of +the one side of the tabernacle, 26:27 And five bars for the boards of +the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the +side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward. + +26:28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from +end to end. + +26:29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their +rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars +with gold. + +26:30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion +thereof which was shewed thee in the mount. + +26:31 And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and +fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made: +26:32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood +overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four +sockets of silver. + +26:33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou +mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and +the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most +holy. + +26:34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony +in the most holy place. + +26:35 And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the +candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle +toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side. + +26:36 And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of +blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with +needlework. + +26:37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim +wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: +and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them. + +27:1 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, +and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height +thereof shall be three cubits. + +27:2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners +thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it +with brass. + +27:3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his +shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the +vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. + +27:4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon +the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof. + +27:5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, +that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. + +27:6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, +and overlay them with brass. + +27:7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall +be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it. + +27:8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in +the mount, so shall they make it. + +27:9 And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south +side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined +linen of an hundred cubits long for one side: 27:10 And the twenty +pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks +of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. + +27:11 And likewise for the north side in length there shall be +hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their +twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of +silver. + +27:12 And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be +hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. + +27:13 And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be +fifty cubits. + +27:14 The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: +their pillars three, and their sockets three. + +27:15 And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their +pillars three, and their sockets three. + +27:16 And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty +cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, +wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their +sockets four. + +27:17 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with +silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass. + +27:18 The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the +breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined +linen, and their sockets of brass. + +27:19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, +and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of +brass. + +27:20 And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring +thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn +always. + +27:21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is +before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening +to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their +generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. + +28:1 And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, +from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the +priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, +Aaron's sons. + +28:2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory +and for beauty. + +28:3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have +filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments +to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's +office. + +28:4 And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, +and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: +and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, +that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. + +28:5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and +fine linen. + +28:6 And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of +scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. + +28:7 It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two +edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together. + +28:8 And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be +of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and +purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. + +28:9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names +of the children of Israel: 28:10 Six of their names on one stone, and +the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their +birth. + +28:11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a +signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the +children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold. + +28:12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the +ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron +shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a +memorial. + +28:13 And thou shalt make ouches of gold; 28:14 And two chains of pure +gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten +the wreathen chains to the ouches. + +28:15 And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning +work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of +blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt +thou make it. + +28:16 Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length +thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. + +28:17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of +stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: +this shall be the first row. + +28:18 And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a +diamond. + +28:19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. + +28:20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they +shall be set in gold in their inclosings. + +28:21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of +Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a +signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve +tribes. + +28:22 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of +wreathen work of pure gold. + +28:23 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and +shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. + +28:24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two +rings which are on the ends of the breastplate. + +28:25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt +fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the +ephod before it. + +28:26 And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them +upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is +in the side of the ephod inward. + +28:27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them +on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, +over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of +the ephod. + +28:28 And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto +the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the +curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed +from the ephod. + +28:29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the +breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy +place, for a memorial before the LORD continually. + +28:30 And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and +the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in +before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of +Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually. + +28:31 And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue. + +28:32 And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst +thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of +it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. + +28:33 And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of +blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and +bells of gold between them round about: 28:34 A golden bell and a +pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe +round about. + +28:35 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be +heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when +he cometh out, that he die not. + +28:36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, +like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. + +28:37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the +mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be. + +28:38 And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the +iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow +in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, +that they may be accepted before the LORD. + +28:39 And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt +make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of +needlework. + +28:40 And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make +for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and +for beauty. + +28:41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons +with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify +them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. + +28:42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their +nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach: 28:43 +And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in +unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto +the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, +and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after +him. + +29:1 And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow +them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young +bullock, and two rams without blemish, 29:2 And unleavened bread, and +cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed +with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them. + +29:3 And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the +basket, with the bullock and the two rams. + +29:4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the +tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water. + +29:5 And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, +and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and +gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod: 29:6 And thou shalt put +the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre. + +29:7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his +head, and anoint him. + +29:8 And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them. + +29:9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and +put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a +perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. + +29:10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the +tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their +hands upon the head of the bullock. + +29:11 And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of +the tabernacle of the congregation. + +29:12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon +the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside +the bottom of the altar. + +29:13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and +the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat +that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. + +29:14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt +thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering. + +29:15 Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put +their hands upon the head of the ram. + +29:16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and +sprinkle it round about upon the altar. + +29:17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of +him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head. + +29:18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt +offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire +unto the LORD. + +29:19 And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall +put their hands upon the head of the ram. + +29:20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it +upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right +ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the +great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar +round about. + +29:21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of +the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, +and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he +shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' +garments with him. + +29:22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the +fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the +two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; +for it is a ram of consecration: 29:23 And one loaf of bread, and one +cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened +bread that is before the LORD: 29:24 And thou shalt put all in the +hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for +a wave offering before the LORD. + +29:25 And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon +the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: it +is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. + +29:26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's +consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and it +shall be thy part. + +29:27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the +shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved +up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, +and of that which is for his sons: 29:28 And it shall be Aaron's and +his sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is +an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children +of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave +offering unto the LORD. + +29:29 And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to +be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them. + +29:30 And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven +days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to +minister in the holy place. + +29:31 And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his +flesh in the holy place. + +29:32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the +bread that is in the basket by the door of the tabernacle of the +congregation. + +29:33 And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was +made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat +thereof, because they are holy. + +29:34 And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, +remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: +it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. + +29:35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to +all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou +consecrate them. + +29:36 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for +atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an +atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. + +29:37 Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and +sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth +the altar shall be holy. + +29:38 Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two +lambs of the first year day by day continually. + +29:39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb +thou shalt offer at even: 29:40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal of +flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the +fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering. + +29:41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do +thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according +to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by +fire unto the LORD. + +29:42 This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your +generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before +the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee. + +29:43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the +tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. + +29:44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the +altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me +in the priest's office. + +29:45 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their +God. + +29:46 And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought +them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am +the LORD their God. + +30:1 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim +wood shalt thou make it. + +30:2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth +thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height +thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same. + +30:3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and +the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt +make unto it a crown of gold round about. + +30:4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, +by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make +it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal. + +30:5 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them +with gold. + +30:6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the +testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I +will meet with thee. + +30:7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he +dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. + +30:8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense +upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your +generations. + +30:9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, +nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon. + +30:10 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a +year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the +year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it +is most holy unto the LORD. + +30:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 30:12 When thou takest +the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they +give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou +numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou +numberest them. + +30:13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are +numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel +is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD. + +30:14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty +years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD. + +30:15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less +than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make +an atonement for your souls. + +30:16 And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of +Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the +congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel +before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. + +30:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 30:18 Thou shalt also +make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and +thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the +altar, and thou shalt put water therein. + +30:19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet +thereat: 30:20 When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, +they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near +to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD: +30:21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die +not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to +his seed throughout their generations. + +30:22 Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 30:23 Take thou also +unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of +sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and +of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, 30:24 And of cassia +five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil +olive an hin: 30:25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an +ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy +anointing oil. + +30:26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation +therewith, and the ark of the testimony, 30:27 And the table and all +his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of +incense, 30:28 And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, +and the laver and his foot. + +30:29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: +whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. + +30:30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, +that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. + +30:31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This +shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. + +30:32 Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make +any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it +shall be holy unto you. + +30:33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of +it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people. + +30:34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, +stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure +frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: 30:35 And thou +shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, +tempered together, pure and holy: 30:36 And thou shalt beat some of it +very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of +the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you +most holy. + +30:37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make +to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto +thee holy for the LORD. + +30:38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall +even be cut off from his people. + +31:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 31:2 See, I have called by +name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: +31:3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in +understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, +31:4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in +brass, 31:5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of +timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. + +31:6 And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of +Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise +hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have +commanded thee; 31:7 The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark +of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the +furniture of the tabernacle, 31:8 And the table and his furniture, and +the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense, +31:9 And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the +laver and his foot, 31:10 And the cloths of service, and the holy +garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to +minister in the priest's office, 31:11 And the anointing oil, and +sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have +commanded thee shall they do. + +31:12 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 31:13 Speak thou also +unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: +for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that +ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you. + +31:14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: +every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever +doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his +people. + +31:15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of +rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, +he shall surely be put to death. + +31:16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to +observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual +covenant. + +31:17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for +in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he +rested, and was refreshed. + +31:18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing +with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, +written with the finger of God. + +32:1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of +the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and +said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for +this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we +wot not what is become of him. + +32:2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which +are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, +and bring them unto me. + +32:3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in +their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. + +32:4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a +graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These +be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. + +32:5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron +made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD. + +32:6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt +offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat +and to drink, and rose up to play. + +32:7 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, +which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted +themselves: 32:8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I +commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped +it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O +Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. + +32:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, +behold, it is a stiffnecked people: 32:10 Now therefore let me alone, +that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: +and I will make of thee a great nation. + +32:11 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth +thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth +out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? +32:12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did +he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them +from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of +this evil against thy people. + +32:13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou +swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your +seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of +will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. + +32:14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto +his people. + +32:15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two +tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on +both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. + +32:16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the +writing of God, graven upon the tables. + +32:17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, +he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. + +32:18 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, +neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the +noise of them that sing do I hear. + +32:19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that +he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he +cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. + +32:20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the +fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made +the children of Israel drink of it. + +32:21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that +thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? 32:22 And Aaron said, Let +not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they +are set on mischief. + +32:23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: +for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of +Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. + +32:24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it +off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came +out this calf. + +32:25 And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had +made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:) 32:26 Then +Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD's +side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered +themselves together unto him. + +32:27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put +every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate +throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his +companion, and every man his neighbour. + +32:28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and +there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. + +32:29 For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, +even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow +upon you a blessing this day. + +32:30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the +people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the +LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. + +32:31 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have +sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. + +32:32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, +I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. + +32:33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, +him will I blot out of my book. + +32:34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have +spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: +nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. + +32:35 And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, +which Aaron made. + +33:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and +the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto +the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, +Unto thy seed will I give it: 33:2 And I will send an angel before +thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the +Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: 33:3 Unto a +land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of +thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the +way. + +33:4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and +no man did put on him his ornaments. + +33:5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of +Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of +thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy +ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. + +33:6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments +by the mount Horeb. + +33:7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, +afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the +congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the +LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was +without the camp. + +33:8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, +that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and +looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle. + +33:9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the +cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and +the Lord talked with Moses. + +33:10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle +door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent +door. + +33:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh +unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant +Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the +tabernacle. + +33:12 And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up +this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with +me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found +grace in my sight. + +33:13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, +shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in +thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people. + +33:14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give +thee rest. + +33:15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us +not up hence. + +33:16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have +found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so +shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are +upon the face of the earth. + +33:17 And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that +thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know +thee by name. + +33:18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. + +33:19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I +will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious +to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew +mercy. + +33:20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man +see me, and live. + +33:21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou +shalt stand upon a rock: 33:22 And it shall come to pass, while my +glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and +will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: 33:23 And I will take +away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall +not be seen. + +34:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like +unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were +in the first tables, which thou brakest. + +34:2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto +mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. + +34:3 And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen +throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before +that mount. + +34:4 And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses +rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the +LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. + +34:5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, +and proclaimed the name of the LORD. + +34:6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The +LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in +goodness and truth, 34:7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving +iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear +the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, +and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth +generation. + +34:8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and +worshipped. + +34:9 And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O LORD, let +my LORD, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and +pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. + +34:10 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I +will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in +any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work +of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee. + +34:11 Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive +out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and +the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. + +34:12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the +inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in +the midst of thee: 34:13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break +their images, and cut down their groves: 34:14 For thou shalt worship +no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: +34:15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and +they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, +and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; 34:16 And thou take +of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring +after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods. + +34:17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. + +34:18 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou +shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the +month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt. + +34:19 All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among +thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. + +34:20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and +if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the +firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before +me empty. + +34:21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt +rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. + +34:22 And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of +wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end. + +34:23 Thrice in the year shall all your menchildren appear before the +LORD God, the God of Israel. + +34:24 For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy +borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up +to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year. + +34:25 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; +neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto +the morning. + +34:26 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto +the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his +mother's milk. + +34:27 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after +the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with +Israel. + +34:28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he +did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables +the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. + +34:29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with +the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the +mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he +talked with him. + +34:30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, +the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. + +34:31 And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the +congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them. + +34:32 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave +them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount +Sinai. + +34:33 And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his +face. + +34:34 But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he +took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto +the children of Israel that which he was commanded. + +34:35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin +of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, +until he went in to speak with him. + +35:1 And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel +together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath +commanded, that ye should do them. + +35:2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall +be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth +work therein shall be put to death. + +35:3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the +sabbath day. + +35:4 And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of +Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying, +35:5 Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of +a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and +silver, and brass, 35:6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine +linen, and goats' hair, 35:7 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' +skins, and shittim wood, 35:8 And oil for the light, and spices for +anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, 35:9 And onyx stones, and +stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate. + +35:10 And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that +the LORD hath commanded; 35:11 The tabernacle, his tent, and his +covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his +sockets, 35:12 The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, +and the vail of the covering, 35:13 The table, and his staves, and all +his vessels, and the shewbread, 35:14 The candlestick also for the +light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light, +35:15 And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, +and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in +of the tabernacle, 35:16 The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen +grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, 35:17 +The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the +hanging for the door of the court, 35:18 The pins of the tabernacle, +and the pins of the court, and their cords, 35:19 The cloths of +service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron +the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's +office. + +35:20 And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from +the presence of Moses. + +35:21 And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every +one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD's offering +to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his +service, and for the holy garments. + +35:22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing +hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, +all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of +gold unto the LORD. + +35:23 And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and +scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and +badgers' skins, brought them. + +35:24 Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought +the LORD's offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood +for any work of the service, brought it. + +35:25 And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their +hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of +purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. + +35:26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun +goats' hair. + +35:27 And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for +the ephod, and for the breastplate; 35:28 And spice, and oil for the +light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. + +35:29 The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, +every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all +manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of +Moses. + +35:30 And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath +called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe +of Judah; 35:31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in +wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of +workmanship; 35:32 And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and +in silver, and in brass, 35:33 And in the cutting of stones, to set +them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. + +35:34 And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and +Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. + +35:35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of +work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the +embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, +and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that +devise cunning work. + +36:1 Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in +whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all +manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that +the LORD had commanded. + +36:2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted +man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose +heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it: 36:3 And they +received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had +brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it +withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning. + +36:4 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, +came every man from his work which they made; 36:5 And they spake unto +Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service +of the work, which the LORD commanded to make. + +36:6 And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed +throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more +work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained +from bringing. + +36:7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make +it, and too much. + +36:8 And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of +the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and +purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them. + +36:9 The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the +breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size. + +36:10 And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other +five curtains he coupled one unto another. + +36:11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the +selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of +another curtain, in the coupling of the second. + +36:12 Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in +the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the +loops held one curtain to another. + +36:13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one +unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle. + +36:14 And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the +tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them. + +36:15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was +the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size. + +36:16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by +themselves. + +36:17 And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain +in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain +which coupleth the second. + +36:18 And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, +that it might be one. + +36:19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and +a covering of badgers' skins above that. + +36:20 And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing +up. + +36:21 The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board +one cubit and a half. + +36:22 One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus +did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. + +36:23 And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the +south side southward: 36:24 And forty sockets of silver he made under +the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and +two sockets under another board for his two tenons. + +36:25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the +north corner, he made twenty boards, 36:26 And their forty sockets of +silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another +board. + +36:27 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards. + +36:28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the +two sides. + +36:29 And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head +thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners. + +36:30 And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen +sockets of silver, under every board two sockets. + +36:31 And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one +side of the tabernacle, 36:32 And five bars for the boards of the +other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the +tabernacle for the sides westward. + +36:33 And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the +one end to the other. + +36:34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of +gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. + +36:35 And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine +twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work. + +36:36 And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid +them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four +sockets of silver. + +36:37 And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and +purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework; 36:38 And +the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their +chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of +brass. + +37:1 And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half +was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a +cubit and a half the height of it: 37:2 And he overlaid it with pure +gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about. + +37:3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four +corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings +upon the other side of it. + +37:4 And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. + +37:5 And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to +bear the ark. + +37:6 And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half +was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof. + +37:7 And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made +he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat; 37:8 One cherub on the end +on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of +the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof. + +37:9 And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered +with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; +even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims. + +37:10 And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length +thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the +height thereof: 37:11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made +thereunto a crown of gold round about. + +37:12 Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; +and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about. + +37:13 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon +the four corners that were in the four feet thereof. + +37:14 Over against the border were the rings, the places for the +staves to bear the table. + +37:15 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with +gold, to bear the table. + +37:16 And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, +and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure +gold. + +37:17 And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he +the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and +his flowers, were of the same: 37:18 And six branches going out of the +sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side +thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side +thereof: 37:19 Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one +branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in +another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches +going out of the candlestick. + +37:20 And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his +knops, and his flowers: 37:21 And a knop under two branches of the +same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two +branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it. + +37:22 Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was +one beaten work of pure gold. + +37:23 And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his +snuffdishes, of pure gold. + +37:24 Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels +thereof. + +37:25 And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it +was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two +cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same. + +37:26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the +sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a +crown of gold round about. + +37:27 And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by +the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for +the staves to bear it withal. + +37:28 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with +gold. + +37:29 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of +sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary. + +38:1 And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five +cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it +was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof. + +38:2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the +horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass. + +38:3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the +shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the +vessels thereof made he of brass. + +38:4 And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the +compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it. + +38:5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, +to be places for the staves. + +38:6 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with +brass. + +38:7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, +to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards. + +38:8 And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of +the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the +door of the tabernacle of the congregation. + +38:9 And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings +of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits: 38:10 Their +pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the +pillars and their fillets were of silver. + +38:11 And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, +their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the +hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. + +38:12 And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their +pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their +fillets of silver. + +38:13 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. + +38:14 The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; +their pillars three, and their sockets three. + +38:15 And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that +hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their +sockets three. + +38:16 All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined +linen. + +38:17 And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the +pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their +chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted +with silver. + +38:18 And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of +blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty +cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, +answerable to the hangings of the court. + +38:19 And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; +their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their +fillets of silver. + +38:20 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round +about, were of brass. + +38:21 This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of +testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, +for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron +the priest. + +38:22 And Bezaleel the son Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, +made all that the LORD commanded Moses. + +38:23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, +an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in +purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. + +38:24 All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of +the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine +talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the +sanctuary. + +38:25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation +was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore +and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 38:26 A bekah +for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the +sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years +old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five +hundred and fifty men. + +38:27 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of +the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the +hundred talents, a talent for a socket. + +38:28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he +made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted +them. + +38:29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two +thousand and four hundred shekels. + +38:30 And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle +of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for +it, and all the vessels of the altar, 38:31 And the sockets of the +court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins +of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about. + +39:1 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of +service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments +for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses. + +39:2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and +fine twined linen. + +39:3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into +wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, +and in the fine linen, with cunning work. + +39:4 They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the +two edges was it coupled together. + +39:5 And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the +same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and +scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses. + +39:6 And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, +as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel. + +39:7 And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should +be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD +commanded Moses. + +39:8 And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the +ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. + +39:9 It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was +the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled. + +39:10 And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a +sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row. + +39:11 And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. + +39:12 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. + +39:13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were +inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings. + +39:14 And the stones were according to the names of the children of +Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a +signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes. + +39:15 And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of +wreathen work of pure gold. + +39:16 And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put +the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate. + +39:17 And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on +the ends of the breastplate. + +39:18 And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the +two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before +it. + +39:19 And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of +the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the +ephod inward. + +39:20 And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two +sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against +the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. + +39:21 And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of +the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious +girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from +the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses. + +39:22 And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. + +39:23 And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of +an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not +rend. + +39:24 And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, +and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. + +39:25 And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the +pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the +pomegranates; 39:26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a +pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the +LORD commanded Moses. + +39:27 And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and +for his sons, 39:28 And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of +fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen, 39:29 And a +girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of +needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses. + +39:30 And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and +wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS +TO THE LORD. + +39:31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon +the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses. + +39:32 Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the +congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all +that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they. + +39:33 And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all +his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and +his sockets, 39:34 And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the +covering of badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering, 39:35 The +ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat, +39:36 The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread, 39:37 +The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to +be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light, +39:38 And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet +incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door, 39:39 The brasen +altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the +laver and his foot, 39:40 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and +his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his +pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the +tent of the congregation, 39:41 The cloths of service to do service in +the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his +sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office. + +39:42 According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children +of Israel made all the work. + +39:43 And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done +it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses +blessed them. + +40:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 40:2 On the first day of +the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the +congregation. + +40:3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover +the ark with the vail. + +40:4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things +that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the +candlestick, and light the lamps thereof. + +40:5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the +ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the +tabernacle. + +40:6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the +door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. + +40:7 And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation +and the altar, and shalt put water therein. + +40:8 And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the +hanging at the court gate. + +40:9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, +and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels +thereof: and it shall be holy. + +40:10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all +his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most +holy. + +40:11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. + +40:12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the +tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. + +40:13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, +and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. + +40:14 And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats: 40:15 +And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that +they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing +shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their +generations. + +40:16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so +did he. + +40:17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on +the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. + +40:18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, +and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared +up his pillars. + +40:19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the +covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses. + +40:20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the +staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark: 40:21 +And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the +covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded +Moses. + +40:22 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the +side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail. + +40:23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the +LORD had commanded Moses. + +40:24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over +against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. + +40:25 And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded +Moses. + +40:26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation +before the vail: 40:27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD +commanded Moses. + +40:28 And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. + +40:29 And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the +tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the +burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses. + +40:30 And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and +the altar, and put water there, to wash withal. + +40:31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their +feet thereat: 40:32 When they went into the tent of the congregation, +and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD +commanded Moses. + +40:33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the +altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the +work. + +40:34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory +of the LORD filled the tabernacle. + +40:35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the +congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the +LORD filled the tabernacle. + +40:36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the +children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: 40:37 But if the +cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it +was taken up. + +40:38 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and +fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, +throughout all their journeys. + + + + +The Third Book of Moses: Called Leviticus + + +1:1 And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the +tabernacle of the congregation, saying, 1:2 Speak unto the children of +Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto +the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the +herd, and of the flock. + +1:3 If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a +male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at +the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD. + +1:4 And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and +it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. + +1:5 And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, +Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round +about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the +congregation. + +1:6 And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces. + +1:7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, +and lay the wood in order upon the fire: 1:8 And the priests, Aaron's +sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the +wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar: 1:9 But his inwards +and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on +the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a +sweet savour unto the LORD. + +1:10 And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of +the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without +blemish. + +1:11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before +the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood +round about upon the altar. + +1:12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: +and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire +which is upon the altar: 1:13 But he shall wash the inwards and the +legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon +the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a +sweet savour unto the LORD. + +1:14 And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of +fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young +pigeons. + +1:15 And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his +head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung +out at the side of the altar: 1:16 And he shall pluck away his crop +with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by +the place of the ashes: 1:17 And he shall cleave it with the wings +thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it +upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt +sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. + +2:1 And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his +offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and +put frankincense thereon: 2:2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons +the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour +thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; +and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an +offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: 2:3 And the +remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a +thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire. + +2:4 And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the +oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or +unleavened wafers anointed with oil. + +2:5 And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall be +of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil. + +2:6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat +offering. + +2:7 And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it +shall be made of fine flour with oil. + +2:8 And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these +things unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he +shall bring it unto the altar. + +2:9 And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial +thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by +fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. + +2:10 And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and +his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made +by fire. + +2:11 No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be +made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any +offering of the LORD made by fire. + +2:12 As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto +the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour. + +2:13 And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with +salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to +be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt +offer salt. + +2:14 And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the +LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green +ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears. + +2:15 And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it +is a meat offering. + +2:16 And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten +corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense +thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. + +3:1 And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer +it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it +without blemish before the LORD. + +3:2 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill +it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons +the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. + +3:3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an +offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the +inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 3:4 And the two +kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the +caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. + +3:5 And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt +sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an +offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. + +3:6 And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the +LORD be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without +blemish. + +3:7 If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before +the LORD. + +3:8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill +it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall +sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar. + +3:9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an +offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole +rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that +covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 3:10 +And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the +flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he +take away. + +3:11 And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of +the offering made by fire unto the LORD. + +3:12 And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the +LORD. + +3:13 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before +the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall +sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about. + +3:14 And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by +fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat +that is upon the inwards, 3:15 And the two kidneys, and the fat that +is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, +with the kidneys, it shall he take away. + +3:16 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of +the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the +LORD's. + +3:17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout +all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood. + +4:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 4:2 Speak unto the children +of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any +of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to +be done, and shall do against any of them: 4:3 If the priest that is +anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring +for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish +unto the LORD for a sin offering. + +4:4 And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of +the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the +bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the LORD. + +4:5 And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, +and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation: 4:6 And the priest +shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven +times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary. + +4:7 And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the +altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of +the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the +bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the +tabernacle of the congregation. + +4:8 And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the +sin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that +is upon the inwards, 4:9 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon +them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the +kidneys, it shall he take away, 4:10 As it was taken off from the +bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn +them upon the altar of the burnt offering. + +4:11 And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, +and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung, 4:12 Even the whole +bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, +where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: +where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt. + +4:13 And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, +and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done +somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things +which should not be done, and are guilty; 4:14 When the sin, which +they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall +offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle +of the congregation. + +4:15 And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the +head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed +before the LORD. + +4:16 And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's +blood to the tabernacle of the congregation: 4:17 And the priest shall +dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times +before the LORD, even before the vail. + +4:18 And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar +which is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the +congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the +altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of +the congregation. + +4:19 And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the +altar. + +4:20 And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a +sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an +atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them. + +4:21 And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn +him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the +congregation. + +4:22 When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance +against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things +which should not be done, and is guilty; 4:23 Or if his sin, wherein +he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a +kid of the goats, a male without blemish: 4:24 And he shall lay his +hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they +kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is a sin offering. + +4:25 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with +his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, +and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt +offering. + +4:26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the +sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement +for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him. + +4:27 And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while +he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD +concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; 4:28 Or +if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall +bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for +his sin which he hath sinned. + +4:29 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and +slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. + +4:30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, +and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall +pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. + +4:31 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken +away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall +burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the +priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him. + +4:32 And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a +female without blemish. + +4:33 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and +slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt +offering. + +4:34 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with +his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, +and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar: +4:35 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the +lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the +priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made +by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his +sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him. + +5:1 And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a +witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, +then he shall bear his iniquity. + +5:2 Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of +an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of +unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall +be unclean, and guilty. + +5:3 Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it +be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he +knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty. + +5:4 Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do +good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it +be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one +of these. + +5:5 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, +that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing: 5:6 And he +shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he +hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, +for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him +concerning his sin. + +5:7 And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his +trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young +pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a +burnt offering. + +5:8 And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that +which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his +neck, but shall not divide it asunder: 5:9 And he shall sprinkle of +the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest +of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a +sin offering. + +5:10 And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to +the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin +which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him. + +5:11 But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young +pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth +part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil +upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a +sin offering. + +5:12 Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take +his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, +according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin +offering. + +5:13 And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his +sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: +and the remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat offering. + +5:14 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 5:15 If a soul commit a +trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; +then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without +blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, +after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering. + +5:16 And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the +holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the +priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of +the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him. + +5:17 And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are +forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist +it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. + +5:18 And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with +thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the +priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance +wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him. + +5:19 It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against +the LORD. + +6:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:2 If a soul sin, and +commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that +which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken +away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; 6:3 Or have found +that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in +any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein: 6:4 Then it shall +be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that +which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully +gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing +which he found, 6:5 Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he +shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part +more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day +of his trespass offering. + +6:6 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram +without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass +offering, unto the priest: 6:7 And the priest shall make an atonement +for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of +all that he hath done in trespassing therein. + +6:8 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:9 Command Aaron and his +sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt +offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the +morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it. + +6:10 And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen +breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the +fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall +put them beside the altar. + +6:11 And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and +carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place. + +6:12 And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not +be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and +lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the +fat of the peace offerings. + +6:13 The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go +out. + +6:14 And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall +offer it before the LORD, before the altar. + +6:15 And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat +offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is +upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet +savour, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD. + +6:16 And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with +unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of +the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it. + +6:17 It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for +their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the +sin offering, and as the trespass offering. + +6:18 All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It +shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the +offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall +be holy. + +6:19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:20 This is the offering +of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the +day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for +a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof +at night. + +6:21 In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou +shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt +thou offer for a sweet savour unto the LORD. + +6:22 And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall +offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly +burnt. + +6:23 For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it +shall not be eaten. + +6:24 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:25 Speak unto Aaron and +to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the place +where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed +before the LORD: it is most holy. + +6:26 The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy +place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the +congregation. + +6:27 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when +there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt +wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place. + +6:28 But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and +if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed +in water. + +6:29 All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most +holy. + +6:30 And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the +tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, +shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire. + +7:1 Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most +holy. + +7:2 In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill +the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round +about upon the altar. + +7:3 And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the +fat that covereth the inwards, 7:4 And the two kidneys, and the fat +that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above +the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away: 7:5 And the priest +shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the +LORD: it is a trespass offering. + +7:6 Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten +in the holy place: it is most holy. + +7:7 As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one +law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have +it. + +7:8 And the priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, even the +priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he +hath offered. + +7:9 And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that +is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's +that offereth it. + +7:10 And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the +sons of Aaron have, one as much as another. + +7:11 And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he +shall offer unto the LORD. + +7:12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the +sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and +unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of +fine flour, fried. + +7:13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread +with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings. + +7:14 And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an +heave offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's that +sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings. + +7:15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for +thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall +not leave any of it until the morning. + +7:16 But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary +offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his +sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten: +7:17 But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day +shall be burnt with fire. + +7:18 And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings +be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither +shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an +abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity. + +7:19 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; +it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean +shall eat thereof. + +7:20 But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace +offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon +him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. + +7:21 Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the +uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean +thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which +pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his +people. + +7:22 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 7:23 Speak unto the +children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or +of sheep, or of goat. + +7:24 And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of +that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye +shall in no wise eat of it. + +7:25 For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an +offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it +shall be cut off from his people. + +7:26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl +or of beast, in any of your dwellings. + +7:27 Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that +soul shall be cut off from his people. + +7:28 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 7:29 Speak unto the +children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his +peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORD +of the sacrifice of his peace offerings. + +7:30 His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, +the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be +waved for a wave offering before the LORD. + +7:31 And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast +shall be Aaron's and his sons'. + +7:32 And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave +offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings. + +7:33 He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace +offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part. + +7:34 For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the +children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, +and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a +statute for ever from among the children of Israel. + +7:35 This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the +anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, +in the day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the +priest's office; 7:36 Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the +children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for +ever throughout their generations. + +7:37 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and +of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the +consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings; 7:38 Which +the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded +the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the +wilderness of Sinai. + +8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 8:2 Take Aaron and his sons +with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for +the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread; 8:3 +And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the +tabernacle of the congregation. + +8:4 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was +gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. + +8:5 And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the +LORD commanded to be done. + +8:6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. + +8:7 And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and +clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded +him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him +therewith. + +8:8 And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the +breastplate the Urim and the Thummim. + +8:9 And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon +his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the +LORD commanded Moses. + +8:10 And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and +all that was therein, and sanctified them. + +8:11 And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed +the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to +sanctify them. + +8:12 And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and +anointed him, to sanctify him. + +8:13 And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coats upon them, and +girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the LORD +commanded Moses. + +8:14 And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and +his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin +offering. + +8:15 And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the +horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the +altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified +it, to make reconciliation upon it. + +8:16 And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul +above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned +it upon the altar. + +8:17 But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt +with fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses. + +8:18 And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his +sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. + +8:19 And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar +round about. + +8:20 And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the +pieces, and the fat. + +8:21 And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt +the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet +savour, and an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD +commanded Moses. + +8:22 And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron +and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. + +8:23 And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it +upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right +hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. + +8:24 And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the +tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and +upon the great toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the blood +upon the altar round about. + +8:25 And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon +the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and +their fat, and the right shoulder: 8:26 And out of the basket of +unleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened +cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the +fat, and upon the right shoulder: 8:27 And he put all upon Aaron's +hands, and upon his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave offering +before the LORD. + +8:28 And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the +altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet +savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. + +8:29 And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering +before the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part; as +the LORD commanded Moses. + +8:30 And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was +upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, +and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him; and +sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' +garments with him. + +8:31 And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the +door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the +bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, +Aaron and his sons shall eat it. + +8:32 And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye +burn with fire. + +8:33 And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the +congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at +an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you. + +8:34 As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to +make an atonement for you. + +8:35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the +congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the +LORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded. + +8:36 So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by +the hand of Moses. + +9:1 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and +his sons, and the elders of Israel; 9:2 And he said unto Aaron, Take +thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, +without blemish, and offer them before the LORD. + +9:3 And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye +a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of +the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering; 9:4 Also a +bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD; +and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the LORD will appear +unto you. + +9:5 And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle +of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood +before the LORD. + +9:6 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that ye +should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you. + +9:7 And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin +offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, +and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an +atonement for them; as the LORD commanded. + +9:8 Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin +offering, which was for himself. + +9:9 And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped +his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and +poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar: 9:10 But the fat, and +the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he +burnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses. + +9:11 And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp. + +9:12 And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto +him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar. + +9:13 And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces +thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar. + +9:14 And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the +burnt offering on the altar. + +9:15 And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which +was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for +sin, as the first. + +9:16 And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to +the manner. + +9:17 And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, +and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the +morning. + +9:18 He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace +offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons presented unto +him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about, 9:19 And +the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which +covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver: +9:20 And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon +the altar: 9:21 And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for +a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded. + +9:22 And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, +and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt +offering, and peace offerings. + +9:23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, +and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD +appeared unto all the people. + +9:24 And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon +the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people +saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces. + +10:1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his +censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered +strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. + +10:2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and +they died before the LORD. + +10:3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, +saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all +the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. + +10:4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the +uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren +from before the sanctuary out of the camp. + +10:5 So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the +camp; as Moses had said. + +10:6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his +sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, +and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the +whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled. + +10:7 And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the +congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon +you. And they did according to the word of Moses. + +10:8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying, 10:9 Do not drink wine nor +strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the +tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for +ever throughout your generations: 10:10 And that ye may put difference +between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; 10:11 And that +ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD +hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. + +10:12 And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, +his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the +offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside +the altar: for it is most holy: 10:13 And ye shall eat it in the holy +place, because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of +the LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded. + +10:14 And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean +place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be +thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of +peace offerings of the children of Israel. + +10:15 The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the +offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering +before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a +statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded. + +10:16 And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, +behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the +sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying, 10:17 Wherefore have ye +not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, +and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to +make atonement for them before the LORD? 10:18 Behold, the blood of +it was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed have +eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded. + +10:19 And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered +their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such +things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, +should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD? 10:20 And when +Moses heard that, he was content. + +11:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, +11:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts +which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. + +11:3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the +cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. + +11:4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or +of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the +cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. + +11:5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the +hoof; he is unclean unto you. + +11:6 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the +hoof; he is unclean unto you. + +11:7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, +yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. + +11:8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not +touch; they are unclean to you. + +11:9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath +fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them +shall ye eat. + +11:10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the +rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which +is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: 11:11 They +shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their +flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. + +11:12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be +an abomination unto you. + +11:13 And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the +fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, +and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 11:14 And the vulture, and the kite +after his kind; 11:15 Every raven after his kind; 11:16 And the owl, +and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, 11:17 +And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, 11:18 And +the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, 11:19 And the stork, +the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. + +11:20 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an +abomination unto you. + +11:21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth +upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon +the earth; 11:22 Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his +kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his +kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. + +11:23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, +shall be an abomination unto you. + +11:24 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the +carcase of them shall be unclean until the even. + +11:25 And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash +his clothes, and be unclean until the even. + +11:26 The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not +clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one +that toucheth them shall be unclean. + +11:27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts +that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their +carcase shall be unclean until the even. + +11:28 And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, +and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you. + +11:29 These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things +that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise +after his kind, 11:30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the +lizard, and the snail, and the mole. + +11:31 These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth +touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even. + +11:32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, +it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or +skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it +must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it +shall be cleansed. + +11:33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, +whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it. + +11:34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh +shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel +shall be unclean. + +11:35 And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth +shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall +be broken down: for they are unclean and shall be unclean unto you. + +11:36 Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of +water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be +unclean. + +11:37 And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which +is to be sown, it shall be clean. + +11:38 But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their +carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. + +11:39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the +carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even. + +11:40 And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, +and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it +shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. + +11:41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be +an abomination; it shall not be eaten. + +11:42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all +four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that +creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an +abomination. + +11:43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing +that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, +that ye should be defiled thereby. + +11:44 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify +yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye +defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon +the earth. + +11:45 For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, +to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. + +11:46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every +living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that +creepeth upon the earth: 11:47 To make a difference between the +unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the +beast that may not be eaten. + +12:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 12:2 Speak unto the +children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a +man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days +of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. + +12:3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be +circumcised. + +12:4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three +and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the +sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. + +12:5 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two +weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of +her purifying threescore and six days. + +12:6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or +for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt +offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, +unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest: +12:7 Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for +her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is +the law for her that hath born a male or a female. + +12:8 And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two +turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the +other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for +her, and she shall be clean. + +13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, 13:2 When a man +shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, +and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he +shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the +priests: 13:3 And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of +the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the +plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague +of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him +unclean. + +13:4 If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in +sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned +white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven +days: 13:5 And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, +behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread +not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more: +13:6 And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, +behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in +the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and +he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. + +13:7 But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he +hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of +the priest again. + +13:8 And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the +skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy. + +13:9 When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought +unto the priest; 13:10 And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if +the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, +and there be quick raw flesh in the rising; 13:11 It is an old leprosy +in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, +and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean. + +13:12 And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy +cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to +his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh; 13:13 Then the priest shall +consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he +shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned +white: he is clean. + +13:14 But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean. + +13:15 And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be +unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy. + +13:16 Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he +shall come unto the priest; 13:17 And the priest shall see him: and, +behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall +pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean. + +13:18 The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, +and is healed, 13:19 And in the place of the boil there be a white +rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be +shewed to the priest; 13:20 And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, +it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned +white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of +leprosy broken out of the boil. + +13:21 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white +hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat +dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: 13:22 And if it +spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him +unclean: it is a plague. + +13:23 But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is +a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. + +13:24 Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot +burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, +somewhat reddish, or white; 13:25 Then the priest shall look upon it: +and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be +in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the +burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the +plague of leprosy. + +13:26 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white +hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but +be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: 13:27 +And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be +spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him +unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. + +13:28 And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the +skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the +priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the +burning. + +13:29 If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard; +13:30 Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in +sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; +then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a +leprosy upon the head or beard. + +13:31 And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, +it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black +hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of +the scall seven days: 13:32 And in the seventh day the priest shall +look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be +in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the +skin; 13:33 He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and +the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more: +13:34 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, +behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper +than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall +wash his clothes, and be clean. + +13:35 But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing; +13:36 Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be +spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is +unclean. + +13:37 But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is +black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the +priest shall pronounce him clean. + +13:38 If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright +spots, even white bright spots; 13:39 Then the priest shall look: and, +behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish +white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean. + +13:40 And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet +is he clean. + +13:41 And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head +toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean. + +13:42 And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white +reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald +forehead. + +13:43 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising +of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald +forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh; 13:44 He +is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him +utterly unclean; his plague is in his head. + +13:45 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, +and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and +shall cry, Unclean, unclean. + +13:46 All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be +defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall +his habitation be. + +13:47 The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be +a woollen garment, or a linen garment; 13:48 Whether it be in the +warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any +thing made of skin; 13:49 And if the plague be greenish or reddish in +the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in +any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto +the priest: 13:50 And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut +up it that hath the plague seven days: 13:51 And he shall look on the +plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, +either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that +is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean. + +13:52 He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in +woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for +it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire. + +13:53 And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not +spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any +thing of skin; 13:54 Then the priest shall command that they wash the +thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more: +13:55 And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is +washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and +the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the +fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without. + +13:56 And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark +after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or +out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof: 13:57 And if +it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or +in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn that +wherein the plague is with fire. + +13:58 And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of +skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from +them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean. + +13:59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen +or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to +pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean. + +14:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 14:2 This shall be the law +of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the +priest: 14:3 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the +priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in +the leper; 14:4 Then shall the priest command to take for him that is +to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, +and hyssop: 14:5 And the priest shall command that one of the birds be +killed in an earthen vessel over running water: 14:6 As for the living +bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the +hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the +bird that was killed over the running water: 14:7 And he shall +sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, +and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose +into the open field. + +14:8 And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave +off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and +after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of +his tent seven days. + +14:9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his +hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he +shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his +flesh in water, and he shall be clean. + +14:10 And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without +blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three +tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and +one log of oil. + +14:11 And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that +is to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door of +the tabernacle of the congregation: 14:12 And the priest shall take +one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of +oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: 14:13 And he +shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering +and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is +the priest's, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy: 14:14 And +the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and +the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is +to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the +great toe of his right foot: 14:15 And the priest shall take some of +the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand: 14:16 +And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his +left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times +before the LORD: 14:17 And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand +shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to +be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great +toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering: 14:18 +And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pour +upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make +an atonement for him before the LORD. + +14:19 And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an +atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and +afterward he shall kill the burnt offering: 14:20 And the priest shall +offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the +priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean. + +14:21 And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take +one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for +him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat +offering, and a log of oil; 14:22 And two turtledoves, or two young +pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin +offering, and the other a burnt offering. + +14:23 And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto +the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, +before the LORD. + +14:24 And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and +the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering +before the LORD: 14:25 And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass +offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass +offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to +be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great +toe of his right foot: 14:26 And the priest shall pour of the oil into +the palm of his own left hand: 14:27 And the priest shall sprinkle +with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven +times before the LORD: 14:28 And the priest shall put of the oil that +is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be +cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe +of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass +offering: 14:29 And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand +he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an +atonement for him before the LORD. + +14:30 And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young +pigeons, such as he can get; 14:31 Even such as he is able to get, the +one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the +meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is +to be cleansed before the LORD. + +14:32 This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose +hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing. + +14:33 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 14:34 When +ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a +possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of +your possession; 14:35 And he that owneth the house shall come and +tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague +in the house: 14:36 Then the priest shall command that they empty the +house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that +is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go +in to see the house: 14:37 And he shall look on the plague, and, +behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow +strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall; +14:38 Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the +house, and shut up the house seven days: 14:39 And the priest shall +come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague +be spread in the walls of the house; 14:40 Then the priest shall +command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and +they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city: 14:41 And +he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they +shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an +unclean place: 14:42 And they shall take other stones, and put them in +the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall +plaister the house. + +14:43 And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after +that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the +house, and after it is plaistered; 14:44 Then the priest shall come +and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a +fretting leprosy in the house; it is unclean. + +14:45 And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the +timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry +them forth out of the city into an unclean place. + +14:46 Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is +shut up shall be unclean until the even. + +14:47 And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he +that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes. + +14:48 And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, +the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was +plaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because +the plague is healed. + +14:49 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar +wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: 14:50 And he shall kill the one of the +birds in an earthen vessel over running water: 14:51 And he shall take +the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, +and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, +and sprinkle the house seven times: 14:52 And he shall cleanse the +house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with +the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and +with the scarlet: 14:53 But he shall let go the living bird out of the +city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it +shall be clean. + +14:54 This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall, +14:55 And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house, 14:56 And for +a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot: 14:57 To teach when +it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy. + +15:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying, 15:2 Speak +unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a +running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean. + +15:3 And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh +run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his +uncleanness. + +15:4 Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and +every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean. + +15:5 And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe +himself in water, and be unclean until the even. + +15:6 And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the +issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be +unclean until the even. + +15:7 And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall +wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the +even. + +15:8 And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then +he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean +until the even. + +15:9 And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall +be unclean. + +15:10 And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be +unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall +wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the +even. + +15:11 And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not +rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe +himself in water, and be unclean until the even. + +15:12 And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, +shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. + +15:13 And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he +shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his +clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean. + +15:14 And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or +two young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the +tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest: 15:15 +And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the +other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for +him before the LORD for his issue. + +15:16 And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he +shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even. + +15:17 And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of +copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even. + +15:18 The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, +they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the +even. + +15:19 And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be +blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her +shall be unclean until the even. + +15:20 And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be +unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. + +15:21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe +himself in water, and be unclean until the even. + +15:22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash +his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the +even. + +15:23 And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, +when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even. + +15:24 And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, +he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall +be unclean. + +15:25 And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the +time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her +separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as +the days of her separation: she shall be unclean. + +15:26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be +unto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon +shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation. + +15:27 And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall +wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the +even. + +15:28 But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to +herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. + +15:29 And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or +two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the +tabernacle of the congregation. + +15:30 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the +other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for +her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness. + +15:31 Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their +uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile +my tabernacle that is among them. + +15:32 This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed +goeth from him, and is defiled therewith; 15:33 And of her that is +sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of +the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean. + +16:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of +Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died; 16:2 And the LORD +said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all +times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which +is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon +the mercy seat. + +16:3 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock +for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. + +16:4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen +breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and +with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; +therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on. + +16:5 And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel +two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt +offering. + +16:6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is +for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house. + +16:7 And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD +at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. + +16:8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the +LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat. + +16:9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD's lot fell, +and offer him for a sin offering. + +16:10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall +be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and +to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness. + +16:11 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is +for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his +house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for +himself: 16:12 And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of +fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet +incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail: 16:13 And he shall +put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the +incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he +die not: 16:14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and +sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before +the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven +times. + +16:15 Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the +people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as +he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy +seat, and before the mercy seat: 16:16 And he shall make an atonement +for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of +Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so +shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth +among them in the midst of their uncleanness. + +16:17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation +when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come +out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, +and for all the congregation of Israel. + +16:18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and +make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, +and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar +round about. + +16:19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven +times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the +children of Israel. + +16:20 And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and +the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the +live goat: 16:21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of +the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children +of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting +them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of +a fit man into the wilderness: 16:22 And the goat shall bear upon him +all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go +the goat in the wilderness. + +16:23 And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, +and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went +into the holy place, and shall leave them there: 16:24 And he shall +wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, +and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering +of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people. + +16:25 And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar. + +16:26 And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his +clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the +camp. + +16:27 And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin +offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy +place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in +the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. + +16:28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his +flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. + +16:29 And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the +seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your +souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, +or a stranger that sojourneth among you: 16:30 For on that day shall +the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be +clean from all your sins before the LORD. + +16:31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict +your souls, by a statute for ever. + +16:32 And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall +consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, +shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the +holy garments: 16:33 And he shall make an atonement for the holy +sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the +congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for +the priests, and for all the people of the congregation. + +16:34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an +atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. +And he did as the LORD commanded Moses. + +17:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17:2 Speak unto Aaron, and +unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; +This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, saying, 17:3 What man +soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, +or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, 17:4 And +bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, +to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; +blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man +shall be cut off from among his people: 17:5 To the end that the +children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the +open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door +of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them +for peace offerings unto the LORD. + +17:6 And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the +LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the +fat for a sweet savour unto the LORD. + +17:7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after +whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto +them throughout their generations. + +17:8 And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the +house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that +offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice, 17:9 And bringeth it not unto +the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the +LORD; even that man shall be cut off from among his people. + +17:10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the +strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I +will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will +cut him off from among his people. + +17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it +to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is +the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. + +17:12 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you +shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you +eat blood. + +17:13 And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the +strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast +or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, +and cover it with dust. + +17:14 For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life +thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat +the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the +blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. + +17:15 And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that +which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or +a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in +water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean. + +17:16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear +his iniquity. + +18:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 18:2 Speak unto the +children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God. + +18:3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye +not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring +you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. + +18:4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk +therein: I am the LORD your God. + +18:5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a +man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD. + +18:6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to +uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD. + +18:7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, +shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her +nakedness. + +18:8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is +thy father's nakedness. + +18:9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or +daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, +even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover. + +18:10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's +daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is +thine own nakedness. + +18:11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy +father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. + +18:12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she +is thy father's near kinswoman. + +18:13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for +she is thy mother's near kinswoman. + +18:14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, +thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt. + +18:15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she +is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. + +18:16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it +is thy brother's nakedness. + +18:17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her +daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her +daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near +kinswomen: it is wickedness. + +18:18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to +uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. + +18:19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her +nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. + +18:20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, +to defile thyself with her. + +18:21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to +Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. + +18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is +abomination. + +18:23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself +therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down +thereto: it is confusion. + +18:24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all +these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: 18:25 And +the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon +it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. + +18:26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall +not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, +nor any stranger that sojourneth among you: 18:27 (For all these +abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and +the land is defiled;) 18:28 That the land spue not you out also, when +ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you. + +18:29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the +souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. + +18:30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any +one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and +that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God. + +19:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 19:2 Speak unto all the +congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be +holy: for I the LORD your God am holy. + +19:3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my +sabbaths: I am the LORD your God. + +19:4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am +the LORD your God. + +19:5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye +shall offer it at your own will. + +19:6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: +and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the +fire. + +19:7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it +shall not be accepted. + +19:8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, +because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul +shall be cut off from among his people. + +19:9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly +reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings +of thy harvest. + +19:10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather +every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and +stranger: I am the LORD your God. + +19:11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to +another. + +19:12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou +profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. + +19:13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages +of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the +morning. + +19:14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before +the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD. + +19:15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not +respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: +but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. + +19:16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: +neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am the +LORD. + +19:17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in +any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. + +19:18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children +of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the +LORD. + +19:19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender +with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: +neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee. + +19:20 And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, +betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given +her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because +she was not free. + +19:21 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the +door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass +offering. + +19:22 And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of +the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done: +and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him. + +19:23 And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all +manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as +uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it +shall not be eaten of. + +19:24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to +praise the LORD withal. + +19:25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it +may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God. + +19:26 Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use +enchantment, nor observe times. + +19:27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou +mar the corners of thy beard. + +19:28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor +print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. + +19:29 Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest +the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. + +19:30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the +LORD. + +19:31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after +wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. + +19:32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of +the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD. + +19:33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not +vex him. + +19:34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one +born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were +strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. + +19:35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in +weight, or in measure. + +19:36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall +ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of +Egypt. + +19:37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my +judgments, and do them: I am the LORD. + +20:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 20:2 Again, thou shalt say +to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, +or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his +seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the +land shall stone him with stones. + +20:3 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off +from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, +to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. + +20:4 And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from +the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not: +20:5 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, +and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit +whoredom with Molech, from among their people. + +20:6 And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, +and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face +against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. + +20:7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD +your God. + +20:8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which +sanctify you. + +20:9 For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be +surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his +blood shall be upon him. + +20:10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, +even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the +adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. + +20:11 And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his +father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their +blood shall be upon them. + +20:12 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall +surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall +be upon them. + +20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both +of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to +death; their blood shall be upon them. + +20:14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they +shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no +wickedness among you. + +20:15 And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: +and ye shall slay the beast. + +20:16 And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, +thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to +death; their blood shall be upon them. + +20:17 And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or +his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his +nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the +sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he +shall bear his iniquity. + +20:18 And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and +shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she +hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be +cut off from among their people. + +20:19 And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, +nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall +bear their iniquity. + +20:20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered +his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die +childless. + +20:21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean +thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be +childless. + +20:22 Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, +and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue +you not out. + +20:23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast +out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I +abhorred them. + +20:24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I +will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and +honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other +people. + +20:25 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and +unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make +your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living +thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as +unclean. + +20:26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have +severed you from other people, that ye should be mine. + +20:27 A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a +wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with +stones: their blood shall be upon them. + +21:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of +Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead +among his people: 21:2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that +is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his +daughter, and for his brother. + +21:3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath +had no husband; for her may he be defiled. + +21:4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his +people, to profane himself. + +21:5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they +shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their +flesh. + +21:6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of +their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread +of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy. + +21:7 They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither +shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto +his God. + +21:8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of +thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify +you, am holy. + +21:9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing +the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire. + +21:10 And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose +head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on +the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; 21:11 +Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his +father, or for his mother; 21:12 Neither shall he go out of the +sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the +anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD. + +21:13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. + +21:14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these +shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to +wife. + +21:15 Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the +LORD do sanctify him. + +21:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 21:17 Speak unto Aaron, +saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any +blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. + +21:18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not +approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any +thing superfluous, 21:19 Or a man that is brokenfooted, or +brokenhanded, 21:20 Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish +in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; 21:21 +No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come +nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a +blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. + +21:22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of +the holy. + +21:23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the +altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: +for I the LORD do sanctify them. + +21:24 And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the +children of Israel. + +22:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 22:2 Speak unto Aaron and +to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the +children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those +things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD. + +22:3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your +generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of +Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that +soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD. + +22:4 What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a +running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. +And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man +whose seed goeth from him; 22:5 Or whosoever toucheth any creeping +thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take +uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath; 22:6 The soul which hath +touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the +holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water. + +22:7 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward +eat of the holy things; because it is his food. + +22:8 That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not +eat to defile himself therewith; I am the LORD. + +22:9 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for +it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify +them. + +22:10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of +the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. + +22:11 But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of +it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat. + +22:12 If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she +may not eat of an offering of the holy things. + +22:13 But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have +no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, +she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall be no stranger eat +thereof. + +22:14 And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall +put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest +with the holy thing. + +22:15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of +Israel, which they offer unto the LORD; 22:16 Or suffer them to bear +the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the +LORD do sanctify them. + +22:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 22:18 Speak unto Aaron, +and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto +them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in +Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his +freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt +offering; 22:19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without +blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. + +22:20 But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it +shall not be acceptable for you. + +22:21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the +LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, +it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein. + +22:22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or +scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering +by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD. + +22:23 Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or +lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; +but for a vow it shall not be accepted. + +22:24 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or +crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof +in your land. + +22:25 Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your +God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and +blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you. + +22:26 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 22:27 When a bullock, or +a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days +under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be +accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD. + +22:28 And whether it be cow, or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her +young both in one day. + +22:29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the +LORD, offer it at your own will. + +22:30 On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it +until the morrow: I am the LORD. + +22:31 Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the +LORD. + +22:32 Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed +among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you, 22:33 +That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the +LORD. + +23:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23:2 Speak unto the +children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the +LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are +my feasts. + +23:3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath +of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the +sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. + +23:4 These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which +ye shall proclaim in their seasons. + +23:5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's +passover. + +23:6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of +unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened +bread. + +23:7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do +no servile work therein. + +23:8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven +days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no +servile work therein. + +23:9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23:10 Speak unto the +children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land +which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye +shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the +priest: 23:11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be +accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall +wave it. + +23:12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb +without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD. + +23:13 And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine +flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a +sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the +fourth part of an hin. + +23:14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green +ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto +your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations +in all your dwellings. + +23:15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, +from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven +sabbaths shall be complete: 23:16 Even unto the morrow after the +seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new +meat offering unto the LORD. + +23:17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two +tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with +leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD. + +23:18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of +the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for +a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their +drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto +the LORD. + +23:19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, +and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings. + +23:20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits +for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be +holy to the LORD for the priest. + +23:21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an +holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it +shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your +generations. + +23:22 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make +clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither +shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them +unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God. + +23:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23:24 Speak unto the +children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of +the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, +an holy convocation. + +23:25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an +offering made by fire unto the LORD. + +23:26 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23:27 Also on the tenth +day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall +be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and +offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. + +23:28 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of +atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God. + +23:29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that +same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. + +23:30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, +the same soul will I destroy from among his people. + +23:31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever +throughout your generations in all your dwellings. + +23:32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict +your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto +even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath. + +23:33 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 23:34 Speak unto the +children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month +shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD. + +23:35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no +servile work therein. + +23:36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the +LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye +shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn +assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein. + +23:37 These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be +holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a +burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, +every thing upon his day: 23:38 Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and +beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your +freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD. + +23:39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have +gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD +seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day +shall be a sabbath. + +23:40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly +trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and +willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God +seven days. + +23:41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the +year. + +It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate +it in the seventh month. + +23:42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites +born shall dwell in booths: 23:43 That your generations may know that +I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them +out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. + +23:44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the +LORD. + +24:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 24:2 Command the children +of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the +light, to cause the lamps to burn continually. + +24:3 Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the +congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning +before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your +generations. + +24:4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the +LORD continually. + +24:5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: +two tenth deals shall be in one cake. + +24:6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure +table before the LORD. + +24:7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may +be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the +LORD. + +24:8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD +continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting +covenant. + +24:9 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it in +the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the +LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute. + +24:10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an +Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the +Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp; +24:11 And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord, +and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name +was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:) 24:12 And +they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them. + +24:13 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 24:14 Bring forth him +that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay +their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. + +24:15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, +Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. + +24:16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be +put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as +well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth +the name of the Lord, shall be put to death. + +24:17 And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. + +24:18 And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast. + +24:19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, +so shall it be done to him; 24:20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, +tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be +done to him again. + +24:21 And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that +killeth a man, he shall be put to death. + +24:22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as +for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God. + +24:23 And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should +bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with +stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses. + +25:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, 25:2 Speak +unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the +land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the +LORD. + +25:3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt +prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; 25:4 But in the +seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for +the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. + +25:5 That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt +not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a +year of rest unto the land. + +25:6 And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and +for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for +thy stranger that sojourneth with thee. + +25:7 And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall +all the increase thereof be meat. + +25:8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven +times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall +be unto thee forty and nine years. + +25:9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the +tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make +the trumpet sound throughout all your land. + +25:10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty +throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be +a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, +and ye shall return every man unto his family. + +25:11 A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, +neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes +in it of thy vine undressed. + +25:12 For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat +the increase thereof out of the field. + +25:13 In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his +possession. + +25:14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of +thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another: 25:15 +According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of +thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he +shall sell unto thee: 25:16 According to the multitude of years thou +shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of +years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number +of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee. + +25:17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear +thy God:for I am the LORD your God. + +25:18 Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do +them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. + +25:19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, +and dwell therein in safety. + +25:20 And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, +we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: 25:21 Then I will +command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring +forth fruit for three years. + +25:22 And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until +the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old +store. + +25:23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for +ye are strangers and sojourners with me. + +25:24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a +redemption for the land. + +25:25 If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his +possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he +redeem that which his brother sold. + +25:26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to +redeem it; 25:27 Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and +restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may +return unto his possession. + +25:28 But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is +sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the +year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return +unto his possession. + +25:29 And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may +redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may +he redeem it. + +25:30 And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then +the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to +him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in +the jubile. + +25:31 But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about +them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be +redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile. + +25:32 Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the +cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time. + +25:33 And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was +sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of +jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their +possession among the children of Israel. + +25:34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; +for it is their perpetual possession. + +25:35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; +then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a +sojourner; that he may live with thee. + +25:36 Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that +thy brother may live with thee. + +25:37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy +victuals for increase. + +25:38 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land +of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God. + +25:39 And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be +sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: +25:40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with +thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile. + +25:41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children +with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the +possession of his fathers shall he return. + +25:42 For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land +of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen. + +25:43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy +God. + +25:44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, +shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy +bondmen and bondmaids. + +25:45 Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among +you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, +which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. + +25:46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after +you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for +ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule +one over another with rigour. + +25:47 And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother +that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or +sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family: 25:48 +After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren +may redeem him: 25:49 Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem +him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; +or if he be able, he may redeem himself. + +25:50 And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that +he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale +shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of +an hired servant shall it be with him. + +25:51 If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall +give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was +bought for. + +25:52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then +he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give +him again the price of his redemption. + +25:53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the +other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight. + +25:54 And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out +in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him. + +25:55 For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my +servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD +your God. + +26:1 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up +a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your +land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God. + +26:2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the +LORD. + +26:3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; +26:4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield +her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. + +26:5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage +shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the +full, and dwell in your land safely. + +26:6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and +none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the +land, neither shall the sword go through your land. + +26:7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you +by the sword. + +26:8 And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you +shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before +you by the sword. + +26:9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and +multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. + +26:10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of +the new. + +26:11 And I set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor +you. + +26:12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be +my people. + +26:13 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land +of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the +bands of your yoke, and made you go upright. + +26:14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these +commandments; 26:15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your +soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, +but that ye break my covenant: 26:16 I also will do this unto you; I +will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, +that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall +sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. + +26:17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before +your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall +flee when none pursueth you. + +26:18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will +punish you seven times more for your sins. + +26:19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your +heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: 26:20 And your strength shall +be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither +shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. + +26:21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I +will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. + +26:22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of +your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; +and your high ways shall be desolate. + +26:23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will +walk contrary unto me; 26:24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, +and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. + +26:25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel +of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, +I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into +the hand of the enemy. + +26:26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall +bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread +again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. + +26:27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk +contrary unto me; 26:28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in +fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. + +26:29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your +daughters shall ye eat. + +26:30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, +and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul +shall abhor you. + +26:31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries +unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. + +26:32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies +which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. + +26:33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a +sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities +waste. + +26:34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth +desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land +rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. + +26:35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not +rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. + +26:36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness +into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a +shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a +sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. + +26:37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, +when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your +enemies. + +26:38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your +enemies shall eat you up. + +26:39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity +in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers +shall they pine away with them. + +26:40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their +fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and +that also they have walked contrary unto me; 26:41 And that I also +have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of +their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they +then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: 26:42 Then will I +remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and +also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the +land. + +26:43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her +sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept +of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they +despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. + +26:44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, +I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them +utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their +God. + +26:45 But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their +ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight +of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD. + +26:46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD +made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand +of Moses. + +27:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 27:2 Speak unto the +children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a +singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation. + +27:3 And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old +even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels +of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. + +27:4 And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty +shekels. + +27:5 And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then +thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female +ten shekels. + +27:6 And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy +estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the +female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver. + +27:7 And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, +then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten +shekels. + +27:8 But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present +himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according +to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him. + +27:9 And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the +LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy. + +27:10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad +for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and +the exchange thereof shall be holy. + +27:11 And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a +sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the +priest: 27:12 And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or +bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be. + +27:13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part +thereof unto thy estimation. + +27:14 And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the +LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as +the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. + +27:15 And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he +shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and +it shall be his. + +27:16 And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field +of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed +thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of +silver. + +27:17 If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to +thy estimation it shall stand. + +27:18 But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest +shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, +even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy +estimation. + +27:19 And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, +then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto +it, and it shall be assured to him. + +27:20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the +field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more. + +27:21 But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy +unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the +priest's. + +27:22 And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath +bought, which is not of the fields of his possession; 27:23 Then the +priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even unto +the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that +day, as a holy thing unto the LORD. + +27:24 In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of +whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did +belong. + +27:25 And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the +sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. + +27:26 Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD's +firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is +the LORD's. + +27:27 And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it +according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it +thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to +thy estimation. + +27:28 Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto +the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field +of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is +most holy unto the LORD. + +27:29 None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; +but shall surely be put to death. + +27:30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, +or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD. + +27:31 And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall +add thereto the fifth part thereof. + +27:32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of +whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the +LORD. + +27:33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he +change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change +thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. + +27:34 These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for +the children of Israel in mount Sinai. + + + + +The Fourth Book of Moses: Called Numbers + + +1:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the +tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, +in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, +saying, 1:2 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of +Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the +number of their names, every male by their polls; 1:3 From twenty +years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: +thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies. + +1:4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head +of the house of his fathers. + +1:5 And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of +the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur. + +1:6 Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. + +1:7 Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab. + +1:8 Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. + +1:9 Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon. + +1:10 Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of +Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. + +1:11 Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni. + +1:12 Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. + +1:13 Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran. + +1:14 Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. + +1:15 Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. + +1:16 These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the +tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel. + +1:17 And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their +names: 1:18 And they assembled all the congregation together on the +first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after +their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number +of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. + +1:19 As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the +wilderness of Sinai. + +1:20 And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their +generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, +according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from +twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; +1:21 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, +were forty and six thousand and five hundred. + +1:22 Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their +families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of +them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male +from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to +war; 1:23 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of +Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. + +1:24 Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their +families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of +the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go +forth to war; 1:25 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe +of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty. + +1:26 Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their +families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of +the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go +forth to war; 1:27 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe +of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. + +1:28 Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their +families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of +the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go +forth to war; 1:29 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe +of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. + +1:30 Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their +families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of +the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go +forth to war; 1:31 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe +of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. + +1:32 Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by +their generations, after their families, by the house of their +fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old +and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 1:33 Those that +were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty +thousand and five hundred. + +1:34 Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their +families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of +the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go +forth to war; 1:35 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe +of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. + +1:36 Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their +families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of +the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go +forth to war; 1:37 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe +of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. + +1:38 Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their +families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of +the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go +forth to war; 1:39 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe +of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. + +1:40 Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their +families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of +the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go +forth to war; 1:41 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe +of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. + +1:42 Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after +their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number +of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to +go forth to war; 1:43 Those that were numbered of them, even of the +tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. + +1:44 These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron +numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was +for the house of his fathers. + +1:45 So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, +by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all +that were able to go forth to war in Israel; 1:46 Even all they that +were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five +hundred and fifty. + +1:47 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not +numbered among them. + +1:48 For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying, 1:49 Only thou shalt +not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the +children of Israel: 1:50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the +tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over +all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all +the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp +round about the tabernacle. + +1:51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take +it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall +set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. + +1:52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by +his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their +hosts. + +1:53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of +testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the +children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the +tabernacle of testimony. + +1:54 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD +commanded Moses, so did they. + +2:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2:2 Every +man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with +the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of +the congregation shall they pitch. + +2:3 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of +the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and +Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of +Judah. + +2:4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were +threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. + +2:5 And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of +Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the +children of Issachar. + +2:6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and +four thousand and four hundred. + +2:7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be +captain of the children of Zebulun. + +2:8 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and +seven thousand and four hundred. + +2:9 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred +thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, +throughout their armies. These shall first set forth. + +2:10 On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben +according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben +shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. + +2:11 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty +and six thousand and five hundred. + +2:12 And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and +the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of +Zurishaddai. + +2:13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty +and nine thousand and three hundred. + +2:14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall +be Eliasaph the son of Reuel. + +2:15 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty +and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. + +2:16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred +thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, +throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank. + +2:17 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with +the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so +shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards. + +2:18 On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim +according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim +shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. + +2:19 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty +thousand and five hundred. + +2:20 And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the +children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. + +2:21 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty +and two thousand and two hundred. + +2:22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of +Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni. + +2:23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty +and five thousand and four hundred. + +2:24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred +thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. +And they shall go forward in the third rank. + +2:25 The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by +their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer +the son of Ammishaddai. + +2:26 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were +threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. + +2:27 And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the +captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran. + +2:28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty +and one thousand and five hundred. + +2:29 Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of +Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan. + +2:30 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty +and three thousand and four hundred. + +2:31 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred +thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go +hindmost with their standards. + +2:32 These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by +the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps +throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand +and five hundred and fifty. + +2:33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; +as the LORD commanded Moses. + +2:34 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD +commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set +forward, every one after their families, according to the house of +their fathers. + +3:1 These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that +the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai. + +3:2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, +and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. + +3:3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were +anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. + +3:4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered +strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had +no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office +in the sight of Aaron their father. + +3:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 3:6 Bring the tribe of Levi +near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister +unto him. + +3:7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole +congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the +service of the tabernacle. + +3:8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the +congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the +service of the tabernacle. + +3:9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they +are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel. + +3:10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on +their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put +to death. + +3:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 3:12 And I, behold, I have +taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the +firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: +therefore the Levites shall be mine; 3:13 Because all the firstborn +are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of +Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and +beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD. + +3:14 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, +3:15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by +their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou +number them. + +3:16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he +was commanded. + +3:17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and +Kohath, and Merari. + +3:18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; +Libni, and Shimei. + +3:19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, +Hebron, and Uzziel. + +3:20 And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These +are the families of the Levites according to the house of their +fathers. + +3:21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the +Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites. + +3:22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all +the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered +of them were seven thousand and five hundred. + +3:23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle +westward. + +3:24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall +be Eliasaph the son of Lael. + +3:25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the +congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering +thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the +congregation, 3:26 And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for +the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar +round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof. + +3:27 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of +the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of +the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. + +3:28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were +eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. + +3:29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the +tabernacle southward. + +3:30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the +Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. + +3:31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the +candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary +wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof. + +3:32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the +chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the +charge of the sanctuary. + +3:33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the +Mushites: these are the families of Merari. + +3:34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of +all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two +hundred. + +3:35 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of +Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of +the tabernacle northward. + +3:36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be +the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars +thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all +that serveth thereto, 3:37 And the pillars of the court round about, +and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. + +3:38 But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even +before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, +and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the +charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh +shall be put to death. + +3:39 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron +numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, +all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two +thousand. + +3:40 And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the +males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take +the number of their names. + +3:41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of +all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the +Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children +of Israel. + +3:42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn +among the children of Israel. + +3:43 And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month +old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and +two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. + +3:44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 3:45 Take the Levites +instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the +cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall +be mine: I am the LORD. + +3:46 And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and +threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, +which are more than the Levites; 3:47 Thou shalt even take five +shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt +thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:) 3:48 And thou shalt +give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, +unto Aaron and to his sons. + +3:49 And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and +above them that were redeemed by the Levites: 3:50 Of the firstborn of +the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and +threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 3:51 +And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to +his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded +Moses. + +4:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 4:2 Take the +sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their +families, by the house of their fathers, 4:3 From thirty years old and +upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do +the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. + +4:4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle +of the congregation, about the most holy things: 4:5 And when the camp +setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take +down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: 4:6 +And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread +over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. + +4:7 And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, +and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers +to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: 4:8 And +they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same +with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves +thereof. + +4:9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of +the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all +the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it: 4:10 And +they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of +badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar. + +4:11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and +cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the +staves thereof: 4:12 And they shall take all the instruments of +ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a +cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and +shall put them on a bar: 4:13 And they shall take away the ashes from +the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: 4:14 And they shall put +upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, +even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all +the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of +badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it. + +4:15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the +sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set +forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but +they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are +the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the +congregation. + +4:16 And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest +pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily +meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the +tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the +vessels thereof. + +4:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying, 4:18 Cut ye +not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the +Levites: 4:19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, +when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall +go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden: +4:20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, +lest they die. + +4:21 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 4:22 Take also the sum of +the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their +families; 4:23 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old +shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to +do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. + +4:24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, +and for burdens: 4:25 And they shall bear the curtains of the +tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and +the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the +hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 4:26 And +the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of +the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, +and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all +that is made for them: so shall they serve. + +4:27 At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service +of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their +service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens. + +4:28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the +tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the +hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. + +4:29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their +families, by the house of their fathers; 4:30 From thirty years old +and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one +that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of +the congregation. + +4:31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their +service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the +tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets +thereof, 4:32 And the pillars of the court round about, and their +sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, +and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the +instruments of the charge of their burden. + +4:33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, +according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, +under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. + +4:34 And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered +the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house +of their fathers, 4:35 From thirty years old and upward even unto +fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the +work in the tabernacle of the congregation: 4:36 And those that were +numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and +fifty. + +4:37 These were they that were numbered of the families of the +Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the +congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the +commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. + +4:38 And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout +their families, and by the house of their fathers, 4:39 From thirty +years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that +entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the +congregation, 4:40 Even those that were numbered of them, throughout +their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and +six hundred and thirty. + +4:41 These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of +Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the +congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the +commandment of the LORD. + +4:42 And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of +Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, 4:43 +From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one +that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the +congregation, 4:44 Even those that were numbered of them after their +families, were three thousand and two hundred. + +4:45 These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of +Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the +LORD by the hand of Moses. + +4:46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron +and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the +house of their fathers, 4:47 From thirty years old and upward even +unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the +ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the +congregation. + +4:48 Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and +five hundred and fourscore, 4:49 According to the commandment of the +LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to +his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of +him, as the LORD commanded Moses. + +5:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 5:2 Command the children of +Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that +hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead: 5:3 Both male and +female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they +defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell. + +5:4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the +camp: as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel. + +5:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 5:6 Speak unto the children +of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, +to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty; 5:7 Then +they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall +recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it +the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath +trespassed. + +5:8 But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, +let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest; +beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made +for him. + +5:9 And every offering of all the holy things of the children of +Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his. + +5:10 And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man +giveth the priest, it shall be his. + +5:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 5:12 Speak unto the +children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and +commit a trespass against him, 5:13 And a man lie with her carnally, +and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she +be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken +with the manner; 5:14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he +be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of +jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not +defiled: 5:15 Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and +he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of +barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense +thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, +bringing iniquity to remembrance. + +5:16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD: +5:17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of +the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, +and put it into the water: 5:18 And the priest shall set the woman +before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of +memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest +shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse: 5:19 +And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If +no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to +uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from +this bitter water that causeth the curse: 5:20 But if thou hast gone +aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and +some man have lain with thee beside thine husband: 5:21 Then the +priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest +shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among +thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to +swell; 5:22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy +bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the +woman shall say, Amen, amen. + +5:23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall +blot them out with the bitter water: 5:24 And he shall cause the woman +to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that +causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter. + +5:25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the +woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer +it upon the altar: 5:26 And the priest shall take an handful of the +offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and +afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water. + +5:27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come +to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her +husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, +and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: +and the woman shall be a curse among her people. + +5:28 And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be +free, and shall conceive seed. + +5:29 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another +instead of her husband, and is defiled; 5:30 Or when the spirit of +jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall +set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her +all this law. + +5:31 Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman +shall bear her iniquity. + +6:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:2 Speak unto the children +of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate +themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the +LORD: 6:3 He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and +shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither +shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. + +6:4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made +of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk. + +6:5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor +come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he +separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the +locks of the hair of his head grow. + +6:6 All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall +come at no dead body. + +6:7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his +mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the +consecration of his God is upon his head. + +6:8 All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD. + +6:9 And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the +head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of +his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it. + +6:10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young +pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the +congregation: 6:11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin +offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement +for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head +that same day. + +6:12 And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, +and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but +the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was +defiled. + +6:13 And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his +separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the +tabernacle of the congregation: 6:14 And he shall offer his offering +unto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a +burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for +a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings, 6:15 +And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with +oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat +offering, and their drink offerings. + +6:16 And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer +his sin offering, and his burnt offering: 6:17 And he shall offer the +ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, with the basket +of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, +and his drink offering. + +6:18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the +door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of +the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the +sacrifice of the peace offerings. + +6:19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one +unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall +put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his +separation is shaven: 6:20 And the priest shall wave them for a wave +offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave +breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine. + +6:21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his +offering unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand +shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after +the law of his separation. + +6:22 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6:23 Speak unto Aaron and +unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of +Israel, saying unto them, 6:24 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: +6:25 The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto +thee: 6:26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee +peace. + +6:27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I +will bless them. + +7:1 And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the +tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the +instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and +had anointed them, and sanctified them; 7:2 That the princes of +Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of +the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered: 7:3 And +they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and +twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: +and they brought them before the tabernacle. + +7:4 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 7:5 Take it of them, that +they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; +and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to +his service. + +7:6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the +Levites. + +7:7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, +according to their service: 7:8 And four wagons and eight oxen he gave +unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand +of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. + +7:9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of +the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their +shoulders. + +7:10 And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day +that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before +the altar. + +7:11 And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, +each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar. + +7:12 And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the +son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah: 7:13 And his offering was one +silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, +one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; +both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat +offering: 7:14 One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense: 7:15 +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt +offering: 7:16 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:17 And for a +sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five +lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of +Amminadab. + +7:18 On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, +did offer: 7:19 He offered for his offering one silver charger, the +weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of +seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full +of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:20 One spoon of +gold of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:21 One young bullock, one ram, +one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:22 One kid of the +goats for a sin offering: 7:23 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, +two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this +was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar. + +7:24 On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children +of Zebulun, did offer: 7:25 His offering was one silver charger, the +weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of +seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full +of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:26 One golden +spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:27 One young bullock, one +ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:28 One kid of +the goats for a sin offering: 7:29 And for a sacrifice of peace +offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first +year: this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon. + +7:30 On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the +children of Reuben, did offer: 7:31 His offering was one silver +charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver +bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of +them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:32 One +golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:33 One young bullock, +one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:34 One +kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:35 And for a sacrifice of peace +offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first +year: this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur. + +7:36 On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the +children of Simeon, did offer: 7:37 His offering was one silver +charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one +silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; +both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: +7:38 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:39 One young +bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: +7:40 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:41 And for a sacrifice +of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of +the first year: this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of +Zurishaddai. + +7:42 On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the +children of Gad, offered: 7:43 His offering was one silver charger of +the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy +shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine +flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:44 One golden spoon of +ten shekels, full of incense: 7:45 One young bullock, one ram, one +lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:46 One kid of the +goats for a sin offering: 7:47 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, +two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this +was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. + +7:48 On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the +children of Ephraim, offered: 7:49 His offering was one silver +charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one +silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; +both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: +7:50 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:51 One young +bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: +7:52 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:53 And for a sacrifice +of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of +the first year: this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud. + +7:54 On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of +the children of Manasseh: 7:55 His offering was one silver charger of +the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of +seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full +of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:56 One golden +spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:57 One young bullock, one +ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:58 One kid of +the goats for a sin offering: 7:59 And for a sacrifice of peace +offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first +year: this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. + +7:60 On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the +children of Benjamin, offered: 7:61 His offering was one silver +charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one +silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; +both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: +7:62 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:63 One young +bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: +7:64 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:65 And for a sacrifice +of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of +the first year: this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni. + +7:66 On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the +children of Dan, offered: 7:67 His offering was one silver charger, +the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl +of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them +full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:68 One +golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:69 One young bullock, +one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:70 One +kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:71 And for a sacrifice of peace +offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first +year: this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. + +7:72 On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the +children of Asher, offered: 7:73 His offering was one silver charger, +the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl +of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them +full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:74 One +golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:75 One young bullock, +one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:76 One +kid of the goats for a sin offering: 7:77 And for a sacrifice of peace +offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first +year: this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran. + +7:78 On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children +of Naphtali, offered: 7:79 His offering was one silver charger, the +weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of +seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full +of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 7:80 One golden +spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 7:81 One young bullock, one +ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 7:82 One kid of +the goats for a sin offering: 7:83 And for a sacrifice of peace +offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first +year: this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan. + +7:84 This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was +anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve +silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold: 7:85 Each charger of silver +weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the +silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after +the shekel of the sanctuary: 7:86 The golden spoons were twelve, full +of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the +sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty +shekels. + +7:87 All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the +rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat +offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve. + +7:88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were +twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the +lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, +after that it was anointed. + +7:89 And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation +to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him +from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from +between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him. + +8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 8:2 Speak unto Aaron and +say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give +light over against the candlestick. + +8:3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the +candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses. + +8:4 And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the +shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according +unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the +candlestick. + +8:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 8:6 Take the Levites from +among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. + +8:7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water +of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let +them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean. + +8:8 Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even +fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take +for a sin offering. + +8:9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the +congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children +of Israel together: 8:10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the +LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the +Levites: 8:11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an +offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service +of the LORD. + +8:12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the +bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the +other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for +the Levites. + +8:13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, +and offer them for an offering unto the LORD. + +8:14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of +Israel: and the Levites shall be mine. + +8:15 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the +tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer +them for an offering. + +8:16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of +Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the +firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me. + +8:17 For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both +man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of +Egypt I sanctified them for myself. + +8:18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the +children of Israel. + +8:19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons +from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children +of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an +atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among +the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the +sanctuary. + +8:20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of +Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded +Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them. + +8:21 And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and +Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an +atonement for them to cleanse them. + +8:22 And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the +tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as +the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto +them. + +8:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 8:24 This is it that +belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward +they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the +congregation: 8:25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease +waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more: 8:26 But +shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the +congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt +thou do unto the Levites touching their charge. + +9:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the +first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of +Egypt, saying, 9:2 Let the children of Israel also keep the passover +at his appointed season. + +9:3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in +his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according +to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it. + +9:4 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep +the passover. + +9:5 And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first +month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the +LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. + +9:6 And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a +man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came +before Moses and before Aaron on that day: 9:7 And those men said unto +him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept +back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed +season among the children of Israel? 9:8 And Moses said unto them, +Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning +you. + +9:9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 9:10 Speak unto the +children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity +shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar +off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD. + +9:11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep +it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. + +9:12 They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone +of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep +it. + +9:13 But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and +forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off +from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD +in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin. + +9:14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the +passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, +and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one +ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the +land. + +9:15 And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud +covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even +there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until +the morning. + +9:16 So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance +of fire by night. + +9:17 And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after +that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the +cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents. + +9:18 At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, +and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud +abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents. + +9:19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, +then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed +not. + +9:20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; +according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, +and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed. + +9:21 And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, +and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: +whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they +journeyed. + +9:22 Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the +cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of +Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken +up, they journeyed. + +9:23 At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at +the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of +the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. + +10:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 10:2 Make thee two +trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou +mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the +journeying of the camps. + +10:3 And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall +assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the +congregation. + +10:4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which +are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto +thee. + +10:5 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts +shall go forward. + +10:6 When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on +the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for +their journeys. + +10:7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall +blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. + +10:8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; +and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your +generations. + +10:9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that +oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye +shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved +from your enemies. + +10:10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and +in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over +your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; +that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD +your God. + +10:11 And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in +the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle +of the testimony. + +10:12 And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the +wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran. + +10:13 And they first took their journey according to the commandment +of the LORD by the hand of Moses. + +10:14 In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children +of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the +son of Amminadab. + +10:15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was +Nethaneel the son of Zuar. + +10:16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was +Eliab the son of Helon. + +10:17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and +the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle. + +10:18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to +their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur. + +10:19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was +Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. + +10:20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was +Eliasaph the son of Deuel. + +10:21 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the +other did set up the tabernacle against they came. + +10:22 And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set +forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the +son of Ammihud. + +10:23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was +Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. + +10:24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was +Abidan the son of Gideoni. + +10:25 And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, +which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and +over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. + +10:26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was +Pagiel the son of Ocran. + +10:27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was +Ahira the son of Enan. + +10:28 Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to +their armies, when they set forward. + +10:29 And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, +Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the +LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee +good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel. + +10:30 And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine +own land, and to my kindred. + +10:31 And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou +knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to +us instead of eyes. + +10:32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what +goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee. + +10:33 And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' +journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in +the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them. + +10:34 And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went +out of the camp. + +10:35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, +Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that +hate thee flee before thee. + +10:36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many +thousands of Israel. + +11:1 And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the +LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD +burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts +of the camp. + +11:2 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the +LORD, the fire was quenched. + +11:3 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of +the LORD burnt among them. + +11:4 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and +the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us +flesh to eat? 11:5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt +freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, +and the garlick: 11:6 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing +at all, beside this manna, before our eyes. + +11:7 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as +the colour of bdellium. + +11:8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in +mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of +it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. + +11:9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell +upon it. + +11:10 Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, +every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was +kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased. + +11:11 And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy +servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou +layest the burden of all this people upon me? 11:12 Have I conceived +all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto +me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking +child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers? 11:13 +Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep +unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. + +11:14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too +heavy for me. + +11:15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of +hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my +wretchedness. + +11:16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the +elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, +and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the +congregation, that they may stand there with thee. + +11:17 And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take +of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they +shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not +thyself alone. + +11:18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to +morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the +LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us +in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. + +11:19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither +ten days, nor twenty days; 11:20 But even a whole month, until it come +out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye +have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, +saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? 11:21 And Moses said, The +people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou +hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. + +11:22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice +them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, +to suffice them? 11:23 And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD's +hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to +pass unto thee or not. + +11:24 And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, +and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them +round about the tabernacle. + +11:25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took +of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: +and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they +prophesied, and did not cease. + +11:26 But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the +one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested +upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out +unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp. + +11:27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and +Medad do prophesy in the camp. + +11:28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his +young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. + +11:29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God +that all the LORD's people were prophets, and that the LORD would put +his spirit upon them! 11:30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and +the elders of Israel. + +11:31 And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails +from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's +journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other +side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the +face of the earth. + +11:32 And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and +all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least +gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves +round about the camp. + +11:33 And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was +chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the +LORD smote the people with a very great plague. + +11:34 And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because +there they buried the people that lusted. + +11:35 And the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth; +and abode at Hazeroth. + +12:1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian +woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. + +12:2 And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he +not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it. + +12:3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were +upon the face of the earth.) 12:4 And the LORD spake suddenly unto +Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the +tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out. + +12:5 And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in +the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both +came forth. + +12:6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, +I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak +unto him in a dream. + +12:7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. + +12:8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in +dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: +wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? +12:9 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he +departed. + +12:10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, +Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, +and, behold, she was leprous. + +12:11 And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay +not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we +have sinned. + +12:12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed +when he cometh out of his mother's womb. + +12:13 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I +beseech thee. + +12:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her +face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from +the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again. + +12:15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people +journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again. + +12:16 And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in +the wilderness of Paran. + +13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 13:2 Send thou men, that +they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of +Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one +a ruler among them. + +13:3 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the +wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of +Israel. + +13:4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the +son of Zaccur. + +13:5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. + +13:6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. + +13:7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. + +13:8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun. + +13:9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. + +13:10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi. + +13:11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi +the son of Susi. + +13:12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. + +13:13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. + +13:14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi. + +13:15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. + +13:16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the +land. + +And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua. + +13:17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto +them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain: +13:18 And see the land, what it is, and the people that dwelleth +therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; 13:19 And what +the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what +cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong +holds; 13:20 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether +there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of +the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe +grapes. + +13:21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of +Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath. + +13:22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where +Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron +was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) 13:23 And they came unto +the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one +cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they +brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. + +13:24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of +grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence. + +13:25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. + +13:26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the +congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, +to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the +congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. + +13:27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou +sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the +fruit of it. + +13:28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and +the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the +children of Anak there. + +13:29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, +and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the +Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. + +13:30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go +up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. + +13:31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up +against the people; for they are stronger than we. + +13:32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had +searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which +we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants +thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great +stature. + +13:33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the +giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were +in their sight. + +14:1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and +the people wept that night. + +14:2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against +Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we +had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this +wilderness! 14:3 And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this +land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be +a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? 14:4 And they +said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into +Egypt. + +14:5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly +of the congregation of the children of Israel. + +14:6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which +were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: 14:7 And they +spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The +land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. + +14:8 If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, +and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. + +14:9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of +the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from +them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not. + +14:10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the +glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation +before all the children of Israel. + +14:11 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke +me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs +which I have shewed among them? 14:12 I will smite them with the +pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater +nation and mightier than they. + +14:13 And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, +(for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;) +14:14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they +have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art +seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that +thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a +pillar of fire by night. + +14:15 Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the +nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, 14:16 +Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which +he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness. + +14:17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my LORD be great, +according as thou hast spoken, saying, 14:18 The LORD is +longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and +transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the +iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth +generation. + +14:19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according +unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this +people, from Egypt even until now. + +14:20 And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word: 14:21 +But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory +of the LORD. + +14:22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, +which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now +these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; 14:23 Surely they +shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall +any of them that provoked me see it: 14:24 But my servant Caleb, +because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, +him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall +possess it. + +14:25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) +Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the +Red sea. + +14:26 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 14:27 How +long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against +me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they +murmur against me. + +14:28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have +spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: 14:29 Your carcases shall +fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according +to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward which have +murmured against me. + +14:30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I +sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and +Joshua the son of Nun. + +14:31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will +I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. + +14:32 But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this +wilderness. + +14:33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, +and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the +wilderness. + +14:34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even +forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even +forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise. + +14:35 I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil +congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this +wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. + +14:36 And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, +and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a +slander upon the land, 14:37 Even those men that did bring up the evil +report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD. + +14:38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which +were of the men that went to search the land, lived still. + +14:39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: +and the people mourned greatly. + +14:40 And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the +top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the +place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned. + +14:41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment +of the LORD? but it shall not prosper. + +14:42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten +before your enemies. + +14:43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and +ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, +therefore the LORD will not be with you. + +14:44 But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the +ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the +camp. + +14:45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in +that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah. + +15:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 15:2 Speak unto the +children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land +of your habitations, which I give unto you, 15:3 And will make an +offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in +performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, +to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd or of the flock: +15:4 Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a +meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of +an hin of oil. + +15:5 And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt +thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb. + +15:6 Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth +deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil. + +15:7 And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an +hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the LORD. + +15:8 And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a +sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the LORD: 15:9 +Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth +deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil. + +15:10 And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, +for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. + +15:11 Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a +lamb, or a kid. + +15:12 According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to +every one according to their number. + +15:13 All that are born of the country shall do these things after +this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour +unto the LORD. + +15:14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in +your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet +savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do. + +15:15 One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and +also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever +in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the +LORD. + +15:16 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger +that sojourneth with you. + +15:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 15:18 Speak unto the +children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land +whither I bring you, 15:19 Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the +bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD. + +15:20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave +offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall +ye heave it. + +15:21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave +offering in your generations. + +15:22 And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, +which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses, 15:23 Even all that the LORD +hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD +commanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations; 15:24 Then +it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge +of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young +bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, with +his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, +and one kid of the goats for a sin offering. + +15:25 And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation +of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is +ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by +fire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their +ignorance: 15:26 And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the +children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; +seeing all the people were in ignorance. + +15:27 And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she +goat of the first year for a sin offering. + +15:28 And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth +ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an +atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him. + +15:29 Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, +both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the +stranger that sojourneth among them. + +15:30 But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born +in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that +soul shall be cut off from among his people. + +15:31 Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken +his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity +shall be upon him. + +15:32 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they +found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. + +15:33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses +and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. + +15:34 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what +should be done to him. + +15:35 And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to +death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the +camp. + +15:36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and +stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses. + +15:37 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 15:38 Speak unto the +children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the +borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they +put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: 15:39 And it +shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember +all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not +after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a +whoring: 15:40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and +be holy unto your God. + +15:41 I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of +Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God. + +16:1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, +and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, +sons of Reuben, took men: 16:2 And they rose up before Moses, with +certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of +the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: 16:3 And they +gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said +unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are +holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then +lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD? 16:4 And +when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face: 16:5 And he spake unto +Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will +shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near +unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto +him. + +16:6 This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company; 16:7 And +put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: +and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be +holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. + +16:8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi: +16:9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel +hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near +to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to +stand before the congregation to minister unto them? 16:10 And he +hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi +with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also? 16:11 For which cause +both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: +and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him? 16:12 And Moses sent +to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not +come up: 16:13 Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of +a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, +except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us? 16:14 Moreover +thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, +or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the +eyes of these men? we will not come up. + +16:15 And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not +thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have +I hurt one of them. + +16:16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before +the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow: 16:17 And take every +man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the LORD +every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and +Aaron, each of you his censer. + +16:18 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and +laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the +congregation with Moses and Aaron. + +16:19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the +door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD +appeared unto all the congregation. + +16:20 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 16:21 +Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume +them in a moment. + +16:22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the +spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with +all the congregation? 16:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, +16:24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the +tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. + +16:25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the +elders of Israel followed him. + +16:26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, +from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of their's, lest +ye be consumed in all their sins. + +16:27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, +on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door +of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little +children. + +16:28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me +to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. + +16:29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be +visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent +me. + +16:30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, +and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go +down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have +provoked the LORD. + +16:31 And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these +words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: 16:32 And +the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, +and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. + +16:33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the +pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the +congregation. + +16:34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of +them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. + +16:35 And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two +hundred and fifty men that offered incense. + +16:36 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 16:37 Speak unto Eleazar +the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the +burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed. + +16:38 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them +make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered +them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a +sign unto the children of Israel. + +16:39 And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they +that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a +covering of the altar: 16:40 To be a memorial unto the children of +Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near +to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his +company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses. + +16:41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel +murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the +people of the LORD. + +16:42 And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against +Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the +congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the +LORD appeared. + +16:43 And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the +congregation. + +16:44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 16:45 Get you up from +among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And +they fell upon their faces. + +16:46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein +from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the +congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone +out from the LORD; the plague is begun. + +16:47 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the +congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and +he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. + +16:48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was +stayed. + +16:49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and +seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah. + +16:50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of +the congregation: and the plague was stayed. + +17:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17:2 Speak unto the +children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to +the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the +house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon +his rod. + +17:3 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one +rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. + +17:4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation +before the testimony, where I will meet with you. + +17:5 And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall +choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings +of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you. + +17:6 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of +their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to +their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was +among their rods. + +17:7 And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of +witness. + +17:8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the +tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of +Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and +yielded almonds. + +17:9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all +the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod. + +17:10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the +testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt +quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not. + +17:11 And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he. + +17:12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we +die, we perish, we all perish. + +17:13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD +shall die: shall we be consumed with dying? 18:1 And the LORD said +unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall +bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee +shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. + +18:2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy +father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and +minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister +before the tabernacle of witness. + +18:3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the +tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary +and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die. + +18:4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the +tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: +and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you. + +18:5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of +the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of +Israel. + +18:6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among +the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, +to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. + +18:7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's +office for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall +serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of +gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. + +18:8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the +charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the +children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the +anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever. + +18:9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the +fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and +every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs +which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for +thy sons. + +18:10 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat +it: it shall be holy unto thee. + +18:11 And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all +the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto +thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for +ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it. + +18:12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of +the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the +LORD, them have I given thee. + +18:13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring +unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house +shall eat of it. + +18:14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine. + +18:15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they +bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: +nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the +firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. + +18:16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou +redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, +after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. + +18:17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the +firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt +sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an +offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD. + +18:18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as +the right shoulder are thine. + +18:19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children +of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy +daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt +for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee. + +18:20 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in +their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part +and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. + +18:21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in +Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even +the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. + +18:22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the +tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die. + +18:23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the +congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a +statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children +of Israel they have no inheritance. + +18:24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an +heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: +therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they +shall have no inheritance. + +18:25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 18:26 Thus speak unto the +Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the +tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye +shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part +of the tithe. + +18:27 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as +though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of +the winepress. + +18:28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all +your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall +give thereof the LORD's heave offering to Aaron the priest. + +18:29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the +LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of +it. + +18:30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best +thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the +increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress. + +18:31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for +it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the +congregation. + +18:32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved +from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of +the children of Israel, lest ye die. + +19:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 19:2 This +is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, +Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer +without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke: +19:3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring +her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face: +19:4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, +and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the +congregation seven times: 19:5 And one shall burn the heifer in his +sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he +burn: 19:6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and +scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. + +19:7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his +flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the +priest shall be unclean until the even. + +19:8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and +bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. + +19:9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, +and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be +kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of +separation: it is a purification for sin. + +19:10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his +clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the +children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, +for a statute for ever. + +19:11 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven +days. + +19:12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the +seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third +day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. + +19:13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and +purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that +soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was +not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet +upon him. + +19:14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into +the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. + +19:15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is +unclean. + +19:16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the +open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be +unclean seven days. + +19:17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the +burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put +thereto in a vessel: 19:18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and +dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the +vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that +touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: 19:19 And the +clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on +the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and +wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at +even. + +19:20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, +that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he +hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath +not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. + +19:21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that +sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that +toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even. + +19:22 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and +the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even. + +20:1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, +into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in +Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. + +20:2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered +themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. + +20:3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God +that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD! 20:4 And why +have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, +that we and our cattle should die there? 20:5 And wherefore have ye +made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? +it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; +neither is there any water to drink. + +20:6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto +the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon +their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them. + +20:7 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 20:8 Take the rod, and +gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and +speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his +water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so +thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. + +20:9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. + +20:10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before +the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch +you water out of this rock? 20:11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and +with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out +abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also. + +20:12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me +not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore +ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given +them. + +20:13 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel +strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them. + +20:14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, +Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath +befallen us: 20:15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have +dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our +fathers: 20:16 And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, +and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, +behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border: 20:17 +Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass +through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of +the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not +turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy +borders. + +20:18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come +out against thee with the sword. + +20:19 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high +way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for +it: I will only, without doing anything else, go through on my feet. + +20:20 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out +against him with much people, and with a strong hand. + +20:21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: +wherefore Israel turned away from him. + +20:22 And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, +journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor. + +20:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the +coast of the land of Edom, saying, 20:24 Aaron shall be gathered unto +his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given +unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at +the water of Meribah. + +20:25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount +Hor: 20:26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar +his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die +there. + +20:27 And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount +Hor in the sight of all the congregation. + +20:28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon +Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and +Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. + +20:29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they +mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel. + +21:1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard +tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against +Israel, and took some of them prisoners. + +21:2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt +indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy +their cities. + +21:3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up +the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and +he called the name of the place Hormah. + +21:4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to +compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much +discouraged because of the way. + +21:5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore +have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there +is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this +light bread. + +21:6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit +the people; and much people of Israel died. + +21:7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for +we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, +that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the +people. + +21:8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set +it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is +bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. + +21:9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it +came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the +serpent of brass, he lived. + +21:10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. + +21:11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the +wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising. + +21:12 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared. + +21:13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of +Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the +Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the +Amorites. + +21:14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What +he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, 21:15 And at the +stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth +upon the border of Moab. + +21:16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the +LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give +them water. + +21:17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it: +21:18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, +by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the +wilderness they went to Mattanah: 21:19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: +and from Nahaliel to Bamoth: 21:20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that +is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward +Jeshimon. + +21:21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, +saying, 21:22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the +fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the +well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past +thy borders. + +21:23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: +but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against +Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against +Israel. + +21:24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed +his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for +the border of the children of Ammon was strong. + +21:25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the +cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof. + +21:26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who +had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out +of his hand, even unto Arnon. + +21:27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, +let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: 21:28 For there is a fire +gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed +Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon. + +21:29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath +given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto +Sihon king of the Amorites. + +21:30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and +we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba. + +21:31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. + +21:32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages +thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. + +21:33 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the +king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the +battle at Edrei. + +21:34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered +him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do +to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at +Heshbon. + +21:35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there +was none left him alive: and they possessed his land. + +22:1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains +of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. + +22:2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the +Amorites. + +22:3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: +and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. + +22:4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company +lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of +the field. + +And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. + +22:5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to +Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his +people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from +Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over +against me: 22:6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this +people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, +that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for +I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest +is cursed. + +22:7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the +rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and +spake unto him the words of Balak. + +22:8 And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring +you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of +Moab abode with Balaam. + +22:9 And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee? +22:10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, +hath sent unto me, saying, 22:11 Behold, there is a people come out of +Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; +peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out. + +22:12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou +shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed. + +22:13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of +Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave +to go with you. + +22:14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and +said, Balaam refuseth to come with us. + +22:15 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than +they. + +22:16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the +son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto +me: 22:17 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will +do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse +me this people. + +22:18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If +Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go +beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more. + +22:19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I +may know what the LORD will say unto me more. + +22:20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men +come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I +shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do. + +22:21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went +with the princes of Moab. + +22:22 And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of +the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was +riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. + +22:23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and +his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, +and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into +the way. + +22:24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a +wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. + +22:25 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself +unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he +smote her again. + +22:26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow +place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the +left. + +22:27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under +Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a +staff. + +22:28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto +Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these +three times? 22:29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast +mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I +kill thee. + +22:30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which +thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont +to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay. + +22:31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of +the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he +bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face. + +22:32 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou +smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand +thee, because thy way is perverse before me: 22:33 And the ass saw me, +and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, +surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive. + +22:34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I +knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if +it displease thee, I will get me back again. + +22:35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but +only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So +Balaam went with the princes of Balak. + +22:36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet +him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in +the utmost coast. + +22:37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee +to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed +to promote thee to honour? 22:38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am +come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word +that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. + +22:39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth. + +22:40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the +princes that were with him. + +22:41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and +brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see +the utmost part of the people. + +23:1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and +prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. + +23:2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered +on every altar a bullock and a ram. + +23:3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I +will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he +sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. + +23:4 And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven +altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram. + +23:5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto +Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. + +23:6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt +sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab. + +23:7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath +brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, +curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. + +23:8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, +whom the LORD hath not defied? 23:9 For from the top of the rocks I +see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell +alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. + +23:10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth +part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last +end be like his! 23:11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou +done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou +hast blessed them altogether. + +23:12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that +which the LORD hath put in my mouth? 23:13 And Balak said unto him, +Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest +see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not +see them all: and curse me them from thence. + +23:14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of +Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on +every altar. + +23:15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while +I meet the LORD yonder. + +23:16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, +Go again unto Balak, and say thus. + +23:17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, +and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath +the LORD spoken? 23:18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, +Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: 23:19 God is not +a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should +repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and +shall he not make it good? 23:20 Behold, I have received commandment +to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. + +23:21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen +perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of +a king is among them. + +23:22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength +of an unicorn. + +23:23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there +any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said +of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! 23:24 Behold, the +people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young +lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the +blood of the slain. + +23:25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless +them at all. + +23:26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, +saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do? 23:27 And Balak +said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another +place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them +from thence. + +23:28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh +toward Jeshimon. + +23:29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and +prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. + +23:30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a +ram on every altar. + +24:1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he +went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his +face toward the wilderness. + +24:2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his +tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him. + +24:3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath +said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 24:4 He hath said, +which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, +falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 24:5 How goodly are +thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! 24:6 As the +valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the +trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees +beside the waters. + +24:7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be +in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his +kingdom shall be exalted. + +24:8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the +strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and +shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows. + +24:9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall +stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that +curseth thee. + +24:10 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his +hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse +mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these +three times. + +24:11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee +unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour. + +24:12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers +which thou sentest unto me, saying, 24:13 If Balak would give me his +house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of +the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD +saith, that will I speak? 24:14 And now, behold, I go unto my people: +come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to +thy people in the latter days. + +24:15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor +hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 24:16 He hath +said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most +High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but +having his eyes open: 24:17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall +behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a +Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, +and destroy all the children of Sheth. + +24:18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession +for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly. + +24:19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall +destroy him that remaineth of the city. + +24:20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, +Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that +he perish for ever. + +24:21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, +Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock. + +24:22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall +carry thee away captive. + +24:23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when +God doeth this! 24:24 And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, +and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall +perish for ever. + +24:25 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and +Balak also went his way. + +25:1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit +whoredom with the daughters of Moab. + +25:2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and +the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. + +25:3 And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the +LORD was kindled against Israel. + +25:4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, +and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce +anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel. + +25:5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his +men that were joined unto Baalpeor. + +25:6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto +his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the +sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were +weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. + +25:7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the +priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a +javelin in his hand; 25:8 And he went after the man of Israel into the +tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the +woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of +Israel. + +25:9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand. + +25:10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 25:11 Phinehas, the son +of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away +from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among +them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. + +25:12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: +25:13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant +of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and +made an atonement for the children of Israel. + +25:14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was +slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince +of a chief house among the Simeonites. + +25:15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, +the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house +in Midian. + +25:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 25:17 Vex the Midianites, +and smite them: 25:18 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith +they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of +Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was +slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake. + +26:1 And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto +Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, 26:2 Take +the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty +years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are +able to go to war in Israel. + +26:3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of +Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 26:4 Take the sum of the people, +from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the +children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt. + +26:5 Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, +of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of +the Palluites: 26:6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, +the family of the Carmites. + +26:7 These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were +numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and +thirty. + +26:8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. + +26:9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is +that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who +strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when +they strove against the LORD: 26:10 And the earth opened her mouth, +and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, +what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became +a sign. + +26:11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not. + +26:12 The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family +of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, +the family of the Jachinites: 26:13 Of Zerah, the family of the +Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. + +26:14 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two +thousand and two hundred. + +26:15 The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family +of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the +family of the Shunites: 26:16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of +Eri, the family of the Erites: 26:17 Of Arod, the family of the +Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites. + +26:18 These are the families of the children of Gad according to those +that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred. + +26:19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the +land of Canaan. + +26:20 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the +family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of +Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. + +26:21 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the +Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. + +26:22 These are the families of Judah according to those that were +numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred. + +26:23 Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the +family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites: 26:24 Of +Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the +Shimronites. + +26:25 These are the families of Issachar according to those that were +numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred. + +26:26 Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the +family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of +Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. + +26:27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those +that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred. + +26:28 The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and +Ephraim. + +26:29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the +Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the +Gileadites. + +26:30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the +Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites: 26:31 And of +Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of +the Shechemites: 26:32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: +and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. + +26:33 And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and +the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, +Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. + +26:34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered +of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. + +26:35 These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of +Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of +the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. + +26:36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the +Eranites. + +26:37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those +that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. +These are the sons of Joseph after their families. + +26:38 The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family +of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, +the family of the Ahiramites: 26:39 Of Shupham, the family of the +Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. + +26:40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of +the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. + +26:41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they +that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six +hundred. + +26:42 These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the +family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their +families. + +26:43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were +numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred. + +26:44 Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the +family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of +Beriah, the family of the Beriites. + +26:45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of +Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. + +26:46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah. + +26:47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those +that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four +hundred. + +26:48 Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the +family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites: 26:49 +Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the +Shillemites. + +26:50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: +and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and +four hundred. + +26:51 These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred +thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty. + +26:52 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 26:53 Unto these the land +shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. + +26:54 To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou +shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be +given according to those that were numbered of him. + +26:55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to +the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. + +26:56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided +between many and few. + +26:57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their +families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the +family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites. + +26:58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the +Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, +the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath +begat Amram. + +26:59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, +whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron +and Moses, and Miriam their sister. + +26:60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. + +26:61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before +the LORD. + +26:62 And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three +thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not +numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no +inheritance given them among the children of Israel. + +26:63 These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the +priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by +Jordan near Jericho. + +26:64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron +the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the +wilderness of Sinai. + +26:65 For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the +wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son +of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. + +27:1 Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son +of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of +Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; +Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. + +27:2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and +before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the +tabernacle of the congregation, saying, 27:3 Our father died in the +wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered +themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died +in his own sin, and had no sons. + +27:4 Why should the name of our father be done away from among his +family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession +among the brethren of our father. + +27:5 And Moses brought their cause before the LORD. + +27:6 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 27:7 The daughters of +Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an +inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the +inheritance of their father to pass unto them. + +27:8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a +man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass +unto his daughter. + +27:9 And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance +unto his brethren. + +27:10 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance +unto his father's brethren. + +27:11 And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his +inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he +shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a +statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses. + +27:12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount +Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of +Israel. + +27:13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy +people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered. + +27:14 For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in +the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before +their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness +of Zin. + +27:15 And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying, 27:16 Let the LORD, the +God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, +27:17 Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, +and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the +congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd. + +27:18 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a +man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him; 27:19 And set +him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and +give him a charge in their sight. + +27:20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the +congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient. + +27:21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask +counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his +word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, +and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation. + +27:22 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and +set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation: +27:23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the +LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. + +28:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 28:2 Command the children +of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my +sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe +to offer unto me in their due season. + +28:3 And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire +which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year +without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering. + +28:4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb +shalt thou offer at even; 28:5 And a tenth part of an ephah of flour +for a meat offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten +oil. + +28:6 It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount +Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. + +28:7 And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin +for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine +to be poured unto the LORD for a drink offering. + +28:8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering +of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer +it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. + +28:9 And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, +and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, +and the drink offering thereof: 28:10 This is the burnt offering of +every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink +offering. + +28:11 And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt +offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs +of the first year without spot; 28:12 And three tenth deals of flour +for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth +deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram; +28:13 And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat +offering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a +sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. + +28:14 And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a +bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of +an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month +throughout the months of the year. + +28:15 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall +be offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink +offering. + +28:16 And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of +the LORD. + +28:17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days +shall unleavened bread be eaten. + +28:18 In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no +manner of servile work therein: 28:19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice +made by fire for a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, +and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you +without blemish: 28:20 And their meat offering shall be of flour +mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and +two tenth deals for a ram; 28:21 A several tenth deal shalt thou offer +for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs: 28:22 And one goat for a +sin offering, to make an atonement for you. + +28:23 Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, +which is for a continual burnt offering. + +28:24 After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven +days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto +the LORD: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and +his drink offering. + +28:25 And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye +shall do no servile work. + +28:26 Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat +offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy +convocation; ye shall do no servile work: 28:27 But ye shall offer the +burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; two young bullocks, +one ram, seven lambs of the first year; 28:28 And their meat offering +of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto one bullock, two +tenth deals unto one ram, 28:29 A several tenth deal unto one lamb, +throughout the seven lambs; 28:30 And one kid of the goats, to make an +atonement for you. + +28:31 Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his +meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their +drink offerings. + +29:1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall +have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of +blowing the trumpets unto you. + +29:2 And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the +LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year +without blemish: 29:3 And their meat offering shall be of flour +mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals +for a ram, 29:4 And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven +lambs: 29:5 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an +atonement for you: 29:6 Beside the burnt offering of the month, and +his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat +offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for +a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. + +29:7 And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy +convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work +therein: 29:8 But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for a +sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first +year; they shall be unto you without blemish: 29:9 And their meat +offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a +bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram, 29:10 A several tenth deal +for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: 29:11 One kid of the goats +for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the +continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink +offerings. + +29:12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an +holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a +feast unto the LORD seven days: 29:13 And ye shall offer a burnt +offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; +thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first +year; they shall be without blemish: 29:14 And their meat offering +shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every +bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the +two rams, 29:15 And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen +lambs: 29:16 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the +continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. + +29:17 And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two +rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot: 29:18 And their +meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the +rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the +manner: 29:19 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the +continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their +drink offerings. + +29:20 And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs +of the first year without blemish; 29:21 And their meat offering and +their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the +lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:22 And +one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and +his meat offering, and his drink offering. + +29:23 And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs +of the first year without blemish: 29:24 Their meat offering and their +drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, +shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:25 And one +kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt +offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. + +29:26 And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs +of the first year without spot: 29:27 And their meat offering and +their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the +lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:28 And +one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and +his meat offering, and his drink offering. + +29:29 And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen +lambs of the first year without blemish: 29:30 And their meat offering +and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the +lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:31 And +one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his +meat offering, and his drink offering. + +29:32 And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen +lambs of the first year without blemish: 29:33 And their meat offering +and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the +lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: 29:34 And +one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his +meat offering, and his drink offering. + +29:35 On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do +no servile work therein: 29:36 But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a +sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: one bullock, +one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish: 29:37 Their +meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, +and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the +manner: 29:38 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual +burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. + +29:39 These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, +beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt +offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, +and for your peace offerings. + +29:40 And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the +LORD commanded Moses. + +30:1 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the +children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath +commanded. + +30:2 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his +soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according +to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. + +30:3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a +bond, being in her father's house in her youth; 30:4 And her father +hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her +father shall hold his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and +every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. + +30:5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not +any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, +shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father +disallowed her. + +30:6 And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered +ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul; 30:7 And her +husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard +it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her +soul shall stand. + +30:8 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; +then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered +with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the +LORD shall forgive her. + +30:9 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith +they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. + +30:10 And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a +bond with an oath; 30:11 And her husband heard it, and held his peace +at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and +every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. + +30:12 But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he +heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her +vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband +hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her. + +30:13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her +husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. + +30:14 But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to +day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are +upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the +day that he heard them. + +30:15 But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard +them; then he shall bear her iniquity. + +30:16 These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between +a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in +her youth in her father's house. + +31:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 31:2 Avenge the children +of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy +people. + +31:3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves +unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the +LORD of Midian. + +31:4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, +shall ye send to the war. + +31:5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a +thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. + +31:6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them +and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy +instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand. + +31:7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded +Moses; and they slew all the males. + +31:8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that +were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five +kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. + +31:9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, +and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all +their flocks, and all their goods. + +31:10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all +their goodly castles, with fire. + +31:11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and +of beasts. + +31:12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto +Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the +children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by +Jordan near Jericho. + +31:13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the +congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. + +31:14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the +captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from +the battle. + +31:15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? +31:16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel +of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, +and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD. + +31:17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill +every woman that hath known man by lying with him. + +31:18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying +with him, keep alive for yourselves. + +31:19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath +killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both +yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day. + +31:20 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and +all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood. + +31:21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to +the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded +Moses; 31:22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the +tin, and the lead, 31:23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall +make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it +shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth +not the fire ye shall make go through the water. + +31:24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall +be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp. + +31:25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 31:26 Take the sum of the +prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the +priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation: 31:27 And divide +the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who +went out to battle, and between all the congregation: 31:28 And levy a +tribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle: one +soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of +the asses, and of the sheep: 31:29 Take it of their half, and give it +unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD. + +31:30 And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one +portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of +the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, +which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. + +31:31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded +Moses. + +31:32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war +had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five +thousand sheep, 31:33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves, 31:34 +And threescore and one thousand asses, 31:35 And thirty and two +thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with +him. + +31:36 And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to +war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty +thousand and five hundred sheep: 31:37 And the LORD's tribute of the +sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen. + +31:38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD's +tribute was threescore and twelve. + +31:39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which +the LORD's tribute was threescore and one. + +31:40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD's +tribute was thirty and two persons. + +31:41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave offering, +unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses. + +31:42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from +the men that warred, 31:43 (Now the half that pertained unto the +congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven +thousand and five hundred sheep, 31:44 And thirty and six thousand +beeves, 31:45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred, 31:46 And +sixteen thousand persons;) 31:47 Even of the children of Israel's +half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and +gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of +the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. + +31:48 And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the +captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses: +31:49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the +men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man +of us. + +31:50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every +man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, +earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the +LORD. + +31:51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all +wrought jewels. + +31:52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the +LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, +was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. + +31:53 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.) +31:54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains +of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of +the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the +LORD. + +32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very +great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and +the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; +32:2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake +unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the +congregation, saying, 32:3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, +and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, 32:4 Even +the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is +a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle: 32:5 Wherefore, said +they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto +thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan. + +32:6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of +Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? 32:7 +And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from +going over into the land which the LORD hath given them? 32:8 Thus +did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land. + +32:9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the +land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they +should not go into the land which the LORD had given them. + +32:10 And the LORD's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, +saying, 32:11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from +twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto +Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly +followed me: 32:12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and +Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD. + +32:13 And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made +them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, +that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed. + +32:14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase +of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward +Israel. + +32:15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them +in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people. + +32:16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds +here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: 32:17 But we +ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we +have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in +the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land. + +32:18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel +have inherited every man his inheritance. + +32:19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or +forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan +eastward. + +32:20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will +go armed before the LORD to war, 32:21 And will go all of you armed +over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from +before him, 32:22 And the land be subdued before the LORD: then +afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and +before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD. + +32:23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the +LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out. + +32:24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; +and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth. + +32:25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto +Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. + +32:26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, +shall be there in the cities of Gilead: 32:27 But thy servants will +pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my +lord saith. + +32:28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and +Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the +children of Israel: 32:29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of +Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every +man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued +before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a +possession: 32:30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they +shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. + +32:31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, +saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. + +32:32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, +that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be +ours. + +32:33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to +the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of +Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of +Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, +even the cities of the country round about. + +32:34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, +32:35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, 32:36 And +Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep. + +32:37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and +Kirjathaim, 32:38 And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) +and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded. + +32:39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, +and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it. + +32:40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he +dwelt therein. + +32:41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns +thereof, and called them Havothjair. + +32:42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and +called it Nobah, after his own name. + +33:1 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went +forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of +Moses and Aaron. + +33:2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by +the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to +their goings out. + +33:3 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the +fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the +children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the +Egyptians. + +33:4 For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had +smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments. + +33:5 And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in +Succoth. + +33:6 And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in +the edge of the wilderness. + +33:7 And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth, +which is before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol. + +33:8 And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the +midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in +the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah. + +33:9 And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were +twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they +pitched there. + +33:10 And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea. + +33:11 And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the +wilderness of Sin. + +33:12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and +encamped in Dophkah. + +33:13 And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush. + +33:14 And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was +no water for the people to drink. + +33:15 And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness +of Sinai. + +33:16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at +Kibrothhattaavah. + +33:17 And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped at +Hazeroth. + +33:18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah. + +33:19 And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmonparez. + +33:20 And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah. + +33:21 And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah. + +33:22 And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah. + +33:23 And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher. + +33:24 And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah. + +33:25 And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth. + +33:26 And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath. + +33:27 And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah. + +33:28 And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah. + +33:29 And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah. + +33:30 And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth. + +33:31 And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Benejaakan. + +33:32 And they removed from Benejaakan, and encamped at Horhagidgad. + +33:33 And they went from Horhagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah. + +33:34 And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah. + +33:35 And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber. + +33:36 And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness +of Zin, which is Kadesh. + +33:37 And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the +edge of the land of Edom. + +33:38 And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment +of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children +of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the +fifth month. + +33:39 And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he +died in mount Hor. + +33:40 And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the +land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. + +33:41 And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah. + +33:42 And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon. + +33:43 And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth. + +33:44 And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ijeabarim, in the +border of Moab. + +33:45 And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibongad. + +33:46 And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in Almondiblathaim. + +33:47 And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the +mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. + +33:48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in +the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. + +33:49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto +Abelshittim in the plains of Moab. + +33:50 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan +near Jericho, saying, 33:51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say +unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan; +33:52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from +before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their +molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places: 33:53 And +ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: +for I have given you the land to possess it. + +33:54 And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among +your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and +to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's +inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to +the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit. + +33:55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from +before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain +of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and +shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. + +33:56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I +thought to do unto them. + +34:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 34:2 Command the children +of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; +(this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even +the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) 34:3 Then your south +quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of +Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea +eastward: 34:4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent +of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be +from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and +pass on to Azmon: 34:5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon +unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. + +34:6 And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea +for a border: this shall be your west border. + +34:7 And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall +point out for you mount Hor: 34:8 From mount Hor ye shall point out +your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the +border shall be to Zedad: 34:9 And the border shall go on to Ziphron, +and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your +north border. + +34:10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to +Shepham: 34:11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on +the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach +unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward: 34:12 And the border +shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt +sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about. + +34:13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the +land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give +unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe: 34:14 For the tribe of +the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and +the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their +fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of +Manasseh have received their inheritance: 34:15 The two tribes and the +half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near +Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising. + +34:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 34:17 These are the names +of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, +and Joshua the son of Nun. + +34:18 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land +by inheritance. + +34:19 And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb +the son of Jephunneh. + +34:20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of +Ammihud. + +34:21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. + +34:22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the +son of Jogli. + +34:23 The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the +children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod. + +34:24 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel +the son of Shiphtan. + +34:25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, +Elizaphan the son of Parnach. + +34:26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel +the son of Azzan. + +34:27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the +son of Shelomi. + +34:28 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel +the son of Ammihud. + +34:29 These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance +unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan. + +35:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan +near Jericho, saying, 35:2 Command the children of Israel, that they +give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to +dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the +cities round about them. + +35:3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of +them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their +beasts. + +35:4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the +Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand +cubits round about. + +35:5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two +thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the +west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand +cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the +suburbs of the cities. + +35:6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there +shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the +manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty +and two cities. + +35:7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be +forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs. + +35:8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of +the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; +but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of +his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he +inheriteth. + +35:9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 35:10 Speak unto the +children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan +into the land of Canaan; 35:11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be +cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which +killeth any person at unawares. + +35:12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; +that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in +judgment. + +35:13 And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have +for refuge. + +35:14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities +shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge. + +35:15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of +Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that +every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither. + +35:16 And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, +he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. + +35:17 And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, +and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to +death. + +35:18 Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may +die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to +death. + +35:19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he +meeteth him, he shall slay him. + +35:20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of +wait, that he die; 35:21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he +die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a +murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he +meeteth him. + +35:22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon +him any thing without laying of wait, 35:23 Or with any stone, +wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he +die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm: 35:24 Then the +congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood +according to these judgments: 35:25 And the congregation shall deliver +the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the +congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he +was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, +which was anointed with the holy oil. + +35:26 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of +the city of his refuge, whither he was fled; 35:27 And the revenger of +blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the +revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood: +35:28 Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until +the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest +the slayer shall return into the land of his possession. + +35:29 So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you +throughout your generations in all your dwellings. + +35:30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by +the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any +person to cause him to die. + +35:31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a +murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to +death. + +35:32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the +city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, +until the death of the priest. + +35:33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it +defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that +is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. + +35:34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I +dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel. + +36:1 And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, +the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of +Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the +chief fathers of the children of Israel: 36:2 And they said, The LORD +commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the +children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the +inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. + +36:3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of +the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the +inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the +tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot +of our inheritance. + +36:4 And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then +shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe +whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away +from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. + +36:5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word +of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well. + +36:6 This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the +daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think +best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they +marry. + +36:7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove +from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall +keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. + +36:8 And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe +of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the +tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man +the inheritance of his fathers. + +36:9 Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another +tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall +keep himself to his own inheritance. + +36:10 Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of +Zelophehad: 36:11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and +Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's +brothers' sons: 36:12 And they were married into the families of the +sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in +the tribe of the family of their father. + +36:13 These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD +commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the +plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. + + + + +The Fifth Book of Moses: Called Deuteronomy + + +1:1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side +Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, +between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. + +1:2 (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount +Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.) 1:3 And it came to pass in the fortieth +year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses +spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD +had given him in commandment unto them; 1:4 After he had slain Sihon +the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of +Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei: 1:5 On this side Jordan, in +the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying, 1:6 The +LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough +in this mount: 1:7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the +mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the +plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea +side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great +river, the river Euphrates. + +1:8 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land +which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to +give unto them and to their seed after them. + +1:9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear +you myself alone: 1:10 The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, +behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. + +1:11 (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many +more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!) 1:12 How can +I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? +1:13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your +tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. + +1:14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is +good for us to do. + +1:15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made +them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over +hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and +officers among your tribes. + +1:16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes +between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his +brother, and the stranger that is with him. + +1:17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the +small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; +for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, +bring it unto me, and I will hear it. + +1:18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should +do. + +1:19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great +and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of +the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to +Kadeshbarnea. + +1:20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the +Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us. + +1:21 Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and +possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear +not, neither be discouraged. + +1:22 And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send +men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us +word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall +come. + +1:23 And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one +of a tribe: 1:24 And they turned and went up into the mountain, and +came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. + +1:25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and +brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a +good land which the LORD our God doth give us. + +1:26 Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the +commandment of the LORD your God: 1:27 And ye murmured in your tents, +and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of +the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to +destroy us. + +1:28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, +saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great +and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the +Anakims there. + +1:29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. + +1:30 The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, +according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes; 1:31 +And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God +bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, +until ye came into this place. + +1:32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God, 1:33 Who +went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your +tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and +in a cloud by day. + +1:34 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and +sware, saying, 1:35 Surely there shall not one of these men of this +evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your +fathers. + +1:36 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will +I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, +because he hath wholly followed the LORD. + +1:37 Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also +shalt not go in thither. + +1:38 But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall +go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. + +1:39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and +your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and +evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they +shall possess it. + +1:40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the +wilderness by the way of the Red sea. + +1:41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the +LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God +commanded us. + +And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready +to go up into the hill. + +1:42 And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them. Go not up, neither +fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies. + +1:43 So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against +the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill. + +1:44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against +you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto +Hormah. + +1:45 And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not +hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. + +1:46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye +abode there. + +2:1 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the +way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount +Seir many days. + +2:2 And the LORD spake unto me, saying, 2:3 Ye have compassed this +mountain long enough: turn you northward. + +2:4 And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the +coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and +they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves +therefore: 2:5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their +land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount +Seir unto Esau for a possession. + +2:6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall +also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink. + +2:7 For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy +hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these +forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked +nothing. + +2:8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, +which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from +Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. + +2:9 And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither +contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land +for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for +a possession. + +2:10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, +and tall, as the Anakims; 2:11 Which also were accounted giants, as +the Anakims; but the Moabites called them Emims. + +2:12 The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of +Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, +and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his +possession, which the LORD gave unto them. + +2:13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we +went over the brook Zered. + +2:14 And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were +come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the +generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as +the LORD sware unto them. + +2:15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them +from among the host, until they were consumed. + +2:16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and +dead from among the people, 2:17 That the LORD spake unto me, saying, +2:18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day: +2:19 And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, +distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of +the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given +it unto the children of Lot for a possession. + +2:20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein +in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; 2:21 A people +great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them +before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead: 2:22 +As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he +destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and +dwelt in their stead even unto this day: 2:23 And the Avims which +dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth +out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.) 2:24 Rise +ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I +have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his +land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. + +2:25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of +thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear +report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. + +2:26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto +Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, 2:27 Let me pass +through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn +unto the right hand nor to the left. + +2:28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me +water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my +feet; 2:29 (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the +Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over +Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us. + +2:30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the +LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that +he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day. + +2:31 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and +his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his +land. + +2:32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight +at Jahaz. + +2:33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, +and his sons, and all his people. + +2:34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed +the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left +none to remain: 2:35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto +ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. + +2:36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from +the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one +city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us: 2:37 +Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto +any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, +nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us. + +3:1 Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of +Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. + +3:2 And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, +and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do +unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at +Heshbon. + +3:3 So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of +Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to +him remaining. + +3:4 And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city +which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of +Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. + +3:5 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; +beside unwalled towns a great many. + +3:6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of +Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every +city. + +3:7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a +prey to ourselves. + +3:8 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the +Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of +Arnon unto mount Hermon; 3:9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; +and the Amorites call it Shenir;) 3:10 All the cities of the plain, +and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the +kingdom of Og in Bashan. + +3:11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; +behold his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of +the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four +cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. + +3:12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which +is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, +gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites. + +3:13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, +gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with +all Bashan, which was called the land of giants. + +3:14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the +coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, +Bashanhavothjair, unto this day. + +3:15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir. + +3:16 And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead +even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto +the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; 3:17 +The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth +even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah +eastward. + +3:18 And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath +given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before +your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war. + +3:19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I +know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I +have given you; 3:20 Until the LORD have given rest unto your +brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land +which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall +ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you. + +3:21 And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen +all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall +the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest. + +3:22 Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for +you. + +3:23 And I besought the LORD at that time, saying, 3:24 O Lord GOD, +thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty +hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do +according to thy works, and according to thy might? 3:25 I pray thee, +let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that +goodly mountain, and Lebanon. + +3:26 But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear +me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto +me of this matter. + +3:27 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes +westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it +with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan. + +3:28 But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he +shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit +the land which thou shalt see. + +3:29 So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor. + +4:1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the +judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go +in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you. + +4:2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall +ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the +LORD your God which I command you. + +4:3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all +the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them +from among you. + +4:4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one +of you this day. + +4:5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD +my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to +possess it. + +4:6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your +understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these +statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and +understanding people. + +4:7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, +as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? 4:8 +And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so +righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? 4:9 Only +take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget +the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy +heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' +sons; 4:10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy +God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people +together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to +fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that +they may teach their children. + +4:11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain +burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and +thick darkness. + +4:12 And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye +heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a +voice. + +4:13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to +perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of +stone. + +4:14 And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and +judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to +possess it. + +4:15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner +of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of +the midst of the fire: 4:16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a +graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or +female, 4:17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the +likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, 4:18 The likeness +of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish +that is in the waters beneath the earth: 4:19 And lest thou lift up +thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and +the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship +them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all +nations under the whole heaven. + +4:20 But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the +iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of +inheritance, as ye are this day. + +4:21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware +that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto +that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance: +4:22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye +shall go over, and possess that good land. + +4:23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the +LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or +the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee. + +4:24 For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. + +4:25 When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye +shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, +and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do +evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger: 4:26 I +call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall +soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to +possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly +be destroyed. + +4:27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be +left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you. + +4:28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and +stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. + +4:29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt +find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. + +4:30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon +thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and +shalt be obedient unto his voice; 4:31 (For the LORD thy God is a +merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor +forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. + +4:32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, +since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the +one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such +thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it? 4:33 Did +ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the +fire, as thou hast heard, and live? 4:34 Or hath God assayed to go +and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by +temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty +hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to +all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? +4:35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he +is God; there is none else beside him. + +4:36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might +instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou +heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. + +4:37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed +after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power +out of Egypt; 4:38 To drive out nations from before thee greater and +mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for +an inheritance, as it is this day. + +4:39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the +LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is +none else. + +4:40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, +which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with +thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon +the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever. + +4:41 Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the +sunrising; 4:42 That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill +his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that +fleeing unto one of these cities he might live: 4:43 Namely, Bezer in +the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in +Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites. + +4:44 And this is the law which Moses set before the children of +Israel: 4:45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the +judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they +came forth out of Egypt. + +4:46 On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the +land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses +and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of +Egypt: 4:47 And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of +Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan +toward the sunrising; 4:48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the +river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon, 4:49 And all the +plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, +under the springs of Pisgah. + +5:1 And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, +the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that +ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. + +5:2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. + +5:3 The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, +even us, who are all of us here alive this day. + +5:4 The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the +midst of the fire, 5:5 (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, +to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the +fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying, 5:6 I am the LORD thy +God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of +bondage. + +5:7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me. + +5:8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any +thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or +that is in the waters beneath the earth: 5:9 Thou shalt not bow down +thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous +God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the +third and fourth generation of them that hate me, 5:10 And shewing +mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. + +5:11 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the +LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. + +5:12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath +commanded thee. + +5:13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: 5:14 But the +seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not +do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, +nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy +cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant +and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. + +5:15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and +that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand +and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee +to keep the sabbath day. + +5:16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath +commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go +well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. + +5:17 Thou shalt not kill. + +5:18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery. + +5:19 Neither shalt thou steal. + +5:20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour. + +5:21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt +thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his +maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's. + +5:22 These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount +out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, +with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two +tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. + +5:23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of +the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near +unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; 5:24 And +ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his +greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: +we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth. + +5:25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume +us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall +die. + +5:26 For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the +living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and +lived? 5:27 Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall +say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto +thee; and we will hear it, and do it. + +5:28 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto +me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of +this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all +that they have spoken. + +5:29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, +and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, +and with their children for ever! 5:30 Go say to them, Get you into +your tents again. + +5:31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto +thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which +thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give +them to possess it. + +5:32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath +commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the +left. + +5:33 Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath +commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and +that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess. + +6:1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, +which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them +in the land whither ye go to possess it: 6:2 That thou mightest fear +the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which +I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of +thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. + +6:3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be +well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of +thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and +honey. + +6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: 6:5 And thou shalt +love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and +with all thy might. + +6:6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine +heart: 6:7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and +shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou +walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. + +6:8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they +shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. + +6:9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy +gates. + +6:10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee +into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, +and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou +buildedst not, 6:11 And houses full of all good things, which thou +filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and +olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and +be full; 6:12 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought +thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. + +6:13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear +by his name. + +6:14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which +are round about you; 6:15 (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among +you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and +destroy thee from off the face of the earth. + +6:16 Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in +Massah. + +6:17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, +and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. + +6:18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of +the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in +and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers. + +6:19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath +spoken. + +6:20 And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean +the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD +our God hath commanded you? 6:21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We +were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt +with a mighty hand: 6:22 And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great +and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before +our eyes: 6:23 And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring +us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. + +6:24 And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the +LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as +it is at this day. + +6:25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these +commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us. + +7:1 When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou +goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the +Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, +and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations +greater and mightier than thou; 7:2 And when the LORD thy God shall +deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy +them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: +7:3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou +shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy +son. + +7:4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may +serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against +you, and destroy thee suddenly. + +7:5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, +and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their +graven images with fire. + +7:6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy +God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all +people that are upon the face of the earth. + +7:7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye +were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all +people: 7:8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep +the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought +you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of +bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. + +7:9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, +which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his +commandments to a thousand generations; 7:10 And repayeth them that +hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him +that hateth him, he will repay him to his face. + +7:11 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and +the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them. + +7:12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these +judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep +unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers: +7:13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will +also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, +and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks +of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give +thee. + +7:14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male +or female barren among you, or among your cattle. + +7:15 And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put +none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but +will lay them upon all them that hate thee. + +7:16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God +shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither +shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee. + +7:17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; +how can I dispossess them? 7:18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but +shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto +all Egypt; 7:19 The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the +signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out +arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy +God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid. + +7:20 Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until +they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed. + +7:21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is +among you, a mighty God and terrible. + +7:22 And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by +little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the +beasts of the field increase upon thee. + +7:23 But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall +destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed. + +7:24 And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt +destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to +stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. + +7:25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou +shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto +thee, lest thou be snared therin: for it is an abomination to the LORD +thy God. + +7:26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest +thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and +thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing. + +8:1 All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye +observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess +the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers. + +8:2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led +thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove +thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his +commandments, or no. + +8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee +with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that +he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by +every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live. + +8:4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, +these forty years. + +8:5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth +his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. + +8:6 Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to +walk in his ways, and to fear him. + +8:7 For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of +brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys +and hills; 8:8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, +and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; 8:9 A land wherein +thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing +in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou +mayest dig brass. + +8:10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD +thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. + +8:11 Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his +commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command +thee this day: 8:12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast +built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; 8:13 And when thy herds and +thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and +all that thou hast is multiplied; 8:14 Then thine heart be lifted up, +and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the +land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; 8:15 Who led thee through +that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and +scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee +forth water out of the rock of flint; 8:16 Who fed thee in the +wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might +humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy +latter end; 8:17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might +of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. + +8:18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that +giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant +which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. + +8:19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and +walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify +against you this day that ye shall surely perish. + +8:20 As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so +shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of +the LORD your God. + +9:1 Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to +possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and +fenced up to heaven, 9:2 A people great and tall, the children of the +Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can +stand before the children of Anak! 9:3 Understand therefore this day, +that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a +consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down +before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them +quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee. + +9:4 Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath +cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD +hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of +these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee. + +9:5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, +dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these +nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and +that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, +Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. + +9:6 Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this +good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a +stiffnecked people. + +9:7 Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to +wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of +the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been +rebellious against the LORD. + +9:8 Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was +angry with you to have destroyed you. + +9:9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, +even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I +abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat +bread nor drink water: 9:10 And the LORD delivered unto me two tables +of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written +according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount +out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. + +9:11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, +that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the +covenant. + +9:12 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from +hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have +corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way +which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image. + +9:13 Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this +people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: 9:14 Let me alone, +that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: +and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. + +9:15 So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned +with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. + +9:16 And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your +God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out +of the way which the LORD had commanded you. + +9:17 And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and +brake them before your eyes. + +9:18 And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and +forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all +your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, +to provoke him to anger. + +9:19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the +LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto +me at that time also. + +9:20 And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and +I prayed for Aaron also the same time. + +9:21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it +with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was +as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that +descended out of the mount. + +9:22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye +provoked the LORD to wrath. + +9:23 Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up +and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against +the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor +hearkened to his voice. + +9:24 Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew +you. + +9:25 Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as +I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy +you. + +9:26 I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy +not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through +thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a +mighty hand. + +9:27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto +the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their +sin: 9:28 Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the +LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, +and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in +the wilderness. + +9:29 Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou +broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm. + +10:1 At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone +like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee +an ark of wood. + +10:2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first +tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark. + +10:3 And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone +like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables +in mine hand. + +10:4 And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the +ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of +the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave +them unto me. + +10:5 And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the +tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD +commanded me. + +10:6 And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the +children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was +buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his +stead. + +10:7 From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to +Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters. + +10:8 At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the +ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister +unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day. + +10:9 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; +the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised +him. + +10:10 And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty +days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time +also, and the LORD would not destroy thee. + +10:11 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the +people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto +their fathers to give unto them. + +10:12 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but +to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, +and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy +soul, 10:13 To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, +which I command thee this day for thy good? 10:14 Behold, the heaven +and the heaven of heavens is the LORD's thy God, the earth also, with +all that therein is. + +10:15 Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he +chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this +day. + +10:16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more +stiffnecked. + +10:17 For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great +God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh +reward: 10:18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and +widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. + +10:19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the +land of Egypt. + +10:20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to +him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name. + +10:21 He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee +these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen. + +10:22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten +persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of +heaven for multitude. + +11:1 Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, +and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway. + +11:2 And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which +have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD +your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm, +11:3 And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of +Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land; 11:4 And +what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their +chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as +they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this +day; 11:5 And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came +into this place; 11:6 And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons +of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and +swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the +substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel: +11:7 But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he +did. + +11:8 Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you +this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, +whither ye go to possess it; 11:9 And that ye may prolong your days in +the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and +to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey. + +11:10 For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the +land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, +and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs: 11:11 But the +land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and +drinketh water of the rain of heaven: 11:12 A land which the LORD thy +God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from +the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year. + +11:13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto +my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your +God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, +11:14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, +the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy +corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. + +11:15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou +mayest eat and be full. + +11:16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye +turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; 11:17 And then the +LORD's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that +there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye +perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you. + +11:18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in +your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be +as frontlets between your eyes. + +11:19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when +thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when +thou liest down, and when thou risest up. + +11:20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, +and upon thy gates: 11:21 That your days may be multiplied, and the +days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your +fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth. + +11:22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I +command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his +ways, and to cleave unto him; 11:23 Then will the LORD drive out all +these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations +and mightier than yourselves. + +11:24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be +yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river +Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be. + +11:25 There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD +your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the +land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you. + +11:26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; 11:27 +A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I +command you this day: 11:28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the +commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which +I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not +known. + +11:29 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought +thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou +shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount +Ebal. + +11:30 Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun +goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the +champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh? 11:31 For +ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD +your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein. + +11:32 And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which +I set before you this day. + +12:1 These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to +do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to +possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. + +12:2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations +which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and +upon the hills, and under every green tree: 12:3 And ye shall +overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves +with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and +destroy the names of them out of that place. + +12:4 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God. + +12:5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of +all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall +ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: 12:6 And thither ye shall bring +your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave +offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, +and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: 12:7 And there ye +shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that +ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy +God hath blessed thee. + +12:8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, +every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes. + +12:9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, +which the LORD your God giveth you. + +12:10 But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD +your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all +your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety; 12:11 Then there +shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his +name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; +your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave +offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the +LORD: 12:12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and +your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your +maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as +he hath no part nor inheritance with you. + +12:13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in +every place that thou seest: 12:14 But in the place which the LORD +shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt +offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee. + +12:15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, +whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the +LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may +eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart. + +12:16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth +as water. + +12:17 Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or +of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy +flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill +offerings, or heave offering of thine hand: 12:18 But thou must eat +them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall +choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and +thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou +shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine +hands unto. + +12:19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as +thou livest upon the earth. + +12:20 When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath +promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul +longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul +lusteth after. + +12:21 If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name +there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of +thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, +and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. + +12:22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat +them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike. + +12:23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the +life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh. + +12:24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as +water. + +12:25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with +thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the +sight of the LORD. + +12:26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt +take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose: 12:27 And +thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon +the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall +be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat +the flesh. + +12:28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it +may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when +thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy +God. + +12:29 When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before +thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, +and dwellest in their land; 12:30 Take heed to thyself that thou be +not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before +thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did +these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. + +12:31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every +abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their +gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the +fire to their gods. + +12:32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt +not add thereto, nor diminish from it. + +13:1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and +giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 13:2 And the sign or the wonder come +to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other +gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 13:3 Thou +shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of +dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the +LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. + +13:4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his +commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave +unto him. + +13:5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to +death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, +which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of +the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy +God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from +the midst of thee. + +13:6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy +daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine +own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other +gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; 13:7 Namely, +of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, +or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the +other end of the earth; 13:8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor +hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou +spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: 13:9 But thou shalt surely kill +him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and +afterwards the hand of all the people. + +13:10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he +hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought +thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. + +13:11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any +such wickedness as this is among you. + +13:12 If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy +God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, 13:13 Certain men, the +children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn +the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, +which ye have not known; 13:14 Then shalt thou enquire, and make +search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing +certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; 13:15 Thou shalt +surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, +destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle +thereof, with the edge of the sword. + +13:16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the +street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil +thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for +ever; it shall not be built again. + +13:17 And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: +that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee +mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath +sworn unto thy fathers; 13:18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice of +the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee +this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God. + +14:1 Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut +yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. + +14:2 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD +hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the +nations that are upon the earth. + +14:3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. + +14:4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and +the goat, 14:5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the +wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. + +14:6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft +into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall +eat. + +14:7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or +of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and +the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore +they are unclean unto you. + +14:8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the +cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor +touch their dead carcase. + +14:9 These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have +fins and scales shall ye eat: 14:10 And whatsoever hath not fins and +scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you. + +14:11 Of all clean birds ye shall eat. + +14:12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the +ossifrage, and the ospray, 14:13 And the glede, and the kite, and the +vulture after his kind, 14:14 And every raven after his kind, 14:15 +And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after +his kind, 14:16 The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, 14:17 +And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant, 14:18 And the +stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. + +14:19 And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they +shall not be eaten. + +14:20 But of all clean fowls ye may eat. + +14:21 Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt +give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or +thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto +the LORD thy God. + +Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. + +14:22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the +field bringeth forth year by year. + +14:23 And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which +he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy +wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy +flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always. + +14:24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able +to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy +God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath +blessed thee: 14:25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up +the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD +thy God shall choose: 14:26 And thou shalt bestow that money for +whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for +wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and +thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, +thou, and thine household, 14:27 And the Levite that is within thy +gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance +with thee. + +14:28 At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe +of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: +14:29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with +thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are +within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the +LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou +doest. + +15:1 At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. + +15:2 And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that +lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact +it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the +LORD's release. + +15:3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is +thine with thy brother thine hand shall release; 15:4 Save when there +shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in +the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to +possess it: 15:5 Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the +LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command +thee this day. + +15:6 For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou +shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou +shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee. + +15:7 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within +any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou +shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor +brother: 15:8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt +surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. + +15:9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, +The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be +evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry +unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. + +15:10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved +when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy +God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest +thine hand unto. + +15:11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I +command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy +brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. + +15:12 And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold +unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou +shalt let him go free from thee. + +15:13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let +him go away empty: 15:14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy +flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that +wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. + +15:15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of +Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee +this thing to day. + +15:16 And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from +thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with +thee; 15:17 Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear +unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy +maidservant thou shalt do likewise. + +15:18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away +free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, +in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in +all that thou doest. + +15:19 All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock +thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with +the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep. + +15:20 Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the +place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household. + +15:21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, +or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy +God. + +15:22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean +person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart. + +15:23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it +upon the ground as water. + +16:1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD +thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth +out of Egypt by night. + +16:2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy +God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall +choose to place his name there. + +16:3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou +eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou +camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest +remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all +the days of thy life. + +16:4 And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy +coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which +thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the +morning. + +16:5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, +which the LORD thy God giveth thee: 16:6 But at the place which the +LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt +sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the +season that thou camest forth out of Egypt. + +16:7 And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy +God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy +tents. + +16:8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day +shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work +therein. + +16:9 Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the +seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the +corn. + +16:10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God +with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt +give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed +thee: 16:11 And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and +thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, +and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the +fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the +LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there. + +16:12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and +thou shalt observe and do these statutes. + +16:13 Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after +that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine: 16:14 And thou shalt +rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy +manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the +fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. + +16:15 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God +in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God +shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine +hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. + +16:16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD +thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened +bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and +they shall not appear before the LORD empty: 16:17 Every man shall +give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God +which he hath given thee. + +16:18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which +the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall +judge the people with just judgment. + +16:19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, +neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and +pervert the words of the righteous. + +16:20 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou +mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. + +16:21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the +altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee. + +16:22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God +hateth. + +17:1 Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or +sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an +abomination unto the LORD thy God. + +17:2 If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the +LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness +in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, 17:3 +And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the +sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not +commanded; 17:4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and +enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, +that such abomination is wrought in Israel: 17:5 Then shalt thou bring +forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, +unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with +stones, till they die. + +17:6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that +is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he +shall not be put to death. + +17:7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to +death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put +the evil away from among you. + +17:8 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between +blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, +being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, +and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose; +17:9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the +judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew +thee the sentence of judgment: 17:10 And thou shalt do according to +the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose +shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that +they inform thee: 17:11 According to the sentence of the law which +they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall +tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence +which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. + +17:12 And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken +unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy +God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put +away the evil from Israel. + +17:13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more +presumptuously. + +17:14 When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth +thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I +will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me; +17:15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy +God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over +thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy +brother. + +17:16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the +people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: +forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return +no more that way. + +17:17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn +not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and +gold. + +17:18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, +that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which +is before the priests the Levites: 17:19 And it shall be with him, and +he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to +fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these +statutes, to do them: 17:20 That his heart be not lifted up above his +brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the +right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in +his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel. + +18:1 The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no +part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the +LORD made by fire, and his inheritance. + +18:2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: +the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. + +18:3 And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them +that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give +unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. + +18:4 The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, +and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. + +18:5 For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to +stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever. + +18:6 And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, +where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the +place which the LORD shall choose; 18:7 Then he shall minister in the +name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which +stand there before the LORD. + +18:8 They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of +the sale of his patrimony. + +18:9 When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth +thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those +nations. + +18:10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son +or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or +an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. + +18:11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, +or a necromancer. + +18:12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: +and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out +from before thee. + +18:13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God. + +18:14 For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto +observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy +God hath not suffered thee so to do. + +18:15 The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the +midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall +hearken; 18:16 According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy +God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again +the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any +more, that I die not. + +18:17 And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they +have spoken. + +18:18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like +unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto +them all that I shall command him. + +18:19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto +my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. + +18:20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, +which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the +name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. + +18:21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which +the LORD hath not spoken? 18:22 When a prophet speaketh in the name +of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the +thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it +presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him. + +19:1 When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the +LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in +their cities, and in their houses; 19:2 Thou shalt separate three +cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God +giveth thee to possess it. + +19:3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, +which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that +every slayer may flee thither. + +19:4 And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, +that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he +hated not in time past; 19:5 As when a man goeth into the wood with +his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe +to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and +lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of +those cities, and live: 19:6 Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the +slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is +long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he +hated him not in time past. + +19:7 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three +cities for thee. + +19:8 And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto +thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto +thy fathers; 19:9 If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do +them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to +walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, +beside these three: 19:10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, +which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be +upon thee. + +19:11 But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and +rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth +into one of these cities: 19:12 Then the elders of his city shall send +and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of +blood, that he may die. + +19:13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt +of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. + +19:14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of +old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in +the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it. + +19:15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or +for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two +witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be +established. + +19:16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against +him that which is wrong; 19:17 Then both the men, between whom the +controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and +the judges, which shall be in those days; 19:18 And the judges shall +make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false +witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; 19:19 Then +shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: +so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. + +19:20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall +henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. + +19:21 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye +for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. + +20:1 When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest +horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of +them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of +the land of Egypt. + +20:2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the +priest shall approach and speak unto the people, 20:3 And shall say +unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against +your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, +neither be ye terrified because of them; 20:4 For the LORD your God is +he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save +you. + +20:5 And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is +there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him +go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man +dedicate it. + +20:6 And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet +eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in +the battle, and another man eat of it. + +20:7 And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not +taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the +battle, and another man take her. + +20:8 And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they +shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him +go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well +as his heart. + +20:9 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking +unto the people that they shall make captains of the armies to lead +the people. + +20:10 When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then +proclaim peace unto it. + +20:11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto +thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein +shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. + +20:12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war +against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: 20:13 And when the LORD thy +God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male +thereof with the edge of the sword: 20:14 But the women, and the +little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the +spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the +spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. + +20:15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off +from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. + +20:16 But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth +give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that +breatheth: 20:17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the +Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the +Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: +20:18 That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, +which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the +LORD your God. + +20:19 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war +against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by +forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou +shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to +employ them in the siege: 20:20 Only the trees which thou knowest that +they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and +thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, +until it be subdued. + +21:1 If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth +thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath +slain him: 21:2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and +they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is +slain: 21:3 And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the +slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which +hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke; 21:4 +And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough +valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the +heifer's neck there in the valley: 21:5 And the priests the sons of +Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to +minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their +word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried: 21:6 And all +the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash +their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley: 21:7 And +they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither +have our eyes seen it. + +21:8 Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast +redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's +charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them. + +21:9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among +you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD. + +21:10 When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD +thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them +captive, 21:11 And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and +hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife; 21:12 +Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave her +head, and pare her nails; 21:13 And she shall put the raiment of her +captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail +her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go +in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife. + +21:14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt +let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for +money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast +humbled her. + +21:15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and +they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if +the firstborn son be hers that was hated: 21:16 Then it shall be, when +he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make +the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is +indeed the firstborn: 21:17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the +hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he +hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the +firstborn is his. + +21:18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey +the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when +they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: 21:19 Then shall +his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the +elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 21:20 And they +shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and +rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a +drunkard. + +21:21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he +die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall +hear, and fear. + +21:22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to +be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: 21:23 His body shall not +remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him +that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be +not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. + +22:1 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and +hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto +thy brother. + +22:2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him +not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be +with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it +to him again. + +22:3 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do +with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he +hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest +not hide thyself. + +22:4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the +way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift +them up again. + +22:5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, +neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are +abomination unto the LORD thy God. + +22:6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, +or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam +sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam +with the young: 22:7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and +take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou +mayest prolong thy days. + +22:8 When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement +for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man +fall from thence. + +22:9 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit +of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be +defiled. + +22:10 Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. + +22:11 Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and +linen together. + +22:12 Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy +vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself. + +22:13 If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, 22:14 +And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name +upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found +her not a maid: 22:15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and her +mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto +the elders of the city in the gate: 22:16 And the damsel's father +shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, +and he hateth her; 22:17 And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech +against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these +are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the +cloth before the elders of the city. + +22:18 And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise +him; 22:19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, +and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought +up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he +may not put her away all his days. + +22:20 But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not +found for the damsel: 22:21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to +the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone +her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in +Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put +evil away from among you. + +22:22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then +they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and +the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel. + +22:23 If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a +man find her in the city, and lie with her; 22:24 Then ye shall bring +them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with +stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the +city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so +thou shalt put away evil from among you. + +22:25 But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man +force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall +die. + +22:26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the +damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his +neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter: 22:27 For he found +her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none +to save her. + +22:28 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, +and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; 22:29 Then +the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty +shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled +her, he may not put her away all his days. + +22:30 A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his +father's skirt. + +23:1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut +off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. + +23:2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even +to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of +the LORD. + +23:3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of +the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the +congregation of the LORD for ever: 23:4 Because they met you not with +bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and +because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of +Mesopotamia, to curse thee. + +23:5 Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but +the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because +the LORD thy God loved thee. + +23:6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days +for ever. + +23:7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou +shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land. + +23:8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the +congregation of the LORD in their third generation. + +23:9 When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee +from every wicked thing. + +23:10 If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of +uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of +the camp, he shall not come within the camp: 23:11 But it shall be, +when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the +sun is down, he shall come into the camp again. + +23:12 Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou +shalt go forth abroad: 23:13 And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy +weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou +shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh +from thee: 23:14 For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy +camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; +therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in +thee, and turn away from thee. + +23:15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is +escaped from his master unto thee: 23:16 He shall dwell with thee, +even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy +gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him. + +23:17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a +sodomite of the sons of Israel. + +23:18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, +into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these +are abomination unto the LORD thy God. + +23:19 Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, +usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: 23:20 +Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou +shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all +that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to +possess it. + +23:21 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not +slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; +and it would be sin in thee. + +23:22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. + +23:23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; +even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD +thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth. + +23:24 When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest +eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any +in thy vessel. + +23:25 When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then +thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a +sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn. + +24:1 When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to +pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some +uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and +give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. + +24:2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be +another man's wife. + +24:3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of +divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his +house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife; +24:4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again +to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination +before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the +LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. + +24:5 When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, +neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at +home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken. + +24:6 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: +for he taketh a man's life to pledge. + +24:7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of +Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief +shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you. + +24:8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, +and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: +as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do. + +24:9 Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after +that ye were come forth out of Egypt. + +24:10 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go +into his house to fetch his pledge. + +24:11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend +shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee. + +24:12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: +24:13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun +goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and +it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God. + +24:14 Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, +whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy +land within thy gates: 24:15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, +neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his +heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin +unto thee. + +24:16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither +shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be +put to death for his own sin. + +24:17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the +fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: 24:18 But thou shalt +remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God +redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing. + +24:19 When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast +forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it +shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that +the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. + +24:20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the +boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and +for the widow. + +24:21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not +glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, +and for the widow. + +24:22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of +Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing. + +25:1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto +judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the +righteous, and condemn the wicked. + +25:2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that +the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his +face, according to his fault, by a certain number. + +25:3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should +exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother +should seem vile unto thee. + +25:4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. + +25:5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no +child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: +her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to +wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her. + +25:6 And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall +succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not +put out of Israel. + +25:7 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his +brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My +husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in +Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother. + +25:8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: +and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her; 25:9 Then +shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, +and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall +answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build +up his brother's house. + +25:10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that +hath his shoe loosed. + +25:11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the +one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him +that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the +secrets: 25:12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not +pity her. + +25:13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a +small. + +25:14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and +a small. + +25:15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and +just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the +land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. + +25:16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are +an abomination unto the LORD thy God. + +25:17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come +forth out of Egypt; 25:18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the +hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou +wast faint and weary; and he feared not God. + +25:19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee +rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD +thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt +blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not +forget it. + +26:1 And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the +LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and +dwellest therein; 26:2 That thou shalt take of the first of all the +fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD +thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto +the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there. + +26:3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, +and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am +come unto the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to +give us. + +26:4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set +it down before the altar of the LORD thy God. + +26:5 And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian +ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and +sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, +and populous: 26:6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted +us, and laid upon us hard bondage: 26:7 And when we cried unto the +LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our +affliction, and our labour, and our oppression: 26:8 And the LORD +brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an +outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and +with wonders: 26:9 And he hath brought us into this place, and hath +given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey. + +26:10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, +which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the +LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God: 26:11 And thou +shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given +unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the +stranger that is among you. + +26:12 When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine +increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given +it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that +they may eat within thy gates, and be filled; 26:13 Then thou shalt +say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things +out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto +the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all +thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed +thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them. + +26:14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken +away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for +the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and +have done according to all that thou hast commanded me. + +26:15 Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy +people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest +unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey. + +26:16 This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these +statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all +thine heart, and with all thy soul. + +26:17 Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk +in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his +judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: 26:18 And the LORD hath +avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised +thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; 26:19 And to +make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in +name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the +LORD thy God, as he hath spoken. + +27:1 And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, +Keep all the commandments which I command you this day. + +27:2 And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto +the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee +up great stones, and plaister them with plaister: 27:3 And thou shalt +write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, +that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth +thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy +fathers hath promised thee. + +27:4 Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall +set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and +thou shalt plaister them with plaister. + +27:5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an +altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them. + +27:6 Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: +and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God: +27:7 And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and +rejoice before the LORD thy God. + +27:8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law +very plainly. + +27:9 And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, +saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the +people of the LORD thy God. + +27:10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do +his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day. + +27:11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 27:12 These +shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come +over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, +and Benjamin: 27:13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; +Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. + +27:14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel +with a loud voice, 27:15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or +molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of +the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people +shall answer and say, Amen. + +27:16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And +all the people shall say, Amen. + +27:17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the +people shall say, Amen. + +27:18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And +all the people shall say, Amen. + +27:19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, +fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. + +27:20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he +uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen. + +27:21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the +people shall say, Amen. + +27:22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his +father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, +Amen. + +27:23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the +people shall say, Amen. + +27:24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the +people shall say, Amen. + +27:25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And +all the people shall say, Amen. + +27:26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do +them. And all the people shall say, Amen. + +28:1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto +the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his +commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will +set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 28:2 And all these +blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken +unto the voice of the LORD thy God. + +28:3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in +the field. + +28:4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy +ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the +flocks of thy sheep. + +28:5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. + +28:6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou +be when thou goest out. + +28:7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to +be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, +and flee before thee seven ways. + +28:8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, +and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee +in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. + +28:9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he +hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD +thy God, and walk in his ways. + +28:10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by +the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee. + +28:11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of +thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy +ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give +thee. + +28:12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to +give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work +of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt +not borrow. + +28:13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and +thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou +hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command +thee this day, to observe and to do them: 28:14 And thou shalt not go +aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the +right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. + +28:15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the +voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and +his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses +shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: 28:16 Cursed shalt thou be in +the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. + +28:17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. + +28:18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy +land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. + +28:19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou +be when thou goest out. + +28:20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in +all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be +destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of +thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. + +28:21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he +have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess +it. + +28:22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, +and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the +sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee +until thou perish. + +28:23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the +earth that is under thee shall be iron. + +28:24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from +heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. + +28:25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: +thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before +them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. + +28:26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and +unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. + +28:27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the +emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not +be healed. + +28:28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and +astonishment of heart: 28:29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the +blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and +thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall +save thee. + +28:30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: +thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou +shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. + +28:31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not +eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy +face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto +thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them. + +28:32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, +and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day +long; and there shall be no might in thine hand. + +28:33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which +thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed +alway: 28:34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes +which thou shalt see. + +28:35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a +sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the +top of thy head. + +28:36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set +over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have +known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. + +28:37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, +among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee. + +28:38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather +but little in; for the locust shall consume it. + +28:39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither +drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat +them. + +28:40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou +shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his +fruit. + +28:41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy +them; for they shall go into captivity. + +28:42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. + +28:43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very +high; and thou shalt come down very low. + +28:44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall +be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. + +28:45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue +thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou +hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his +commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: 28:46 And they +shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for +ever. + +28:47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and +with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; 28:48 +Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send +against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want +of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he +have destroyed thee. + +28:49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the +end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue +thou shalt not understand; 28:50 A nation of fierce countenance, which +shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: +28:51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy +land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either +corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy +sheep, until he have destroyed thee. + +28:52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and +fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy +land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy +land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. + +28:53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy +sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in +the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall +distress thee: 28:54 So that the man that is tender among you, and +very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward +the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he +shall leave: 28:55 So that he will not give to any of them of the +flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left +him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall +distress thee in all thy gates. + +28:56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not +adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness +and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, +and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 28:57 And toward her +young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her +children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all +things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy +shall distress thee in thy gates. + +28:58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that +are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and +fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; 28:59 Then the LORD will make thy +plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, +and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. + +28:60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, +which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. + +28:61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in +the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou +be destroyed. + +28:62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars +of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of +the LORD thy God. + +28:63 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to +do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to +destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from +off the land whither thou goest to possess it. + +28:64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one +end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other +gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and +stone. + +28:65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall +the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a +trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: 28:66 And +thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and +night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: 28:67 In the morning +thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, +Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou +shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. + +28:68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by +the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: +and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and +bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. + +29:1 These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded +Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside +the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. + +29:2 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have +seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto +Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; 29:3 The +great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those +great miracles: 29:4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to +perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. + +29:5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes +are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy +foot. + +29:6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong +drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God. + +29:7 And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and +Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote +them: 29:8 And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto +the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh. + +29:9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye +may prosper in all that ye do. + +29:10 Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your +captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the +men of Israel, 29:11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger +that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy +water: 29:12 That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy +God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this +day: 29:13 That he may establish thee to day for a people unto +himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto +thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and +to Jacob. + +29:14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath; +29:15 But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD +our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day: 29:16 +(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came +through the nations which ye passed by; 29:17 And ye have seen their +abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which +were among them:) 29:18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, +or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD +our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should +be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; 29:19 And it come +to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless +himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the +imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: 29:20 The +LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his +jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are +written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out +his name from under heaven. + +29:21 And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes +of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are +written in this book of the law: 29:22 So that the generation to come +of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that +shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of +that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it; 29:23 +And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, +that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like +the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the +LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: 29:24 Even all nations +shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what +meaneth the heat of this great anger? 29:25 Then men shall say, +Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their +fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the +land of Egypt: 29:26 For they went and served other gods, and +worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given +unto them: 29:27 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this +land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book: +29:28 And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in +wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as +it is this day. + +29:29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things +which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that +we may do all the words of this law. + +30:1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon +thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and +thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD +thy God hath driven thee, 30:2 And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, +and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this +day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy +soul; 30:3 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and +have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all +the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee. + +30:4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, +from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he +fetch thee: 30:5 And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land +which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do +thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. + +30:6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart +of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with +all thy soul, that thou mayest live. + +30:7 And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine +enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee. + +30:8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all +his commandments which I command thee this day. + +30:9 And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of +thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, +and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again +rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: 30:10 If +thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his +commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the +law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and +with all thy soul. + +30:11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not +hidden from thee, neither is it far off. + +30:12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up +for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do +it? 30:13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who +shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear +it, and do it? 30:14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy +mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. + +30:15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death +and evil; 30:16 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy +God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his +statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and +the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to +possess it. + +30:17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but +shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; 30:18 I +denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye +shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over +Jordan to go to possess it. + +30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I +have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore +choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 30:20 That thou +mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and +that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length +of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware +unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. + +31:1 And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel. + +31:2 And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this +day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto +me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. + +31:3 The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will +destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: +and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said. + +31:4 And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, +kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed. + +31:5 And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do +unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded +you. + +31:6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: +for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not +fail thee, nor forsake thee. + +31:7 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of +all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with +this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers +to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. + +31:8 And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with +thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither +be dismayed. + +31:9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the +sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto +all the elders of Israel. + +31:10 And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven +years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of +tabernacles, 31:11 When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD +thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law +before all Israel in their hearing. + +31:12 Gather the people together, men and women, and children, and thy +stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they +may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words +of this law: 31:13 And that their children, which have not known any +thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye +live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. + +31:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that +thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle +of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and +Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the +congregation. + +31:15 And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: +and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle. + +31:16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy +fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods +of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and +will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. + +31:17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I +will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall +be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that +they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because +our God is not among us? 31:18 And I will surely hide my face in that +day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are +turned unto other gods. + +31:19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the +children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a +witness for me against the children of Israel. + +31:20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware +unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall +have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn +unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my +covenant. + +31:21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are +befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; +for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I +know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have +brought them into the land which I sware. + +31:22 Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the +children of Israel. + +31:23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong +and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel +into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee. + +31:24 And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the +words of this law in a book, until they were finished, 31:25 That +Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the +LORD, saying, 31:26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side +of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there +for a witness against thee. + +31:27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am +yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; +and how much more after my death? 31:28 Gather unto me all the elders +of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in +their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them. + +31:29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt +yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; +and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil +in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of +your hands. + +31:30 And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel +the words of this song, until they were ended. + +32:1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the +words of my mouth. + +32:2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the +dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon +the grass: 32:3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe +ye greatness unto our God. + +32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are +judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. + +32:5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his +children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. + +32:6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not +he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and +established thee? 32:7 Remember the days of old, consider the years +of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy +elders, and they will tell thee. + +32:8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when +he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people +according to the number of the children of Israel. + +32:9 For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his +inheritance. + +32:10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling +wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the +apple of his eye. + +32:11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, +spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: +32:12 So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god +with him. + +32:13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might +eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of +the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; 32:14 Butter of kine, and +milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and +goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure +blood of the grape. + +32:15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art +grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which +made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. + +32:16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with +abominations provoked they him to anger. + +32:17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew +not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. + +32:18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast +forgotten God that formed thee. + +32:19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the +provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. + +32:20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what +their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children +in whom is no faith. + +32:21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they +have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to +jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to +anger with a foolish nation. + +32:22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the +lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on +fire the foundations of the mountains. + +32:23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon +them. + +32:24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, +and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon +them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. + +32:25 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the +young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray +hairs. + +32:26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the +remembrance of them to cease from among men: 32:27 Were it not that I +feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave +themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and +the LORD hath not done all this. + +32:28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any +understanding in them. + +32:29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they +would consider their latter end! 32:30 How should one chase a +thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had +sold them, and the LORD had shut them up? 32:31 For their rock is not +as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. + +32:32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of +Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter: +32:33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of +asps. + +32:34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my +treasures? 32:35 To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot +shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and +the things that shall come upon them make haste. + +32:36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his +servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none +shut up, or left. + +32:37 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they +trusted, 32:38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank +the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and +be your protection. + +32:39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I +kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that +can deliver out of my hand. + +32:40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. + +32:41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on +judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward +them that hate me. + +32:42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall +devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the +captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. + +32:43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the +blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, +and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. + +32:44 And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears +of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun. + +32:45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel: +32:46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which +I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to +observe to do, all the words of this law. + +32:47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and +through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye +go over Jordan to possess it. + +32:48 And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying, 32:49 +Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in +the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of +Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession: +32:50 And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto +thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered +unto his people: 32:51 Because ye trespassed against me among the +children of Israel at the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness +of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of +Israel. + +32:52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go +thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel. + +33:1 And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed +the children of Israel before his death. + +33:2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto +them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands +of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. + +33:3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and +they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words. + +33:4 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the +congregation of Jacob. + +33:5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the +tribes of Israel were gathered together. + +33:6 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. + +33:7 And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the +voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be +sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies. + +33:8 And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy +holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst +strive at the waters of Meribah; 33:9 Who said unto his father and to +his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his +brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, +and kept thy covenant. + +33:10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they +shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine +altar. + +33:11 Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands; +smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them +that hate him, that they rise not again. + +33:12 And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in +safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he +shall dwell between his shoulders. + +33:13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the +precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth +beneath, 33:14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, +and for the precious things put forth by the moon, 33:15 And for the +chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of +the lasting hills, 33:16 And for the precious things of the earth and +fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: +let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the +head of him that was separated from his brethren. + +33:17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns +are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people +together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of +Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. + +33:18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, +Issachar, in thy tents. + +33:19 They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall +offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the +abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. + +33:20 And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he +dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. + +33:21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a +portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of +the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments +with Israel. + +33:22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from +Bashan. + +33:23 And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and +full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the +south. + +33:24 And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let +him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. + +33:25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy +strength be. + +33:26 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the +heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. + +33:27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the +everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; +and shall say, Destroy them. + +33:28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob +shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop +down dew. + +33:29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved +by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy +excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou +shalt tread upon their high places. + +34:1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of +Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD +shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, 34:2 And all Naphtali, +and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto +the utmost sea, 34:3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of +Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. + +34:4 And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto +Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy +seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not +go over thither. + +34:5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, +according to the word of the LORD. + +34:6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against +Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. + +34:7 And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his +eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. + +34:8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab +thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. + +34:9 And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for +Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel +hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses. + +34:10 And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, +whom the LORD knew face to face, 34:11 In all the signs and the +wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to +Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, 34:12 And in +all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed +in the sight of all Israel. + + + + +The Book of Joshua + + +1:1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to +pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, +saying, 1:2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over +this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give +to them, even to the children of Israel. + +1:3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have +I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. + +1:4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, +the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great +sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. + +1:5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days +of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not +fail thee, nor forsake thee. + +1:6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou +divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers +to give them. + +1:7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe +to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: +turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest +prosper withersoever thou goest. + +1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou +shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do +according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy +way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. + +1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not +afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee +whithersoever thou goest. + +1:10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 1:11 +Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you +victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go +in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess +it. + +1:12 And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe +of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying, 1:13 Remember the word which Moses +the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath +given you rest, and hath given you this land. + +1:14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in +the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass +before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help +them; 1:15 Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath +given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your +God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your +possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD's servant gave you on +this side Jordan toward the sunrising. + +1:16 And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we +will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go. + +1:17 According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we +hearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with +Moses. + +1:18 Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will +not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall +be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage. + +2:1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy +secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and +came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there. + +2:2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came +men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the +country. + +2:3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the +men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for +they be come to search out all the country. + +2:4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There +came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were: 2:5 And it came to +pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that +the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them +quickly; for ye shall overtake them. + +2:6 But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them +with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof. + +2:7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: +and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut +the gate. + +2:8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the +roof; 2:9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given +you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the +inhabitants of the land faint because of you. + +2:10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea +for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings +of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, +whom ye utterly destroyed. + +2:11 And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, +neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: +for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth +beneath. + +2:12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I +have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my +father's house, and give me a true token: 2:13 And that ye will save +alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and +all that they have, and deliver our lives from death. + +2:14 And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not +this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the +land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee. + +2:15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her +house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. + +2:16 And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the +pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the +pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way. + +2:17 And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine +oath which thou hast made us swear. + +2:18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of +scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou +shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy +father's household, home unto thee. + +2:19 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy +house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will +be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood +shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. + +2:20 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of +thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. + +2:21 And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent +them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the +window. + +2:22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three +days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them +throughout all the way, but found them not. + +2:23 So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and +passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all +things that befell them: 2:24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the +LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the +inhabitants of the country do faint because of us. + +3:1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from +Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and +lodged there before they passed over. + +3:2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went +through the host; 3:3 And they commanded the people, saying, When ye +see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the +Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after +it. + +3:4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand +cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by +which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore. + +3:5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to +morrow the LORD will do wonders among you. + +3:6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the +covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of +the covenant, and went before the people. + +3:7 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify +thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was +with Moses, so I will be with thee. + +3:8 And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the +covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of +Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan. + +3:9 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear +the words of the LORD your God. + +3:10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is +among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the +Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and +the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites. + +3:11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth +passeth over before you into Jordan. + +3:12 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, +out of every tribe a man. + +3:13 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of +the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth, +shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be +cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall +stand upon an heap. + +3:14 And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to +pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant +before the people; 3:15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto +Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in +the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the +time of harvest,) 3:16 That the waters which came down from above +stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is +beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, +even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed +over right against Jericho. + +3:17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD +stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the +Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed +clean over Jordan. + +4:1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over +Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, 4:2 Take you twelve +men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, 4:3 And command ye +them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the +place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall +carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where +ye shall lodge this night. + +4:4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the +children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: 4:5 And Joshua said unto +them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of +Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, +according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel: 4:6 +That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their +fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones? 4:7 +Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off +before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over +Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be +for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever. + +4:8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up +twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto +Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of +Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they +lodged, and laid them down there. + +4:9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the +place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant +stood: and they are there unto this day. + +4:10 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, +until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak +unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the +people hasted and passed over. + +4:11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, +that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence +of the people. + +4:12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the +tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as +Moses spake unto them: 4:13 About forty thousand prepared for war +passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. + +4:14 On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; +and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life. + +4:15 And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, 4:16 Command the priests +that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. + +4:17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of +Jordan. + +4:18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the +covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the +soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the +waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his +banks, as they did before. + +4:19 And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the +first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. + +4:20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did +Joshua pitch in Gilgal. + +4:21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your +children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean +these stones? 4:22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, +Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. + +4:23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before +you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red +sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: 4:24 +That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that +it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever. + +5:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which +were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the +Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up +the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were +passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them +any more, because of the children of Israel. + +5:2 At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, +and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. + +5:3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of +Israel at the hill of the foreskins. + +5:4 And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people +that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died +in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt. + +5:5 Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the +people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth +out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised. + +5:6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, +till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, +were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto +whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the +LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that +floweth with milk and honey. + +5:7 And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua +circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not +circumcised them by the way. + +5:8 And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the +people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were +whole. + +5:9 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the +reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is +called Gilgal unto this day. + +5:10 And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the +passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of +Jericho. + +5:11 And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after +the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day. + +5:12 And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the +old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any +more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. + +5:13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted +up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against +him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and +said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? 5:14 And he +said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And +Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto +him, What saith my Lord unto his servant? 5:15 And the captain of the +LORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for +the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so. + +6:1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of +Israel: none went out, and none came in. + +6:2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand +Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. + +6:3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round +about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. + +6:4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of +rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven +times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. + +6:5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with +the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the +people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall +fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight +before him. + +6:6 And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, +Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven +trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD. + +6:7 And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and +let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD. + +6:8 And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that +the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on +before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the +covenant of the LORD followed them. + +6:9 And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the +trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, +and blowing with the trumpets. + +6:10 And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, +nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out +of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout. + +6:11 So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: +and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. + +6:12 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the +ark of the LORD. + +6:13 And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before +the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: +and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the +ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. + +6:14 And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned +into the camp: so they did six days. + +6:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early +about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same +manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven +times. + +6:16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew +with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD +hath given you the city. + +6:17 And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are +therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all +that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we +sent. + +6:18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest +ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and +make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. + +6:19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are +consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the +LORD. + +6:20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: +and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, +and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down +flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight +before him, and they took the city. + +6:21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and +woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the +sword. + +6:22 But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the +country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, +and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her. + +6:23 And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, +and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she +had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the +camp of Israel. + +6:24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only +the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they +put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. + +6:25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's +household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto +this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out +Jericho. + +6:26 And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man +before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he +shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest +son shall he set up the gates of it. + +6:27 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout +all the country. + +7:1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed +thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of +Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the +anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel. + +7:2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, +on the east of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the +country. + +And the men went up and viewed Ai. + +7:3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the +people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite +Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but +few. + +7:4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: +and they fled before the men of Ai. + +7:5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they +chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in +the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became +as water. + +7:6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face +before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of +Israel, and put dust upon their heads. + +7:7 And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at all +brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the +Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt +on the other side Jordan! 7:8 O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel +turneth their backs before their enemies! 7:9 For the Canaanites and +all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us +round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto +thy great name? 7:10 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; +wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? 7:11 Israel hath sinned, and +they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for +they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and +dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. + +7:12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their +enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they +were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy +the accursed from among you. + +7:13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to +morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed +thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before +thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you. + +7:14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your +tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall +come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD +shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD +shall take shall come man by man. + +7:15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing +shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath +transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought +folly in Israel. + +7:16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by +their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: 7:17 And he brought +the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he +brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: +7:18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of +Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was +taken. + +7:19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to +the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now +what thou hast done; hide it not from me. + +7:20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against +the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: 7:21 When I saw +among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels +of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted +them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the +midst of my tent, and the silver under it. + +7:22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, +behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. + +7:23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them +unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out +before the LORD. + +7:24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, +and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, +and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his +tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of +Achor. + +7:25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall +trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and +burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones. + +7:26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So +the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name +of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day. + +8:1 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: +take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I +have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, +and his land: 8:2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst +unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle +thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush +for the city behind it. + +8:3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: +and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent +them away by night. + +8:4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait +against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, +but be ye all ready: 8:5 And I, and all the people that are with me, +will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come +out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them, 8:6 +(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the +city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: +therefore we will flee before them. + +8:7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: +for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. + +8:8 And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set +the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye +do. See, I have commanded you. + +8:9 Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, +and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua +lodged that night among the people. + +8:10 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, +and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai. + +8:11 And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, +went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the +north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai. + +8:12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in +ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city. + +8:13 And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on +the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the +city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley. + +8:14 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted +and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to +battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; +but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the +city. + +8:15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before +them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. + +8:16 And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue +after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from +the city. + +8:17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out +after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel. + +8:18 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in +thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua +stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city. + +8:19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as +soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, +and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire. + +8:20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, +the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to +flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness +turned back upon the pursuers. + +8:21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the +city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, +and slew the men of Ai. + +8:22 And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were +in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and +they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape. + +8:23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. + +8:24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all +the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they +chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, +until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, +and smote it with the edge of the sword. + +8:25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and +women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. + +8:26 For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the +spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. + +8:27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey +unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he +commanded Joshua. + +8:28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a +desolation unto this day. + +8:29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as +soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his +carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of +the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth +unto this day. + +8:30 Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount +Ebal, 8:31 As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of +Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of +whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they +offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace +offerings. + +8:32 And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, +which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel. + +8:33 And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, +stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the +Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the +stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against +mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the +servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the +people of Israel. + +8:34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and +cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law. + +8:35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua +read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and +the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them. + +9:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side +Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the +great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the +Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof; +9:2 That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and +with Israel, with one accord. + +9:3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto +Jericho and to Ai, 9:4 They did work wilily, and went and made as if +they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and +wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; 9:5 And old shoes and +clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread +of their provision was dry and mouldy. + +9:6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto +him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now +therefore make ye a league with us. + +9:7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell +among us; and how shall we make a league with you? 9:8 And they said +unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are +ye? and from whence come ye? 9:9 And they said unto him, From a very +far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy +God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, +9:10 And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were +beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, +which was at Ashtaroth. + +9:11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake +to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet +them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a +league with us. + +9:12 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on +the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and +it is mouldy: 9:13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were +new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes +are become old by reason of the very long journey. + +9:14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the +mouth of the LORD. + +9:15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to +let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them. + +9:16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made +a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, +and that they dwelt among them. + +9:17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities +on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and +Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim. + +9:18 And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of +the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And +all the congregation murmured against the princes. + +9:19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn +unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch +them. + +9:20 This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath +be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them. + +9:21 And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be +hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the +princes had promised them. + +9:22 And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, +Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when +ye dwell among us? 9:23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall +none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and +drawers of water for the house of my God. + +9:24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told +thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to +give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land +from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of +you, and have done this thing. + +9:25 And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and +right unto thee to do unto us, do. + +9:26 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of +the children of Israel, that they slew them not. + +9:27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water +for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this +day, in the place which he should choose. + +10:1 Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heard +how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done +to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how +the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among +them; 10:2 That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, +as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and +all the men thereof were mighty. + +10:3 Wherefore Adonizedec king of Jerusalem, sent unto Hoham king of +Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of +Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying, 10:4 Come up unto me, +and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with +Joshua and with the children of Israel. + +10:5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, +the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king +of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all +their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it. + +10:6 And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, +saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, +and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell +in the mountains are gathered together against us. + +10:7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war +with him, and all the mighty men of valour. + +10:8 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have +delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand +before thee. + +10:9 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal +all night. + +10:10 And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with +a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth +up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah. + +10:11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were +in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones +from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which +died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with +the sword. + +10:12 Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered +up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the +sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in +the valley of Ajalon. + +10:13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people +had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the +book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and +hasted not to go down about a whole day. + +10:14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the +LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for +Israel. + +10:15 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to +Gilgal. + +10:16 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at +Makkedah. + +10:17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in +a cave at Makkedah. + +10:18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, +and set men by it for to keep them: 10:19 And stay ye not, but pursue +after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to +enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered them +into your hand. + +10:20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had +made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they +were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into +fenced cities. + +10:21 And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in +peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. + +10:22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out +those five kings unto me out of the cave. + +10:23 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out +of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of +Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. + +10:24 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto +Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto +the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put +your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put +their feet upon the necks of them. + +10:25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong +and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies +against whom ye fight. + +10:26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them +on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening. + +10:27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, +that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast +them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in +the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day. + +10:28 And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of +the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all +the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the +king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho. + +10:29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto +Libnah, and fought against Libnah: 10:30 And the LORD delivered it +also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it +with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he +let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto +the king of Jericho. + +10:31 And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto +Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: 10:32 And the +LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the +second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls +that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah. + +10:33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua +smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining. + +10:34 And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with +him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it: 10:35 And +they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and +all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, +according to all that he had done to Lachish. + +10:36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto +Hebron; and they fought against it: 10:37 And they took it, and smote +it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the +cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none +remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed +it utterly, and all the souls that were therein. + +10:38 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and +fought against it: 10:39 And he took it, and the king thereof, and all +the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, +and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none +remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the +king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king. + +10:40 So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, +and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none +remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of +Israel commanded. + +10:41 And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza, and all +the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon. + +10:42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, +because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel. + +10:43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to +Gilgal. + +11:1 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those +things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of +Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, 11:2 And to the kings that were +on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, +and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west, 11:3 And to +the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the +Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to +the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh. + +11:4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much +people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with +horses and chariots very many. + +11:5 And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched +together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel. + +11:6 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for +to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before +Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with +fire. + +11:7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them +by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them. + +11:8 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote +them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and +unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they +left them none remaining. + +11:9 And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their +horses, and burnt their chariots with fire. + +11:10 And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote +the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of +all those kingdoms. + +11:11 And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of +the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: +and he burnt Hazor with fire. + +11:12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, +did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he +utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded. + +11:13 But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel +burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn. + +11:14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children +of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote +with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither +left they any to breathe. + +11:15 As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command +Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD +commanded Moses. + +11:16 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south +country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, +and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same; 11:17 Even +from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the +valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and +smote them, and slew them. + +11:18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. + +11:19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of +Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they +took in battle. + +11:20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should +come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and +that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the +LORD commanded Moses. + +11:21 And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the +mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the +mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua +destroyed them utterly with their cities. + +11:22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children +of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained. + +11:23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD +said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel +according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from +war. + +12:1 Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel +smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the +rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the +plain on the east: 12:2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in +Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river +Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even +unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; +12:3 And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto +the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to +Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah: 12:4 And the +coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, +that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, 12:5 And reigned in mount +Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the +Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon +king of Heshbon. + +12:6 Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel +smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto +the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh. + +12:7 And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the +children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad +in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to +Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession +according to their divisions; 12:8 In the mountains, and in the +valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, +and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the +Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: 12:9 The +king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; +12:10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; 12:11 The +king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; 12:12 The king of +Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; 12:13 The king of Debir, one; the +king of Geder, one; 12:14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, +one; 12:15 The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; 12:16 +The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one; 12:17 The king of +Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one; 12:18 The king of Aphek, one; +the king of Lasharon, one; 12:19 The king of Madon, one; the king of +Hazor, one; 12:20 The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph, +one; 12:21 The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; 12:22 +The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one; 12:23 The +king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of +Gilgal, one; 12:24 The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and +one. + +13:1 Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto +him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very +much land to be possessed. + +13:2 This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the +Philistines, and all Geshuri, 13:3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt, +even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the +Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the +Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also +the Avites: 13:4 From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and +Mearah that is beside the Sidonians unto Aphek, to the borders of the +Amorites: 13:5 And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward +the sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into +Hamath. + +13:6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto +Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from +before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the +Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee. + +13:7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine +tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh, 13:8 With whom the Reubenites +and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave +them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD +gave them; 13:9 From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, +and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of +Medeba unto Dibon; 13:10 And all the cities of Sihon king of the +Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of +Ammon; 13:11 And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and +Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; 13:12 +All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in +Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses +smite, and cast them out. + +13:13 Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, +nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell +among the Israelites until this day. + +13:14 Only unto the tribes of Levi he gave none inheritance; the +sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their +inheritance, as he said unto them. + +13:15 And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben +inheritance according to their families. + +13:16 And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river +Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the +plain by Medeba; 13:17 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the +plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon, 13:18 And Jahaza, and +Kedemoth, and Mephaath, 13:19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and +Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley, 13:20 And Bethpeor, and +Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth, 13:21 And all the cities of the +plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which +reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, +and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, +dwelling in the country. + +13:22 Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of +Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them. + +13:23 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the +border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben +after their families, the cities and the villages thereof. + +13:24 And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the +children of Gad according to their families. + +13:25 And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and +half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before +Rabbah; 13:26 And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and +from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; 13:27 And in the valley, +Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the +kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the +edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward. + +13:28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their +families, the cities, and their villages. + +13:29 And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and +this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh +by their families. + +13:30 And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom +of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, +threescore cities: 13:31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, +cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the +children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the +children of Machir by their families. + +13:32 These are the countries which Moses did distribute for +inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by +Jericho, eastward. + +13:33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the +LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them. + +14:1 And these are the countries which the children of Israel +inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua +the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the +children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them. + +14:2 By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand +of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe. + +14:3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half +tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none +inheritance among them. + +14:4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: +therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities +to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their +substance. + +14:5 As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and +they divided the land. + +14:6 Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb +the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the +thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and +thee in Kadeshbarnea. + +14:7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me +from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again +as it was in mine heart. + +14:8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of +the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God. + +14:9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy +feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for +ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God. + +14:10 And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these +forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, +while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, +I am this day fourscore and five years old. + +14:11 As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses +sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, +both to go out, and to come in. + +14:12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in +that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, +and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be +with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said. + +14:13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh +Hebron for an inheritance. + +14:14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of +Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed +the LORD God of Israel. + +14:15 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a +great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war. + +15:1 This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by +their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin +southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. + +15:2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from +the bay that looketh southward: 15:3 And it went out to the south side +to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the +south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up +to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa: 15:4 From thence it passed +toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out +of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast. + +15:5 And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of +Jordan. + +And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at +the uttermost part of Jordan: 15:6 And the border went up to +Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border +went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: 15:7 And the border +went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, +looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which +is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the +waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel: 15:8 +And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the +south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went +up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom +westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward: +15:9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the +fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount +Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim: +15:10 And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, +and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on +the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah: +15:11 And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and +the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and +went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the +sea. + +15:12 And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. + +This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to +their families. + +15:13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the +children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, +even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron. + +15:14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and +Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. + +15:15 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name +of Debir before was Kirjathsepher. + +15:16 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to +him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. + +15:17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and +he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. + +15:18 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to +ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said +unto her, What wouldest thou? 15:19 Who answered, Give me a blessing; +for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. +And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs. + +15:20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah +according to their families. + +15:21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah +toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, +15:22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, 15:23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, +and Ithnan, 15:24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, 15:25 And Hazor, +Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor, 15:26 Amam, and +Shema, and Moladah, 15:27 And Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet, +15:28 And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah, 15:29 Baalah, and +Iim, and Azem, 15:30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, 15:31 And +Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, 15:32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, +and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their +villages: 15:33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah, +15:34 And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam, 15:35 Jarmuth, and +Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, 15:36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and +Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages: 15:37 +Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad, 15:38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and +Joktheel, 15:39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, 15:40 And Cabbon, and +Lahmam, and Kithlish, 15:41 And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and +Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages: 15:42 Libnah, and Ether, +and Ashan, 15:43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, 15:44 And Keilah, +and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages: 15:45 +Ekron, with her towns and her villages: 15:46 From Ekron even unto the +sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages: 15:47 Ashdod with +her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto +the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof: 15:48 +And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, 15:49 And Dannah, +and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir, 15:50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and +Anim, 15:51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their +villages: 15:52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, 15:53 And Janum, and +Bethtappuah, and Aphekah, 15:54 And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is +Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages: 15:55 Maon, Carmel, +and Ziph, and Juttah, 15:56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, +15:57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages: 15:58 +Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor, 15:59 And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and +Eltekon; six cities with their villages: 15:60 Kirjathbaal, which is +Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages: 15:61 In +the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah, 15:62 And Nibshan, +and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages. + +15:63 As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children +of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with the +children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day. + +16:1 And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by +Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that +goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel, 16:2 And goeth out from +Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, +16:3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast +of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof are +at the sea. + +16:4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their +inheritance. + +16:5 And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their +families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east +side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper; 16:6 And the border +went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the +border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the +east to Janohah; 16:7 And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to +Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan. + +16:8 The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; +and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of +the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families. + +16:9 And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among +the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their +villages. + +16:10 And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but +the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve +under tribute. + +17:1 There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the +firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the +father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead +and Bashan. + +17:2 There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by +their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of +Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of +Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of +Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by +their families. + +17:3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of +Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are +the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and +Tirzah. + +17:4 And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua +the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded +Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore +according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance +among the brethren of their father. + +17:5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of +Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan; 17:6 Because +the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the +rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead. + +17:7 And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that +lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto +the inhabitants of Entappuah. + +17:8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border +of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim; 17:9 And the coast +descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities +of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh +also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were +at the sea: 17:10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was +Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher +on the north, and in Issachar on the east. + +17:11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her +towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her +towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants +of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her +towns, even three countries. + +17:12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants +of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. + +17:13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen +strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not utterly +drive them out. + +17:14 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast +thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a +great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto? 17:15 +And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up +to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the +Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee. + +17:16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: +and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have +chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and +they who are of the valley of Jezreel. + +17:17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and +to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: +thou shalt not have one lot only: 17:18 But the mountain shall be +thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings +of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though +they have iron chariots, and though they be strong. + +18:1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled +together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation +there. And the land was subdued before them. + +18:2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, +which had not yet received their inheritance. + +18:3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye +slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers +hath given you? 18:4 Give out from among you three men for each +tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the +land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they +shall come again to me. + +18:5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in +their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their +coasts on the north. + +18:6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring +the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before +the LORD our God. + +18:7 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the +LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of +Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, +which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them. + +18:8 And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that +went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and +describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you +before the LORD in Shiloh. + +18:9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by +cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the +host at Shiloh. + +18:10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and +there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to +their divisions. + +18:11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up +according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth +between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. + +18:12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the +border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up +through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the +wilderness of Bethaven. + +18:13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of +Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to +Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether +Bethhoron. + +18:14 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the +sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron southward; +and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is +Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west +quarter. + +18:15 And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the +border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of +Nephtoah: 18:16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain +that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the +valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of +Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel, +18:17 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and +went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of +Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, 18:18 +And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and +went down unto Arabah: 18:19 And the border passed along to the side +of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the +north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the +south coast. + +18:20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the +inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round +about, according to their families. + +18:21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin +according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the +valley of Keziz, 18:22 And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel, 18:23 +And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah, 18:24 And Chepharhaammonai, and +Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages: 18:25 Gibeon, and +Ramah, and Beeroth, 18:26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, 18:27 +And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, 18:28 And Zelah, Eleph, and +Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with +their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin +according to their families. + +19:1 And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of +the children of Simeon according to their families: and their +inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah. + +19:2 And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and +Moladah, 19:3 And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem, 19:4 And Eltolad, +and Bethul, and Hormah, 19:5 And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and +Hazarsusah, 19:6 And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and +their villages: 19:7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities +and their villages: 19:8 And all the villages that were round about +these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the +inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their +families. + +19:9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance +of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was +too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their +inheritance within the inheritance of them. + +19:10 And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according +to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid: +19:11 And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and +reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before +Jokneam; 19:12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising +unto the border of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and +goeth up to Japhia, 19:13 And from thence passeth on along on the east +to Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin, and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to +Neah; 19:14 And the border compasseth it on the north side to +Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel: +19:15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and +Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. + +19:16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to +their families, these cities with their villages. + +19:17 And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of +Issachar according to their families. + +19:18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, +19:19 And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath, 19:20 And Rabbith, and +Kishion, and Abez, 19:21 And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and +Bethpazzez; 19:22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and +Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen +cities with their villages. + +19:23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar +according to their families, the cities and their villages. + +19:24 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of +Asher according to their families. + +19:25 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, +19:26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel +westward, and to Shihorlibnath; 19:27 And turneth toward the sunrising +to Bethdagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel +toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul +on the left hand, 19:28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, +even unto great Zidon; 19:29 And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and +to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the +outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib: 19:30 Ummah +also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages. + +19:31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher +according to their families, these cities with their villages. + +19:32 The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the +children of Naphtali according to their families. + +19:33 And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and +Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were +at Jordan: 19:34 And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor, +and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the +south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon +Jordan toward the sunrising. + +19:35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and +Chinnereth, 19:36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, 19:37 And Kedesh, +and Edrei, and Enhazor, 19:38 And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and +Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. + +19:39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali +according to their families, the cities and their villages. + +19:40 And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of +Dan according to their families. + +19:41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and +Irshemesh, 19:42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah, 19:43 And +Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, 19:44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and +Baalath, 19:45 And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon, 19:46 And +Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho. + +19:47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for +them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, +and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed +it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan +their father. + +19:48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan +according to their families, these cities with their villages. + +19:49 When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance +by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua +the son of Nun among them: 19:50 According to the word of the LORD +they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in mount +Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein. + +19:51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua +the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the +children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before +the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they +made an end of dividing the country. + +20:1 The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying, 20:2 Speak to the +children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, +whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: 20:3 That the slayer +that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and +they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. + +20:4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand +at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause +in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the +city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. + +20:5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not +deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour +unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime. + +20:6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the +congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that +shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto +his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he +fled. + +20:7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and +Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the +mountain of Judah. + +20:8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned +Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and +Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of +the tribe of Manasseh. + +20:9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, +and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever +killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the +hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation. + +21:1 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto +Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads +of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel; 21:2 And they +spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD +commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the +suburbs thereof for our cattle. + +21:3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their +inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their +suburbs. + +21:4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the +children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot +out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of +the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. + +21:5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the +families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out +of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. + +21:6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the +tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe +of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen +cities. + +21:7 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of +Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, +twelve cities. + +21:8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these +cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. + +21:9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out +of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here +mentioned by name. + +21:10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the +Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the +first lot. + +21:11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which +city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof +round about it. + +21:12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they +to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. + +21:13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with +her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with +her suburbs, 21:14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her +suburbs, 21:15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs, +21:16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and +Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. + +21:17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba +with her suburbs, 21:18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her +suburbs; four cities. + +21:19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were +thirteen cities with their suburbs. + +21:20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which +remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their +lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. + +21:21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to +be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs, 21:22 +And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four +cities. + +21:23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon +with her suburbs, 21:24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her +suburbs; four cities. + +21:25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, +and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities. + +21:26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of +the children of Kohath that remained. + +21:27 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the +Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in +Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and +Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities. + +21:28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, +Dabareh with her suburbs, 21:29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim +with her suburbs; four cities. + +21:30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon +with her suburbs, 21:31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her +suburbs; four cities. + +21:32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her +suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with +her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities. + +21:33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families +were thirteen cities with their suburbs. + +21:34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the +Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and +Kartah with her suburbs, 21:35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with +her suburbs; four cities. + +21:36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and +Jahazah with her suburbs, 21:37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and +Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities. + +21:38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, +to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs, +21:39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in +all. + +21:40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, +which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot +twelve cities. + +21:41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the +children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs. + +21:42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: +thus were all these cities. + +21:43 And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to +give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. + +21:44 And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that +he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their +enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their +hand. + +21:45 There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had +spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. + +22:1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half +tribe of Manasseh, 22:2 And said unto them, Ye have kept all that +Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice +in all that I commanded you: 22:3 Ye have not left your brethren these +many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment +of the LORD your God. + +22:4 And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as +he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your +tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant +of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan. + +22:5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which +Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, +and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to +cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all +your soul. + +22:6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto +their tents. + +22:7 Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given +possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua +among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua +sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them, 22:8 And +he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, +and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, +and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your +enemies with your brethren. + +22:9 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half +tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel +out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country +of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were +possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. + +22:10 And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the +land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the +half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar +to see to. + +22:11 And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of +Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have +built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of +Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel. + +22:12 And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole +congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at +Shiloh, to go up to war against them. + +22:13 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and +to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the +land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, 22:14 And with +him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the +tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their +fathers among the thousands of Israel. + +22:15 And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children +of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, +and they spake with them, saying, 22:16 Thus saith the whole +congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed +against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the +LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this +day against the LORD? 22:17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for +us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was +a plague in the congregation of the LORD, 22:18 But that ye must turn +away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel +to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be wroth with the +whole congregation of Israel. + +22:19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then +pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the +LORD's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel +not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar +beside the altar of the LORD our God. + +22:20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed +thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man +perished not alone in his iniquity. + +22:21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half +tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands +of Israel, 22:22 The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he +knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in +transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,) 22:23 That we +have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer +thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace +offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it; 22:24 And if we +have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to +come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye +to do with the LORD God of Israel? 22:25 For the LORD hath made +Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children +of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our +children cease from fearing the LORD. + +22:26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not +for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice: 22:27 But that it may be a +witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we +might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, +and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your +children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part +in the LORD. + +22:28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to +us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, +Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, +not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness +between us and you. + +22:29 God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this +day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, +for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD +our God that is before his tabernacle. + +22:30 And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the +congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, +heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad +and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them. + +22:31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the +children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of +Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye +have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have +delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD. + +22:32 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, +returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, +out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of +Israel, and brought them word again. + +22:33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children +of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in +battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad +dwelt. + +22:34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the +altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God. + +23:1 And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given +rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed +old and stricken in age. + +23:2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for +their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said +unto them, I am old and stricken in age: 23:3 And ye have seen all +that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of +you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you. + +23:4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, +to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the +nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward. + +23:5 And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and +drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as +the LORD your God hath promised unto you. + +23:6 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is +written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside +therefrom to the right hand or to the left; 23:7 That ye come not +among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention +of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve +them, nor bow yourselves unto them: 23:8 But cleave unto the LORD your +God, as ye have done unto this day. + +23:9 For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and +strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto +this day. + +23:10 One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he +it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you. + +23:11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD +your God. + +23:12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant +of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make +marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: 23:13 Know +for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of +these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto +you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye +perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. + +23:14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and +ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing +hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake +concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath +failed thereof. + +23:15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are +come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD +bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off +this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. + +23:16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, +which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed +yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled +against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which +he hath given unto you. + +24:1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and +called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their +judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before +God. + +24:2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of +Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, +even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they +served other gods. + +24:3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, +and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his +seed, and gave him Isaac. + +24:4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount +Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. + +24:5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to +that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out. + +24:6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the +sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and +horsemen unto the Red sea. + +24:7 And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you +and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; +and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the +wilderness a long season. + +24:8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on +the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into +your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from +before you. + +24:9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred +against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse +you: 24:10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed +you still: so I delivered you out of his hand. + +24:11 And you went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of +Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the +Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and +the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand. + +24:12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from +before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy +sword, nor with thy bow. + +24:13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and +cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and +oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat. + +24:14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in +truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other +side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. + +24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this +day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served +that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, +in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the +LORD. + +24:16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should +forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; 24:17 For the LORD our God, he +it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, +from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our +sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all +the people through whom we passed: 24:18 And the LORD drave out from +before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: +therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God. + +24:19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for +he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your +transgressions nor your sins. + +24:20 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will +turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you +good. + +24:21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the +LORD. + +24:22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against +yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they +said, We are witnesses. + +24:23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are +among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel. + +24:24 And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, +and his voice will we obey. + +24:25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them +a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. + +24:26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and +took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the +sanctuary of the LORD. + +24:27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be +a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which +he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye +deny your God. + +24:28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance. + +24:29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of +Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years +old. + +24:30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in +Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill +of Gaash. + +24:31 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the +days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the +works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel. + +24:32 And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up +out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which +Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred +pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of +Joseph. + +24:33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill +that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount +Ephraim. + + + + +The Book of Judges + + +1:1 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children +of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the +Canaanites first, to fight against them? 1:2 And the LORD said, Judah +shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. + +1:3 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my +lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go +with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him. + +1:4 And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the +Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten +thousand men. + +1:5 And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, +and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. + +1:6 But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, +and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. + +1:7 And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs +and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I +have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, +and there he died. + +1:8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had +taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city +on fire. + +1:9 And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the +Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the +valley. + +1:10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now +the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and +Ahiman, and Talmai. + +1:11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the +name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher: 1:12 And Caleb said, He that +smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my +daughter to wife. + +1:13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: +and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. + +1:14 And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to +ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb +said unto her, What wilt thou? 1:15 And she said unto him, Give me a +blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of +water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs. + +1:16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out +of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the +wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went +and dwelt among the people. + +1:17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the +Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the +name of the city was called Hormah. + +1:18 Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the +coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. + +1:19 And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of +the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, +because they had chariots of iron. + +1:20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled +thence the three sons of Anak. + +1:21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that +inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of +Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day. + +1:22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and +the LORD was with them. + +1:23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of +the city before was Luz.) 1:24 And the spies saw a man come forth out +of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the +entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy. + +1:25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote +the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all +his family. + +1:26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, +and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this +day. + +1:27 Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and +her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and +her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the +inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell +in that land. + +1:28 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the +Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out. + +1:29 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; +but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. + +1:30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the +inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and +became tributaries. + +1:31 Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the +inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor +of Aphik, nor of Rehob: 1:32 But the Asherites dwelt among the +Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them +out. + +1:33 Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, +nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, +the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of +Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them. + +1:34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: +for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: 1:35 But +the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: +yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became +tributaries. + +1:36 And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, +from the rock, and upward. + +2:1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, +I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land +which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my +covenant with you. + +2:2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye +shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why +have ye done this? 2:3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them +out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and +their gods shall be a snare unto you. + +2:4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words +unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their +voice, and wept. + +2:5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed +there unto the LORD. + +2:6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went +every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. + +2:7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the +days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great +works of the LORD, that he did for Israel. + +2:8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an +hundred and ten years old. + +2:9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in +Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill +Gaash. + +2:10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: +and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the +LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. + +2:11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and +served Baalim: 2:12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, +which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, +of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed +themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger. + +2:13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. + +2:14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he +delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he +sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they +could not any longer stand before their enemies. + +2:15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against +them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto +them: and they were greatly distressed. + +2:16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out +of the hand of those that spoiled them. + +2:17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a +whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned +quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the +commandments of the LORD; but they did not so. + +2:18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with +the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the +days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings +by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. + +2:19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, +and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other +gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from +their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. + +2:20 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, +Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I +commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; 2:21 I +also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations +which Joshua left when he died: 2:22 That through them I may prove +Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as +their fathers did keep it, or not. + +2:23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out +hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. + +3:1 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by +them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; +3:2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to +teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; 3:3 +Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the +Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount +Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath. + +3:4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would +hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their +fathers by the hand of Moses. + +3:5 And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, +and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites: 3:6 And they +took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to +their sons, and served their gods. + +3:7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and +forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves. + +3:8 Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he +sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and +the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years. + +3:9 And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD +raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, +even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. + +3:10 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, +and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of +Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against +Chushanrishathaim. + +3:11 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz +died. + +3:12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the +LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, +because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. + +3:13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and +went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. + +3:14 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen +years. + +3:15 But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD +raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man +lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto +Eglon the king of Moab. + +3:16 But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit +length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh. + +3:17 And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was +a very fat man. + +3:18 And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away +the people that bare the present. + +3:19 But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by +Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, +Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him. + +3:20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, +which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from +God unto thee. + +And he arose out of his seat. + +3:21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his +right thigh, and thrust it into his belly: 3:22 And the haft also went +in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he +could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out. + +3:23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the +parlour upon him, and locked them. + +3:24 When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, +behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he +covereth his feet in his summer chamber. + +3:25 And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened +not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened +them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth. + +3:26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the +quarries, and escaped unto Seirath. + +3:27 And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in +the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him +from the mount, and he before them. + +3:28 And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath +delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down +after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not +a man to pass over. + +3:29 And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all +lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man. + +3:30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the +land had rest fourscore years. + +3:31 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the +Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered +Israel. + +4:1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the +LORD, when Ehud was dead. + +4:2 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that +reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in +Harosheth of the Gentiles. + +4:3 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine +hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the +children of Israel. + +4:4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel +at that time. + +4:5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and +Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for +judgment. + +4:6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of +Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel +commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee +ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of +Zebulun? 4:7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, +the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and +I will deliver him into thine hand. + +4:8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: +but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go. + +4:9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the +journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD +shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and +went with Barak to Kedesh. + +4:10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up +with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him. + +4:11 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the +father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and +pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh. + +4:12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up +to mount Tabor. + +4:13 And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred +chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from +Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon. + +4:14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the +LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out +before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men +after him. + +4:15 And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all +his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera +lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet. + +4:16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto +Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the +edge of the sword; and there was not a man left. + +4:17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife +of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of +Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. + +4:18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my +lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into +the tent, she covered him with a mantle. + +4:19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to +drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him +drink, and covered him. + +4:20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it +shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is +there any man here? that thou shalt say, No. + +4:21 Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an +hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into +his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep +and weary. So he died. + +4:22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, +and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou +seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and +the nail was in his temples. + +4:23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the +children of Israel. + +4:24 And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed +against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king +of Canaan. + +5:1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, +saying, 5:2 Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the +people willingly offered themselves. + +5:3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing +unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel. + +5:4 LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of +the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the +clouds also dropped water. + +5:5 The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from +before the LORD God of Israel. + +5:6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the +highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. + +5:7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, +until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. + +5:8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield +or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? 5:9 My heart is toward +the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the +people. Bless ye the LORD. + +5:10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and +walk by the way. + +5:11 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places +of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the +LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages +in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates. + +5:12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, +and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam. + +5:13 Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles +among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty. + +5:14 Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after +thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, +and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer. + +5:15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and +also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of +Reuben there were great thoughts of heart. + +5:16 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of +the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of +heart. + +5:17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? +Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches. + +5:18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives +unto the death in the high places of the field. + +5:19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in +Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money. + +5:20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought +against Sisera. + +5:21 The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the +river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength. + +5:22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, +the pransings of their mighty ones. + +5:23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the +inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to +the help of the LORD against the mighty. + +5:24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, +blessed shall she be above women in the tent. + +5:25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter +in a lordly dish. + +5:26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's +hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, +when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. + +5:27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, +he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead. + +5:28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through +the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the +wheels of his chariots? 5:29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she +returned answer to herself, 5:30 Have they not sped? have they not +divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of +divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers +colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that +take the spoil? 5:31 So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let +them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And +the land had rest forty years. + +6:1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and +the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. + +6:2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of +the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in +the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. + +6:3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, +and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up +against them; 6:4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the +increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no +sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. + +6:5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came +as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were +without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it. + +6:6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and +the children of Israel cried unto the LORD. + +6:7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the +LORD because of the Midianites, 6:8 That the LORD sent a prophet unto +the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God +of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of +the house of bondage; 6:9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the +Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave +them out from before you, and gave you their land; 6:10 And I said +unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, +in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice. + +6:11 And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which +was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son +Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the +Midianites. + +6:12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, +The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. + +6:13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why +then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our +fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? +but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of +the Midianites. + +6:14 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and +thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I +sent thee? 6:15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I +save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the +least in my father's house. + +6:16 And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou +shalt smite the Midianites as one man. + +6:17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, +then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me. + +6:18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring +forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry +until thou come again. + +6:19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of +an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth +in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it. + +6:20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the +unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. +And he did so. + +6:21 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that +was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and +there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the +unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his +sight. + +6:22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, +Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God! for because I have seen an angel of the +LORD face to face. + +6:23 And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou +shalt not die. + +6:24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it +Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. + +6:25 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, +Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven +years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and +cut down the grove that is by it: 6:26 And build an altar unto the +LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take +the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the +grove which thou shalt cut down. + +6:27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had +said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's +household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, +that he did it by night. + +6:28 And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, +the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was +by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was +built. + +6:29 And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when +they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done +this thing. + +6:30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that +he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because +he hath cut down the grove that was by it. + +6:31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for +Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to +death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for +himself, because one hath cast down his altar. + +6:32 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal +plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar. + +6:33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of +the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the +valley of Jezreel. + +6:34 But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a +trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him. + +6:35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was +gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto +Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them. + +6:36 And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, +as thou hast said, 6:37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the +floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all +the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine +hand, as thou hast said. + +6:38 And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the +fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of +water. + +6:39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, +and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this +once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon +all the ground let there be dew. + +6:40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, +and there was dew on all the ground. + +7:1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with +him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the +host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of +Moreh, in the valley. + +7:2 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are +too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel +vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. + +7:3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, +Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from +mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two +thousand; and there remained ten thousand. + +7:4 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring +them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it +shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the +same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall +not go with thee, the same shall not go. + +7:5 So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said +unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a +dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that +boweth down upon his knees to drink. + +7:6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their +mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed +down upon their knees to drink water. + +7:7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that +lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: +and let all the other people go every man unto his place. + +7:8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and +he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained +those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the +valley. + +7:9 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, +Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine +hand. + +7:10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down +to the host: 7:11 And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward +shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went +he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that +were in the host. + +7:12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the +east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and +their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for +multitude. + +7:13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a +dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a +cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a +tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay +along. + +7:14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the +sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand +hath God delivered Midian, and all the host. + +7:15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and +the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the +host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your +hand the host of Midian. + +7:16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he +put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps +within the pitchers. + +7:17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, +when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so +shall ye do. + +7:18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow +ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword +of the LORD, and of Gideon. + +7:19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the +outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had +but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the +pitchers that were in their hands. + +7:20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the +pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in +their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the +LORD, and of Gideon. + +7:21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and +all the host ran, and cried, and fled. + +7:22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every +man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the +host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of +Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath. + +7:23 And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of +Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after +the Midianites. + +7:24 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, +come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto +Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves +together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. + +7:25 And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and +they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress +of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to +Gideon on the other side Jordan. + +8:1 And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us +thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the +Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. + +8:2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? +Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage +of Abiezer? 8:3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of +Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? +Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. + +8:4 And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three +hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. + +8:5 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of +bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am +pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. + +8:6 And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and +Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army? +8:7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and +Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns +of the wilderness and with briers. + +8:8 And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and +the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him. + +8:9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come +again in peace, I will break down this tower. + +8:10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, +about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the +children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand +men that drew sword. + +8:11 And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the +east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was +secure. + +8:12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took +the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the +host. + +8:13 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun +was up, 8:14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and +enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and +the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men. + +8:15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and +Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah +and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men +that are weary? 8:16 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns +of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of +Succoth. + +8:17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the +city. + +8:18 Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were +they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were +they; each one resembled the children of a king. + +8:19 And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: +as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you. + +8:20 And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the +youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth. + +8:21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as +the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and +Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' +necks. + +8:22 Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both +thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us +from the hand of Midian. + +8:23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither +shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you. + +8:24 And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that +ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had +golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.) 8:25 And they +answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and +did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey. + +8:26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a +thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and +collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and +beside the chains that were about their camels' necks. + +8:27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in +Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing +became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house. + +8:28 Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that +they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness +forty years in the days of Gideon. + +8:29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. + +8:30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for +he had many wives. + +8:31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, +whose name he called Abimelech. + +8:32 And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was +buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the +Abiezrites. + +8:33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the +children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and +made Baalberith their god. + +8:34 And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who +had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every +side: 8:35 Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, +namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto +Israel. + +9:1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his +mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of +the house of his mother's father, saying, 9:2 Speak, I pray you, in +the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either +that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, +reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am +your bone and your flesh. + +9:3 And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men +of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow +Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother. + +9:4 And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the +house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, +which followed him. + +9:5 And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his +brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon +one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal +was left; for he hid himself. + +9:6 And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of +Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar +that was in Shechem. + +9:7 And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of +mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, +Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. + +9:8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and +they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. + +9:9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, +wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over +the trees? 9:10 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and +reign over us. + +9:11 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, +and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees? 9:12 Then +said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us. + +9:13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which +cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? 9:14 Then +said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. + +9:15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me +king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, +let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. + +9:16 Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye +have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and +his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his +hands; 9:17 (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life +far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: 9:18 And ye are +risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, +threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, +the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he +is your brother;) 9:19 If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with +Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, +and let him also rejoice in you: 9:20 But if not, let fire come out +from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; +and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of +Millo, and devour Abimelech. + +9:21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, +for fear of Abimelech his brother. + +9:22 When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, 9:23 Then God +sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the +men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech: 9:24 That the +cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, +and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; +and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his +brethren. + +9:25 And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of +the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: +and it was told Abimelech. + +9:26 And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to +Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him. + +9:27 And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, +and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their +god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech. + +9:28 And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is +Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and +Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for +why should we serve him? 9:29 And would to God this people were under +my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, +Increase thine army, and come out. + +9:30 And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the +son of Ebed, his anger was kindled. + +9:31 And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, +Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, +they fortify the city against thee. + +9:32 Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, +and lie in wait in the field: 9:33 And it shall be, that in the +morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon +the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come +out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find +occasion. + +9:34 And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by +night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies. + +9:35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of +the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were +with him, from lying in wait. + +9:36 And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there +come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto +him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men. + +9:37 And Gaal spake again, and said, See there come people down by the +middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of +Meonenim. + +9:38 Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou +saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the +people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with +them. + +9:39 And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with +Abimelech. + +9:40 And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were +overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate. + +9:41 And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his +brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem. + +9:42 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into +the field; and they told Abimelech. + +9:43 And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, +and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were +come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote +them. + +9:44 And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, +and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other +companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew +them. + +9:45 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took +the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the +city, and sowed it with salt. + +9:46 And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they +entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith. + +9:47 And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of +Shechem were gathered together. + +9:48 And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people +that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut +down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, +and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, +make haste, and do as I have done. + +9:49 And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and +followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire +upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, +about a thousand men and women. + +9:50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and +took it. + +9:51 But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled +all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, +and gat them up to the top of the tower. + +9:52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and +went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. + +9:53 And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's +head, and all to brake his skull. + +9:54 Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and +said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A +women slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. + +9:55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they +departed every man unto his place. + +9:56 Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto +his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: 9:57 And all the evil of +the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came +the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. + +10:1 And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of +Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in +mount Ephraim. + +10:2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was +buried in Shamir. + +10:3 And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty +and two years. + +10:4 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they +had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which +are in the land of Gilead. + +10:5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon. + +10:6 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the +LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the +gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of +Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and +served not him. + +10:7 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold +them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the +children of Ammon. + +10:8 And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: +eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side +Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. + +10:9 Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also +against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; +so that Israel was sore distressed. + +10:10 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have +sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also +served Baalim. + +10:11 And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver +you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of +Ammon, and from the Philistines? 10:12 The Zidonians also, and the +Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and +I delivered you out of their hand. + +10:13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will +deliver you no more. + +10:14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver +you in the time of your tribulation. + +10:15 And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: +do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we +pray thee, this day. + +10:16 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served +the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. + +10:17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped +in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, +and encamped in Mizpeh. + +10:18 And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What +man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he +shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. + +11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was +the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. + +11:2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and +they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in +our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman. + +11:3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of +Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with +him. + +11:4 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of +Ammon made war against Israel. + +11:5 And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against +Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of +Tob: 11:6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that +we may fight with the children of Ammon. + +11:7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, +and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now +when ye are in distress? 11:8 And the elders of Gilead said unto +Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go +with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over +all the inhabitants of Gilead. + +11:9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home +again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver +them before me, shall I be your head? 11:10 And the elders of Gilead +said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so +according to thy words. + +11:11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people +made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his +words before the LORD in Mizpeh. + +11:12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of +Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come +against me to fight in my land? 11:13 And the king of the children of +Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took +away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto +Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again +peaceably. + +11:14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children +of Ammon: 11:15 And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took +not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon: +11:16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the +wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh; 11:17 Then Israel +sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, +pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. +And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not +consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh. + +11:18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the +land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the +land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not +within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab. + +11:19 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the +king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, +through thy land into my place. + +11:20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but +Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and +fought against Israel. + +11:21 And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people +into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all +the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country. + +11:22 And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon +even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan. + +11:23 So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites +from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it? 11:24 +Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to +possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before +us, them will we possess. + +11:25 And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, +king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight +against them, 11:26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and +in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the +coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover +them within that time? 11:27 Wherefore I have not sinned against +thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be +judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of +Ammon. + +11:28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the +words of Jephthah which he sent him. + +11:29 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed +over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from +Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon. + +11:30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt +without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, 11:31 Then +it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to +meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall +surely be the LORD's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering. + +11:32 So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight +against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands. + +11:33 And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, +even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very +great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the +children of Israel. + +11:34 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his +daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she +was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. + +11:35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, +and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou +art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the +LORD, and I cannot go back. + +11:36 And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth +unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of +thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of +thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon. + +11:37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let +me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and +bewail my virginity, I and my fellows. + +11:38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she +went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the +mountains. + +11:39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned +unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had +vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel, 11:40 That +the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah +the Gileadite four days in a year. + +12:1 And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went +northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to +fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with +thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire. + +12:2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife +with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not +out of their hands. + +12:3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my +hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD +delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me +this day, to fight against me? 12:4 Then Jephthah gathered together +all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead +smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of +Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites. + +12:5 And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the +Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were +escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, +Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; 12:6 Then said they unto him, +Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to +pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages +of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and +two thousand. + +12:7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the +Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. + +12:8 And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. + +12:9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent +abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he +judged Israel seven years. + +12:10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem. + +12:11 And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged +Israel ten years. + +12:12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the +country of Zebulun. + +12:13 And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged +Israel. + +12:14 And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on +threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. + +12:15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried +in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites. + +13:1 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the +LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines +forty years. + +13:2 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the +Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not. + +13:3 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto +her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt +conceive, and bear a son. + +13:4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong +drink, and eat not any unclean thing: 13:5 For, lo, thou shalt +conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the +child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin +to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. + +13:6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God +came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel +of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told +he me his name: 13:7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, +and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat +any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the +womb to the day of his death. + +13:8 Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man +of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we +shall do unto the child that shall be born. + +13:9 And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God +came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her +husband was not with her. + +13:10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and +said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto +me the other day. + +13:11 And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, +and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And +he said, I am. + +13:12 And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we +order the child, and how shall we do unto him? 13:13 And the angel of +the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her +beware. + +13:14 She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither +let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all +that I commanded her let her observe. + +13:15 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us +detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. + +13:16 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain +me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt +offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that +he was an angel of the LORD. + +13:17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, +that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour? 13:18 And +the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my +name, seeing it is secret? 13:19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat +offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did +wonderously; and Manoah and his wife looked on. + +13:20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from +off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the +altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces +to the ground. + +13:21 But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to +his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD. + +13:22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we +have seen God. + +13:23 But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, +he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our +hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as +at this time have told us such things as these. + +13:24 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the +child grew, and the LORD blessed him. + +13:25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the +camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol. + +14:1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of +the daughters of the Philistines. + +14:2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I +have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now +therefore get her for me to wife. + +14:3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a +woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, +that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And +Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well. + +14:4 But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, +that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time +the Philistines had dominion over Israel. + +14:5 Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, +and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared +against him. + +14:6 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent +him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but +he told not his father or his mother what he had done. + +14:7 And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased +Samson well. + +14:8 And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to +see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees +and honey in the carcase of the lion. + +14:9 And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to +his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told +not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion. + +14:10 So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a +feast; for so used the young men to do. + +14:11 And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty +companions to be with him. + +14:12 And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto +you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the +feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty +change of garments: 14:13 But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall +ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said +unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it. + +14:14 And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out +of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days +expound the riddle. + +14:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto +Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the +riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye +called us to take that we have? is it not so? 14:16 And Samson's wife +wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: +thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast +not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my +father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee? 14:17 And she wept +before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to +pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon +him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people. + +14:18 And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before +the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger +than a lion? and he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my +heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. + +14:19 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to +Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave +change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger +was kindled, and he went up to his father's house. + +14:20 But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used +as his friend. + +15:1 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat +harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will +go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him +to go in. + +15:2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly +hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger +sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. + +15:3 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless +than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. + +15:4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took +firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst +between two tails. + +15:5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the +standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and +also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives. + +15:6 Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, +Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, +and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt +her and her father with fire. + +15:7 And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I +be avenged of you, and after that I will cease. + +15:8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he +went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. + +15:9 Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread +themselves in Lehi. + +15:10 And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And +they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath +done to us. + +15:11 Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock +Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are +rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said +unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them. + +15:12 And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we +may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said +unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves. + +15:13 And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, +and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. +And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the +rock. + +15:14 And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: +and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that +were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his +bands loosed from off his hands. + +15:15 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, +and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. + +15:16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, +with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. + +15:17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that +he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place +Ramathlehi. + +15:18 And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou +hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and +now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the +uncircumcised? 15:19 But God clave an hollow place that was in the +jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit +came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof +Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day. + +15:20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty +years. + +16:1 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in +unto her. + +16:2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And +they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of +the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when +it is day, we shall kill him. + +16:3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the +doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with +them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them +up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron. + +16:4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the +valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. + +16:5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto +her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what +means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; +and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. + +16:6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy +great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict +thee. + +16:7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs +that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. + +16:8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green +withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. + +16:9 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the +chamber. + +And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he +brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the +fire. So his strength was not known. + +16:10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and +told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be +bound. + +16:11 And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that +never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. + +16:12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and +said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were +liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his +arms like a thread. + +16:13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and +told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said +unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web. + +16:14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The +Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and +went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. + +16:15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when +thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and +hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. + +16:16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, +and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; 16:17 That he +told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor +upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's +womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall +become weak, and be like any other man. + +16:18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she +sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this +once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the +Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. + +16:19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, +and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she +began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. + +16:20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke +out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, +and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him. + +16:21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought +him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did +grind in the prison house. + +16:22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was +shaven. + +16:23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to +offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they +said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. + +16:24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they +said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the +destroyer of our country, which slew many of us. + +16:25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they +said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for +Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set +him between the pillars. + +16:26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer +me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I +may lean upon them. + +16:27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of +the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three +thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport. + +16:28 And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember +me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O +God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. + +16:29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the +house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right +hand, and of the other with his left. + +16:30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed +himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and +upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at +his death were more than they which he slew in his life. + +16:31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and +took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol +in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty +years. + +17:1 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. + +17:2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver +that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of +also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his +mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son. + +17:3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to +his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto +the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten +image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee. + +17:4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took +two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made +thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house +of Micah. + +17:5 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and +teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. + +17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that +which was right in his own eyes. + +17:7 And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of +Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. + +17:8 And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to +sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to +the house of Micah, as he journeyed. + +17:9 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto +him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may +find a place. + +17:10 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father +and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, +and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in. + +17:11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young +man was unto him as one of his sons. + +17:12 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his +priest, and was in the house of Micah. + +17:13 Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, +seeing I have a Levite to my priest. + +18:1 In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the +tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto +that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the +tribes of Israel. + +18:2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their +coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the +land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: +who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they +lodged there. + +18:3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the +young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, +Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what +hast thou here? 18:4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth +Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest. + +18:5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that +we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. + +18:6 And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is +your way wherein ye go. + +18:7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people +that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the +Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, +that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the +Zidonians, and had no business with any man. + +18:8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their +brethren said unto them, What say ye? 18:9 And they said, Arise, that +we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it +is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to +possess the land. + +18:10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large +land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no +want of any thing that is in the earth. + +18:11 And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of +Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of +war. + +18:12 And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: +wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it +is behind Kirjathjearim. + +18:13 And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the +house of Micah. + +18:14 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of +Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these +houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? +now therefore consider what ye have to do. + +18:15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young +man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him. + +18:16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, +which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate. + +18:17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came +in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the +teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering +of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons +of war. + +18:18 And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, +the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the +priest unto them, What do ye? 18:19 And they said unto him, Hold thy +peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a +father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the +house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family +in Israel? 18:20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the +ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst +of the people. + +18:21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the +cattle and the carriage before them. + +18:22 And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men +that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, +and overtook the children of Dan. + +18:23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their +faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with +such a company? 18:24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I +made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and +what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee? 18:25 And the +children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, +lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the +lives of thy household. + +18:26 And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that +they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house. + +18:27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest +which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet +and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt +the city with fire. + +18:28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and +they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth +by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein. + +18:29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan +their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city +was Laish at the first. + +18:30 And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, +the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests +to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land. + +18:31 And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all +the time that the house of God was in Shiloh. + +19:1 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in +Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of +mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah. + +19:2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away +from him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four +whole months. + +19:3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto +her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple +of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the +father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. + +19:4 And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he +abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged +there. + +19:5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in +the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said +unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and +afterward go your way. + +19:6 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: +for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray +thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry. + +19:7 And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: +therefore he lodged there again. + +19:8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and +the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they +tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them. + +19:9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and +his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, +Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all +night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart +may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou +mayest go home. + +19:10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and +departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there +were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him. + +19:11 And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the +servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in +into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it. + +19:12 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into +the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will +pass over to Gibeah. + +19:13 And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one +of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah. + +19:14 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down +upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin. + +19:15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: +and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for +there was no man that took them into his house to lodging. + +19:16 And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the +field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in +Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites. + +19:17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in +the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and +whence comest thou? 19:18 And he said unto him, We are passing from +Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and +I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD; +and there is no man that receiveth me to house. + +19:19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there +is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young +man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing. + +19:20 And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy +wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street. + +19:21 So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the +asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. + +19:22 Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of +the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and +beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, +saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may +know him. + +19:23 And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and +said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; +seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly. + +19:24 Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I +will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth +good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing. + +19:25 But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his +concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and +abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to +spring, they let her go. + +19:26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at +the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light. + +19:27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the +house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his +concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were +upon the threshold. + +19:28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none +answered. + +Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him +unto his place. + +19:29 And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid +hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into +twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel. + +19:30 And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed +done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of +the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and +speak your minds. + +20:1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation +was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the +land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh. + +20:2 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of +Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, +four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword. + +20:3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel +were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, +how was this wickedness? 20:4 And the Levite, the husband of the +woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that +belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. + +20:5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round +about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine +have they forced, that she is dead. + +20:6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her +throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have +committed lewdness and folly in Israel. + +20:7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and +counsel. + +20:8 And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of +us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house. + +20:9 But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we +will go up by lot against it; 20:10 And we will take ten men of an +hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a +thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the +people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, +according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel. + +20:11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit +together as one man. + +20:12 And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of +Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you? +20:13 Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which +are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from +Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of +their brethren the children of Israel. + +20:14 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of +the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of +Israel. + +20:15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of +the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the +inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men. + +20:16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men +lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not +miss. + +20:17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four +hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war. + +20:18 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of +God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first +to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, +Judah shall go up first. + +20:19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped +against Gibeah. + +20:20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and +the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at +Gibeah. + +20:21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and +destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two +thousand men. + +20:22 And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set +their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in +array the first day. + +20:23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD +until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again +to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD +said, Go up against him.) 20:24 And the children of Israel came near +against the children of Benjamin the second day. + +20:25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second +day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again +eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword. + +20:26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, +and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the +LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and +peace offerings before the LORD. + +20:27 And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of +the covenant of God was there in those days, 20:28 And Phinehas, the +son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) +saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of +Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for +to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand. + +20:29 And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah. + +20:30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of +Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, +as at other times. + +20:31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and +were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, +and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to +the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty +men of Israel. + +20:32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before +us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and +draw them from the city unto the highways. + +20:33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put +themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came +forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah. + +20:34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all +Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near +them. + +20:35 And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of +Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand +and an hundred men: all these drew the sword. + +20:36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the +men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto +the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah. + +20:37 And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the +liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the +edge of the sword. + +20:38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and +the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise +up out of the city. + +20:39 And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began +to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they +said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle. + +20:40 But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a +pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the +flame of the city ascended up to heaven. + +20:41 And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin +were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them. + +20:42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto +the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them +which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them. + +20:43 Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, +and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the +sunrising. + +20:44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were +men of valour. + +20:45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of +Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; +and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of +them. + +20:46 So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five +thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour. + +20:47 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the +rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months. + +20:48 And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of +Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men +of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set +on fire all the cities that they came to. + +21:1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall +not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. + +21:2 And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till +even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; 21:3 And +said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that +there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel? 21:4 And it came +to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an +altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. + +21:5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the +tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? +For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the +LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death. + +21:6 And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their +brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. + +21:7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have +sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to +wives? 21:8 And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel +that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none +to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly. + +21:9 For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the +inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there. + +21:10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the +valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants +of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the +children. + +21:11 And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy +every male, and every woman that hath lain by man. + +21:12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four +hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: +and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of +Canaan. + +21:13 And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of +Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto +them. + +21:14 And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives +which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet so +they sufficed them not. + +21:15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD +had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. + +21:16 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for +wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of +Benjamin? 21:17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them +that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of +Israel. + +21:18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the +children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife +to Benjamin. + +21:19 Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh +yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east +side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the +south of Lebonah. + +21:20 Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go +and lie in wait in the vineyards; 21:21 And see, and, behold, if the +daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of +the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of +Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. + +21:22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto +us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them +for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the +war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be +guilty. + +21:23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, +according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and +they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the +cities, and dwelt in them. + +21:24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every +man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence +every man to his inheritance. + +21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that +which was right in his own eyes. + + + + +The Book of Ruth + + +1:1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there +was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to +sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. + +1:2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife +Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of +Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued +there. + +1:3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two +sons. + +1:4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one +was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there +about ten years. + +1:5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was +left of her two sons and her husband. + +1:6 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return +from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how +that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread. + +1:7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her +two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto +the land of Judah. + +1:8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to +her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt +with the dead, and with me. + +1:9 The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house +of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, +and wept. + +1:10 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy +people. + +1:11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? +are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your +husbands? 1:12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too +old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have +an husband also to night, and should also bear sons; 1:13 Would ye +tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from +having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your +sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me. + +1:14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed +her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her. + +1:15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her +people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law. + +1:16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from +following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where +thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God +my God: 1:17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: +the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and +me. + +1:18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then +she left speaking unto her. + +1:19 So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to +pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved +about them, and they said, Is this Naomi? 1:20 And she said unto +them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt +very bitterly with me. + +1:21 I went out full and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: +why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, +and the Almighty hath afflicted me? 1:22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth +the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of +the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of +barley harvest. + +2:1 And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, +of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz. + +2:2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the +field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find +grace. + +And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. + +2:3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the +reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging +unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech. + +2:4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, +The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee. + +2:5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, +Whose damsel is this? 2:6 And the servant that was set over the +reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back +with Naomi out of the country of Moab: 2:7 And she said, I pray you, +let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she +came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she +tarried a little in the house. + +2:8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to +glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by +my maidens: 2:9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and +go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall +not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and +drink of that which the young men have drawn. + +2:10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and +said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou +shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? 2:11 And Boaz +answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that +thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine +husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the +land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest +not heretofore. + +2:12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of +the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. + +2:13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that +thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto +thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens. + +2:14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of +the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the +reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was +sufficed, and left. + +2:15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, +saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not: +2:16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and +leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not. + +2:17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had +gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. + +2:18 And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law +saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that +she had reserved after she was sufficed. + +2:19 And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to +day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge +of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, +and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz. + +2:20 And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the +LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the +dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of +our next kinsmen. + +2:21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt +keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest. + +2:22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my +daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not +in any other field. + +2:23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of +barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law. + +3:1 Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I +not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? 3:2 And now is +not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he +winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor. + +3:3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon +thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto +the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. + +3:4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the +place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, +and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do. + +3:5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do. + +3:6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that +her mother in law bade her. + +3:7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he +went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, +and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. + +3:8 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and +turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. + +3:9 And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine +handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art +a near kinsman. + +3:10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou +hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, +inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich. + +3:11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou +requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a +virtuous woman. + +3:12 And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a +kinsman nearer than I. + +3:13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will +perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the +kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, +then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie +down until the morning. + +3:14 And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before +one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman +came into the floor. + +3:15 Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold +it. + +And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it +on her: and she went into the city. + +3:16 And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, +my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. + +3:17 And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he +said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law. + +3:18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the +matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have +finished the thing this day. + +4:1 Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, +behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, +such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat +down. + +4:2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye +down here. And they sat down. + +4:3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the +country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother +Elimelech's: 4:4 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it +before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou +wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell +me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I +am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it. + +4:5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of +Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the +dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance. + +4:6 And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar +mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot +redeem it. + +4:7 Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning +redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man +plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a +testimony in Israel. + +4:8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew +off his shoe. + +4:9 And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are +witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and +all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi. + +4:10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased +to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, +that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and +from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day. + +4:11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, +We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine +house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of +Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem: +4:12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare +unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young +woman. + +4:13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto +her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son. + +4:14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath +not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous +in Israel. + +4:15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher +of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is +better to thee than seven sons, hath born him. + +4:16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became +nurse unto it. + +4:17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a +son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of +Jesse, the father of David. + +4:18 Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, +4:19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, 4:20 And Amminadab +begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, 4:21 And Salmon begat Boaz, +and Boaz begat Obed, 4:22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David. + + + + +The First Book of Samuel + +Otherwise Called: + +The First Book of the Kings + + +1:1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, +and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the +son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: 1:2 And he had two wives; +the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: +and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. + +1:3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to +sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, +Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there. + +1:4 And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah +his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions: 1:5 But +unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the +LORD had shut up her womb. + +1:6 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, +because the LORD had shut up her womb. + +1:7 And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of +the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. + +1:8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? +and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better +to thee than ten sons? 1:9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in +Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat +by a post of the temple of the LORD. + +1:10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and +wept sore. + +1:11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt +indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and +not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man +child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, +and there shall no razor come upon his head. + +1:12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, +that Eli marked her mouth. + +1:13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her +voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. + +1:14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away +thy wine from thee. + +1:15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a +sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have +poured out my soul before the LORD. + +1:16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the +abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. + +1:17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel +grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. + +1:18 And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the +woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad. + +1:19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the +LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew +Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her. + +1:20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after +Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, +saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD. + +1:21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the +LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. + +1:22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not +go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he +may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever. + +1:23 And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; +tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So +the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him. + +1:24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three +bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought +him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young. + +1:25 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. + +1:26 And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the +woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD. + +1:27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition +which I asked of him: 1:28 Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; +as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped +the LORD there. + +2:1 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine +horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; +because I rejoice in thy salvation. + +2:2 There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: +neither is there any rock like our God. + +2:3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of +your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are +weighed. + +2:4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are +girded with strength. + +2:5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they +that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she +that hath many children is waxed feeble. + +2:6 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, +and bringeth up. + +2:7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and +lifteth up. + +2:8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar +from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit +the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and +he hath set the world upon them. + +2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be +silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. + +2:10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of +heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of +the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the +horn of his anointed. + +2:11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did +minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest. + +2:12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD. + +2:13 And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man +offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in +seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; 2:14 And he +struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the +fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in +Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither. + +2:15 Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and +said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; +for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw. + +2:16 And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat +presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would +answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will +take it by force. + +2:17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the +LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD. + +2:18 But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with +a linen ephod. + +2:19 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him +from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the +yearly sacrifice. + +2:20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give +thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And +they went unto their own home. + +2:21 And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare +three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the +LORD. + +2:22 Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all +Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of +the tabernacle of the congregation. + +2:23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your +evil dealings by all this people. + +2:24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the +LORD's people to transgress. + +2:25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if +a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding +they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD +would slay them. + +2:26 And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the +LORD, and also with men. + +2:27 And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus +saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, +when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house? 2:28 And did I choose him +out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine +altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give +unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the +children of Israel? 2:29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at +mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest +thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the +offerings of Israel my people? 2:30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel +saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, +should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from +me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me +shall be lightly esteemed. + +2:31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm +of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine +house. + +2:32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth +which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in +thine house for ever. + +2:33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, +shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the +increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age. + +2:34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two +sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them. + +2:35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according +to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a +sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever. + +2:36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine +house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel +of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' +offices, that I may eat a piece of bread. + +3:1 And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the +word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision. + +3:2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his +place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see; 3:3 And +ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark +of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; 3:4 That the LORD +called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. + +3:5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. +And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down. + +3:6 And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went +to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, +I called not, my son; lie down again. + +3:7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the +LORD yet revealed unto him. + +3:8 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and +went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli +perceived that the LORD had called the child. + +3:9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if +he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant +heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. + +3:10 And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, +Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. + +3:11 And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, +at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. + +3:12 In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have +spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end. + +3:13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the +iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and +he restrained them not. + +3:14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the +iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor +offering for ever. + +3:15 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the +house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision. + +3:16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he +answered, Here am I. + +3:17 And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? +I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if +thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee. + +3:18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he +said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good. + +3:19 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of +his words fall to the ground. + +3:20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was +established to be a prophet of the LORD. + +3:21 And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed +himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD. + +4:1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out +against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and +the Philistines pitched in Aphek. + +4:2 And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and +when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: +and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men. + +4:3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel +said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the +Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of +Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of +the hand of our enemies. + +4:4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence +the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between +the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were +there with the ark of the covenant of God. + +4:5 And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, +all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again. + +4:6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, +What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? +And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp. + +4:7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into +the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a +thing heretofore. + +4:8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty +Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues +in the wilderness. + +4:9 Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye +be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit +yourselves like men, and fight. + +4:10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled +every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for +there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. + +4:11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and +Phinehas, were slain. + +4:12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to +Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his +head. + +4:13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside +watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man +came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out. + +4:14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth +the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli. + +4:15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, +that he could not see. + +4:16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and +I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my +son? 4:17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before +the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the +people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the +ark of God is taken. + +4:18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that +he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his +neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had +judged Israel forty years. + +4:19 And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to +be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was +taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed +herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her. + +4:20 And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said +unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, +neither did she regard it. + +4:21 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed +from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her +father in law and her husband. + +4:22 And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of +God is taken. + +5:1 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from +Ebenezer unto Ashdod. + +5:2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the +house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. + +5:3 And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon +was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And +they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. + +5:4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was +fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the +head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the +threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him. + +5:5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into +Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this +day. + +5:6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he +destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the +coasts thereof. + +5:7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark +of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore +upon us, and upon Dagon our god. + +5:8 They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines +unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of +Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried +about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about +thither. + +5:9 And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of +the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he +smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods +in their secret parts. + +5:10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, +as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, +They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us +and our people. + +5:11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the +Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let +it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for +there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of +God was very heavy there. + +5:12 And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the +cry of the city went up to heaven. + +6:1 And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines +seven months. + +6:2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, +saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we +shall send it to his place. + +6:3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send +it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye +shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not +removed from you. + +6:4 Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall +return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden +mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one +plague was on you all, and on your lords. + +6:5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your +mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of +Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from +off your gods, and from off your land. + +6:6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and +Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among +them, did they not let the people go, and they departed? 6:7 Now +therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there +hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their +calves home from them: 6:8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it +upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a +trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, +that it may go. + +6:9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to +Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we +shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that +happened to us. + +6:10 And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the +cart, and shut up their calves at home: 6:11 And they laid the ark of +the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the +images of their emerods. + +6:12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and +went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to +the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went +after them unto the border of Bethshemesh. + +6:13 And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the +valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced +to see it. + +6:14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and +stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of +the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD. + +6:15 And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer +that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the +great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and +sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD. + +6:16 And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they +returned to Ekron the same day. + +6:17 And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned +for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, +for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; 6:18 And the golden +mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines +belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country +villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the +ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of +Joshua, the Bethshemite. + +6:19 And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into +the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and +threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had +smitten many of the people with a great slaughter. + +6:20 And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this +holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us? 6:21 And they sent +messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The +Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and +fetch it up to you. + +7:1 And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the +LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and +sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD. + +7:2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that +the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of +Israel lamented after the LORD. + +7:3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do +return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange +gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the +LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of +the Philistines. + +7:4 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and +served the LORD only. + +7:5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for +you unto the LORD. + +7:6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured +it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We +have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel +in Mizpeh. + +7:7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were +gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up +against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were +afraid of the Philistines. + +7:8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto +the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the +Philistines. + +7:9 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt +offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for +Israel; and the LORD heard him. + +7:10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines +drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a +great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; +and they were smitten before Israel. + +7:11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the +Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar. + +7:12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and +called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped +us. + +7:13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the +coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines +all the days of Samuel. + +7:14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were +restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof +did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was +peace between Israel and the Amorites. + +7:15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. + +7:16 And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, +and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. + +7:17 And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there +he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD. + +8:1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons +judges over Israel. + +8:2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his +second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba. + +8:3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, +and took bribes, and perverted judgment. + +8:4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and +came to Samuel unto Ramah, 8:5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art +old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us +like all the nations. + +8:6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to +judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. + +8:7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the +people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected +thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. + +8:8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that +I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have +forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. + +8:9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest +solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall +reign over them. + +8:10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that +asked of him a king. + +8:11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign +over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for +his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his +chariots. + +8:12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains +over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his +harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his +chariots. + +8:13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be +cooks, and to be bakers. + +8:14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your +oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. + +8:15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, +and give to his officers, and to his servants. + +8:16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and +your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. + +8:17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his +servants. + +8:18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye +shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. + +8:19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and +they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; 8:20 That we also may +be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out +before us, and fight our battles. + +8:21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed +them in the ears of the LORD. + +8:22 And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make +them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man +unto his city. + +9:1 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of +Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a +Benjamite, a mighty man of power. + +9:2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a +goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier +person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any +of the people. + +9:3 And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to +Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go +seek the asses. + +9:4 And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land +of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the +land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the +land of the Benjamites, but they found them not. + +9:5 And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his +servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father +leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us. + +9:6 And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of +God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to +pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that +we should go. + +9:7 Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall +we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is +not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we? 9:8 And the +servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the +fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, +to tell us our way. + +9:9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he +spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a +Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.) 9:10 Then said Saul to his +servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where +the man of God was. + +9:11 And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young +maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here? +9:12 And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before +you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a +sacrifice of the people to day in the high place: 9:13 As soon as ye +be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up +to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, +because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be +bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find +him. + +9:14 And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the +city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high +place. + +9:15 Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, +saying, 9:16 To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of +the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my +people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the +Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is +come unto me. + +9:17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man +whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people. + +9:18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I +pray thee, where the seer's house is. + +9:19 And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before +me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow +I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart. + +9:20 And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy +mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of +Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house? 9:21 And +Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the +tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the +tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me? 9:22 And +Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, +and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, +which were about thirty persons. + +9:23 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave +thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee. + +9:24 And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, +and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! +set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for +thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with +Samuel that day. + +9:25 And when they were come down from the high place into the city, +Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. + +9:26 And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the +day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that +I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, +he and Samuel, abroad. + +9:27 And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said +to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on), but +stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God. + +10:1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and +kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to +be captain over his inheritance? 10:2 When thou art departed from me +to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the +border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses +which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left +the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do +for my son? 10:3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou +shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men +going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another +carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine: +10:4 And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; +which thou shalt receive of their hands. + +10:5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the +garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art +come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets +coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a +pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: 10:6 And the +Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with +them, and shalt be turned into another man. + +10:7 And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do +as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee. + +10:8 And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will +come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice +sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I +come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do. + +10:9 And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from +Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass +that day. + +10:10 And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of +prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he +prophesied among them. + +10:11 And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, +behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to +another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also +among the prophets? 10:12 And one of the same place answered and +said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul +also among the prophets? 10:13 And when he had made an end of +prophesying, he came to the high place. + +10:14 And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went +ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no +where, we came to Samuel. + +10:15 And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said +unto you. + +10:16 And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses +were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he +told him not. + +10:17 And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh; +10:18 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of +Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the +hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of +them that oppressed you: 10:19 And ye have this day rejected your God, +who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your +tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. +Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and +by your thousands. + +10:20 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come +near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. + +10:21 When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their +families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was +taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found. + +10:22 Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should +yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold he hath hid himself +among the stuff. + +10:23 And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the +people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and +upward. + +10:24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath +chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the +people shouted, and said, God save the king. + +10:25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote +it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the +people away, every man to his house. + +10:26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a +band of men, whose hearts God had touched. + +10:27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And +they despised him, and brought no presents. But he held his peace. + +11:1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against +Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a +covenant with us, and we will serve thee. + +11:2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I +make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, +and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel. + +11:3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' +respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: +and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee. + +11:4 Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings +in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, +and wept. + +11:5 And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul +said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the +tidings of the men of Jabesh. + +11:6 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, +and his anger was kindled greatly. + +11:7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent +them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, +saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so +shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the +people, and they came out with one consent. + +11:8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were +three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. + +11:9 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say +unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, +ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men +of Jabesh; and they were glad. + +11:10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out +unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you. + +11:11 And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three +companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning +watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came +to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them +were not left together. + +11:12 And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul +reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death. + +11:13 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: +for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel. + +11:14 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, +and renew the kingdom there. + +11:15 And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king +before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of +peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of +Israel rejoiced greatly. + +12:1 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto +your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. + +12:2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and +grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked +before you from my childhood unto this day. + +12:3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before +his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or +whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I +received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it +you. + +12:4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, +neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand. + +12:5 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his +anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. +And they answered, He is witness. + +12:6 And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced +Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of +Egypt. + +12:7 Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the +LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to +your fathers. + +12:8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the +LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your +fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. + +12:9 And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the +hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the +Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought +against them. + +12:10 And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because +we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but +now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. + +12:11 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and +Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every +side, and ye dwelled safe. + +12:12 And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon +came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over +us: when the LORD your God was your king. + +12:13 Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye +have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you. + +12:14 If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and +not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and +also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your +God: 12:15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel +against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD +be against you, as it was against your fathers. + +12:16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD +will do before your eyes. + +12:17 Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and +he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your +wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in +asking you a king. + +12:18 So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and +rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. + +12:19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto +the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins +this evil, to ask us a king. + +12:20 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this +wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the +LORD with all your heart; 12:21 And turn ye not aside: for then should +ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are +vain. + +12:22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's +sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people. + +12:23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the +LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the +right way: 12:24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all +your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you. + +12:25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye +and your king. + +13:1 Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over +Israel, 13:2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two +thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a +thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the +people he sent every man to his tent. + +13:3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in +Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet +throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear. + +13:4 And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the +Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the +Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal. + +13:5 And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with +Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and +people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they +came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven. + +13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the +people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, +and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits. + +13:7 And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and +Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed +him trembling. + +13:8 And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel +had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were +scattered from him. + +13:9 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace +offerings. And he offered the burnt offering. + +13:10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of +offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to +meet him, that he might salute him. + +13:11 And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I +saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not +within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered +themselves together at Michmash; 13:12 Therefore said I, The +Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made +supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a +burnt offering. + +13:13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not +kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for +now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. + +13:14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him +a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be +captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the +LORD commanded thee. + +13:15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of +Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, +about six hundred men. + +13:16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present +with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped +in Michmash. + +13:17 And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in +three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to +Ophrah, unto the land of Shual: 13:18 And another company turned the +way to Bethhoron: and another company turned to the way of the border +that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. + +13:19 Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: +for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears: +13:20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen +every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. + +13:21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and +for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. + +13:22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither +sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with +Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there +found. + +13:23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of +Michmash. + +14:1 Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul +said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over +to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told +not his father. + +14:2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a +pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him +were about six hundred men; 14:3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, +Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD's +priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that +Jonathan was gone. + +14:4 And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over +unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one +side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was +Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. + +14:5 The forefront of the one was situate northward over against +Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. + +14:6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, +and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be +that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD +to save by many or by few. + +14:7 And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine +heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart. + +14:8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and +we will discover ourselves unto them. + +14:9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we +will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. + +14:10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for +the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign +unto us. + +14:11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the +Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth +out of the holes where they had hid themselves. + +14:12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his +armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. +And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the +LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel. + +14:13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and +his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his +armourbearer slew after him. + +14:14 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer +made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, +which a yoke of oxen might plow. + +14:15 And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all +the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and +the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling. + +14:16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, +behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one +another. + +14:17 Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, +and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, +Jonathan and his armourbearer were not there. + +14:18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the +ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel. + +14:19 And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the +noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: +and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand. + +14:20 And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled +themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's +sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. + +14:21 Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that +time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round +about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with +Saul and Jonathan. + +14:22 Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount +Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also +followed hard after them in the battle. + +14:23 So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over +unto Bethaven. + +14:24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had +adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food +until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the +people tasted any food. + +14:25 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey +upon the ground. + +14:26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey +dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared +the oath. + +14:27 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with +the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his +hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; +and his eyes were enlightened. + +14:28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly +charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth +any food this day. And the people were faint. + +14:29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I +pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a +little of this honey. + +14:30 How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of +the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been +now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines? 14:31 And they +smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the +people were very faint. + +14:32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, +and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them +with the blood. + +14:33 Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the +LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have +transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day. + +14:34 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say +unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, +and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating +with the blood. + +And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and +slew them there. + +14:35 And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first +altar that he built unto the LORD. + +14:36 And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, +and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of +them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said +the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God. + +14:37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the +Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he +answered him not that day. + +14:38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: +and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day. + +14:39 For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in +Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among +all the people that answered him. + +14:40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and +Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto +Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee. + +14:41 Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect +lot. + +And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped. + +14:42 And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And +Jonathan was taken. + +14:43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And +Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the +end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die. + +14:44 And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt +surely die, Jonathan. + +14:45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath +wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD +liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for +he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, +that he died not. + +14:46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the +Philistines went to their own place. + +14:47 So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his +enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of +Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against +the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them. + +14:48 And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered +Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. + +14:49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: +and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the +firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal: 14:50 And the +name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name +of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. + +14:51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was +the son of Abiel. + +14:52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of +Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took +him unto him. + +15:1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be +king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the +voice of the words of the LORD. + +15:2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to +Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from +Egypt. + +15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, +and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, +ox and sheep, camel and ass. + +15:4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in +Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. + +15:5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. + +15:6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from +among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed +kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of +Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. + +15:7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to +Shur, that is over against Egypt. + +15:8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly +destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. + +15:9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, +and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was +good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was +vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. + +15:10 Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying, 15:11 It +repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back +from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it +grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night. + +15:12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was +told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a +place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. + +15:13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou +of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD. + +15:14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in +mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? 15:15 And Saul +said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people +spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the +LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. + +15:16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the +LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on. + +15:17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast +thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed +thee king over Israel? 15:18 And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and +said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight +against them until they be consumed. + +15:19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but +didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD? +15:20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the +LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought +Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. + +15:21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of +the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto +the LORD thy God in Gilgal. + +15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt +offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, +to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. + +15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is +as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the +LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king. + +15:24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have +transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I +feared the people, and obeyed their voice. + +15:25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with +me, that I may worship the LORD. + +15:26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou +hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee +from being king over Israel. + +15:27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the +skirt of his mantle, and it rent. + +15:28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of +Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, +that is better than thou. + +15:29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he +is not a man, that he should repent. + +15:30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, +before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with +me, that I may worship the LORD thy God. + +15:31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD. + +15:32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the +Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely +the bitterness of death is past. + +15:33 And Samuel said, As the sword hath made women childless, so +shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in +pieces before the LORD in Gilgal. + +15:34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to +Gibeah of Saul. + +15:35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: +nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he +had made Saul king over Israel. + +16:1 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, +seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn +with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I +have provided me a king among his sons. + +16:2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. +And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to +sacrifice to the LORD. + +16:3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou +shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee. + +16:4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. +And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest +thou peaceably? 16:5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice +unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. +And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the +sacrifice. + +16:6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on +Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him. + +16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on +the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD +seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but +the LORD looketh on the heart. + +16:8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And +he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. + +16:9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the +LORD chosen this. + +16:10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And +Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these. + +16:11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he +said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the +sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not +sit down till he come hither. + +16:12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of +a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, +Arise, anoint him: for this is he. + +16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst +of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that +day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. + +16:14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil +spirit from the LORD troubled him. + +16:15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit +from God troubleth thee. + +16:16 Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to +seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come +to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall +play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. + +16:17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can +play well, and bring him to me. + +16:18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen +a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a +mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a +comely person, and the LORD is with him. + +16:19 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me +David thy son, which is with the sheep. + +16:20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, +and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. + +16:21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him +greatly; and he became his armourbearer. + +16:22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand +before me; for he hath found favour in my sight. + +16:23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon +Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was +refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. + +17:1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and +were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and +pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim. + +17:2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and +pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the +Philistines. + +17:3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and +Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley +between them. + +17:4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, +named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. + +17:5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed +with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand +shekels of brass. + +17:6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass +between his shoulders. + +17:7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his +spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a +shield went before him. + +17:8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto +them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a +Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let +him come down to me. + +17:9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be +your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall +ye be our servants, and serve us. + +17:10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; +give me a man, that we may fight together. + +17:11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, +they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. + +17:12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, +whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among +men for an old man in the days of Saul. + +17:13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the +battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were +Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third +Shammah. + +17:14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. + +17:15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep +at Bethlehem. + +17:16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented +himself forty days. + +17:17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an +ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp +of thy brethren; 17:18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of +their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. + +17:19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the +valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. + +17:20 And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with +a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came +to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted +for the battle. + +17:21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army +against army. + +17:22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the +carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren. + +17:23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, +the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the +Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard +them. + +17:24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, +and were sore afraid. + +17:25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come +up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the +man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and +will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in +Israel. + +17:26 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall +be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the +reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that +he should defy the armies of the living God? 17:27 And the people +answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man +that killeth him. + +17:28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; +and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest +thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the +wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for +thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. + +17:29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? +17:30 And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same +manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner. + +17:31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed +them before Saul: and he sent for him. + +17:32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; +thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. + +17:33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this +Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man +of war from his youth. + +17:34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, +and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: +17:35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of +his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, +and smote him, and slew him. + +17:36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this +uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath +defied the armies of the living God. + +17:37 David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw +of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of +the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the +LORD be with thee. + +17:38 And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of +brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. + +17:39 And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to +go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go +with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him. + +17:40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth +stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he +had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near +to the Philistine. + +17:41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man +that bare the shield went before him. + +17:42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he +disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair +countenance. + +17:43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest +to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. + +17:44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give +thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. + +17:45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a +sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the +name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou +hast defied. + +17:46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will +smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the +carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the +air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know +that there is a God in Israel. + +17:47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with +sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you +into our hands. + +17:48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and +drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army +to meet the Philistine. + +17:49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and +slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone +sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. + +17:50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a +stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword +in the hand of David. + +17:51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his +sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut +off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion +was dead, they fled. + +17:52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and +pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the +gates of Ekron. + +And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, +even unto Gath, and unto Ekron. + +17:53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the +Philistines, and they spoiled their tents. + +17:54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to +Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent. + +17:55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said +unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? +And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. + +17:56 And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is. + +17:57 And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, +Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the +Philistine in his hand. + +17:58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And +David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite. + +18:1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto +Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and +Jonathan loved him as his own soul. + +18:2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to +his father's house. + +18:3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as +his own soul. + +18:4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and +gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, +and to his girdle. + +18:5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved +himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was +accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of +Saul's servants. + +18:6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from +the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities +of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with +joy, and with instruments of musick. + +18:7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul +hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. + +18:8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he +said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have +ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? +18:9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward. + +18:10 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God +came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David +played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in +Saul's hand. + +18:11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even +to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice. + +18:12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and +was departed from Saul. + +18:13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain +over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. + +18:14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD +was with him. + +18:15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he +was afraid of him. + +18:16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and +came in before them. + +18:17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will +I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD's +battles. + +For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the +Philistines be upon him. + +18:18 And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my +father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king? +18:19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter +should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the +Meholathite to wife. + +18:20 And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and +the thing pleased him. + +18:21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to +him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. +Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in +the one of the twain. + +18:22 And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David +secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his +servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law. + +18:23 And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And +David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, +seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed? 18:24 And the +servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David. + +18:25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not +any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged +of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand +of the Philistines. + +18:26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David +well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired. + +18:27 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the +Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and +they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's +son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. + +18:28 And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that +Michal Saul's daughter loved him. + +18:29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became +David's enemy continually. + +18:30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to +pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely +than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by. + +19:1 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that +they should kill David. + +19:2 But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan +told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now +therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and +abide in a secret place, and hide thyself: 19:3 And I will go out and +stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune +with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee. + +19:4 And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said +unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; +because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have +been to thee-ward very good: 19:5 For he did put his life in his hand, +and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for +all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt +thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? 19:6 +And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the +LORD liveth, he shall not be slain. + +19:7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those +things. + +And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in +times past. + +19:8 And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the +Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from +him. + +19:9 And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his +house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand. + +19:10 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the +javelin: but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the +javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night. + +19:11 Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and +to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, +If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain. + +19:12 So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and +fled, and escaped. + +19:13 And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a +pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. + +19:14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is +sick. + +19:15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring +him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. + +19:16 And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image +in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster. + +19:17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and +sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He +said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee? 19:18 So David fled, +and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul +had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. + +19:19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in +Ramah. + +19:20 And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the +company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed +over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they +also prophesied. + +19:21 And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they +prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, +and they prophesied also. + +19:22 Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in +Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one +said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah. + +19:23 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God +was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to +Naioth in Ramah. + +19:24 And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before +Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that +night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? 20:1 And +David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, +What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy +father, that he seeketh my life? 20:2 And he said unto him, God +forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either +great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father +hide this thing from me? it is not so. + +20:3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth +that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan +know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as +thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death. + +20:4 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I +will even do it for thee. + +20:5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, +and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, +that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even. + +20:6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked +leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a +yearly sacrifice there for all the family. + +20:7 If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if +he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him. + +20:8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast +brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: +notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why +shouldest thou bring me to thy father? 20:9 And Jonathan said, Far be +it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my +father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? 20:10 Then +said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father +answer thee roughly? 20:11 And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and +let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the +field. + +20:12 And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have +sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, +behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, +and shew it thee; 20:13 The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but +if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and +send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with +thee, as he hath been with my father. + +20:14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of +the LORD, that I die not: 20:15 But also thou shalt not cut off thy +kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off +the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth. + +20:16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let +the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies. + +20:17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: +for he loved him as he loved his own soul. + +20:18 Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou +shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty. + +20:19 And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down +quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the +business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel. + +20:20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I +shot at a mark. + +20:21 And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. +If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side +of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no +hurt; as the LORD liveth. + +20:22 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are +beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away. + +20:23 And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, +behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever. + +20:24 So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was +come, the king sat him down to eat meat. + +20:25 And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a +seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, +and David's place was empty. + +20:26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, +Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean. + +20:27 And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of +the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan +his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither +yesterday, nor to day? 20:28 And Jonathan answered Saul, David +earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem: 20:29 And he said, Let +me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and +my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found +favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my +brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table. + +20:30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto +him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that +thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the +confusion of thy mother's nakedness? 20:31 For as long as the son of +Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy +kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely +die. + +20:32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, +Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done? 20:33 And Saul cast a +javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was +determined of his father to slay David. + +20:34 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no +meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, +because his father had done him shame. + +20:35 And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into +the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him. + +20:36 And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I +shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. + +20:37 And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which +Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the +arrow beyond thee? 20:38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make +speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and +came to his master. + +20:39 But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the +matter. + +20:40 And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, +Go, carry them to the city. + +20:41 And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place +toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed +himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with +another, until David exceeded. + +20:42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have +sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between +me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose +and departed: and Jonathan went into the city. + +21:1 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was +afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, +and no man with thee? 21:2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, +The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no +man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I +have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such +a place. + +21:3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of +bread in mine hand, or what there is present. + +21:4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread +under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have +kept themselves at least from women. + +21:5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth +women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, +and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a +manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel. + +21:6 So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread +there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put +hot bread in the day when it was taken away. + +21:7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, +detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the +chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul. + +21:8 And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine +hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my +weapons with me, because the king's business required haste. + +21:9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom +thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a +cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is +no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give +it me. + +21:10 And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to +Achish the king of Gath. + +21:11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the +king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, +saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands? +21:12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid +of Achish the king of Gath. + +21:13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself +mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let +his spittle fall down upon his beard. + +21:14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: +wherefore then have ye brought him to me? 21:15 Have I need of mad +men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my +presence? shall this fellow come into my house? 22:1 David therefore +departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his +brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither +to him. + +22:2 And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in +debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto +him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about +four hundred men. + +22:3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the +king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, +and be with you, till I know what God will do for me. + +22:4 And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with +him all the while that David was in the hold. + +22:5 And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; +depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and +came into the forest of Hareth. + +22:6 When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were +with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his +spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;) 22:7 +Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye +Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and +vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of +hundreds; 22:8 That all of you have conspired against me, and there is +none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of +Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto +me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, +as at this day? 22:9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set +over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to +Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. + +22:10 And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and +gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine. + +22:11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of +Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and +they came all of them to the king. + +22:12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, +Here I am, my lord. + +22:13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou +and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, +and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to +lie in wait, as at this day? 22:14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, +and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, +which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is +honourable in thine house? 22:15 Did I then begin to enquire of God +for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his +servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew +nothing of all this, less or more. + +22:16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and +all thy father's house. + +22:17 And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, +and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with +David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. +But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall +upon the priests of the LORD. + +22:18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. +And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on +that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. + +22:19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the +sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and +asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword. + +22:20 And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named +Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. + +22:21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD's +priests. + +22:22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the +Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned +the death of all the persons of thy father's house. + +22:23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life +seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard. + +23:1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight +against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors. + +23:2 Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and +smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite +the Philistines, and save Keilah. + +23:3 And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in +Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of +the Philistines? 23:4 Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And +the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will +deliver the Philistines into thine hand. + +23:5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the +Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a +great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. + +23:6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to +David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand. + +23:7 And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul +said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by +entering into a town that hath gates and bars. + +23:8 And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to +Keilah, to besiege David and his men. + +23:9 And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; +and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. + +23:10 Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath +certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the +city for my sake. + +23:11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul +come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech +thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down. + +23:12 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men +into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up. + +23:13 Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and +departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it +was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go +forth. + +23:14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained +in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every +day, but God delivered him not into his hand. + +23:15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David +was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. + +23:16 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, +and strengthened his hand in God. + +23:17 And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father +shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall +be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth. + +23:18 And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in +the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. + +23:19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not +David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of +Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? 23:20 Now therefore, O +king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; +and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand. + +23:21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion +on me. + +23:22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where +his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he +dealeth very subtilly. + +23:23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places +where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, +and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the +land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of +Judah. + +23:24 And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his +men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of +Jeshimon. + +23:25 Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David; +wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of +Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the +wilderness of Maon. + +23:26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his +men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for +fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round +about to take them. + +23:27 But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and +come; for the Philistines have invaded the land. + +23:28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went +against the Philistines: therefore they called that place +Selahammahlekoth. + +23:29 And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at +Engedi. + +24:1 And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the +Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the +wilderness of Engedi. + +24:2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and +went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. + +24:3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and +Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the +sides of the cave. + +24:4 And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the +LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine +hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then +David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily. + +24:5 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, +because he had cut off Saul's skirt. + +24:6 And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this +thing unto my master, the LORD's anointed, to stretch forth mine hand +against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD. + +24:7 So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them +not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went +on his way. + +24:8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried +after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, +David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself. + +24:9 And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, +saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt? 24:10 Behold, this day thine +eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine +hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared +thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for +he is the LORD's anointed. + +24:11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my +hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee +not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in +mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my +soul to take it. + +24:12 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of +thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. + +24:13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from +the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. + +24:14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou +pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. + +24:15 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and +see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand. + +24:16 And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking +these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son +David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. + +24:17 And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou +hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. + +24:18 And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with +me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou +killedst me not. + +24:19 For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? +wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me +this day. + +24:20 And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and +that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand. + +24:21 Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut +off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my +father's house. + +24:22 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his +men gat them up unto the hold. + +25:1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, +and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David +arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. + +25:2 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; +and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a +thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. + +25:3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife +Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful +countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he +was of the house of Caleb. + +25:4 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. + +25:5 And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young +men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name: +25:6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be +both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that +thou hast. + +25:7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds +which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing +unto them, all the while they were in Carmel. + +25:8 Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the +young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, +I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to +thy son David. + +25:9 And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to +all those words in the name of David, and ceased. + +25:10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and +who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break +away every man from his master. + +25:11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I +have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not +whence they be? 25:12 So David's young men turned their way, and went +again, and came and told him all those sayings. + +25:13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And +they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his +sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two +hundred abode by the stuff. + +25:14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, +Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our +master; and he railed on them. + +25:15 But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, +neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, +when we were in the fields: 25:16 They were a wall unto us both by +night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. + +25:17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is +determined against our master, and against all his household: for he +is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him. + +25:18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two +bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of +parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred +cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. + +25:19 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come +after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. + +25:20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the +covert on the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against +her; and she met them. + +25:21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this +fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that +pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good. + +25:22 So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of +all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against +the wall. + +25:23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, +and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, +25:24 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let +this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine +audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid. + +25:25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even +Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is +with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom +thou didst send. + +25:26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul +liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed +blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine +enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. + +25:27 And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my +lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord. + +25:28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the +LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord +fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee +all thy days. + +25:29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the +soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy +God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out +of the middle of a sling. + +25:30 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my +lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, +and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel; 25:31 That this shall +be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that +thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: +but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember +thine handmaid. + +25:32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, +which sent thee this day to meet me: 25:33 And blessed be thy advice, +and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed +blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. + +25:34 For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath +kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to +meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning +light any that pisseth against the wall. + +25:35 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, +and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have +hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person. + +25:36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his +house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within +him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or +more, until the morning light. + +25:37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out +of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died +within him, and he became as a stone. + +25:38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote +Nabal, that he died. + +25:39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be +the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of +Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned +the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed +with Abigail, to take her to him to wife. + +25:40 And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, +they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to +him to wife. + +25:41 And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and +said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the +servants of my lord. + +25:42 And Abigail hasted, and arose and rode upon an ass, with five +damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers +of David, and became his wife. + +25:43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of +them his wives. + +25:44 But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti +the son of Laish, which was of Gallim. + +26:1 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David +hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? 26:2 +Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three +thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the +wilderness of Ziph. + +26:3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before +Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw +that Saul came after him into the wilderness. + +26:4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come +in very deed. + +26:5 And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: +and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, +the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people +pitched round about him. + +26:6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to +Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down +with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with +thee. + +26:7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, +Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground +at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him. + +26:8 Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into +thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with +the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the +second time. + +26:9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch +forth his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guiltless? 26:10 +David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; +or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and +perish. + +26:11 The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against +the LORD's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is +at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. + +26:12 So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's +bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, +neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from +the LORD was fallen upon them. + +26:13 Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of +an hill afar off; a great space being between them: 26:14 And David +cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest +thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that +criest to the king? 26:15 And David said to Abner, Art not thou a +valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast +thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in +to destroy the king thy lord. + +26:16 This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, +ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD's +anointed. + +And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was +at his bolster. + +26:17 And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son +David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. + +26:18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his +servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand? 26:19 +Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his +servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept +an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before +the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the +inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods. + +26:20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the +face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, +as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. + +26:21 Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will +no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this +day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. + +26:22 And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let +one of the young men come over and fetch it. + +26:23 The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his +faithfulness; for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I +would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed. + +26:24 And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, +so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him +deliver me out of all tribulation. + +26:25 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou +shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David +went on his way, and Saul returned to his place. + +27:1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the +hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should +speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall +despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I +escape out of his hand. + +27:2 And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that +were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath. + +27:3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man +with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the +Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife. + +27:4 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought +no more again for him. + +27:5 And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine +eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may +dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with +thee? 27:6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag +pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day. + +27:7 And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines +was a full year and four months. + +27:8 And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and +the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the +inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of +Egypt. + +27:9 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, +and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, +and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish. + +27:10 And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David +said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the +Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites. + +27:11 And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to +Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and +so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the +Philistines. + +27:12 And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people +Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for +ever. + +28:1 And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered +their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish +said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me +to battle, thou and thy men. + +28:2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant +can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of +mine head for ever. + +28:3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried +him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that +had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. + +28:4 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and +pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they +pitched in Gilboa. + +28:5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and +his heart greatly trembled. + +28:6 And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, +neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. + +28:7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a +familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his +servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar +spirit at Endor. + +28:8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he +went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and +he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring +me him up, whom I shall name unto thee. + +28:9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath +done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the +wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my +life, to cause me to die? 28:10 And Saul sware to her by the LORD, +saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee +for this thing. + +28:11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he +said, Bring me up Samuel. + +28:12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and +the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou +art Saul. + +28:13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? +And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. + +28:14 And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old +man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived +that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and +bowed himself. + +28:15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring +me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines +make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no +more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called +thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. + +28:16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the +LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy? 28:17 And the +LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the +kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to +David: 28:18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor +executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done +this thing unto thee this day. + +28:19 Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the +hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with +me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of +the Philistines. + +28:20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore +afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in +him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night. + +28:21 And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, +and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I +have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which +thou spakest unto me. + +28:22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of +thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, +that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way. + +28:23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, +together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their +voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. + +28:24 And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and +killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened +bread thereof: 28:25 And she brought it before Saul, and before his +servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that +night. + +29:1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: +and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel. + +29:2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by +thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with +Achish. + +29:3 Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews +here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not +this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been +with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him +since he fell unto me unto this day? 29:4 And the princes of the +Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines +said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his +place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us +to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith +should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the +heads of these men? 29:5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to +another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten +thousands? 29:6 Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, +as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy +coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not +found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: +nevertheless the lords favour thee not. + +29:7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not +the lords of the Philistines. + +29:8 And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast +thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this +day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king? +29:9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good +in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the +Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle. + +29:10 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's +servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the +morning, and have light, depart. + +29:11 So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to +return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up +to Jezreel. + +30:1 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag +on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and +Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; 30:2 And had +taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either +great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. + +30:3 So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned +with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were +taken captives. + +30:4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their +voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. + +30:5 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the +Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. + +30:6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning +him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his +sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD +his God. + +30:7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray +thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the +ephod to David. + +30:8 And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this +troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou +shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. + +30:9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and +came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed. + +30:10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred +abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the +brook Besor. + +30:11 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to +David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink +water; 30:12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two +clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to +him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and +three nights. + +30:13 And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art +thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; +and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick. + +30:14 We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon +the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and +we burned Ziklag with fire. + +30:15 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? +And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor +deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to +this company. + +30:16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread +abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because +of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the +Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. + +30:17 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of +the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred +young men, which rode upon camels, and fled. + +30:18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: +and David rescued his two wives. + +30:19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, +neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had +taken to them: David recovered all. + +30:20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave +before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil. + +30:21 And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that +they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the +brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people +that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted +them. + +30:22 Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those +that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will +not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every +man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and +depart. + +30:23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that +which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the +company that came against us into our hand. + +30:24 For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is +that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by +the stuff: they shall part alike. + +30:25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute +and an ordinance for Israel unto this day. + +30:26 And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the +elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you +of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD; 30:27 To them which were in +Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were +in Jattir, 30:28 And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which +were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa, 30:29 And to +them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the +Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites, +30:30 And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in +Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach, 30:31 And to them which +were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men +were wont to haunt. + +31:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel +fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. + +31:2 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; +and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, +Saul's sons. + +31:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; +and he was sore wounded of the archers. + +31:4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust +me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me +through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore +afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. + +31:5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell +likewise upon his sword, and died with him. + +31:6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all +his men, that same day together. + +31:7 And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the +valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men +of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the +cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. + +31:8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to +strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in +mount Gilboa. + +31:9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent +into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the +house of their idols, and among the people. + +31:10 And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they +fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan. + +31:11 And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the +Philistines had done to Saul; 31:12 All the valiant men arose, and +went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons +from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. + +31:13 And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at +Jabesh, and fasted seven days. + + + + +The Second Book of Samuel + +Otherwise Called: + +The Second Book of the Kings + + +1:1 Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was +returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two +days in Ziklag; 1:2 It came even to pass on the third day, that, +behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, +and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he +fell to the earth, and did obeisance. + +1:3 And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto +him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. + +1:4 And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell +me. + +And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of +the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are +dead also. + +1:5 And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou +that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead? 1:6 And the young man that +told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul +leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed +hard after him. + +1:7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And +I answered, Here am I. + +1:8 And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an +Amalekite. + +1:9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: +for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me. + +1:10 So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he +could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was +upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought +them hither unto my lord. + +1:11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise +all the men that were with him: 1:12 And they mourned, and wept, and +fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the +people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were +fallen by the sword. + +1:13 And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? +And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite. + +1:14 And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch +forth thine hand to destroy the LORD's anointed? 1:15 And David +called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And +he smote him that he died. + +1:16 And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy +mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD's +anointed. + +1:17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over +Jonathan his son: 1:18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah +the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.) +1:19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the +mighty fallen! 1:20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the +streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, +lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. + +1:21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be +rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the +mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not +been anointed with oil. + +1:22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow +of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty. + +1:23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in +their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they +were stronger than lions. + +1:24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in +scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your +apparel. + +1:25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, +thou wast slain in thine high places. + +1:26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast +thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of +women. + +1:27 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! 2:1 +And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD, +saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD +said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he +said, Unto Hebron. + +2:2 So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the +Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite. + +2:3 And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with +his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron. + +2:4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over +the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of +Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul. + +2:5 And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said +unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this +kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him. + +2:6 And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will +requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing. + +2:7 Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: +for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have +anointed me king over them. + +2:8 But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth +the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; 2:9 And made him +king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over +Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. + +2:10 Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign +over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed +David. + +2:11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of +Judah was seven years and six months. + +2:12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son +of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. + +2:13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, +and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on +the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool. + +2:14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play +before us. And Joab said, Let them arise. + +2:15 Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, +which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the +servants of David. + +2:16 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his +sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that +place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon. + +2:17 And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, +and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. + +2:18 And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, +and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe. + +2:19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the +right hand nor to the left from following Abner. + +2:20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he +answered, I am. + +2:21 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to +thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his +armour. + +But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him. + +2:22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following +me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I +hold up my face to Joab thy brother? 2:23 Howbeit he refused to turn +aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him +under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell +down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as +many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still. + +2:24 Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down +when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by +the way of the wilderness of Gibeon. + +2:25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after +Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill. + +2:26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for +ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? +how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from +following their brethren? 2:27 And Joab said, As God liveth, unless +thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up +every one from following his brother. + +2:28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and +pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more. + +2:29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, +and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to +Mahanaim. + +2:30 And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered +all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men +and Asahel. + +2:31 But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's +men, so that three hundred and threescore men died. + +2:32 And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his +father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, +and they came to Hebron at break of day. + +3:1 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of +David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul +waxed weaker and weaker. + +3:2 And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was +Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; 3:3 And his second, Chileab, of +Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the +son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; 3:4 And the +fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son +of Abital; 3:5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These +were born to David in Hebron. + +3:6 And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul +and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house +of Saul. + +3:7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of +Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto +my father's concubine? 3:8 Then was Abner very wroth for the words of +Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew +kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, +and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of +David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this +woman? 3:9 So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD +hath sworn to David, even so I do to him; 3:10 To translate the +kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over +Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba. + +3:11 And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared +him. + +3:12 And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose +is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my +hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee. + +3:13 And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing +I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou +first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face. + +3:14 And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, +Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred +foreskins of the Philistines. + +3:15 And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from +Phaltiel the son of Laish. + +3:16 And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to +Bahurim. + +Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned. + +3:17 And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye +sought for David in times past to be king over you: 3:18 Now then do +it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my +servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the +Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies. + +3:19 And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also +to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to +Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin. + +3:20 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And +David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast. + +3:21 And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather +all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with +thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. +And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace. + +3:22 And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a +troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with +David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace. + +3:23 When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told +Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent +him away, and he is gone in peace. + +3:24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? +behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, +and he is quite gone? 3:25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he +came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and +to know all that thou doest. + +3:26 And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after +Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew +it not. + +3:27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the +gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth +rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. + +3:28 And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are +guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of +Ner: 3:29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's +house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an +issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth +on the sword, or that lacketh bread. + +3:30 So Joab, and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain +their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle. + +3:31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, +Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before +Abner. And king David himself followed the bier. + +3:32 And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his +voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept. + +3:33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool +dieth? 3:34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: +as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the +people wept again over him. + +3:35 And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it +was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I +taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down. + +3:36 And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as +whatsoever the king did pleased all the people. + +3:37 For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was +not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. + +3:38 And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a +prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel? 3:39 And I am this +day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be +too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to +his wickedness. + +4:1 And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands +were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. + +4:2 And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the name +of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of +Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also +was reckoned to Benjamin. + +4:3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there +until this day.) 4:4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was +lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul +and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and +it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became +lame. And his name was Mephibosheth. + +4:5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, +and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay +on a bed at noon. + +4:6 And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they +would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and +Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. + +4:7 For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his +bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and +took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night. + +4:8 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and +said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine +enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the +king this day of Saul, and of his seed. + +4:9 And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of +Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who +hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, 4:10 When one told me, +saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I +took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would +have given him a reward for his tidings: 4:11 How much more, when +wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his +bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and +take you away from the earth? 4:12 And David commanded his young men, +and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged +them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, +and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron. + +5:1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and +spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. + +5:2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that +leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou +shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. + +5:3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king +David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they +anointed David king over Israel. + +5:4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned +forty years. + +5:5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in +Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. + +5:6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the +inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou +take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: +thinking, David cannot come in hither. + +5:7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the +city of David. + +5:8 And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, +and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind that are hated +of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, +The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. + +5:9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And +David built round about from Millo and inward. + +5:10 And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was +with him. + +5:11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, +and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house. + +5:12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over +Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's +sake. + +5:13 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, +after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters +born to David. + +5:14 And these be the names of those that were born unto him in +Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, 5:15 Ibhar +also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 5:16 And Elishama, and +Eliada, and Eliphalet. + +5:17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king +over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David +heard of it, and went down to the hold. + +5:18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of +Rephaim. + +5:19 And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the +Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said +unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into +thine hand. + +5:20 And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and +said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the +breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place +Baalperazim. + +5:21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned +them. + +5:22 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in +the valley of Rephaim. + +5:23 And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go +up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against +the mulberry trees. + +5:24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops +of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then +shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the +Philistines. + +5:25 And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the +Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer. + +6:1 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, +thirty thousand. + +6:2 And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him +from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose +name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between +the cherubims. + +6:3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of +the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons +of Abinadab, drave the new cart. + +6:4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at +Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark. + +6:5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on +all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on +psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. + +6:6 And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his +hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. + +6:7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote +him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God. + +6:8 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon +Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day. + +6:9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the +ark of the LORD come to me? 6:10 So David would not remove the ark of +the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside +into the house of Obededom the Gittite. + +6:11 And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the +Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his +household. + +6:12 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the +house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the +ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house +of Obededom into the city of David with gladness. + +6:13 And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had +gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings. + +6:14 And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David +was girded with a linen ephod. + +6:15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the +LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. + +6:16 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal +Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping +and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart. + +6:17 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, +in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and +David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. + +6:18 And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings +and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of +hosts. + +6:19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude +of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, +and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people +departed every one to his house. + +6:20 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the +daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was +the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of +the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly +uncovereth himself! 6:21 And David said unto Michal, It was before +the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, +to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: +therefore will I play before the LORD. + +6:22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine +own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them +shall I be had in honour. + +6:23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day +of her death. + +7:1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD +had given him rest round about from all his enemies; 7:2 That the king +said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, +but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. + +7:3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; +for the LORD is with thee. + +7:4 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came +unto Nathan, saying, 7:5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the +LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? 7:6 Whereas I +have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the +children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in +a tent and in a tabernacle. + +7:7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of +Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I +commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an +house of cedar? 7:8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant +David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, +from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: 7:9 +And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all +thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like +unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. + +7:10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will +plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no +more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, +as beforetime, 7:11 And as since the time that I commanded judges to +be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine +enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house. + +7:12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy +fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of +thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. + +7:13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the +throne of his kingdom for ever. + +7:14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit +iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes +of the children of men: 7:15 But my mercy shall not depart away from +him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. + +7:16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever +before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. + +7:17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, +so did Nathan speak unto David. + +7:18 Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, +Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me +hitherto? 7:19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord +GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great +while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD? 7:20 And +what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy +servant. + +7:21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou +done all these great things, to make thy servant know them. + +7:22 Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like +thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we +have heard with our ears. + +7:23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like +Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make +him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, +before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the +nations and their gods? 7:24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy +people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art +become their God. + +7:25 And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning +thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do +as thou hast said. + +7:26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts +is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be +established before thee. + +7:27 For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy +servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy +servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. + +7:28 And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, +and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: 7:29 Therefore +now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may +continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: +and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for +ever. + +8:1 And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, +and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the +Philistines. + +8:2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them +down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, +and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became +David's servants, and brought gifts. + +8:3 David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he +went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. + +8:4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred +horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the +chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots. + +8:5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of +Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. + +8:6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians +became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved +David whithersoever he went. + +8:7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of +Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. + +8:8 And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David +took exceeding much brass. + +8:9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host +of Hadadezer, 8:10 Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to +salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, +and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought +with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass: +8:11 Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver +and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued; 8:12 +Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the +Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of +Rehob, king of Zobah. + +8:13 And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the +Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men. + +8:14 And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he +garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the LORD +preserved David whithersoever he went. + +8:15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment +and justice unto all his people. + +8:16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat +the son of Ahilud was recorder; 8:17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and +Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the +scribe; 8:18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the +Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers. + +9:1 And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of +Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake? 9:2 And there +was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they +had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And +he said, Thy servant is he. + +9:3 And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that +I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, +Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet. + +9:4 And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the +king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in +Lodebar. + +9:5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, +the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar. + +9:6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was +come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David +said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant! 9:7 And +David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness +for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of +Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. + +9:8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou +shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am? 9:9 Then the king called +to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy +master's son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house. + +9:10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the +land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's +son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat +bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty +servants. + +9:11 Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the +king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for +Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the +king's sons. + +9:12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all +that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth. + +9:13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at +the king's table; and was lame on both his feet. + +10:1 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of +Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. + +10:2 Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of +Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to +comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's +servants came into the land of the children of Ammon. + +10:3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their +lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath +sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants +unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? +10:4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one +half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even +to their buttocks, and sent them away. + +10:5 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the +men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until +your beards be grown, and then return. + +10:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, +the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob and the +Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a +thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men. + +10:7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the +mighty men. + +10:8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array +at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, +and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field. + +10:9 When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before +and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in +array against the Syrians: 10:10 And the rest of the people he +delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them +in array against the children of Ammon. + +10:11 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou +shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, +then I will come and help thee. + +10:12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and +for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him +good. + +10:13 And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the +battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him. + +10:14 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, +then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab +returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. + +10:15 And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, +they gathered themselves together. + +10:16 And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond +the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host +of Hadarezer went before them. + +10:17 And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and +passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves +in array against David, and fought with him. + +10:18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of +seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, +and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there. + +10:19 And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that +they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and +served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any +more. + +11:1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when +kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with +him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and +besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem. + +11:2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off +his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the +roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful +to look upon. + +11:3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not +this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? +11:4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto +him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: +and she returned unto her house. + +11:5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am +with child. + +11:6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And +Joab sent Uriah to David. + +11:7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab +did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. + +11:8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. +And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a +mess of meat from the king. + +11:9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the +servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. + +11:10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto +his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? +why then didst thou not go down unto thine house? 11:11 And Uriah +said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and +my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open +fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to +lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not +do this thing. + +11:12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I +will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the +morrow. + +11:13 And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; +and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with +the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house. + +11:14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to +Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. + +11:15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the +forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may +be smitten, and die. + +11:16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he +assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. + +11:17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and +there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the +Hittite died also. + +11:18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war; +11:19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of +telling the matters of the war unto the king, 11:20 And if so be that +the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye +so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would +shoot from the wall? 11:21 Who smote Abimelech the son of +Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him +from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then +say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. + +11:22 So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab +had sent him for. + +11:23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed +against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them +even unto the entering of the gate. + +11:24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and +some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite +is dead also. + +11:25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto +Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one +as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and +overthrow it: and encourage thou him. + +11:26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was +dead, she mourned for her husband. + +11:27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to +his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing +that David had done displeased the LORD. + +12:1 And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and +said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the +other poor. + +12:2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: 12:3 But the +poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought +and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his +children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and +lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. + +12:4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to +take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring +man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed +it for the man that was come to him. + +12:5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he +said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing +shall surely die: 12:6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because +he did this thing, and because he had no pity. + +12:7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD +God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee +out of the hand of Saul; 12:8 And I gave thee thy master's house, and +thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel +and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have +given unto thee such and such things. + +12:9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do +evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, +and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the +sword of the children of Ammon. + +12:10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; +because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the +Hittite to be thy wife. + +12:11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee +out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, +and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in +the sight of this sun. + +12:12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all +Israel, and before the sun. + +12:13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And +Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou +shalt not die. + +12:14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to +the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto +thee shall surely die. + +12:15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the +child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. + +12:16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, +and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. + +12:17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him +up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with +them. + +12:18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And +the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for +they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, +and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, +if we tell him that the child is dead? 12:19 But when David saw that +his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: +therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they +said, He is dead. + +12:20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed +himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, +and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, +they set bread before him, and he did eat. + +12:21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou +hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; +but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. + +12:22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: +for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the +child may live? 12:23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? +can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return +to me. + +12:24 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, +and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: +and the LORD loved him. + +12:25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his +name Jedidiah, because of the LORD. + +12:26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and +took the royal city. + +12:27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought +against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. + +12:28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp +against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called +after my name. + +12:29 And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, +and fought against it, and took it. + +12:30 And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight +whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set +on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great +abundance. + +12:31 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them +under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and +made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the +cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned +unto Jerusalem. + +13:1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had +a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved +her. + +13:2 And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; +for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do anything +to her. + +13:3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of +Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man. + +13:4 And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean +from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I +love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister. + +13:5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make +thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I +pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the +meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand. + +13:6 So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was +come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my +sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat +at her hand. + +13:7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother +Amnon's house, and dress him meat. + +13:8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. +And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and +did bake the cakes. + +13:9 And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he +refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they +went out every man from him. + +13:10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that +I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, +and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother. + +13:11 And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of +her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister. + +13:12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no +such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly. + +13:13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, +thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray +thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee. + +13:14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger +than she, forced her, and lay with her. + +13:15 Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith +he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And +Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone. + +13:16 And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending +me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he +would not hearken unto her. + +13:17 Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, +Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her. + +13:18 And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such +robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his +servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her. + +13:19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers +colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on +crying. + +13:20 And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother +been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; +regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother +Absalom's house. + +13:21 But when king David heard of all these things, he was very +wroth. + +13:22 And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: +for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. + +13:23 And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had +sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom +invited all the king's sons. + +13:24 And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant +hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go +with thy servant. + +13:25 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now +go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he +would not go, but blessed him. + +13:26 Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go +with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee? +13:27 But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's +sons go with him. + +13:28 Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when +Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite +Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be +courageous, and be valiant. + +13:29 And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had +commanded. + +Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his +mule, and fled. + +13:30 And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings +came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and +there is not one of them left. + +13:31 Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the +earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent. + +13:32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and +said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men +the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of +Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his +sister Tamar. + +13:33 Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his +heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is +dead. + +13:34 But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted +up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the +way of the hill side behind him. + +13:35 And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as +thy servant said, so it is. + +13:36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, +that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and +wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore. + +13:37 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king +of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day. + +13:38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years. + +13:39 And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for +he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead. + +14:1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was +toward Absalom. + +14:2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and +said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on +now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a +woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: 14:3 And come to the +king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her +mouth. + +14:4 And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her +face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king. + +14:5 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I +am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead. + +14:6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in +the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the +other, and slew him. + +14:7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, +and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill +him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the +heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall +not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth. + +14:8 And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will +give charge concerning thee. + +14:9 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the +iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his +throne be guiltless. + +14:10 And the king said, Whoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to +me, and he shall not touch thee any more. + +14:11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy +God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy +any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, +there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth. + +14:12 Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one +word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on. + +14:13 And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a +thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as +one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his +banished. + +14:14 For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, +which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any +person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled +from him. + +14:15 Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord +the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy +handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king +will perform the request of his handmaid. + +14:16 For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand +of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the +inheritance of God. + +14:17 Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now +be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to +discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee. + +14:18 Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from +me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, +Let my lord the king now speak. + +14:19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all +this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord +the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought +that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, +and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid: 14:20 To +fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: +and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to +know all things that are in the earth. + +14:21 And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: +go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again. + +14:22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and +thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I +have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath +fulfilled the request of his servant. + +14:23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to +Jerusalem. + +14:24 And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him +not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the +king's face. + +14:25 But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as +Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of +his head there was no blemish in him. + +14:26 And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end +that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he +polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels +after the king's weight. + +14:27 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, +whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance. + +14:28 So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the +king's face. + +14:29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; +but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, +he would not come. + +14:30 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near +mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's +servants set the field on fire. + +14:31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said +unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire? 14:32 And +Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, +that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from +Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now +therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in +me, let him kill me. + +14:33 So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called +for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the +ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom. + +15:1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him +chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. + +15:2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: +and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the +king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what +city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of +Israel. + +15:3 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; +but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. + +15:4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, +that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I +would do him justice! 15:5 And it was so, that when any man came nigh +to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and +kissed him. + +15:6 And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the +king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. + +15:7 And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the +king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto +the LORD, in Hebron. + +15:8 For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, +saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I +will serve the LORD. + +15:9 And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to +Hebron. + +15:10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, +saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall +say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron. + +15:11 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that +were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any +thing. + +15:12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's +counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered +sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased +continually with Absalom. + +15:13 And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the +men of Israel are after Absalom. + +15:14 And David said unto all his servants that were with him at +Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from +Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring +evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword. + +15:15 And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants +are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint. + +15:16 And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And +the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house. + +15:17 And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and +tarried in a place that was far off. + +15:18 And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the +Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred +men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. + +15:19 Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou +also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou +art a stranger, and also an exile. + +15:20 Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee +go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and +take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee. + +15:21 And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and +as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king +shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant +be. + +15:22 And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite +passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with +him. + +15:23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people +passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and +all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness. + +15:24 And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing +the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and +Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the +city. + +15:25 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the +city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me +again, and shew me both it, and his habitation: 15:26 But if he thus +say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as +seemeth good unto him. + +15:27 The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? +return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy +son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. + +15:28 See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there +come word from you to certify me. + +15:29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to +Jerusalem: and they tarried there. + +15:30 And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he +went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the +people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, +weeping as they went up. + +15:31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators +with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of +Ahithophel into foolishness. + +15:32 And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the +mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to +meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head: 15:33 Unto whom +David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden +unto me: 15:34 But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I +will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant +hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me +defeat the counsel of Ahithophel. + +15:35 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the +priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt +hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar +the priests. + +15:36 Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz +Zadok's son, and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall send +unto me every thing that ye can hear. + +15:37 So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came +into Jerusalem. + +16:1 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, +Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses +saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred +bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of +wine. + +16:2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba +said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread +and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as +be faint in the wilderness may drink. + +16:3 And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said +unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day +shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father. + +16:4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained +unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may +find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king. + +16:5 And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a +man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son +of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came. + +16:6 And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king +David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right +hand and on his left. + +16:7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou +bloody man, and thou man of Belial: 16:8 The LORD hath returned upon +thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast +reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of +Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because +thou art a bloody man. + +16:9 Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should +this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and +take off his head. + +16:10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of +Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse +David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so? 16:11 And +David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which +came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this +Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath +bidden him. + +16:12 It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that +the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day. + +16:13 And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on +the hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw +stones at him, and cast dust. + +16:14 And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, +and refreshed themselves there. + +16:15 And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to +Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. + +16:16 And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, +was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the +king, God save the king. + +16:17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? +why wentest thou not with thy friend? 16:18 And Hushai said unto +Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men of +Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide. + +16:19 And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the +presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so +will I be in thy presence. + +16:20 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we +shall do. + +16:21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's +concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall +hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all +that are with thee be strong. + +16:22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and +Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all +Israel. + +16:23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those +days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all +the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. + +17:1 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out +twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this +night: 17:2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak +handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him +shall flee; and I will smite the king only: 17:3 And I will bring back +all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all +returned: so all the people shall be in peace. + +17:4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of +Israel. + +17:5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us +hear likewise what he saith. + +17:6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, +saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after +his saying? if not; speak thou. + +17:7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath +given is not good at this time. + +17:8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they +be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of +her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not +lodge with the people. + +17:9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it +will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that +whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people +that follow Absalom. + +17:10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a +lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a +mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men. + +17:11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto +thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for +multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person. + +17:12 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, +and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of +him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so +much as one. + +17:13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel +bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until +there be not one small stone found there. + +17:14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of +Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the +LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the +intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom. + +17:15 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus +and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and +thus and thus have I counselled. + +17:16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not +this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; +lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him. + +17:17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not +be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and +they went and told king David. + +17:18 Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went +both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which +had a well in his court; whither they went down. + +17:19 And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, +and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known. + +17:20 And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they +said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, +They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and +could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem. + +17:21 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up +out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, +Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel +counselled against you. + +17:22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and +they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of +them that was not gone over Jordan. + +17:23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he +saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his +city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, +and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. + +17:24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he +and all the men of Israel with him. + +17:25 And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: +which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that +went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's +mother. + +17:26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead. + +17:27 And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi +the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the +son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, +17:28 Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and +barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and +parched pulse, 17:29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of +kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for +they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the +wilderness. + +18:1 And David numbered the people that were with him, and set +captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds over them. + +18:2 And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of +Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, +Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. +And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you +myself also. + +18:3 But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee +away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they +care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now +it is better that thou succour us out of the city. + +18:4 And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And +the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by +hundreds and by thousands. + +18:5 And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal +gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the +people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning +Absalom. + +18:6 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the +battle was in the wood of Ephraim; 18:7 Where the people of Israel +were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great +slaughter that day of twenty thousand men. + +18:8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the +country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword +devoured. + +18:9 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a +mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his +head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven +and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away. + +18:10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw +Absalom hanged in an oak. + +18:11 And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou +sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and +I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle. + +18:12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand +shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand +against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and +Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man +Absalom. + +18:13 Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: +for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest +have set thyself against me. + +18:14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took +three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, +while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak. + +18:15 And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and +smote Absalom, and slew him. + +18:16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing +after Israel: for Joab held back the people. + +18:17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the +wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel +fled every one to his tent. + +18:18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself +a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to +keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own +name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place. + +18:19 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the +king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies. + +18:20 And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, +but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear +no tidings, because the king's son is dead. + +18:21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. +And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran. + +18:22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But +howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, +Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings +ready? 18:23 But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto +him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi. + +18:24 And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to +the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and +looked, and behold a man running alone. + +18:25 And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If +he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and +drew near. + +18:26 And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman +called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. +And the king said, He also bringeth tidings. + +18:27 And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost +is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He +is a good man, and cometh with good tidings. + +18:28 And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he +fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, +Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that +lifted up their hand against my lord the king. + +18:29 And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz +answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw +a great tumult, but I knew not what it was. + +18:30 And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he +turned aside, and stood still. + +18:31 And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the +king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up +against thee. + +18:32 And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And +Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise +against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is. + +18:33 And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the +gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my +son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, +my son! 19:1 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and +mourneth for Absalom. + +19:2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the +people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for +his son. + +19:3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as +people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. + +19:4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud +voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son! 19:5 And Joab +came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day +the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and +the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy +wives, and the lives of thy concubines; 19:6 In that thou lovest thine +enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that +thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, +that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had +pleased thee well. + +19:7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy +servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will +not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee +than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now. + +19:8 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all +the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the +people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his +tent. + +19:9 And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of +Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and +he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled +out of the land for Absalom. + +19:10 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now +therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back? 19:11 +And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, +Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring +the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to +the king, even to his house. + +19:12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then +are ye the last to bring back the king? 19:13 And say ye to Amasa, +Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more +also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the +room of Joab. + +19:14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the +heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return +thou, and all thy servants. + +19:15 So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to +Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan. + +19:16 And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, +hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David. + +19:17 And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the +servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty +servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king. + +19:18 And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's +household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera +fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan; 19:19 And said +unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do +thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my +lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to +his heart. + +19:20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, +I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to +meet my lord the king. + +19:21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not +Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's +anointed? 19:22 And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons +of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall +there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know +that I am this day king over Israel? 19:23 Therefore the king said +unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him. + +19:24 And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and +had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his +clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in +peace. + +19:25 And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the +king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, +Mephibosheth? 19:26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant +deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may +ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame. + +19:27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my +lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in +thine eyes. + +19:28 For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord +the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at +thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto +the king? 19:29 And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any +more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land. + +19:30 And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, +forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own +house. + +19:31 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went +over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan. + +19:32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and +he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for +he was a very great man. + +19:33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I +will feed thee with me in Jerusalem. + +19:34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that +I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem? 19:35 I am this day +fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy +servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the +voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy +servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king? 19:36 Thy servant will +go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king +recompense it me with such a reward? 19:37 Let thy servant, I pray +thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried +by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant +Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what +shall seem good unto thee. + +19:38 And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will +do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou +shalt require of me, that will I do for thee. + +19:39 And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come +over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto +his own place. + +19:40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: +and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the +people of Israel. + +19:41 And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said +unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee +away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's +men with him, over Jordan? 19:42 And all the men of Judah answered +the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore +then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's +cost? or hath he given us any gift? 19:43 And the men of Israel +answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, +and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise +us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? +And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the +men of Israel. + +20:1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was +Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and +said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son +of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel. + +20:2 So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed +Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, +from Jordan even to Jerusalem. + +20:3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the +ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put +them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were +shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood. + +20:4 Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within +three days, and be thou here present. + +20:5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer +than the set time which he had appointed him. + +20:6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do +us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and +pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us. + +20:7 And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and +the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of +Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. + +20:8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went +before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto +him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the +sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out. + +20:9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab +took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. + +20:10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so +he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to +the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai +his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri. + +20:11 And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth +Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab. + +20:12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And +when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out +of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw +that every one that came by him stood still. + +20:13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on +after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. + +20:14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to +Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and +went also after him. + +20:15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they +cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all +the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. + +20:16 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray +you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. + +20:17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou +Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the +words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. + +20:18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, +saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the +matter. + +20:19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou +seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou +swallow up the inheritance of the LORD? 20:20 And Joab answered and +said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or +destroy. + +20:21 The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son +of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even +against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And +the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee +over the wall. + +20:22 Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they +cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. +And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to +his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king. + +20:23 Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of +Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites: 20:24 And +Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was +recorder: 20:25 And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the +priests: 20:26 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David. + +21:1 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year +after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It +is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. + +21:2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the +Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of +the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul +sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.) +21:3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for +you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the +inheritance of the LORD? 21:4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, We +will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us +shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, +that will I do for you. + +21:5 And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that +devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any +of the coasts of Israel, 21:6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered +unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, +whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them. + +21:7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of +Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David +and Jonathan the son of Saul. + +21:8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, +whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of +Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of +Barzillai the Meholathite: 21:9 And he delivered them into the hands +of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: +and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of +harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest. + +21:10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it +for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water +dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the +air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. + +21:11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the +concubine of Saul, had done. + +21:12 And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of +Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them +from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, +when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: 21:13 And he brought up +from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and +they gathered the bones of them that were hanged. + +21:14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the +country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and +they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was +intreated for the land. + +21:15 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and +David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the +Philistines: and David waxed faint. + +21:16 And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight +of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he +being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David. + +21:17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the +Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, +saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench +not the light of Israel. + +21:18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle +with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, +which was of the sons of the giant. + +21:19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where +Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of +Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's +beam. + +21:20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great +stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six +toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant. + +21:21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the +brother of David slew him. + +21:22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand +of David, and by the hand of his servants. + +22:1 And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day +that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, +and out of the hand of Saul: 22:2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, +and my fortress, and my deliverer; 22:3 The God of my rock; in him +will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high +tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. + +22:4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I +be saved from mine enemies. + +22:5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men +made me afraid; 22:6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the +snares of death prevented me; 22:7 In my distress I called upon the +LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, +and my cry did enter into his ears. + +22:8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven +moved and shook, because he was wroth. + +22:9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his +mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. + +22:10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under +his feet. + +22:11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the +wings of the wind. + +22:12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and +thick clouds of the skies. + +22:13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. + +22:14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his +voice. + +22:15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and +discomfited them. + +22:16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the +world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of +the breath of his nostrils. + +22:17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters; +22:18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated +me: for they were too strong for me. + +22:19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my +stay. + +22:20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, +because he delighted in me. + +22:21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to +the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. + +22:22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly +departed from my God. + +22:23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I +did not depart from them. + +22:24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine +iniquity. + +22:25 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my +righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight. + +22:26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the +upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright. + +22:27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward +thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury. + +22:28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon +the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. + +22:29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my +darkness. + +22:30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped +over a wall. + +22:31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: +he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. + +22:32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God? +22:33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect. + +22:34 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high +places. + +22:35 He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by +mine arms. + +22:36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy +gentleness hath made me great. + +22:37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not +slip. + +22:38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not +again until I had consumed them. + +22:39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not +arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet. + +22:40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose +up against me hast thou subdued under me. + +22:41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might +destroy them that hate me. + +22:42 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but +he answered them not. + +22:43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did +stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. + +22:44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, +thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not +shall serve me. + +22:45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, +they shall be obedient unto me. + +22:46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their +close places. + +22:47 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God +of the rock of my salvation. + +22:48 It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people +under me. + +22:49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast +lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast +delivered me from the violent man. + +22:50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the +heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name. + +22:51 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to +his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore. + +23:1 Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse +said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God +of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 23:2 The Spirit of +the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. + +23:3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that +ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. + +23:4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, +even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of +the earth by clear shining after rain. + +23:5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an +everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all +my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. + +23:6 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust +away, because they cannot be taken with hands: 23:7 But the man that +shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; +and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place. + +23:8 These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The +Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same +was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom +he slew at one time. + +23:9 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the +three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that +were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were +gone away: 23:10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand +was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a +great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to +spoil. + +23:11 And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the +Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of +ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines. + +23:12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and +slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory. + +23:13 And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in +the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the +Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim. + +23:14 And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the +Philistines was then in Bethlehem. + +23:15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of +the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate! 23:16 And +the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and +drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and +took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink +thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD. + +23:17 And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: +is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? +therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty +men. + +23:18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief +among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and +slew them, and had the name among three. + +23:19 Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their +captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three. + +23:20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of +Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he +went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow: +23:21 And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a +spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked +the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. + +23:22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name +among three mighty men. + +23:23 He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to +the first three. And David set him over his guard. + +23:24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the +son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 23:25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the +Harodite, 23:26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, +23:27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, 23:28 Zalmon +the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, 23:29 Heleb the son of Baanah, +a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children +of Benjamin, 23:30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of +Gaash, 23:31 Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, 23:32 +Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, 23:33 +Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, 23:34 +Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the +son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, 23:35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the +Arbite, 23:36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, 23:37 +Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the +son of Zeruiah, 23:38 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite, 23:39 Uriah +the Hittite: thirty and seven in all. + +24:1 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and +he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. + +24:2 For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with +him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to +Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the +people. + +24:3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the +people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of +my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in +this thing? 24:4 Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against +Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains +of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the +people of Israel. + +24:5 And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right +side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and +toward Jazer: 24:6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of +Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon, 24:7 And +came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, +and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even +to Beersheba. + +24:8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to +Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. + +24:9 And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the +king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that +drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men. + +24:10 And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the +people. + +And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have +done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy +servant; for I have done very foolishly. + +24:11 For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came +unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, 24:12 Go and say unto +David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one +of them, that I may do it unto thee. + +24:13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall +seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee +three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that +there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what +answer I shall return to him that sent me. + +24:14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now +into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not +fall into the hand of man. + +24:15 So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even +to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to +Beersheba seventy thousand men. + +24:16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to +destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel +that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the +angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. + +24:17 And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote +the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but +these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be +against me, and against my father's house. + +24:18 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear +an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite. + +24:19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD +commanded. + +24:20 And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on +toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on +his face upon the ground. + +24:21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his +servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build +an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people. + +24:22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer +up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt +sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen +for wood. + +24:23 All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And +Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee. + +24:24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of +thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my +God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the +threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. + +24:25 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt +offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, +and the plague was stayed from Israel. + + + + +The First Book of the Kings + +Commonly Called: + +The Third Book of the Kings + + +1:1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered +him with clothes, but he gat no heat. + +1:2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my +lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and +let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the +king may get heat. + +1:3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of +Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. + +1:4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and +ministered to him: but the king knew her not. + +1:5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will +be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to +run before him. + +1:6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why +hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother +bare him after Absalom. + +1:7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar +the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him. + +1:8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan +the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to +David, were not with Adonijah. + +1:9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of +Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king's +sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants: 1:10 But Nathan +the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, +he called not. + +1:11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, +saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth +reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? 1:12 Now therefore come, +let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine +own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. + +1:13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not +thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly +Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? +why then doth Adonijah reign? 1:14 Behold, while thou yet talkest +there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy +words. + +1:15 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the +king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the +king. + +1:16 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the +king said, What wouldest thou? 1:17 And she said unto him, My lord, +thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, +Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon +my throne. + +1:18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, +thou knowest it not: 1:19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and +sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and +Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy +servant hath he not called. + +1:20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, +that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord +the king after him. + +1:21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall +sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted +offenders. + +1:22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet +also came in. + +1:23 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And +when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king +with his face to the ground. + +1:24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall +reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? 1:25 For he is gone +down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in +abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of +the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink +before him, and say, God save king Adonijah. + +1:26 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah +the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called. + +1:27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed +it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king +after him? 1:28 Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. +And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king. + +1:29 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath +redeemed my soul out of all distress, 1:30 Even as I sware unto thee +by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall +reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so +will I certainly do this day. + +1:31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did +reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever. + +1:32 And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the +prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the +king. + +1:33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your +lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring +him down to Gihon: 1:34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the +prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the +trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon. + +1:35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my +throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to +be ruler over Israel and over Judah. + +1:36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, +Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too. + +1:37 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with +Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king +David. + +1:38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son +of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and +caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to +Gihon. + +1:39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, +and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people +said, God save king Solomon. + +1:40 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with +pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the +sound of them. + +1:41 And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as +they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the +trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an +uproar? 1:42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of +Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for +thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings. + +1:43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king +David hath made Solomon king. + +1:44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the +prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the +Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule: +1:45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him +king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the +city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard. + +1:46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. + +1:47 And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king +David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and +make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself +upon the bed. + +1:48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, +which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even +seeing it. + +1:49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose +up, and went every man his way. + +1:50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and +caught hold on the horns of the altar. + +1:51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king +Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, +saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me today that he will not slay his +servant with the sword. + +1:52 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there +shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be +found in him, he shall die. + +1:53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. +And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto +him, Go to thine house. + +2:1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged +Solomon his son, saying, 2:2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou +strong therefore, and shew thyself a man; 2:3 And keep the charge of +the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his +commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written +in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, +and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: 2:4 That the LORD may continue +his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take +heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and +with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the +throne of Israel. + +2:5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, +and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner +the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and +shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his +girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his +feet. + +2:6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go +down to the grave in peace. + +2:7 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and +let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me +when I fled because of Absalom thy brother. + +2:8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a +Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day +when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I +sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with +the sword. + +2:9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and +knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring +thou down to the grave with blood. + +2:10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of +David. + +2:11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: +seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned +he in Jerusalem. + +2:12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his +kingdom was established greatly. + +2:13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of +Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. + +2:14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, +Say on. + +2:15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all +Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom +is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the +LORD. + +2:16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said +unto him, Say on. + +2:17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he +will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to +wife. + +2:18 And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king. + +2:19 Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for +Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto +her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the +king's mother; and she sat on his right hand. + +2:20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, +say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I +will not say thee nay. + +2:21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy +brother to wife. + +2:22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost +thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom +also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the +priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. + +2:23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and +more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life. + +2:24 Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and +set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an +house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day. + +2:25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; +and he fell upon him that he died. + +2:26 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, +unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at +this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the LORD +God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in +all wherein my father was afflicted. + +2:27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; +that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning +the house of Eli in Shiloh. + +2:28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, +though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle +of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. + +2:29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the +tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon +sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. + +2:30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto +him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die +here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, +and thus he answered me. + +2:31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon +him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, +which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father. + +2:32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell +upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the +sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of +Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, +captain of the host of Judah. + +2:33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and +upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, +and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever +from the LORD. + +2:34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and +slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. + +2:35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the +host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar. + +2:36 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build +thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence +any whither. + +2:37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over +the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely +die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head. + +2:38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the +king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem +many days. + +2:39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the +servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. +And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. + +2:40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish +to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from +Gath. + +2:41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to +Gath, and was come again. + +2:42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I +not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, +Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any +whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word +that I have heard is good. + +2:43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the +commandment that I have charged thee with? 2:44 The king said +moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart +is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD +shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head; 2:45 And king Solomon +shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before +the LORD for ever. + +2:46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went +out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established +in the hand of Solomon. + +3:1 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took +Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he +had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, +and the wall of Jerusalem round about. + +3:2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no +house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days. + +3:3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his +father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. + +3:4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the +great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon +that altar. + +3:5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and +God said, Ask what I shall give thee. + +3:6 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my +father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and +in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast +kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to +sit on his throne, as it is this day. + +3:7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of +David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out +or come in. + +3:8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast +chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for +multitude. + +3:9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy +people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to +judge this thy so great a people? 3:10 And the speech pleased the +LORD, that Solomon had asked this thing. + +3:11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and +hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for +thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for +thyself understanding to discern judgment; 3:12 Behold, I have done +according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an +understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, +neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. + +3:13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both +riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings +like unto thee all thy days. + +3:14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my +commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy +days. + +3:15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to +Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and +offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a +feast to all his servants. + +3:16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and +stood before him. + +3:17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one +house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. + +3:18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, +that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no +stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. + +3:19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid +it. + +3:20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while +thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead +child in my bosom. + +3:21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it +was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was +not my son, which I did bear. + +3:22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the +dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the +living is my son. Thus they spake before the king. + +3:23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, +and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the +dead, and my son is the living. + +3:24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword +before the king. + +3:25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half +to the one, and half to the other. + +3:26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, +for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her +the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it +be neither mine nor thine, but divide it. + +3:27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and +in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof. + +3:28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; +and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in +him, to do judgment. + +4:1 So king Solomon was king over all Israel. + +4:2 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok +the priest, 4:3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; +Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. + +4:4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and +Abiathar were the priests: 4:5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over +the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and +the king's friend: 4:6 And Ahishar was over the household: and +Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute. + +4:7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided +victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year +made provision. + +4:8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: 4:9 +The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and +Elonbethhanan: 4:10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained +Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: 4:11 The son of Abinadab, in all +the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife: +4:12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, +and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from +Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam: +4:13 The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of +Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained +the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with +walls and brasen bars: 4:14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: +4:15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of +Solomon to wife: 4:16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in +Aloth: 4:17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: 4:18 Shimei +the son of Elah, in Benjamin: 4:19 Geber the son of Uri was in the +country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and +of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the +land. + +4:20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in +multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. + +4:21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the +land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought +presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life. + +4:22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine +flour, and threescore measures of meal, 4:23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty +oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and +roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl. + +4:24 For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, +from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: +and he had peace on all sides round about him. + +4:25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and +under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of +Solomon. + +4:26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, +and twelve thousand horsemen. + +4:27 And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all +that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they +lacked nothing. + +4:28 Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they +unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his +charge. + +4:29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and +largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. + +4:30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of +the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. + +4:31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and +Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in +all nations round about. + +4:32 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a +thousand and five. + +4:33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon +even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of +beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. + +4:34 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from +all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom. + +5:1 And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had +heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for +Hiram was ever a lover of David. + +5:2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, 5:3 Thou knowest how that David +my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God +for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put +them under the soles of his feet. + +5:4 But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that +there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent. + +5:5 And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD +my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom +I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto +my name. + +5:6 Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of +Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee +will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt +appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can +skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians. + +5:7 And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that +he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which +hath given unto David a wise son over this great people. + +5:8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things +which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning +timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. + +5:9 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I +will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt +appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt +receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for +my household. + +5:10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all +his desire. + +5:11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food +to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon +to Hiram year by year. + +5:12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there +was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league +together. + +5:13 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy +was thirty thousand men. + +5:14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a +month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was +over the levy. + +5:15 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, +and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; 5:16 Beside the chief +of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and +three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work. + +5:17 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly +stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. + +5:18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the +stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. + +6:1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after +the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the +fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is +the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. + +6:2 And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length +thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, +and the height thereof thirty cubits. + +6:3 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was +the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten +cubits was the breadth thereof before the house. + +6:4 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights. + +6:5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, +against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of +the oracle: and he made chambers round about: 6:6 The nethermost +chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, +and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the +house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be +fastened in the walls of the house. + +6:7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made +ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer +nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in +building. + +6:8 The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the +house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, +and out of the middle into the third. + +6:9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with +beams and boards of cedar. + +6:10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits +high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar. + +6:11 And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, 6:12 Concerning +this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my +statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to +walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake +unto David thy father: 6:13 And I will dwell among the children of +Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. + +6:14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it. + +6:15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, +both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he +covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the +house with planks of fir. + +6:16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the +floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it +within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place. + +6:17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits +long. + +6:18 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open +flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen. + +6:19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the +ark of the covenant of the LORD. + +6:20 And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and +twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and +he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of +cedar. + +6:21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made +a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid +it with gold. + +6:22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished +all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid +with gold. + +6:23 And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each +ten cubits high. + +6:24 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits +the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing +unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. + +6:25 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of +one measure and one size. + +6:26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the +other cherub. + +6:27 And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they +stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the +one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the +other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the +house. + +6:28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold. + +6:29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved +figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and +without. + +6:30 And the floors of the house he overlaid with gold, within and +without. + +6:31 And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: +the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall. + +6:32 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them +carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid +them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm +trees. + +6:33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a +fourth part of the wall. + +6:34 And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one +door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. + +6:35 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: +and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work. + +6:36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and +a row of cedar beams. + +6:37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD +laid, in the month Zif: 6:38 And in the eleventh year, in the month +Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all +the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he +seven years in building it. + +7:1 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he +finished all his house. + +7:2 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length +thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, +and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, +with cedar beams upon the pillars. + +7:3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on +forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. + +7:4 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light +in three ranks. + +7:5 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and +light was against light in three ranks. + +7:6 And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty +cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was +before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before +them. + +7:7 Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the +porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the +floor to the other. + +7:8 And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, +which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's +daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch. + +7:9 All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of +hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the +foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great +court. + +7:10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, +stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. + +7:11 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, +and cedars. + +7:12 And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed +stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the +house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house. + +7:13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. + +7:14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was +a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and +understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to +king Solomon, and wrought all his work. + +7:15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: +and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. + +7:16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops +of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and +the height of the other chapiter was five cubits: 7:17 And nets of +checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were +upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for +the other chapiter. + +7:18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one +network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with +pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter. + +7:19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of +lily work in the porch, four cubits. + +7:20 And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also +above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the +pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other +chapiter. + +7:21 And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set +up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up +the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz. + +7:22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of +the pillars finished. + +7:23 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the +other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a +line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. + +7:24 And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing +it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were +cast in two rows, when it was cast. + +7:25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and +three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and +three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, +and all their hinder parts were inward. + +7:26 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was +wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained +two thousand baths. + +7:27 And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one +base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height +of it. + +7:28 And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, +and the borders were between the ledges: 7:29 And on the borders that +were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the +ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were +certain additions made of thin work. + +7:30 And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and +the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were +undersetters molten, at the side of every addition. + +7:31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: +but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit +and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their +borders, foursquare, not round. + +7:32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the +wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit +and half a cubit. + +7:33 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: +their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, +were all molten. + +7:34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: +and the undersetters were of the very base itself. + +7:35 And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a +cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the +borders thereof were of the same. + +7:36 For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders +thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the +proportion of every one, and additions round about. + +7:37 After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one +casting, one measure, and one size. + +7:38 Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty +baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten +bases one laver. + +7:39 And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on +the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of +the house eastward over against the south. + +7:40 And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So +Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for +the house of the LORD: 7:41 The two pillars, and the two bowls of the +chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two +networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the +top of the pillars; 7:42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two +networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the +two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars; 7:43 And the +ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases; 7:44 And one sea, and twelve +oxen under the sea; 7:45 And the pots, and the shovels, and the +basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for +the house of the LORD, were of bright brass. + +7:46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground +between Succoth and Zarthan. + +7:47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were +exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out. + +7:48 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of +the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the +shewbread was, 7:49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the +right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, +and the lamps, and the tongs of gold, 7:50 And the bowls, and the +snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure +gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, +the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the +temple. + +7:51 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of +the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had +dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put +among the treasures of the house of the LORD. + +8:1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of +the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto +king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the +covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. + +8:2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon +at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. + +8:3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the +ark. + +8:4 And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the +congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, +even those did the priests and the Levites bring up. + +8:5 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were +assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep +and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. + +8:6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD +unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, +even under the wings of the cherubims. + +8:7 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of +the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof +above. + +8:8 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were +seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen +without: and there they are unto this day. + +8:9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which +Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the +children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. + +8:10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy +place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, 8:11 So that the +priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the +glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD. + +8:12 Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the +thick darkness. + +8:13 I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place +for thee to abide in for ever. + +8:14 And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the +congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;) +8:15 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake with +his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, +saying, 8:16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out +of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an +house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my +people Israel. + +8:17 And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for +the name of the LORD God of Israel. + +8:18 And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine +heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in +thine heart. + +8:19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that +shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my +name. + +8:20 And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am +risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of +Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of +the LORD God of Israel. + +8:21 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant +of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out +of the land of Egypt. + +8:22 And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of +all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward +heaven: 8:23 And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like +thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and +mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart: +8:24 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou +promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled +it with thine hand, as it is this day. + +8:25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my +father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a +man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children +take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked +before me. + +8:26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, +which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father. + +8:27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and +heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I +have builded? 8:28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy +servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the +cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day: +8:29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even +toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that +thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make +toward this place. + +8:30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy +people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou +in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive. + +8:31 If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid +upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar +in this house: 8:32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy +servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and +justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness. + +8:33 When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because +they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and +confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this +house: 8:34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy +people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest +unto their fathers. + +8:35 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have +sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy +name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them: 8:36 Then +hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy +people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should +walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people +for an inheritance. + +8:37 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, +mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege +them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever +sickness there be; 8:38 What prayer and supplication soever be made by +any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the +plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house: +8:39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, +and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; +(for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of +men;) 8:40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the +land which thou gavest unto our fathers. + +8:41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, +but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake; 8:42 (For they +shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy +stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house; +8:43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all +that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth +may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that +they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy +name. + +8:44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever +thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city +which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy +name: 8:45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their +supplication, and maintain their cause. + +8:46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) +and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that +they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near; +8:47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they +were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in +the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, +and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; 8:48 And so +return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the +land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee +toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city +which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name: +8:49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy +dwelling place, and maintain their cause, 8:50 And forgive thy people +that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein +they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before +them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them: +8:51 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou +broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron: +8:52 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, +and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them +in all that they call for unto thee. + +8:53 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the +earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses +thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O LORD +God. + +8:54 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all +this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the +altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up +to heaven. + +8:55 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a +loud voice, saying, 8:56 Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest +unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath +not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the +hand of Moses his servant. + +8:57 The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him +not leave us, nor forsake us: 8:58 That he may incline our hearts unto +him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his +statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers. + +8:59 And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before +the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he +maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel +at all times, as the matter shall require: 8:60 That all the people of +the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else. + +8:61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to +walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day. + +8:62 And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before +the LORD. + +8:63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he +offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred +and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel +dedicated the house of the LORD. + +8:64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was +before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, +and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the +brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the +burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace +offerings. + +8:65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a +great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of +Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even +fourteen days. + +8:66 On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the +king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the +goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel +his people. + +9:1 And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the +house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire +which he was pleased to do, 9:2 That the LORD appeared to Solomon the +second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. + +9:3 And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy +supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this +house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine +eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. + +9:4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in +integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I +have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: 9:5 +Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, +as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a +man upon the throne of Israel. + +9:6 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your +children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I +have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: +9:7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given +them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast +out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all +people: 9:8 And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth +by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why +hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house? 9:9 And +they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who +brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken +hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: +therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil. + +9:10 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had +built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house, +9:11 (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar +trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that +then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. + +9:12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had +given him; and they pleased him not. + +9:13 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my +brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day. + +9:14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold. + +9:15 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for +to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the +wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. + +9:16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt +it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and +given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife. + +9:17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether, 9:18 And +Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land, 9:19 And all the +cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and +cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in +Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. + +9:20 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, +Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of +Israel, 9:21 Their children that were left after them in the land, +whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, +upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day. + +9:22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but +they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his +captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen. + +9:23 These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's +work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that +wrought in the work. + +9:24 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her +house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo. + +9:25 And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and +peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he +burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished +the house. + +9:26 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is +beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. + +9:27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had +knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. + +9:28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four +hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon. + +10:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon +concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard +questions. + +10:2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels +that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when +she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her +heart. + +10:3 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing +hid from the king, which he told her not. + +10:4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and +the house that he had built, 10:5 And the meat of his table, and the +sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and +their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up +unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. + +10:6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in +mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. + +10:7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had +seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and +prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard. + +10:8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand +continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. + +10:9 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee +on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, +therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice. + +10:10 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and +of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more +such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to +king Solomon. + +10:11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, +brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious +stones. + +10:12 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of +the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for +singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day. + +10:13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, +whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal +bounty. + +So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants. + +10:14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six +hundred threescore and six talents of gold, 10:15 Beside that he had +of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of +all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country. + +10:16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six +hundred shekels of gold went to one target. + +10:17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of +gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the +forest of Lebanon. + +10:18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it +with the best gold. + +10:19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round +behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, +and two lions stood beside the stays. + +10:20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other +upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom. + +10:21 And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all +the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; +none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of +Solomon. + +10:22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of +Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, +and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. + +10:23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches +and for wisdom. + +10:24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which +God had put in his heart. + +10:25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and +vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and +mules, a rate year by year. + +10:26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had +a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, +whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at +Jerusalem. + +10:27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and +cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for +abundance. + +10:28 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the +king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. + +10:29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred +shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for +all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they +bring them out by their means. + +11:1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the +daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, +Zidonians, and Hittites: 11:2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD +said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither +shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart +after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. + +11:3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred +concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. + +11:4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned +away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with +the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father. + +11:5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, +and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. + +11:6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully +after the LORD, as did David his father. + +11:7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination +of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the +abomination of the children of Ammon. + +11:8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt +incense and sacrificed unto their gods. + +11:9 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned +from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, 11:10 +And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go +after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded. + +11:11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done +of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I +have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and +will give it to thy servant. + +11:12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy +father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. + +11:13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one +tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake +which I have chosen. + +11:14 And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the +Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom. + +11:15 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the +captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had +smitten every male in Edom; 11:16 (For six months did Joab remain +there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:) 11:17 +That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with +him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child. + +11:18 And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took +men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king +of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and +gave him land. + +11:19 And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he +gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes +the queen. + +11:20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom +Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's +household among the sons of Pharaoh. + +11:21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, +and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, +Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country. + +11:22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, +that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he +answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise. + +11:23 And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of +Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: 11:24 And +he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David +slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and +reigned in Damascus. + +11:25 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, +beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and +reigned over Syria. + +11:26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, +Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even +he lifted up his hand against the king. + +11:27 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the +king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of +David his father. + +11:28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon +seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over +all the charge of the house of Joseph. + +11:29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of +Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; +and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in +the field: 11:30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, +and rent it in twelve pieces: 11:31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee +ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will +rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes +to thee: 11:32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's +sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of +all the tribes of Israel:) 11:33 Because that they have forsaken me, +and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh +the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, +and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine +eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his +father. + +11:34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I +will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's +sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes: +11:35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give +it unto thee, even ten tribes. + +11:36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant +may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have +chosen me to put my name there. + +11:37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that +thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel. + +11:38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command +thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to +keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I +will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, +and will give Israel unto thee. + +11:39 And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever. + +11:40 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, +and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt +until the death of Solomon. + +11:41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and +his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? +11:42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel +was forty years. + +11:43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city +of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. + +12:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem +to make him king. + +12:2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet +in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king +Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) 12:3 That they sent and called +him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake +unto Rehoboam, saying, 12:4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now +therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy +yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. + +12:5 And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again +to me. And the people departed. + +12:6 And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before +Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that +I may answer this people? 12:7 And they spake unto him, saying, If +thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, +and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy +servants for ever. + +12:8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given +him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and +which stood before him: 12:9 And he said unto them, What counsel give +ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make +the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter? 12:10 And the +young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus +shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy +father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus +shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my +father's loins. + +12:11 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will +add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will +chastise you with scorpions. + +12:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, +as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day. + +12:13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old +men's counsel that they gave him; 12:14 And spake to them after the +counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and +I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but +I will chastise you with scorpions. + +12:15 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause +was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD +spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat. + +12:16 So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, +the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? +neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O +Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto +their tents. + +12:17 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of +Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. + +12:18 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and +all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king +Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to +Jerusalem. + +12:19 So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. + +12:20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was +come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and +made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house +of David, but the tribe of Judah only. + +12:21 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the +house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore +thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house +of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. + +12:22 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying, +12:23 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto +all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, +saying, 12:24 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight +against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his +house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word +of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the +LORD. + +12:25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; +and went out from thence, and built Penuel. + +12:26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to +the house of David: 12:27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the +house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people +turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they +shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. + +12:28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, +and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: +behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of +Egypt. + +12:29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan. + +12:30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship +before the one, even unto Dan. + +12:31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the +lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. + +12:32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the +fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and +he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the +calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the +high places which he had made. + +12:33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the +fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had +devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of +Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense. + +13:1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of +the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. + +13:2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, +O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born +unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer +the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's +bones shall be burnt upon thee. + +13:3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which +the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes +that are upon it shall be poured out. + +13:4 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the +man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put +forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, +which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it +in again to him. + +13:5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, +according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of +the LORD. + +13:6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now +the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be +restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the +king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before. + +13:7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and +refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward. + +13:8 And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half +thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor +drink water in this place: 13:9 For so was it charged me by the word +of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by +the same way that thou camest. + +13:10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came +to Bethel. + +13:11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and +told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in +Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told +also to their father. + +13:12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons +had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah. + +13:13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled +him the ass: and he rode thereon, 13:14 And went after the man of God, +and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the +man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am. + +13:15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. + +13:16 And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: +neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place: +13:17 For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no +bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou +camest. + +13:18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel +spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with +thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he +lied unto him. + +13:19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and +drank water. + +13:20 And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of +the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back: 13:21 And he +cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the +LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast +not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee, 13:22 +But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of +the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; +thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers. + +13:23 And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had +drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom +he had brought back. + +13:24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: +and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion +also stood by the carcase. + +13:25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, +and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the +city where the old prophet dwelt. + +13:26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard +thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the +word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, +which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, +which he spake unto him. + +13:27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they +saddled him. + +13:28 And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass +and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the +carcase, nor torn the ass. + +13:29 And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid +it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the +city, to mourn and to bury him. + +13:30 And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over +him, saying, Alas, my brother! 13:31 And it came to pass, after he +had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, +then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my +bones beside his bones: 13:32 For the saying which he cried by the +word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the +houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall +surely come to pass. + +13:33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but +made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: +whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests +of the high places. + +13:34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to +cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth. + +14:1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. + +14:2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise +thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get +thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me +that I should be king over this people. + +14:3 And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of +honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the +child. + +14:4 And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and +came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes +were set by reason of his age. + +14:5 And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam +cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and +thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, +that she shall feign herself to be another woman. + +14:6 And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she +came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why +feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy +tidings. + +14:7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch +as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my +people Israel, 14:8 And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, +and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who +kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do +that only which was right in mine eyes; 14:9 But hast done evil above +all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other +gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me +behind thy back: 14:10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the +house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth +against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will +take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away +dung, till it be all gone. + +14:11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and +him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the +LORD hath spoken it. + +14:12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy +feet enter into the city, the child shall die. + +14:13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of +Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some +good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. + +14:14 Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who +shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now. + +14:15 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the +water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he +gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, +because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger. + +14:16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who +did sin, and who made Israel to sin. + +14:17 And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and +when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died; 14:18 And +they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word +of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the +prophet. + +14:19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he +reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the +kings of Israel. + +14:20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: +and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead. + +14:21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was +forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned +seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out +of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's +name was Naamah an Ammonitess. + +14:22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked +him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all +that their fathers had done. + +14:23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on +every high hill, and under every green tree. + +14:24 And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did +according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast +out before the children of Israel. + +14:25 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that +Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: 14:26 And he took +away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the +king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields +of gold which Solomon had made. + +14:27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and +committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept +the door of the king's house. + +14:28 And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, +that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard +chamber. + +14:29 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are +they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? +14:30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days. + +14:31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his +fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an +Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead. + +15:1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat +reigned Abijam over Judah. + +15:2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. and his mother's name was +Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. + +15:3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done +before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as +the heart of David his father. + +15:4 Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a +lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish +Jerusalem: 15:5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes of +the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him +all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the +Hittite. + +15:6 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of +his life. + +15:7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they +not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And +there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. + +15:8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the +city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. + +15:9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa +over Judah. + +15:10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his +mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. + +15:11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did +David his father. + +15:12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all +the idols that his fathers had made. + +15:13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being +queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her +idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron. + +15:14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart +was perfect with the LORD all his days. + +15:15 And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and +the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, +silver, and gold, and vessels. + +15:16 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all +their days. + +15:17 And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built +Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king +of Judah. + +15:18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the +treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's +house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa +sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of +Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 15:19 There is a league between +me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent +unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with +Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. + +15:20 So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of +the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, +and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of +Naphtali. + +15:21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off +building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. + +15:22 Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was +exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber +thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them +Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. + +15:23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that +he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the +book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time +of his old age he was diseased in his feet. + +15:24 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers +in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in +his stead. + +15:25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the +second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years. + +15:26 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way +of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. + +15:27 And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, +conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which +belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to +Gibbethon. + +15:28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, +and reigned in his stead. + +15:29 And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the +house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he +had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he +spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite: 15:30 Because of the sins +of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his +provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger. + +15:31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they +not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? +15:32 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all +their days. + +15:33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of +Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years. + +15:34 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way +of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. + +16:1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against +Baasha, saying, 16:2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and +made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the +way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me +to anger with their sins; 16:3 Behold, I will take away the posterity +of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house +like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. + +16:4 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him +that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat. + +16:5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his +might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings +of Israel? 16:6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in +Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead. + +16:7 And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came +the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for +all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to +anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; +and because he killed him. + +16:8 In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the +son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years. + +16:9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired +against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house +of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah. + +16:10 And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty +and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead. + +16:11 And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat +on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not +one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his +friends. + +16:12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the +word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet. + +16:13 For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by +which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking +the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. + +16:14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they +not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? +16:15 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri +reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against +Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. + +16:16 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath +conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made +Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp. + +16:17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and +they besieged Tirzah. + +16:18 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, +that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's +house over him with fire, and died. + +16:19 For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the +LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, +to make Israel to sin. + +16:20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he +wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the +kings of Israel? 16:21 Then were the people of Israel divided into +two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to +make him king; and half followed Omri. + +16:22 But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people +that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri +reigned. + +16:23 In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to +reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah. + +16:24 And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of +silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which +he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria. + +16:25 But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse +than all that were before him. + +16:26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and +in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of +Israel to anger with their vanities. + +16:27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might +that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of +the kings of Israel? 16:28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was +buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. + +16:29 And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began +Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri +reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. + +16:30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above +all that were before him. + +16:31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to +walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife +Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and +served Baal, and worshipped him. + +16:32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which +he had built in Samaria. + +16:33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God +of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him. + +16:34 In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the +foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates +thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, +which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun. + +17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, +said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, +there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. + +17:2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 17:3 Get thee +hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, +that is before Jordan. + +17:4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have +commanded the ravens to feed thee there. + +17:5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he +went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. + +17:6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and +bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. + +17:7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, +because there had been no rain in the land. + +17:8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 17:9 Arise, get +thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, +I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. + +17:10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate +of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: +and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water +in a vessel, that I may drink. + +17:11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, +Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. + +17:12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but +an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, +behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for +me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. + +17:13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: +but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and +after make for thee and for thy son. + +17:14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall +not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the +LORD sendeth rain upon the earth. + +17:15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, +and he, and her house, did eat many days. + +17:16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil +fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah. + +17:17 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the +woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so +sore, that there was no breath left in him. + +17:18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou +man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and +to slay my son? 17:19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he +took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he +abode, and laid him upon his own bed. + +17:20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou +also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her +son? 17:21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and +cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this +child's soul come into him again. + +17:22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the +child came into him again, and he revived. + +17:23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the +chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah +said, See, thy son liveth. + +17:24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a +man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth. + +18:1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD +came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; +and I will send rain upon the earth. + +18:2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore +famine in Samaria. + +18:3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. +(Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: 18:4 For it was so, when Jezebel +cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred +prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and +water.) 18:5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all +fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find +grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the +beasts. + +18:6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab +went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. + +18:7 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he +knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord +Elijah? 18:8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, +Elijah is here. + +18:9 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy +servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? 18:10 As the LORD thy God +liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent +to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of +the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not. + +18:11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. + +18:12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that +the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so +when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: +but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth. + +18:13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the +prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD's prophets +by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water? 18:14 And now +thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall +slay me. + +18:15 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I +stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day. + +18:16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to +meet Elijah. + +18:17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto +him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? 18:18 And he answered, I have +not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have +forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim. + +18:19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount +Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the +prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table. + +18:20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the +prophets together unto mount Carmel. + +18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye +between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, +then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. + +18:22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a +prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty +men. + +18:23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one +bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and +put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on +wood, and put no fire under: 18:24 And call ye on the name of your +gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that +answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and +said, It is well spoken. + +18:25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one +bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call +on the name of your gods, but put no fire under. + +18:26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed +it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, +saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that +answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. + +18:27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, +Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, +or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be +awaked. + +18:28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with +knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. + +18:29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied +until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there +was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded. + +18:30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all +the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD +that was broken down. + +18:31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the +tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, +saying, Israel shall be thy name: 18:32 And with the stones he built +an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the +altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed. + +18:33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and +laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour +it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. + +18:34 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second +time. + +And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time. + +18:35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the +trench also with water. + +18:36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening +sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of +Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art +God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all +these things at thy word. + +18:37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou +art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again. + +18:38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt +sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up +the water that was in the trench. + +18:39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and +they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God. + +18:40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not +one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down +to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. + +18:41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there +is a sound of abundance of rain. + +18:42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the +top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his +face between his knees, 18:43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look +toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is +nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. + +18:44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, +there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he +said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down +that the rain stop thee not. + +18:45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black +with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and +went to Jezreel. + +18:46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his +loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. + +19:1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he +had slain all the prophets with the sword. + +19:2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the +gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of +one of them by to morrow about this time. + +19:3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came +to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. + +19:4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came +and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that +he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; +for I am not better than my fathers. + +19:5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an +angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. + +19:6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, +and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid +him down again. + +19:7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched +him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for +thee. + +19:8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of +that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God. + +19:9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, +the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest +thou here, Elijah? 19:10 And he said, I have been very jealous for +the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy +covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the +sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it +away. + +19:11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. + +And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the +mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD +was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD +was not in the earthquake: 19:12 And after the earthquake a fire; but +the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. + +19:13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in +his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. +And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou +here, Elijah? 19:14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the +LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy +covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the +sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it +away. + +19:15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the +wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king +over Syria: 19:16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be +king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt +thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. + +19:17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of +Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu +shall Elisha slay. + +19:18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which +have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. + +19:19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who +was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the +twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. + +19:20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I +pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. +And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee? +19:21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew +them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and +gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after +Elijah, and ministered unto him. + +20:1 And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: +and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and +chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it. + +20:2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and +said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad, 20:3 Thy silver and thy gold is +mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine. + +20:4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, +according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have. + +20:5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad, +saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me +thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children; 20:6 Yet I +will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they +shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall +be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in +their hand, and take it away. + +20:7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and +said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he +sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and +for my gold; and I denied him not. + +20:8 And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not +unto him, nor consent. + +20:9 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord +the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I +will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and +brought him word again. + +20:10 And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, +and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for +all the people that follow me. + +20:11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him +that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. + +20:12 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he +was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his +servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array +against the city. + +20:13 And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, +saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? +behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt +know that I am the LORD. + +20:14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even +by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who +shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou. + +20:15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, +and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered +all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand. + +20:16 And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself +drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings +that helped him. + +20:17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out +first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men +come out of Samaria. + +20:18 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them +alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive. + +20:19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of +the city, and the army which followed them. + +20:20 And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and +Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an +horse with the horsemen. + +20:21 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and +chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter. + +20:22 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, +Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the +return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee. + +20:23 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods +are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let +us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger +than they. + +20:24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his +place, and put captains in their rooms: 20:25 And number thee an army, +like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for +chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we +shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and +did so. + +20:26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad +numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel. + +20:27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, +and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them +like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country. + +20:28 And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, +and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD +is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will +I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know +that I am the LORD. + +20:29 And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so +it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the +children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in +one day. + +20:30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell +upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad +fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. + +20:31 And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that +the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray +thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out +to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life. + +20:32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their +heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad +saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is +my brother. + +20:33 Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come +from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother +Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to +him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot. + +20:34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took +from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee +in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send +thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent +him away. + +20:35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his +neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man +refused to smite him. + +20:36 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of +the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall +slay thee. + +And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew +him. + +20:37 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And +the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him. + +20:38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and +disguised himself with ashes upon his face. + +20:39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, +Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man +turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if +by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or +else thou shalt pay a talent of silver. + +20:40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the +king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast +decided it. + +20:41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the +king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets. + +20:42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let +go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, +therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his +people. + +20:43 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, +and came to Samaria. + +21:1 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the +Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of +Ahab king of Samaria. + +21:2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I +may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: +and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem +good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. + +21:3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should +give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. + +21:4 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the +word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I +will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down +upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. + +21:5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy +spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread? 21:6 And he said unto her, +Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me +thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee +another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my +vineyard. + +21:7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the +kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: +I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. + +21:8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his +seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were +in his city, dwelling with Naboth. + +21:9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set +Naboth on high among the people: 21:10 And set two men, sons of +Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst +blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, +that he may die. + +21:11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were +the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as +it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. + +21:12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. + +21:13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before +him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, +in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and +the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him +with stones, that he died. + +21:14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is +dead. + +21:15 And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, +and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the +vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for +money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead. + +21:16 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that +Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to +take possession of it. + +21:17 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, +21:18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: +behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to +possess it. + +21:19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast +thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, +saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood +of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine. + +21:20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And +he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work +evil in the sight of the LORD. + +21:21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy +posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the +wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, 21:22 And will make +thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the +house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou +hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin. + +21:23 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat +Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. + +21:24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him +that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat. + +21:25 But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to +work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife +stirred up. + +21:26 And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all +things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children +of Israel. + +21:27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent +his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in +sackcloth, and went softly. + +21:28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, +21:29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he +humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but +in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house. + +22:1 And they continued three years without war between Syria and +Israel. + +22:2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king +of Judah came down to the king of Israel. + +22:3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that +Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the +hand of the king of Syria? 22:4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt +thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the +king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses +as thy horses. + +22:5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray +thee, at the word of the LORD to day. + +22:6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about +four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead +to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the LORD +shall deliver it into the hand of the king. + +22:7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD +besides, that we might enquire of him? 22:8 And the king of Israel +said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, +by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not +prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not +the king say so. + +22:9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten +hither Micaiah the son of Imlah. + +22:10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat +each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the +entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied +before them. + +22:11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he +said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, +until thou have consumed them. + +22:12 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to +Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the +king's hand. + +22:13 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, +saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the +king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of +one of them, and speak that which is good. + +22:14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto +me, that will I speak. + +22:15 So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, +shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And +he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into +the hand of the king. + +22:16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee +that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the +LORD? 22:17 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, +as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no +master: let them return every man to his house in peace. + +22:18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell +thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? 22:19 +And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD +sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on +his right hand and on his left. + +22:20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up +and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another +said on that manner. + +22:21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and +said, I will persuade him. + +22:22 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go +forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. +And he said, Thou shalt persude him, and prevail also: go forth, and +do so. + +22:23 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the +mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil +concerning thee. + +22:24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah +on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me +to speak unto thee? 22:25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in +that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. + +22:26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back +unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; 22:27 +And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed +him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I +come in peace. + +22:28 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath +not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you. + +22:29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up +to Ramothgilead. + +22:30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise +myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the +king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle. + +22:31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that +had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor +great, save only with the king of Israel. + +22:32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw +Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they +turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out. + +22:33 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived +that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from +pursuing him. + +22:34 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of +Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the +driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; +for I am wounded. + +22:35 And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in +his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran +out of the wound into the midst of the chariot. + +22:36 And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the +going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to +his own country. + +22:37 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried +the king in Samaria. + +22:38 And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs +licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the +word of the LORD which he spake. + +22:39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the +ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they +not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? +22:40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in +his stead. + +22:41 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the +fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. + +22:42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to +reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his +mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. + +22:43 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not +aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: +nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people +offered and burnt incense yet in the high places. + +22:44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. + +22:45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he +shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the +chronicles of the kings of Judah? 22:46 And the remnant of the +sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out +of the land. + +22:47 There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king. + +22:48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but +they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber. + +22:49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my +servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not. + +22:50 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his +fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned +in his stead. + +22:51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria +the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two +years over Israel. + +22:52 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way +of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of +Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin: 22:53 For he served +Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of +Israel, according to all that his father had done. + + + + +The Second Book of the Kings + +Commonly Called: + +The Fourth Book of the Kings + + +1:1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. + +1:2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that +was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto +them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall +recover of this disease. + +1:3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go +up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, +Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire +of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? 1:4 Now therefore thus saith the LORD, +Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but +shalt surely die. And Elijah departed. + +1:5 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, +Why are ye now turned back? 1:6 And they said unto him, There came a +man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that +sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because +there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of +Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from +that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. + +1:7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to +meet you, and told you these words? 1:8 And they answered him, He was +an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And +he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite. + +1:9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And +he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he +spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down. + +1:10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a +man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and +thy fifty. + +And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. + +1:11 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his +fifty. + +And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king +said, Come down quickly. + +1:12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let +fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the +fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. + +1:13 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. +And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees +before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I +pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be +precious in thy sight. + +1:14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two +captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my +life now be precious in thy sight. + +1:15 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be +not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king. + +1:16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast +sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not +because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore +thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but +shalt surely die. + +1:17 So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had +spoken. + +And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son +of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son. + +1:18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not +written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 2:1 And +it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a +whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. + +2:2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD +hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, +and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to +Bethel. + +2:3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to +Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away +thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye +your peace. + +2:4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the +LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as +thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho. + +2:5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, +and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy +master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye +your peace. + +2:6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD +hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy +soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on. + +2:7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view +afar off: and they two stood by Jordan. + +2:8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the +waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two +went over on dry ground. + +2:9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said +unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from +thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit +be upon me. + +2:10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou +see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if +not, it shall not be so. + +2:11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, +behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and +parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into +heaven. + +2:12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the +chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: +and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. + +2:13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went +back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; 2:14 And he took the mantle of +Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is +the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they +parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over. + +2:15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho +saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they +came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. + +2:16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants +fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest +peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him +upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not +send. + +2:17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They +sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him +not. + +2:18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he +said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not? 2:19 And the men of +the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this +city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the +ground barren. + +2:20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they +brought it to him. + +2:21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the +salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these +waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land. + +2:22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying +of Elisha which he spake. + +2:23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by +the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked +him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. + +2:24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the +name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, +and tare forty and two children of them. + +2:25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he +returned to Samaria. + +3:1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria +the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve +years. + +3:2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his +father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that +his father had made. + +3:3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of +Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. + +3:4 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the +king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand +rams, with the wool. + +3:5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab +rebelled against the king of Israel. + +3:6 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered +all Israel. + +3:7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The +king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against +Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people +as thy people, and my horses as thy horses. + +3:8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way +through the wilderness of Edom. + +3:9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of +Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was +no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them. + +3:10 And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called +these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab! +3:11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, +that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of +Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of +Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah. + +3:12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the +king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. + +3:13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with +thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of +thy mother. + +And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called +these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab. + +3:14 And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I +stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat +the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee. + +3:15 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the +minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him. + +3:16 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of +ditches. + +3:17 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye +see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may +drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. + +3:18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will +deliver the Moabites also into your hand. + +3:19 And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and +shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every +good piece of land with stones. + +3:20 And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was +offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the +country was filled with water. + +3:21 And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to +fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, +and upward, and stood in the border. + +3:22 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the +water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as +blood: 3:23 And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, +and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil. + +3:24 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up +and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went +forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country. + +3:25 And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land +cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the +wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth +left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and +smote it. + +3:26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for +him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break +through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not. + +3:27 Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his +stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there +was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and +returned to their own land. + +4:1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the +prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou +knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come +to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. + +4:2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what +hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any +thing in the house, save a pot of oil. + +4:3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy +neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. + +4:4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and +upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou +shalt set aside that which is full. + +4:5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her +sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. + +4:6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said +unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is +not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. + +4:7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the +oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest. + +4:8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a +great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that +as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. + +4:9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is +an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually. + +4:10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let +us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a +candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn +in thither. + +4:11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into +the chamber, and lay there. + +4:12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when +he had called her, she stood before him. + +4:13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been +careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? +wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the +host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people. + +4:14 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi +answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old. + +4:15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in +the door. + +4:16 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, +thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, +do not lie unto thine handmaid. + +4:17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that +Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life. + +4:18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out +to his father to the reapers. + +4:19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a +lad, Carry him to his mother. + +4:20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat +on her knees till noon, and then died. + +4:21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and +shut the door upon him, and went out. + +4:22 And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, +one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man +of God, and come again. + +4:23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither +new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well. + +4:24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go +forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee. + +4:25 So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it +came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to +Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite: 4:26 Run now, I +pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it +well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It +is well: 4:27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she +caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And +the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: +and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me. + +4:28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do +not deceive me? 4:29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and +take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, +salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay +my staff upon the face of the child. + +4:30 And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy +soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her. + +4:31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the +face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore +he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not +awaked. + +4:32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was +dead, and laid upon his bed. + +4:33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and +prayed unto the LORD. + +4:34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon +his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: +and stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed +warm. + +4:35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went +up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, +and the child opened his eyes. + +4:36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he +called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy +son. + +4:37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the +ground, and took up her son, and went out. + +4:38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the +land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he +said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for +the sons of the prophets. + +4:39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild +vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and +shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not. + +4:40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as +they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou +man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof. + +4:41 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he +said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no +harm in the pot. + +4:42 And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of +God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears +of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that +they may eat. + +4:43 And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred +men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus +saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof. + +4:44 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, +according to the word of the LORD. + +5:1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great +man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given +deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was +a leper. + +5:2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away +captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on +Naaman's wife. + +5:3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the +prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy. + +5:4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the +maid that is of the land of Israel. + +5:5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter +unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten +talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of +raiment. + +5:6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when +this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my +servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy. + +5:7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, +that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make +alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his +leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a +quarrel against me. + +5:8 And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king +of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, +Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he +shall know that there is a prophet in Israel. + +5:9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at +the door of the house of Elisha. + +5:10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in +Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou +shalt be clean. + +5:11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, +He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the +LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the +leper. + +5:12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all +the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he +turned and went away in a rage. + +5:13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My +father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou +not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, +and be clean? 5:14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times +in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh +came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. + +5:15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and +came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there +is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, +take a blessing of thy servant. + +5:16 But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will +receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused. + +5:17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to +thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will +henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, +but unto the LORD. + +5:18 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master +goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my +hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself +in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing. + +5:19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a +little way. + +5:20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, +my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his +hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after +him, and take somewhat of him. + +5:21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running +after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is +all well? 5:22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, +saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two +young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a +talent of silver, and two changes of garments. + +5:23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, +and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of +garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them +before him. + +5:24 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and +bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed. + +5:25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto +him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no +whither. + +5:26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man +turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive +money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and +sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? 5:27 The leprosy +therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for +ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow. + +6:1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the +place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. + +6:2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a +beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he +answered, Go ye. + +6:3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. +And he answered, I will go. + +6:4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down +wood. + +6:5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: +and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. + +6:6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the +place. + +And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did +swim. + +6:7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, +and took it. + +6:8 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel +with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp. + +6:9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware +that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come +down. + +6:10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God +told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor +twice. + +6:11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for +this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye +not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel? 6:12 And one of +his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that +is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest +in thy bedchamber. + +6:13 And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch +him. + +And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. + +6:14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: +and they came by night, and compassed the city about. + +6:15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone +forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and +chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we +do? 6:16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more +than they that be with them. + +6:17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, +that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he +saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire +round about Elisha. + +6:18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and +said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote +them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. + +6:19 And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this +the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But +he led them to Samaria. + +6:20 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that +Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And +the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in +the midst of Samaria. + +6:21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My +father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? 6:22 And he answered, +Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast +taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water +before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. + +6:23 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten +and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the +bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel. + +6:24 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria +gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. + +6:25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they +besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of +silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of +silver. + +6:26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there +cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. + +6:27 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help +thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? 6:28 And the +king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman +said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will +eat my son to morrow. + +6:29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the +next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son. + +6:30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, +that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the +people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh. + +6:31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of +Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. + +6:32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the +king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he +said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to +take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, +and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet +behind him? 6:33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the +messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the +LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer? 7:1 Then Elisha +said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow +about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, +and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. + +7:2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, +and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this +thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but +shalt not eat thereof. + +7:3 And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: +and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? 7:4 If we +say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and +we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now +therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they +save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. + +7:5 And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the +Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of +Syria, behold, there was no man there. + +7:6 For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of +chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and +they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us +the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come +upon us. + +7:7 Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their +tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and +fled for their life. + +7:8 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they +went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, +and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and +entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid +it. + +7:9 Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day +of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning +light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we +may go and tell the king's household. + +7:10 So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they +told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, +there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and +asses tied, and the tents as they were. + +7:11 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house +within. + +7:12 And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I +will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we +be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves +in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch +them alive, and get into the city. + +7:13 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray +thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, +(behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: +behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites +that are consumed:) and let us send and see. + +7:14 They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after +the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see. + +7:15 And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was +full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their +haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king. + +7:16 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So +a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of +barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD. + +7:17 And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have +the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and +he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down +to him. + +7:18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, +saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine +flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of +Samaria: 7:19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, +behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing +be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt +not eat thereof. + +7:20 And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the +gate, and he died. + +8:1 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to +life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn +wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; +and it shall also come upon the land seven years. + +8:2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: +and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the +Philistines seven years. + +8:3 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman +returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry +unto the king for her house and for her land. + +8:4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, +saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath +done. + +8:5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had +restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he +had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her +land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is +her son, whom Elisha restored to life. + +8:6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king +appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was +hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the +land, even until now. + +8:7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was +sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither. + +8:8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and +go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall +I recover of this disease? 8:9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a +present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' +burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king +of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this +disease? 8:10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest +certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall +surely die. + +8:11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: +and the man of God wept. + +8:12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I +know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their +strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay +with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women +with child. + +8:13 And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should +do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that +thou shalt be king over Syria. + +8:14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to +him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou +shouldest surely recover. + +8:15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, +and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: +and Hazael reigned in his stead. + +8:16 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, +Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Je hoshaphat +king of Judah began to reign. + +8:17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he +reigned eight years in Jerusalem. + +8:18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house +of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the +sight of the LORD. + +8:19 Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's +sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his +children. + +8:20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made +a king over themselves. + +8:21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he +rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and +the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents. + +8:22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. +Then Libnah revolted at the same time. + +8:23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they +not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 8:24 +And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in +the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. + +8:25 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did +Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. + +8:26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and +he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, +the daughter of Omri king of Israel. + +8:27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in +the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in +law of the house of Ahab. + +8:28 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael +king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram. + +8:29 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds +which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against +Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah +went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was +sick. + +9:1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, +and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in +thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead: 9:2 And when thou comest thither, +look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go +in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an +inner chamber; 9:3 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, +and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. +Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not. + +9:4 So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to +Ramothgilead. + +9:5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; +and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto +which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain. + +9:6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on +his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have +anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. + +9:7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may +avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the +servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. + +9:8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from +Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and +left in Israel: 9:9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house +of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of +Ahijah: 9:10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, +and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled. + +9:11 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said +unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he +said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication. + +9:12 And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and +thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee +king over Israel. + +9:13 Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it +under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, +Jehu is king. + +9:14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired +against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, +because of Hazael king of Syria. + +9:15 But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds +which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of +Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth +nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel. + +9:16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay +there. + +And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram. + +9:17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied +the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram +said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it +peace? 9:18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, +Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do +with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The +messenger came to them, but he cometh not again. + +9:19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and +said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast +thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. + +9:20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh +not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of +Nimshi; for he driveth furiously. + +9:21 And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And +Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his +chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of +Naboth the Jezreelite. + +9:22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it +peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of +thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? 9:23 And Joram +turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O +Ahaziah. + +9:24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram +between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk +down in his chariot. + +9:25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in +the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how +that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD +laid this burden upon him; 9:26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood +of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will +requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast +him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD. + +9:27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way +of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him +also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is +by Ibleam. + +And he fled to Megiddo, and died there. + +9:28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and +buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David. + +9:29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah +to reign over Judah. + +9:30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she +painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window. + +9:31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, +who slew his master? 9:32 And he lifted up his face to the window, +and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or +three eunuchs. + +9:33 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of +her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode +her under foot. + +9:34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see +now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter. + +9:35 And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the +skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. + +9:36 Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the +word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, +saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: +9:37 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the +field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is +Jezebel. + +10:1 And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and +sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to +them that brought up Ahab's children, saying, 10:2 Now as soon as this +letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and +there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and +armour; 10:3 Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, +and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house. + +10:4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings +stood not before him: how then shall we stand? 10:5 And he that was +over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and +the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy +servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any +king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes. + +10:6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be +mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the +men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this +time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great +men of the city, which brought them up. + +10:7 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took +the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in +baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel. + +10:8 And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have +brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two +heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning. + +10:9 And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, +and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired +against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these? 10:10 Know +now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the +LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD +hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah. + +10:11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, +and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he +left him none remaining. + +10:12 And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at +the shearing house in the way, 10:13 Jehu met with the brethren of +Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are +the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the +king and the children of the queen. + +10:14 And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew +them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither +left he any of them. + +10:15 And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son +of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is +thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab +answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his +hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot. + +10:16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they +made him ride in his chariot. + +10:17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab +in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the +LORD, which he spake to Elijah. + +10:18 And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, +Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. + +10:19 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his +servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great +sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not +live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy +the worshippers of Baal. + +10:20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they +proclaimed it. + +10:21 And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of +Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they +came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one +end to another. + +10:22 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth +vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth +vestments. + +10:23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house +of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that +there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the +worshippers of Baal only. + +10:24 And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, +Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom +I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his +life shall be for the life of him. + +10:25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering +the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, +Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with +the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, +and went to the city of the house of Baal. + +10:26 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and +burned them. + +10:27 And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house +of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day. + +10:28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. + +10:29 Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made +Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden +calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan. + +10:30 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in +executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the +house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of +the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel. + +10:31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of +Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of +Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin. + +10:32 In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael +smote them in all the coasts of Israel; 10:33 From Jordan eastward, +all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the +Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and +Bashan. + +10:34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all +his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the +kings of Israel? 10:35 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they +buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. + +10:36 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty +and eight years. + +11:1 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was +dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. + +11:2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, +took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's +sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in +the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. + +11:3 And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And +Athaliah did reign over the land. + +11:4 And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over +hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him +into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an +oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son. + +11:5 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall +do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be +keepers of the watch of the king's house; 11:6 And a third part shall +be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: +so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down. + +11:7 And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they +shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king. + +11:8 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his +weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be +slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in. + +11:9 And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things +that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men +that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on +the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. + +11:10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king +David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD. + +11:11 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, +round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left +corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple. + +11:12 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, +and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; +and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king. + +11:13 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the +people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD. + +11:14 And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the +manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all +the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah +rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason. + +11:15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, +the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without +the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the +priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD. + +11:16 And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which +the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain. + +11:17 And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and +the people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the king +also and the people. + +11:18 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and +brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces +thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And +the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD. + +11:19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the +guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king +from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the +guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. + +11:20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in +quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house. + +11:21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign. + +12:1 In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty +years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of +Beersheba. + +12:2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all +his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. + +12:3 But the high places were not taken away: the people still +sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. + +12:4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated +things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of +every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set +at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into +the house of the LORD, 12:5 Let the priests take it to them, every man +of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, +wheresoever any breach shall be found. + +12:6 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king +Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. + +12:7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other +priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the +house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but +deliver it for the breaches of the house. + +12:8 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, +neither to repair the breaches of the house. + +12:9 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid +of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh +into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put +therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD. + +12:10 And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the +chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they +put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the +LORD. + +12:11 And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that +did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and +they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the +house of the LORD, 12:12 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to +buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the +LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. + +12:13 Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of +silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of +silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD: +12:14 But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the +house of the LORD. + +12:15 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they +delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt +faithfully. + +12:16 The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house +of the LORD: it was the priests'. + +12:17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and +took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. + +12:18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that +Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, +had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was +found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's +house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from +Jerusalem. + +12:19 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they +not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? +12:20 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in +the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla. + +12:21 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of +Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with +his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his +stead. + +13:1 In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king +of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in +Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. + +13:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and +followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to +sin; he departed not therefrom. + +13:3 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he +delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the +hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days. + +13:4 And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: +for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria +oppressed them. + +13:5 (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from +under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in +their tents, as beforetime. + +13:6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of +Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained +the grove also in Samaria.) 13:7 Neither did he leave of the people +to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand +footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them +like the dust by threshing. + +13:8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and +his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the +kings of Israel? 13:9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they +buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead. + +13:10 In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began +Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and +reigned sixteen years. + +13:11 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he +departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made +Israel sin: but he walked therein. + +13:12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his +might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not +written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 13:13 +And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: +and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. + +13:14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And +Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, +and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the +horsemen thereof. + +13:15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto +him bow and arrows. + +13:16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. +And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's +hands. + +13:17 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then +Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD's +deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt +smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them. + +13:18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto +the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and +stayed. + +13:19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest +have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till +thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice. + +13:20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the +Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. + +13:21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, +they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of +Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of +Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. + +13:22 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of +Jehoahaz. + +13:23 And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, +and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, +Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them +from his presence as yet. + +13:24 So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in +his stead. + +13:25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of +Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the +hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, +and recovered the cities of Israel. + +14:1 In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel +reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. + +14:2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and +reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was +Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. + +14:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not +like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his +father did. + +14:4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people +did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. + +14:5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his +hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father. + +14:6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto +that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the +LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the +children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every +man shall be put to death for his own sin. + +14:7 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took +Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day. + +14:8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son +of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the +face. + +14:9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, +saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in +Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed +by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. + +14:10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee +up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to +thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? +14:11 But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel +went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the +face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah. + +14:12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled +every man to their tents. + +14:13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son +of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, +and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the +corner gate, four hundred cubits. + +14:14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that +were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the +king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria. + +14:15 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, +and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in +the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 14:16 And Jehoash +slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of +Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. + +14:17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death +of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. + +14:18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the +book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 14:19 Now they made a +conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they +sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. + +14:20 And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem +with his fathers in the city of David. + +14:21 And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen +years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. + +14:22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king +slept with his fathers. + +14:23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah +Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, +and reigned forty and one years. + +14:24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he +departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made +Israel to sin. + +14:25 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto +the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, +which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, +the prophet, which was of Gathhepher. + +14:26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very +bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper +for Israel. + +14:27 And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel +from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son +of Joash. + +14:28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and +his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, +which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book +of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 14:29 And Jeroboam slept +with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son +reigned in his stead. + +15:1 In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began +Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. + +15:2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned +two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah +of Jerusalem. + +15:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, +according to all that his father Amaziah had done; 15:4 Save that the +high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense +still on the high places. + +15:5 And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day +of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son +was over the house, judging the people of the land. + +15:6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are +they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? +15:7 So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his +fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. + +15:8 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did +Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months. + +15:9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his +fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of +Nebat, who made Israel to sin. + +15:10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote +him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. + +15:11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written +in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. + +15:12 This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, +Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. +And so it came to pass. + +15:13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and +thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in +Samaria. + +15:14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to +Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, +and reigned in his stead. + +15:15 And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he +made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the +kings of Israel. + +15:16 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the +coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore +he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped +up. + +15:17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began +Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in +Samaria. + +15:18 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he +departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, +who made Israel to sin. + +15:19 And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem +gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him +to confirm the kingdom in his hand. + +15:20 And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty +men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the +king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not +there in the land. + +15:21 And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are +they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? +15:22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned +in his stead. + +15:23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son +of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two +years. + +15:24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he +departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made +Israel to sin. + +15:25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired +against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's +house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: +and he killed him, and reigned in his room. + +15:26 And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, +behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of +Israel. + +15:27 In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the +son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned +twenty years. + +15:28 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he +departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made +Israel to sin. + +15:29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of +Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, +and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and +carried them captive to Assyria. + +15:30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the +son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his +stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. + +15:31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, +they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. + +15:32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel +began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. + +15:33 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he +reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, +the daughter of Zadok. + +15:34 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did +according to all that his father Uzziah had done. + +15:35 Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed +and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate +of the house of the LORD. + +15:36 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are +they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? +15:37 In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the +king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. + +15:38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his +fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in +his stead. + +16:1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son +of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. + +16:2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned +sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the +sight of the LORD his God, like David his father. + +16:3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made +his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the +heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. + +16:4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on +the hills, and under every green tree. + +16:5 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel +came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not +overcome him. + +16:6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and +drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt +there unto this day. + +16:7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, +saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the +hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, +which rise up against me. + +16:8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of +the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a +present to the king of Assyria. + +16:9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of +Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people +of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. + +16:10 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of +Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to +Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, +according to all the workmanship thereof. + +16:11 And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king +Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king +Ahaz came from Damascus. + +16:12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the +altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. + +16:13 And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and +poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace +offerings, upon the altar. + +16:14 And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, +from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house +of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar. + +16:15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the +great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat +offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with +the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat +offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the +blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and +the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by. + +16:16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz +commanded. + +16:17 And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the +laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen +that were under it, and put it upon the pavement of stones. + +16:18 And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, +and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for +the king of Assyria. + +16:19 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not +written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 16:20 +And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in +the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. + +17:1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of +Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. + +17:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not +as the kings of Israel that were before him. + +17:3 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea +became his servant, and gave him presents. + +17:4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had +sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the +king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of +Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. + +17:5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and +went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. + +17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and +carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in +Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. + +17:7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the +LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, +from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other +gods, 17:8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD +cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of +Israel, which they had made. + +17:9 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were +not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places +in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced +city. + +17:10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and +under every green tree: 17:11 And there they burnt incense in all the +high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before +them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger: 17:12 +For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall +not do this thing. + +17:13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all +the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil +ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the +law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my +servants the prophets. + +17:14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, +like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD +their God. + +17:15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made +with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against +them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the +heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had +charged them, that they should not do like them. + +17:16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and +made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and +worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. + +17:17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through +the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to +do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. + +17:18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them +out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. + +17:19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but +walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. + +17:20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted +them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast +them out of his sight. + +17:21 For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made +Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from +following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin. + +17:22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam +which he did; they departed not from them; 17:23 Until the LORD +removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants +the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to +Assyria unto this day. + +17:24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from +Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed +them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and +they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof. + +17:25 And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that +they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, +which slew some of them. + +17:26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations +which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not +the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among +them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of +the God of the land. + +17:27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of +the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell +there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land. + +17:28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria +came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the +LORD. + +17:29 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the +houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation +in their cities wherein they dwelt. + +17:30 And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth +made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, 17:31 And the Avites +made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in +fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. + +17:32 So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest +of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the +houses of the high places. + +17:33 They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the +manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence. + +17:34 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not +the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their +ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded +the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel; 17:35 With whom the LORD +had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other +gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to +them: 17:36 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt +with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him +shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. + +17:37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the +commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for +evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods. + +17:38 And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; +neither shall ye fear other gods. + +17:39 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you +out of the hand of all your enemies. + +17:40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former +manner. + +17:41 So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven +images, both their children, and their children's children: as did +their fathers, so do they unto this day. + +18:1 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king +of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. + +18:2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he +reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was +Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. + +18:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, +according to all that David his father did. + +18:4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down +the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had +made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to +it: and he called it Nehushtan. + +18:5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none +like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him. + +18:6 For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, +but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses. + +18:7 And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went +forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him +not. + +18:8 He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders +thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. + +18:9 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which +was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that +Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. + +18:10 And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth +year of Hezekiah, that is in the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, +Samaria was taken. + +18:11 And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and +put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the +cities of the Medes: 18:12 Because they obeyed not the voice of the +LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the +servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them. + +18:13 Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king +of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took +them. + +18:14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to +Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou +puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto +Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty +talents of gold. + +18:15 And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house +of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house. + +18:16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the +temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah +had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria. + +18:17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh +from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And +they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they +came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the +highway of the fuller's field. + +18:18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them +Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna +the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder. + +18:19 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus +saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this +wherein thou trustest? 18:20 Thou sayest, (but they are but vain +words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou +trust, that thou rebellest against me? 18:21 Now, behold, thou +trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on +which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is +Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. + +18:22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that +he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and +hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar +in Jerusalem? 18:23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my +lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, +if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. + +18:24 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the +least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots +and for horsemen? 18:25 Am I now come up without the LORD against +this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this +land, and destroy it. + +18:26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto +Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; +for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in +the ears of the people that are on the wall. + +18:27 But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy +master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the +men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink +their own piss with you? 18:28 Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a +loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of +the great king, the king of Assyria: 18:29 Thus saith the king, Let +not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out +of his hand: 18:30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, +saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be +delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. + +18:31 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, +Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then +eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and +drink ye every one the waters of his cistern: 18:32 Until I come and +take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a +land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye +may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he +persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. + +18:33 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land +out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 18:34 Where are the gods of +Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and +Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand? 18:35 Who are +they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their +country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out +of mine hand? 18:36 But the people held their peace, and answered him +not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. + +18:37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the +household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the +recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words +of Rabshakeh. + +19:1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent +his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the +house of the LORD. + +19:2 And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the +scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to +Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. + +19:3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of +trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to +the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. + +19:4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, +whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living +God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: +wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left. + +19:5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. + +19:6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus +saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with +which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. + +19:7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, +and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the +sword in his own land. + +19:8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring +against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. + +19:9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is +come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto +Hezekiah, saying, 19:10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, +saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, +Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. + +19:11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to +all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered? +19:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers +have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of +Eden which were in Thelasar? 19:13 Where is the king of Hamath, and +the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, +and Ivah? 19:14 And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the +messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the +LORD, and spread it before the LORD. + +19:15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of +Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even +thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven +and earth. + +19:16 LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and +see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to +reproach the living God. + +19:17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the +nations and their lands, 19:18 And have cast their gods into the fire: +for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: +therefore they have destroyed them. + +19:19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out +of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art +the LORD God, even thou only. + +19:20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith +the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against +Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. + +19:21 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The +virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to +scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. + +19:22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast +thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against +the Holy One of Israel. + +19:23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said, +With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the +mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar +trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into +the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel. + +19:24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my +feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places. + +19:25 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient +times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou +shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps. + +19:26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were +dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as +the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted +before it be grown up. + +19:27 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and +thy rage against me. + +19:28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine +ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy +lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. + +19:29 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such +things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which +springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and +plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. + +19:30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet +again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. + +19:31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that +escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this. + +19:32 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He +shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come +before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it. + +19:33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall +not come into this city, saith the LORD. + +19:34 For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and +for my servant David's sake. + +19:35 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went +out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and +five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they +were all dead corpses. + +19:36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, +and dwelt at Nineveh. + +19:37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of +Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with +the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon +his son reigned in his stead. + +20:1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet +Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the +LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. + +20:2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, +saying, 20:3 I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked +before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that +which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. + +20:4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle +court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, 20:5 Turn again, +and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the +God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy +tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up +unto the house of the LORD. + +20:6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver +thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will +defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. + +20:7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it +on the boil, and he recovered. + +20:8 And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the +LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD +the third day? 20:9 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the +LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the +shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? 20:10 And +Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten +degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees. + +20:11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the +shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of +Ahaz. + +20:12 At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of +Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard +that Hezekiah had been sick. + +20:13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house +of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and +the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that +was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all +his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. + +20:14 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto +him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And +Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon. + +20:15 And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah +answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there +is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them. + +20:16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD. + +20:17 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that +which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be +carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. + +20:18 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt +beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace +of the king of Babylon. + +20:19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD +which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and +truth be in my days? 20:20 And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and +all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought +water into the city, are they not written in the book of the +chronicles of the kings of Judah? 20:21 And Hezekiah slept with his +fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. + +21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned +fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was +Hephzibah. + +21:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after +the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the +children of Israel. + +21:3 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father +had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as +did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and +served them. + +21:4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD +said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. + +21:5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts +of the house of the LORD. + +21:6 And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, +and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he +wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to +anger. + +21:7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the +house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In +this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of +Israel, will I put my name for ever: 21:8 Neither will I make the feet +of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; +only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded +them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded +them. + +21:9 But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil +than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of +Israel. + +21:10 And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying, 21:11 +Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath +done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, +and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols: 21:12 Therefore thus +saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon +Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall +tingle. + +21:13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the +plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man +wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down. + +21:14 And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver +them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and +a spoil to all their enemies; 21:15 Because they have done that which +was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day +their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day. + +21:16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had +filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he +made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the +LORD. + +21:17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and +his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the +chronicles of the kings of Judah? 21:18 And Manasseh slept with his +fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden +of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. + +21:19 Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he +reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was +Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. + +21:20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his +father Manasseh did. + +21:21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and +served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them: 21:22 +And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way +of the LORD. + +21:23 And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the +king in his own house. + +21:24 And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired +against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king +in his stead. + +21:25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not +written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 21:26 +And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah +his son reigned in his stead. + +22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned +thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, +the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. + +22:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and +walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the +right hand or to the left. + +22:3 And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that +the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the +scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, 22:4 Go up to Hilkiah the +high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the +house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the +people: 22:5 And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the +work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them +give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to +repair the breaches of the house, 22:6 Unto carpenters, and builders, +and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. + +22:7 Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that +was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully. + +22:8 And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have +found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave +the book to Shaphan, and he read it. + +22:9 And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king +word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was +found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that +do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD. + +22:10 And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the +priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. + +22:11 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the +book of the law, that he rent his clothes. + +22:12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of +Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and +Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying, 22:13 Go ye, enquire of the +LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the +words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD +that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened +unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is +written concerning us. + +22:14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and +Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son +of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt +in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her. + +22:15 And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell +the man that sent you to me, 22:16 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will +bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all +the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read: 22:17 Because +they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that +they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; +therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not +be quenched. + +22:18 But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, +thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As +touching the words which thou hast heard; 22:19 Because thine heart +was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou +heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants +thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast +rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith +the LORD. + +22:20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou +shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not +see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought +the king word again. + +23:1 And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of +Judah and of Jerusalem. + +23:2 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men +of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the +priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: +and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant +which was found in the house of the LORD. + +23:3 And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the +LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his +testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, +to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. +And all the people stood to the covenant. + +23:4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests +of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out +of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and +for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them +without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of +them unto Bethel. + +23:5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah +had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of +Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned +incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, +and to all the host of heaven. + +23:6 And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without +Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, +and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the +graves of the children of the people. + +23:7 And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the +house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove. + +23:8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and +defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from +Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that +were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the +city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city. + +23:9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the +altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened +bread among their brethren. + +23:10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children +of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass +through the fire to Molech. + +23:11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to +the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber +of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned +the chariots of the sun with fire. + +23:12 And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of +Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh +had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat +down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into +the brook Kidron. + +23:13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on +the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of +Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and +for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the +abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile. + +23:14 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and +filled their places with the bones of men. + +23:15 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which +Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that +altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and +stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove. + +23:16 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were +there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the +sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according +to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who +proclaimed these words. + +23:17 Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the +city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from +Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the +altar of Bethel. + +23:18 And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they +let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of +Samaria. + +23:19 And all the houses also of the high places that were in the +cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the +Lord to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the +acts that he had done in Bethel. + +23:20 And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there +upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to +Jerusalem. + +23:21 And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover +unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant. + +23:22 Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the +judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, +nor of the kings of Judah; 23:23 But in the eighteenth year of king +Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem. + +23:24 Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and +the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in +the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might +perform the words of the law which were written in the book that +Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. + +23:25 And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to +the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his +might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose +there any like him. + +23:26 Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his +great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of +all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal. + +23:27 And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as +I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I +have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there. + +23:28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are +they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? +23:29 In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king +of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; +and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. + +23:30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and +brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the +people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, +and made him king in his father's stead. + +23:31 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; +and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was +Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. + +23:32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, +according to all that his fathers had done. + +23:33 And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of +Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a +tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. + +23:34 And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the +room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took +Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there. + +23:35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he +taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of +Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, +of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaohnechoh. + +23:36 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; +and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was +Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. + +23:37 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, +according to all that his fathers had done. + +24:1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim +became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against +him. + +24:2 And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of +the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of +Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the +word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets. + +24:3 Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to +remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to +all that he did; 24:4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: +for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not +pardon. + +24:5 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are +they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? +24:6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son +reigned in his stead. + +24:7 And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: +for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the +river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt. + +24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he +reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, +the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. + +24:9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, +according to all that his father had done. + +24:10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came +up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. + +24:11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and +his servants did besiege it. + +24:12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of +Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and +his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of +his reign. + +24:13 And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the +LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the +vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of +the LORD, as the LORD had said. + +24:14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all +the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the +craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the +people of the land. + +24:15 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's +mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the +land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. + +24:16 And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and +smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the +king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. + +24:17 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king +in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. + +24:18 Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, +and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was +Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. + +24:19 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, +according to all that Jehoiakim had done. + +24:20 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem +and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah +rebelled against the king of Babylon. + +25:1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth +month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of +Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched +against it; and they built forts against it round about. + +25:2 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king +Zedekiah. + +25:3 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in +the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. + +25:4 And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night +by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's +garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the +king went the way toward the plain. + +25:5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook +him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from +him. + +25:6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon +to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him. + +25:7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out +the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried +him to Babylon. + +25:8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is +the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came +Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, +unto Jerusalem: 25:9 And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the +king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's +house burnt he with fire. + +25:10 And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of +the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. + +25:11 Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the +fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of +the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away. + +25:12 But the captain of the guard left of the door of the poor of the +land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. + +25:13 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and +the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did +the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to +Babylon. + +25:14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, +and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they +away. + +25:15 And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of +gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took +away. + +25:16 The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made +for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without +weight. + +25:17 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the +chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three +cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter +round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar +with wreathen work. + +25:18 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and +Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: 25:19 +And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of +war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were +found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which +mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of +the land that were found in the city: 25:20 And Nebuzaradan captain of +the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to +Riblah: 25:21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at +Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their +land. + +25:22 And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom +Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made +Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler. + +25:23 And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, +heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came +to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan +the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, +and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. + +25:24 And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto +them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, +and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you. + +25:25 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son +of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten +men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the +Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah. + +25:26 And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of +the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the +Chaldees. + +25:27 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the +captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the +seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of +Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of +Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; 25:28 And he spake kindly to +him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with +him in Babylon; 25:29 And changed his prison garments: and he did eat +bread continually before him all the days of his life. + +25:30 And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the +king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life. + + + + +The First Book of the Chronicles + + +1:1 Adam, Sheth, Enosh, 1:2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, 1:3 Henoch, +Methuselah, Lamech, 1:4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. + +1:5 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and +Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. + +1:6 And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. + +1:7 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. + +1:8 The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. + +1:9 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, +and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. + +1:10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth. + +1:11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, +1:12 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and +Caphthorim. + +1:13 And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth, 1:14 The Jebusite +also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, 1:15 And the Hivite, and +the Arkite, and the Sinite, 1:16 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, +and the Hamathite. + +1:17 The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and +Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. + +1:18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber. + +1:19 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; +because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's name was +Joktan. + +1:20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and +Jerah, 1:21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah, 1:22 And Ebal, and +Abimael, and Sheba, 1:23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these +were the sons of Joktan. + +1:24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, 1:25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 1:26 Serug, Nahor, +Terah, 1:27 Abram; the same is Abraham. + +1:28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael. + +1:29 These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; +then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 1:30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, +Hadad, and Tema, 1:31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons +of Ishmael. + +1:32 Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, +and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the +sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan. + +1:33 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, +and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah. + +1:34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel. + +1:35 The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and +Korah. + +1:36 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, +and Timna, and Amalek. + +1:37 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. + +1:38 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, +and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan. + +1:39 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's +sister. + +1:40 The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and +Onam. + +and the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah. + +1:41 The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and +Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. + +1:42 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of +Dishan; Uz, and Aran. + +1:43 Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before +any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: +and the name of his city was Dinhabah. + +1:44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned +in his stead. + +1:45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites +reigned in his stead. + +1:46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote +Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his +city was Avith. + +1:47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. + +1:48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned +in his stead. + +1:49 And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in +his stead. + +1:50 And when Baalhanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the +name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the +daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. + +1:51 Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke +Aliah, duke Jetheth, 1:52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, 1:53 +Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 1:54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. +These are the dukes of Edom. + +2:1 These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, +Issachar, and Zebulun, 2:2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, +and Asher. + +2:3 The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born +unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the +firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew +him. + +2:4 And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the +sons of Judah were five. + +2:5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul. + +2:6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, +and Dara: five of them in all. + +2:7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who +transgressed in the thing accursed. + +2:8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah. + +2:9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and +Ram, and Chelubai. + +2:10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of +the children of Judah; 2:11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat +Boaz, 2:12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse, 2:13 And Jesse +begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the +third, 2:14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 2:15 Ozem the +sixth, David the seventh: 2:16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and +Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, +three. + +2:17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the +Ishmeelite. + +2:18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, +and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. + +2:19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare +him Hur. + +2:20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel. + +2:21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father +of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she +bare him Segub. + +2:22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land +of Gilead. + +2:23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, +with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these +belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. + +2:24 And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah +Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa. + +2:25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the +firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah. + +2:26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was +the mother of Onam. + +2:27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and +Jamin, and Eker. + +2:28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of +Shammai; Nadab and Abishur. + +2:29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him +Ahban, and Molid. + +2:30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without +children. + +2:31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And +the children of Sheshan; Ahlai. + +2:32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and +Jonathan: and Jether died without children. + +2:33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons +of Jerahmeel. + +2:34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a +servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. + +2:35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and +she bare him Attai. + +2:36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, 2:37 And Zabad +begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, 2:38 And Obed begat Jehu, and +Jehu begat Azariah, 2:39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat +Eleasah, 2:40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum, +2:41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama. + +2:42 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his +firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the +father of Hebron. + +2:43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. + +2:44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat +Shammai. + +2:45 And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of +Bethzur. + +2:46 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: +and Haran begat Gazez. + +2:47 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, +and Ephah, and Shaaph. + +2:48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah. + +2:49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of +Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was +Achsa. + +2:50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of +Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim. + +2:51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader. + +2:52 And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half +of the Manahethites. + +2:53 And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, +and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, +and the Eshtaulites, 2:54 The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the +Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the +Manahethites, the Zorites. + +2:55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the +Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites +that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab. + +3:1 Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in +Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second +Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess: 3:2 The third, Absalom the son of +Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah +the son of Haggith: 3:3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, +Ithream by Eglah his wife. + +3:4 These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven +years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three +years. + +3:5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and +Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel: 3:6 +Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, 3:7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, +and Japhia, 3:8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. + +3:9 These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the +concubines, and Tamar their sister. + +3:10 And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, +Jehoshaphat his son, 3:11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his +son, 3:12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, 3:13 Ahaz +his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 3:14 Amon his son, Josiah +his son. + +3:15 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second +Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. + +3:16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. + +3:17 And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son, 3:18 +Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and +Nedabiah. + +3:19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the +sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their +sister: 3:20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, +Jushabhesed, five. + +3:21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of +Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of +Shechaniah. + +3:22 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; +Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. + +3:23 And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, +three. + +3:24 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and +Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven. + +4:1 The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. + +4:2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat +Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. + +4:3 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and +Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi: 4:4 And Penuel +the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons +of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem. + +4:5 And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. + +4:6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and +Haahashtari. + +These were the sons of Naarah. + +4:7 And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan. + +4:8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the +son of Harum. + +4:9 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother +called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. + +4:10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou +wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand +might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it +may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested. + +4:11 And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father +of Eshton. + +4:12 And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father +of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah. + +4:13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of +Othniel; Hathath. + +4:14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of +the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen. + +4:15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: +and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz. + +4:16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. + +4:17 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and +Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of +Eshtemoa. + +4:18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber +the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are +the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. + +4:19 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father +of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. + +4:20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and +Tilon. + +And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth. + +4:21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, +and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of +them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea, 4:22 And Jokim, +and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in +Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient things. + +4:23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and +hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work. + +4:24 The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and +Shaul: 4:25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. + +4:26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei +his son. + +4:27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters: but his brethren +had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to +the children of Judah. + +4:28 And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual, 4:29 +And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, 4:30 And at Bethuel, and at +Hormah, and at Ziklag, 4:31 And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and +at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign +of David. + +4:32 And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and +Ashan, five cities: 4:33 And all their villages that were round about +the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their +genealogy. + +4:34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah, 4:35 +And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of +Asiel, 4:36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, +and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 4:37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, +the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of +Shemaiah; 4:38 These mentioned by their names were princes in their +families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly. + +4:39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side +of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. + +4:40 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and +quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old. + +4:41 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of +Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found +there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their +rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks. + +4:42 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, +went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, +and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. + +4:43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and +dwelt there unto this day. + +5:1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the +firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his +birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and +the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. + +5:2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief +ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:) 5:3 The sons, I say, of +Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and +Carmi. + +5:4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, +5:5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son, 5:6 Beerah his son, +whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was +prince of the Reubenites. + +5:7 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their +generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, 5:8 +And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt +in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon: 5:9 And eastward he inhabited +unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: +because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead. + +5:10 And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who +fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the +east land of Gilead. + +5:11 And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of +Bashan unto Salcah: 5:12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and +Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan. + +5:13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, +and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, +seven. + +5:14 These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of +Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, +the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; 5:15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son +of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. + +5:16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all +the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders. + +5:17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king +of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. + +5:18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of +Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to +shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven +hundred and threescore, that went out to the war. + +5:19 And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, +and Nodab. + +5:20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were +delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried +to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put +their trust in him. + +5:21 And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, +and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two +thousand, and of men an hundred thousand. + +5:22 For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And +they dwelt in their steads until the captivity. + +5:23 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: +they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount +Hermon. + +5:24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even +Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, +and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house +of their fathers. + +5:25 And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went +a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed +before them. + +5:26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of +Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he +carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half +tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, +and to the river Gozan, unto this day. + +6:1 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. + +6:2 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. + +6:3 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons +also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. + +6:4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, 6:5 And Abishua +begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, 6:6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and +Zerahiah begat Meraioth, 6:7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat +Ahitub, 6:8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, 6:9 And +Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, 6:10 And Johanan +begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the +temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:) 6:11 And Azariah begat +Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 6:12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and +Zadok begat Shallum, 6:13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat +Azariah, 6:14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak, +6:15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away +Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. + +6:16 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. + +6:17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei. + +6:18 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and +Uzziel. + +6:19 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families +of the Levites according to their fathers. + +6:20 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 6:21 +Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son. + +6:22 The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his +son, 6:23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, +6:24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. + +6:25 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth. + +6:26 As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath +his son, 6:27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. + +6:28 And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah. + +6:29 The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza +his son, 6:30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. + +6:31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the +house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest. + +6:32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle +of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of +the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according +to their order. + +6:33 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons +of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of +Shemuel, 6:34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of +Eliel, the son of Toah, 6:35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the +son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 6:36 The son of Elkanah, the son of +Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 6:37 The son of +Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 6:38 +The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of +Israel. + +6:39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph +the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, 6:40 The son of Michael, the +son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, 6:41 The son of Ethni, the son +of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 6:42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, +the son of Shimei, 6:43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son +of Levi. + +6:44 And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: +Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, 6:45 The +son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, 6:46 The son +of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer, 6:47 The son of Mahli, +the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. + +6:48 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of +service of the tabernacle of the house of God. + +6:49 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt +offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the +work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, +according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. + +6:50 And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his +son, Abishua his son, 6:51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his +son, 6:52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 6:53 +Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. + +6:54 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in +their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: +for theirs was the lot. + +6:55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs +thereof round about it. + +6:56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave +to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. + +6:57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, +Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, +and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs, 6:58 And Hilen with her suburbs, +Debir with her suburbs, 6:59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and +Bethshemesh with her suburbs: 6:60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin; +Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with +her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen +cities. + +6:61 And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of +that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of +the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. + +6:62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the +tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe +of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen +cities. + +6:63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their +families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and +out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. + +6:64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with +their suburbs. + +6:65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, +and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe +of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their +names. + +6:66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities +of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim. + +6:67 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in +mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs, +6:68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs, +6:69 And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs: +6:70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and +Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of +Kohath. + +6:71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half +tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth +with her suburbs: 6:72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with +her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, 6:73 And Ramoth with her +suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs: 6:74 And out of the tribe of +Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs, 6:75 And +Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: 6:76 And out of +the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon +with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs. + +6:77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the +tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs: +6:78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of +Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the +wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs, 6:79 +Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs: 6:80 +And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and +Mahanaim with her suburbs, 6:81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and +Jazer with her suburbs. + +7:1 Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and +Shimrom, four. + +7:2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, +and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of +Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose +number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six +hundred. + +7:3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, +and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men. + +7:4 And with them, by their generations, after the house of their +fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: +for they had many wives and sons. + +7:5 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant +men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven +thousand. + +7:6 The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three. + +7:7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, +and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of +valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand +and thirty and four. + +7:8 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and +Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and +Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher. + +7:9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by their +generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of +valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred. + +7:10 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, +and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and +Ahishahar. + +7:11 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, +mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred +soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle. + +7:12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the +sons of Aher. + +7:13 The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, +the sons of Bilhah. + +7:14 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine +the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead: 7:15 And Machir took +to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was +Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad +had daughters. + +7:16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his +name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons +were Ulam and Rakem. + +7:17 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the +son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. + +7:18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah. + +7:19 And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and +Aniam. + +7:20 And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath +his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son, 7:21 And Zabad his +son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath +that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away +their cattle. + +7:22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came +to comfort him. + +7:23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, +and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house. + +7:24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and +the upper, and Uzzensherah.) 7:25 And Rephah was his son, also +Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son. + +7:26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son. + +7:27 Non his son, Jehoshuah his son. + +7:28 And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns +thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns +thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns +thereof: 7:29 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, +Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, +Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of +Israel. + +7:30 The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and +Serah their sister. + +7:31 And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of +Birzavith. + +7:32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their +sister. + +7:33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These +are the children of Japhlet. + +7:34 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. + +7:35 And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, +and Amal. + +7:36 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and +Imrah, 7:37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and +Beera. + +7:38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara. + +7:39 And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia. + +7:40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's +house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the +number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and +to battle was twenty and six thousand men. + +8:1 Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and +Aharah the third, 8:2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. + +8:3 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, 8:4 And +Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, 8:5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and +Huram. + +8:6 And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers +of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath: 8:7 And +Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and +Ahihud. + +8:8 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had +sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives. + +8:9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and +Malcham, 8:10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, +heads of the fathers. + +8:11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal. + +8:12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, +and Lod, with the towns thereof: 8:13 Beriah also, and Shema, who were +heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the +inhabitants of Gath: 8:14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, 8:15 And +Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, 8:16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, +the sons of Beriah; 8:17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and +Heber, 8:18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal; +8:19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, 8:20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, +and Eliel, 8:21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of +Shimhi; 8:22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, 8:23 And Abdon, and +Zichri, and Hanan, 8:24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah, 8:25 +And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak; 8:26 And Shamsherai, +and Shehariah, and Athaliah, 8:27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, +the sons of Jeroham. + +8:28 These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. + +These dwelt in Jerusalem. + +8:29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was +Maachah: 8:30 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and +Baal, and Nadab, 8:31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher. + +8:32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their +brethren in Jerusalem, over against them. + +8:33 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, +and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. + +8:34 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah. + +8:35 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and +Ahaz. + +8:36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and +Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza, 8:37 And Moza begat Binea: +Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son: 8:38 And Azel had +six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and +Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. + +8:39 And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, +Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third. + +8:40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had +many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the +sons of Benjamin. + +9:1 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were +written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried +away to Babylon for their transgression. + +9:2 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their +cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims. + +9:3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the +children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh; +9:4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the +son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah. + +9:5 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons. + +9:6 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred +and ninety. + +9:7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son +of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah, 9:8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, +and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of +Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; 9:9 And their +brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and +six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their +fathers. + +9:10 And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, 9:11 And +Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, +the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God; +9:12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of +Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son +of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer; 9:13 And +their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and +seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the +service of the house of God. + +9:14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of +Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 9:15 And +Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son +of Zichri, the son of Asaph; 9:16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the +son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the +son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. + +9:17 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, +and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; 9:18 Who hitherto waited in +the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the +children of Levi. + +9:19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of +Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, +were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the +tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were +keepers of the entry. + +9:20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time +past, and the LORD was with him. + +9:21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of +the tabernacle of the congregation. + +9:22 All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two +hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their +villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set +office. + +9:23 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the +house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards. + +9:24 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, +and south. + +9:25 And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come +after seven days from time to time with them. + +9:26 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set +office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. + +9:27 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge +was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to +them. + +9:28 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, +that they should bring them in and out by tale. + +9:29 Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all +the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, +and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. + +9:30 And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the +spices. + +9:31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of +Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were +made in the pans. + +9:32 And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were +over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath. + +9:33 And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, +who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in +that work day and night. + +9:34 These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their +generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem. + +9:35 And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's +name was Maachah: 9:36 And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and +Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab. + +9:37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth. + +9:38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their +brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren. + +9:39 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, +and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. + +9:40 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat Micah. + +9:41 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and +Ahaz. + +9:42 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and +Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza; 9:43 And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah +his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. + +9:44 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, +and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons +of Azel. + +10:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel +fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. + +10:2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; +and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the +sons of Saul. + +10:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, +and he was wounded of the archers. + +10:4 Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me +through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his +armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, +and fell upon it. + +10:5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell +likewise on the sword, and died. + +10:6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died +together. + +10:7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that +they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook +their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. + +10:8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to +strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount +Gilboa. + +10:9 And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his +armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to +carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people. + +10:10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened +his head in the temple of Dagon. + +10:11 And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had +done to Saul, 10:12 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the +body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, +and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. + +10:13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against +the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and +also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire +of it; 10:14 And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and +turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. + +11:1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, +Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. + +11:2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he +that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said +unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler +over my people Israel. + +11:3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; +and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and +they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the +LORD by Samuel. + +11:4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where +the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land. + +11:5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come +hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city +of David. + +11:6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be +chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was +chief. + +11:7 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city +of David. + +11:8 And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: +and Joab repaired the rest of the city. + +11:9 So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was +with him. + +11:10 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who +strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, +to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel. + +11:11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; +Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his +spear against three hundred slain by him at one time. + +11:12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was +one of the three mighties. + +11:13 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were +gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of +barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines. + +11:14 And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and +delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a +great deliverance. + +11:15 Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, +into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in +the valley of Rephaim. + +11:16 And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison +was then at Bethlehem. + +11:17 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of +the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate! 11:18 And +the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water +out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and +brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it +out to the LORD. + +11:19 And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: +shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in +jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. +Therefore he would not drink it. + +These things did these three mightiest. + +11:20 And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for +lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a +name among the three. + +11:21 Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was +their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three. + +11:22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of +Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: +also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day. + +11:23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits +high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and +he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the +Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. + +11:24 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name +among the three mighties. + +11:25 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to +the first three: and David set him over his guard. + +11:26 Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of +Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 11:27 Shammoth the +Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, 11:28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, +Abiezer the Antothite, 11:29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the +Ahohite, 11:30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the +Netophathite, 11:31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained +to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, 11:32 Hurai of +the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, 11:33 Azmaveth the +Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, 11:34 The sons of Hashem the +Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite, 11:35 Ahiam the son +of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, 11:36 Hepher the +Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, 11:37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai +the son of Ezbai, 11:38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of +Haggeri, 11:39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the +armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 11:40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb +the Ithrite, 11:41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, 11:42 +Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and +thirty with him, 11:43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the +Mithnite, 11:44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of +Hothan the Aroerite, 11:45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his +brother, the Tizite, 11:46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and +Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, 11:47 Eliel, +and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite. + +12:1 Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet +kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were +among the mighty men, helpers of the war. + +12:2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and +the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of +Saul's brethren of Benjamin. + +12:3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the +Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, +and Jehu the Antothite. + +12:4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and +over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad +the Gederathite, 12:5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and +Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite, 12:6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and +Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites, 12:7 And Joelah, and +Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. + +12:8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the +hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the +battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like +the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains; +12:9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, 12:10 +Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, 12:11 Attai the sixth, +Eliel the seventh, 12:12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, 12:13 +Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. + +12:14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the +least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand. + +12:15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it +had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the +valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west. + +12:16 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold +unto David. + +12:17 And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto +them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be +knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing +there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, +and rebuke it. + +12:18 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, +and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: +peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God +helpeth thee. + +Then David received them, and made them captains of the band. + +12:19 And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the +Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the +lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He +will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads. + +12:20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and +Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and +Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh. + +12:21 And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they +were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host. + +12:22 For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, +until it was a great host, like the host of God. + +12:23 And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to +the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to +him, according to the word of the LORD. + +12:24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six +thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war. + +12:25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, +seven thousand and one hundred. + +12:26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred. + +12:27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were +three thousand and seven hundred; 12:28 And Zadok, a young man mighty +of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains. + +12:29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three +thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of +the house of Saul. + +12:30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight +hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their +fathers. + +12:31 And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were +expressed by name, to come and make David king. + +12:32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had +understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads +of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their +commandment. + +12:33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with +all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they +were not of double heart. + +12:34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield +and spear thirty and seven thousand. + +12:35 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and +six hundred. + +12:36 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty +thousand. + +12:37 And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the +Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of +instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand. + +12:38 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect +heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest +also of Israel were of one heart to make David king. + +12:39 And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: +for their brethren had prepared for them. + +12:40 Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and +Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on +mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of +raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there +was joy in Israel. + +13:1 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, +and with every leader. + +13:2 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem +good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad +unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of +Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in +their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us: +13:3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired +not at it in the days of Saul. + +13:4 And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the +thing was right in the eyes of all the people. + +13:5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even +unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from +Kirjathjearim. + +13:6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to +Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of +God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is +called on it. + +13:7 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of +Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. + +13:8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, +and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with +timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. + +13:9 And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put +forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. + +13:10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote +him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God. + +13:11 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach +upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day. + +13:12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring +the ark of God home to me? 13:13 So David brought not the ark home to +himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of +Obededom the Gittite. + +13:14 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his +house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and +all that he had. + +14:1 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of +cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house. + +14:2 And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over +Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people +Israel. + +14:3 And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons +and daughters. + +14:4 Now these are the names of his children which he had in +Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, 14:5 And Ibhar, +and Elishua, and Elpalet, 14:6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 14:7 +And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet. + +14:8 And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over +all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard +of it, and went out against them. + +14:9 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of +Rephaim. + +14:10 And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the +Philistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD +said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand. + +14:11 So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then +David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the +breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place +Baalperazim. + +14:12 And when they had left their gods there, David gave a +commandment, and they were burned with fire. + +14:13 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the +valley. + +14:14 Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go +not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over +against the mulberry trees. + +14:15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the +tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for +God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines. + +14:16 David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the +host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer. + +14:17 And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD +brought the fear of him upon all nations. + +15:1 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a +place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. + +15:2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the +Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to +minister unto him for ever. + +15:3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up +the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it. + +15:4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites: 15:5 +Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred +and twenty: 15:6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his +brethren two hundred and twenty: 15:7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the +chief and his brethren an hundred and thirty: 15:8 Of the sons of +Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred: 15:9 Of +the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore: 15:10 +Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an +hundred and twelve. + +15:11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the +Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and +Amminadab, 15:12 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers +of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that +ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that +I have prepared for it. + +15:13 For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a +breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order. + +15:14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up +the ark of the LORD God of Israel. + +15:15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their +shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the +word of the LORD. + +15:16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their +brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and +harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. + +15:17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his +brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their +brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; 15:18 And with them their +brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and +Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, +and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, +the porters. + +15:19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound +with cymbals of brass; 15:20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and +Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and +Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth; 15:21 And Mattithiah, and +Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with +harps on the Sheminith to excel. + +15:22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed +about the song, because he was skilful. + +15:23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. + +15:24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and +Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the +trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were +doorkeepers for the ark. + +15:25 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over +thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of +the house of Obededom with joy. + +15:26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the +ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and +seven rams. + +15:27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the +Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master +of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of +linen. + +15:28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD +with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and +with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps. + +15:29 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came +to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at +a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in +her heart. + +16:1 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the +tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices +and peace offerings before God. + +16:2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings +and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the +LORD. + +16:3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every +one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. + +16:4 And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the +ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God +of Israel: 16:5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and +Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and +Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a +sound with cymbals; 16:6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with +trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God. + +16:7 Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the +LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren. + +16:8 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his +deeds among the people. + +16:9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous +works. + +16:10 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that +seek the LORD. + +16:11 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually. + +16:12 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, +and the judgments of his mouth; 16:13 O ye seed of Israel his servant, +ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. + +16:14 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth. + +16:15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he +commanded to a thousand generations; 16:16 Even of the covenant which +he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; 16:17 And hath +confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an +everlasting covenant, 16:18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of +Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; 16:19 When ye were but few, even +a few, and strangers in it. + +16:20 And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom +to another people; 16:21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he +reproved kings for their sakes, 16:22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, +and do my prophets no harm. + +16:23 Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day +his salvation. + +16:24 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among +all nations. + +16:25 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to +be feared above all gods. + +16:26 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the +heavens. + +16:27 Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are +in his place. + +16:28 Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the +LORD glory and strength. + +16:29 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an +offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of +holiness. + +16:30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, +that it be not moved. + +16:31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men +say among the nations, The LORD reigneth. + +16:32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields +rejoice, and all that is therein. + +16:33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the +LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth. + +16:34 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy +endureth for ever. + +16:35 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us +together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to +thy holy name, and glory in thy praise. + +16:36 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the +people said, Amen, and praised the LORD. + +16:37 So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD +Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as +every day's work required: 16:38 And Obededom with their brethren, +threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to +be porters: 16:39 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, +before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at +Gibeon, 16:40 To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of +the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do +according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he +commanded Israel; 16:41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest +that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the +LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever; 16:42 And with them Heman +and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a +sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun +were porters. + +16:43 And all the people departed every man to his house: and David +returned to bless his house. + +17:1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said +to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark +of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains. + +17:2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for +God is with thee. + +17:3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to +Nathan, saying, 17:4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the +LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in: 17:5 For I have +not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this +day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to +another. + +17:6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any +of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, +Why have ye not built me an house of cedars? 17:7 Now therefore thus +shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I +took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou +shouldest be ruler over my people Israel: 17:8 And I have been with +thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine +enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of +the great men that are in the earth. + +17:9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant +them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; +neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at +the beginning, 17:10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be +over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. +Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house. + +17:11 And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou +must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after +thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. + +17:12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for +ever. + +17:13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not +take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before +thee: 17:14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for +ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore. + +17:15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, +so did Nathan speak unto David. + +17:16 And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who +am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me +hitherto? 17:17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; +for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to +come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high +degree, O LORD God. + +17:18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? +for thou knowest thy servant. + +17:19 O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own +heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these +great things. + +17:20 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside +thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. + +17:21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom +God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of +greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy +people whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt? 17:22 For thy people +Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, +becamest their God. + +17:23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken +concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for +ever, and do as thou hast said. + +17:24 Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for +ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to +Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before +thee. + +17:25 For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build +him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray +before thee. + +17:26 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness +unto thy servant: 17:27 Now therefore let it please thee to bless the +house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou +blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever. + +18:1 Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, +and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the +Philistines. + +18:2 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and +brought gifts. + +18:3 And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went +to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates. + +18:4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand +horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the +chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots. + +18:5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of +Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. + +18:6 Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became +David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David +whithersoever he went. + +18:7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of +Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. + +18:8 Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, +brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, +and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. + +18:9 Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the +host of Hadarezer king of Zobah; 18:10 He sent Hadoram his son to king +David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he +had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war +with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and +brass. + +18:11 Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver +and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and +from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, +and from Amalek. + +18:12 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the +valley of salt eighteen thousand. + +18:13 And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became +David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went. + +18:14 So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and +justice among all his people. + +18:15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat +the son of Ahilud, recorder. + +18:16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, +were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe; 18:17 And Benaiah the son of +Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of +David were chief about the king. + +19:1 Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the +children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead. + +19:2 And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of +Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent +messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of +David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort +him. + +19:3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest +thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters +unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to +overthrow, and to spy out the land? 19:4 Wherefore Hanun took David's +servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst +hard by their buttocks, and sent them away. + +19:5 Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. +And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the +king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then +return. + +19:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves +odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand +talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of +Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah. + +19:7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of +Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the +children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and +came to battle. + +19:8 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the +mighty men. + +19:9 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array +before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by +themselves in the field. + +19:10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and +behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in +array against the Syrians. + +19:11 And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai +his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of +Ammon. + +19:12 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou +shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, +then I will help thee. + +19:13 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for +our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that +which is good in his sight. + +19:14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the +Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him. + +19:15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, +they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the +city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem. + +19:16 And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before +Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were +beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer +went before them. + +19:17 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed +over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against +them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, +they fought with him. + +19:18 But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the +Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty +thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host. + +19:19 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the +worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his +servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any +more. + +20:1 And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time +that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and +wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged +Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and +destroyed it. + +20:2 And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and +found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in +it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding +much spoil out of the city. + +20:3 And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with +saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David +with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the +people returned to Jerusalem. + +20:4 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer +with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew +Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued. + +20:5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son +of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear +staff was like a weaver's beam. + +20:6 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great +stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each +hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant. + +20:7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's +brother slew him. + +20:8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand +of David, and by the hand of his servants. + +21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number +Israel. + +21:2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, +number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them +to me, that I may know it. + +21:3 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so +many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my +lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will +he be a cause of trespass to Israel? 21:4 Nevertheless the king's +word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went +throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. + +21:5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And +all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand +men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten +thousand men that drew sword. + +21:6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's +word was abominable to Joab. + +21:7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote +Israel. + +21:8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have +done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy +servant; for I have done very foolishly. + +21:9 And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying, 21:10 Go and +tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things: +choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. + +21:11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, +Choose thee 21:12 Either three years' famine; or three months to be +destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies +overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the +pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying +throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what +word I shall bring again to him that sent me. + +21:13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now +into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me +not fall into the hand of man. + +21:14 So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of +Israel seventy thousand men. + +21:15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he +was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and +said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. +And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the +Jebusite. + +21:16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD +stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his +hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of +Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. + +21:17 And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people +to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; +but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray +thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on +thy people, that they should be plagued. + +21:18 Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that +David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the +threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. + +21:19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the +name of the LORD. + +21:20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with +him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. + +21:21 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went +out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to +the ground. + +21:22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this +threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou +shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed +from the people. + +21:23 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the +king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also +for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the +wheat for the meat offering; I give it all. + +21:24 And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for +the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, +nor offer burnt offerings without cost. + +21:25 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold +by weight. + +21:26 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt +offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he +answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering. + +21:27 And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again +into the sheath thereof. + +21:28 At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in +the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. + +21:29 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the +wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season +in the high place at Gibeon. + +21:30 But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was +afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD. + +22:1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is +the altar of the burnt offering for Israel. + +22:2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in +the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build +the house of God. + +22:3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors +of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without +weight; 22:4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they +of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David. + +22:5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house +that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of +fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make +preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death. + +22:6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an +house for the LORD God of Israel. + +22:7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind +to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God: 22:8 But the word +of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and +hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, +because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight. + +22:9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; +and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his +name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel +in his days. + +22:10 He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and +I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom +over Israel for ever. + +22:11 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build +the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee. + +22:12 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee +charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD +thy God. + +22:13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the +statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning +Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed. + +22:14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the +LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand +talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in +abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add +thereto. + +22:15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and +workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every +manner of work. + +22:16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is +no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee. + +22:17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon +his son, saying, 22:18 Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he +not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of +the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and +before his people. + +22:19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; +arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring +the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into +the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD. + +23:1 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son +king over Israel. + +23:2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the +priests and the Levites. + +23:3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and +upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and +eight thousand. + +23:4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work +of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges: +23:5 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised +the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise +therewith. + +23:6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, +namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. + +23:7 Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei. + +23:8 The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, +three. + +23:9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. +These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan. + +23:10 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and +Beriah. + +These four were the sons of Shimei. + +23:11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and +Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, +according to their father's house. + +23:12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. + +23:13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, +that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for +ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to +bless in his name for ever. + +23:14 Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the +tribe of Levi. + +23:15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer. + +23:16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief. + +23:17 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer +had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. + +23:18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief. + +23:19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, +Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. + +23:20 Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first and Jesiah the second. + +23:21 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; +Eleazar, and Kish. + +23:22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their +brethren the sons of Kish took them. + +23:23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. + +23:24 These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; +even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names +by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the +LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward. + +23:25 For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his +people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: 23:26 And also unto +the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels +of it for the service thereof. + +23:27 For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from +twenty years old and above: 23:28 Because their office was to wait on +the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the +courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, +and the work of the service of the house of God; 23:29 Both for the +shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the +unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that +which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size; 23:30 And to +stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at +even: 23:31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the +sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, +according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the +LORD: 23:32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of +the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of +the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the +LORD. + +24:1 Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of +Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. + +24:2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no +children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office. + +24:3 And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, +and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in +their service. + +24:4 And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than +of the sons of Ithamar, and thus were they divided. Among the sons of +Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, +and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their +fathers. + +24:5 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the +governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of +the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. + +24:6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, +wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and +Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of +the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for +Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar. + +24:7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, +24:8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, 24:9 The fifth to +Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, 24:10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the +eighth to Abijah, 24:11 The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah, +24:12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, 24:13 The +thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, 24:14 The fifteenth +to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, 24:15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the +eighteenth to Aphses, 24:16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth +to Jehezekel, 24:17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and +twentieth to Gamul, 24:18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four +and twentieth to Maaziah. + +24:19 These were the orderings of them in their service to come into +the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their +father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him. + +24:20 And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of +Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah. + +24:21 Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was +Isshiah. + +24:22 Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath. + +24:23 And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, +Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. + +24:24 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir. + +24:25 The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; +Zechariah. + +24:26 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; +Beno. + +24:27 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and +Ibri. + +24:28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons. + +24:29 Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel. + +24:30 The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These +were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers. + +24:31 These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of +Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and +the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the +principal fathers over against their younger brethren. + +25:1 Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the +service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who +should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the +number of the workmen according to their service was: 25:2 Of the sons +of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of +Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the +order of the king. + +25:3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and +Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their +father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to +praise the LORD. + +25:4 Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, +and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, +Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth: 25:5 All these were the +sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the +horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. + +25:6 All these were under the hands of their father for song in the +house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the +service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, +Jeduthun, and Heman. + +25:7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed +in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred +fourscore and eight. + +25:8 And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the +great, the teacher as the scholar. + +25:9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to +Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve: 25:10 The third +to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:11 The +fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:12 The +fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:13 +The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: +25:14 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were +twelve: 25:15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, +were twelve: 25:16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his +brethren, were twelve: 25:17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and +his brethren, were twelve: 25:18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his +sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, +he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:20 The thirteenth to +Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:21 The +fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: +25:22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were +twelve: 25:23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his +brethren, were twelve: 25:24 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his +sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:25 The eighteenth to Hanani, +he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:26 The nineteenth to +Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:27 The +twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: +25:28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, +were twelve: 25:29 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, +and his brethren, were twelve: 25:30 The three and twentieth to +Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:31 The four +and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were +twelve. + +26:1 Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was +Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. + +26:2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, +Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 26:3 Elam +the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. + +26:4 Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, +Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and +Nethaneel the fifth. + +26:5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for +God blessed him. + +26:6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout +the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour. + +26:7 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, +whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah. + +26:8 All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their +brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and +two of Obededom. + +26:9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen. + +26:10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the +chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him +the chief;) 26:11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah +the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen. + +26:12 Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the +chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house +of the LORD. + +26:13 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to +the house of their fathers, for every gate. + +26:14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his +son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out +northward. + +26:15 To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim. + +26:16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate +Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward. + +26:17 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four +a day, and toward Asuppim two and two. + +26:18 At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar. + +26:19 These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, +and among the sons of Merari. + +26:20 And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house +of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things. + +26:21 As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite +Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli. + +26:22 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were +over the treasures of the house of the LORD. + +26:23 Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the +Uzzielites: 26:24 And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, +was ruler of the treasures. + +26:25 And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his +son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son. + +26:26 Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of +the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the +captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, +had dedicated. + +26:27 Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain +the house of the LORD. + +26:28 And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and +Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and +whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, +and of his brethren. + +26:29 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward +business over Israel, for officers and judges. + +26:30 And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of +valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of +Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, +and in the service of the king. + +26:31 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the +Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the +fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there +were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead. + +26:32 And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven +hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the +Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every +matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king. + +27:1 Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief +fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers +that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and +went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of +every course were twenty and four thousand. + +27:2 Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son +of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. + +27:3 Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the +host for the first month. + +27:4 And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and +of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were +twenty and four thousand. + +27:5 The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the +son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and +four thousand. + +27:6 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above +the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son. + +27:7 The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of +Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty +and four thousand. + +27:8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: +and in his course were twenty and four thousand. + +27:9 The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh +the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. + +27:10 The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the +Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty +and four thousand. + +27:11 The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the +Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four +thousand. + +27:12 The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the +Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four +thousand. + +27:13 The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the +Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four +thousand. + +27:14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the +Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty +and four thousand. + +27:15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the +Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four +thousand. + +27:16 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the +Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, +Shephatiah the son of Maachah: 27:17 Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son +of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok: 27:18 Of Judah, Elihu, one of the +brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael: 27:19 Of +Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of +Azriel: 27:20 Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: +of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah: 27:21 Of the +half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of +Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner: 27:22 Of Dan, Azareel the son of +Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel. + +27:23 But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and +under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the +stars of the heavens. + +27:24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, +because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number +put in the account of the chronicles of king David. + +27:25 And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and +over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the +villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah: 27:26 +And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground +was Ezri the son of Chelub: 27:27 And over the vineyards was Shimei +the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars +was Zabdi the Shiphmite: 27:28 And over the olive trees and the +sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: +and over the cellars of oil was Joash: 27:29 And over the herds that +fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were +in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai: 27:30 Over the camels +also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the +Meronothite: 27:31 And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All +these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's. + +27:32 Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a +scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons: 27:33 +And Ahithophel was the king's counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was +the king's companion: 27:34 And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son +of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army was Joab. + +28:1 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the +tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king +by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the +hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of +the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, +and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem. + +28:2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my +brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an +house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the +footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building: 28:3 But +God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because +thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood. + +28:4 Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of +my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to +be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and +among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all +Israel: 28:5 And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many +sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the +kingdom of the LORD over Israel. + +28:6 And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and +my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his +father. + +28:7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant +to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day. + +28:8 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the +LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the +commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, +and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever. + +28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and +serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD +searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the +thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou +forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. + +28:10 Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house +for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it. + +28:11 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and +of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper +chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place +of the mercy seat, 28:12 And the pattern of all that he had by the +spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the +chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of +the treasuries of the dedicated things: 28:13 Also for the courses of +the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of +the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house +of the LORD. + +28:14 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all +instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments +of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service: +28:15 Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their +lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps +thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the +candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of +every candlestick. + +28:16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for +every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver: 28:17 Also +pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the +golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise +silver by weight for every bason of silver: 28:18 And for the altar of +incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the +chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the +ark of the covenant of the LORD. + +28:19 All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by +his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern. + +28:20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good +courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even +my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, +until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of +the LORD. + +28:21 And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even +they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and +there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing +skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the +people will be wholly at thy commandment. + +29:1 Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, +Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, +and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD +God. + +29:2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the +gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of +silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of +iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, +glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious +stones, and marble stones in abundance. + +29:3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, +I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given +to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for +the holy house. + +29:4 Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and +seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the +houses withal: 29:5 The gold for things of gold, and the silver for +things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands +of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this +day unto the LORD? 29:6 Then the chief of the fathers and princes of +the tribes of Israel and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, +with the rulers of the king's work, offered willingly, 29:7 And gave +for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and +ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass +eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron. + +29:8 And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the +treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the +Gershonite. + +29:9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, +because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and +David the king also rejoiced with great joy. + +29:10 Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: +and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for +ever and ever. + +29:11 Thine, O LORD is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, +and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in +the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted +as head above all. + +29:12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; +and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make +great, and to give strength unto all. + +29:13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious +name. + +29:14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to +offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and +of thine own have we given thee. + +29:15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all +our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none +abiding. + +29:16 O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build +thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all +thine own. + +29:17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast +pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I +have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy +thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. + +29:18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep +this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy +people, and prepare their heart unto thee: 29:19 And give unto Solomon +my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and +thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for +the which I have made provision. + +29:20 And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your +God. + +And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and +bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king. + +29:21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt +offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand +bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink +offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel: 29:22 And did +eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And +they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed +him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest. + +29:23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of +David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him. + +29:24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons +likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king. + +29:25 And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all +Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on +any king before him in Israel. + +29:26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. + +29:27 And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven +years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in +Jerusalem. + +29:28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: +and Solomon his son reigned in his stead. + +29:29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are +written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the +prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer, 29:30 With all his reign and +his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over +all the kingdoms of the countries. + + + + +The Second Book of the Chronicles + + +1:1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and +the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly. + +1:2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands +and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all +Israel, the chief of the fathers. + +1:3 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high +place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the +congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in +the wilderness. + +1:4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the +place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for +it at Jerusalem. + +1:5 Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son +of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and +Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. + +1:6 And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, +which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a +thousand burnt offerings upon it. + +1:7 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask +what I shall give thee. + +1:8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David +my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead. + +1:9 Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be +established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of +the earth in multitude. + +1:10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in +before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so +great? 1:11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, +and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of +thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom +and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom +I have made thee king: 1:12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; +and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of +the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any +after thee have the like. + +1:13 Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at +Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, +and reigned over Israel. + +1:14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand +and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he +placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. + +1:15 And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as +stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the +vale for abundance. + +1:16 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the +king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. + +1:17 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for +six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: +and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and +for the kings of Syria, by their means. + +2:1 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, +and an house for his kingdom. + +2:2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear +burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three +thousand and six hundred to oversee them. + +2:3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst +deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an +house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. + +2:4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to +dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the +continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, +on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the +LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. + +2:5 And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above +all gods. + +2:6 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and +heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should +build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him? 2:7 Send +me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in +brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can +skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in +Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide. + +2:8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of +Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in +Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, 2:9 Even +to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to +build shall be wonderful great. + +2:10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut +timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand +measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty +thousand baths of oil. + +2:11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to +Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee +king over them. + +2:12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made +heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued +with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the +LORD, and an house for his kingdom. + +2:13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of +Huram my father's, 2:14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, +and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in +silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in +blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of +graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with +thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father. + +2:15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, +which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants: 2:16 And +we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we +will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry +it up to Jerusalem. + +2:17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of +Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered +them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three +thousand and six hundred. + +2:18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of +burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and +three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work. + +3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in +mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the +place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the +Jebusite. + +3:2 And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in +the fourth year of his reign. + +3:3 Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the +building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first +measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. + +3:4 And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it +was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the +height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure +gold. + +3:5 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid +with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains. + +3:6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and +the gold was gold of Parvaim. + +3:7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls +thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the +walls. + +3:8 And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according +to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof +twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six +hundred talents. + +3:9 And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he +overlaid the upper chambers with gold. + +3:10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, +and overlaid them with gold. + +3:11 And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing +of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: +and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of +the other cherub. + +3:12 And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the +wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to +the wing of the other cherub. + +3:13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty +cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward. + +3:14 And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine +linen, and wrought cherubims thereon. + +3:15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five +cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was +five cubits. + +3:16 And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads +of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the +chains. + +3:17 And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right +hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the +right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz. + +4:1 Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length +thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the +height thereof. + +4:2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round +in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty +cubits did compass it round about. + +4:3 And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it +round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows +of oxen were cast, when it was cast. + +4:4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and +three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and +three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, +and all their hinder parts were inward. + +4:5 And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it +like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it +received and held three thousand baths. + +4:6 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five +on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the +burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to +wash in. + +4:7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and +set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left. + +4:8 He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on +the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of +gold. + +4:9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, +and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass. + +4:10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over +against the south. + +4:11 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And +Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the +house of God; 4:12 To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the +chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two +wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the +top of the pillars; 4:13 And four hundred pomegranates on the two +wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two +pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars. + +4:14 He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases; 4:15 One +sea, and twelve oxen under it. + +4:16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their +instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house +of the LORD of bright brass. + +4:17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground +between Succoth and Zeredathah. + +4:18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the +weight of the brass could not be found out. + +4:19 And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, +the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set; +4:20 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn +after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold; 4:21 And the +flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that +perfect gold; 4:22 And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, +and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner +doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of +the temple, were of gold. + +5:1 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was +finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father +had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, +put he among the treasures of the house of God. + +5:2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of +the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto +Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the +city of David, which is Zion. + +5:3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king +in the feast which was in the seventh month. + +5:4 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the +ark. + +5:5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the +congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, +these did the priests and the Levites bring up. + +5:6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were +assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which +could not be told nor numbered for multitude. + +5:7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD +unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, +even under the wings of the cherubims: 5:8 For the cherubims spread +forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered +the ark and the staves thereof above. + +5:9 And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the +staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not +seen without. And there it is unto this day. + +5:10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put +therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of +Israel, when they came out of Egypt. + +5:11 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy +place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did +not then wait by course: 5:12 Also the Levites which were the singers, +all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their +brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries +and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an +hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) 5:13 It came even +to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound +to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up +their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, +and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth +for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house +of the LORD; 5:14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by +reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of +God. + +6:1 Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the +thick darkness. + +6:2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for +thy dwelling for ever. + +6:3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation +of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood. + +6:4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his +hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, +saying, 6:5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the +land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build +an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to +be a ruler over my people Israel: 6:6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, +that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my +people Israel. + +6:7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for +the name of the LORD God of Israel. + +6:8 But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine +heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in +thine heart: 6:9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but +thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the +house for my name. + +6:10 The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: +for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the +throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for +the name of the LORD God of Israel. + +6:11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the +LORD, that he made with the children of Israel. + +6:12 And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all +the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands: 6:13 For +Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and five +cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of +the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees +before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands +toward heaven. + +6:14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the +heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy +unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts: 6:15 +Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou +hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it +with thine hand, as it is this day. + +6:16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David +my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not +fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so +that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou +hast walked before me. + +6:17 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which +thou hast spoken unto thy servant David. + +6:18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, +heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less +this house which I have built! 6:19 Have respect therefore to the +prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to +hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before +thee: 6:20 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, +upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name +there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward +this place. + +6:21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of +thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou +from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, +forgive. + +6:22 If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him +to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house; +6:23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by +requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and +by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his +righteousness. + +6:24 And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, +because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess +thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house; +6:25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy +people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to +them and to their fathers. + +6:26 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they +have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and +confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict +them; 6:27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy +servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the +good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which +thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance. + +6:28 If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there +be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies +besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or +whatsoever sickness there be: 6:29 Then what prayer or what +supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people +Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and +shall spread forth his hands in this house: 6:30 Then hear thou from +heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man +according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only +knowest the hearts of the children of men:) 6:31 That they may fear +thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou +gavest unto our fathers. + +6:32 Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people +Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and +thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in +this house; 6:33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy +dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to +thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear +thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I +have built is called by thy name. + +6:34 If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that +thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which +thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name; 6:35 +Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, +and maintain their cause. + +6:36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth +not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their +enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or +near; 6:37 Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are +carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their +captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt +wickedly; 6:38 If they return to thee with all their heart and with +all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have +carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest +unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and +toward the house which I have built for thy name: 6:39 Then hear thou +from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their +supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which +have sinned against thee. + +6:40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let +thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. + +6:41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, +and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed +with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. + +6:42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember +the mercies of David thy servant. + +7:1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down +from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and +the glory of the LORD filled the house. + +7:2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, +because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house. + +7:3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, +and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with +their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and +praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for +ever. + +7:4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the +LORD. + +7:5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand +oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all +the people dedicated the house of God. + +7:6 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with +instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to +praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David +praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before +them, and all Israel stood. + +7:7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before +the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the +fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had +made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat +offerings, and the fat. + +7:8 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all +Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of +Hamath unto the river of Egypt. + +7:9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept +the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. + +7:10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent +the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the +goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to +Israel his people. + +7:11 Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's +house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of +the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected. + +7:12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I +have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an +house of sacrifice. + +7:13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the +locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; +7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble +themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked +ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and +will heal their land. + +7:15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer +that is made in this place. + +7:16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may +be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there +perpetually. + +7:17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father +walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt +observe my statutes and my judgments; 7:18 Then will I stablish the +throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy +father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. + +7:19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, +which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and +worship them; 7:20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my +land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified +for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a +proverb and a byword among all nations. + +7:21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every +one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done +thus unto this land, and unto this house? 7:22 And it shall be +answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which +brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other +gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought +all this evil upon them. + +8:1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon +had built the house of the LORD, and his own house, 8:2 That the +cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and +caused the children of Israel to dwell there. + +8:3 And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it. + +8:4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, +which he built in Hamath. + +8:5 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, +fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars; 8:6 And Baalath, and all +the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the +cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in +Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his +dominion. + +8:7 As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the +Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, +which were not of Israel, 8:8 But of their children, who were left +after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them +did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day. + +8:9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his +work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and +captains of his chariots and horsemen. + +8:10 And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two +hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people. + +8:11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of +David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife +shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the +places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come. + +8:12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar +of the LORD, which he had built before the porch, 8:13 Even after a +certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of +Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn +feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened +bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. + +8:14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the +courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their +charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of +every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: +for so had David the man of God commanded. + +8:15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the +priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the +treasures. + +8:16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the +foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the +house of the LORD was perfected. + +8:17 Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in +the land of Edom. + +8:18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and +servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the +servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty +talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon. + +9:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came +to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great +company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and +precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with +him of all that was in her heart. + +9:2 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid +from Solomon which he told her not. + +9:3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and +the house that he had built, 9:4 And the meat of his table, and the +sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and +their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent +by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more +spirit in her. + +9:5 And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in +mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom: 9:6 Howbeit I believed +not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, +the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou +exceedest the fame that I heard. + +9:7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand +continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. + +9:8 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee +on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved +Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over +them, to do judgment and justice. + +9:9 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and +of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any +such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon. + +9:10 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, +which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious +stones. + +9:11 And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the +LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: +and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah. + +9:12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, +whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. +So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants. + +9:13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six +hundred and threescore and six talents of gold; 9:14 Beside that which +chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and +governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. + +9:15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six +hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target. + +9:16 And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred +shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house +of the forest of Lebanon. + +9:17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it +with pure gold. + +9:18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, +which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the +sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays: 9:19 And twelve +lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. +There was not the like made in any kingdom. + +9:20 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and +all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure +gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the +days of Solomon. + +9:21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: +every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and +silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. + +9:22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and +wisdom. + +9:23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to +hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart. + +9:24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and +vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, +a rate year by year. + +9:25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and +twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and +with the king at Jerusalem. + +9:26 And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the +land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. + +9:27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees +made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance. + +9:28 And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all +lands. + +9:29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not +written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of +Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against +Jeroboam the son of Nebat? 9:30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over +all Israel forty years. + +9:31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city +of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. + +10:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come +to make him king. + +10:2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in +Egypt, whither he fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard +it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. + +10:3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and +spake to Rehoboam, saying, 10:4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now +therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and +his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee. + +10:5 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And +the people departed. + +10:6 And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood +before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel +give ye me to return answer to this people? 10:7 And they spake unto +him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and +speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever. + +10:8 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took +counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood +before him. + +10:9 And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return +answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat +the yoke that thy father did put upon us? 10:10 And the young men +that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou +answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our +yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou +say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's +loins. + +10:11 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more +to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise +you with scorpions. + +10:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third +day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day. + +10:13 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook +the counsel of the old men, 10:14 And answered them after the advice +of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will +add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise +you with scorpions. + +10:15 So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of +God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand +of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. + +10:16 And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto +them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in +David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to +your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all +Israel went to their tents. + +10:17 But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of +Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. + +10:18 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and +the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king +Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to +Jerusalem. + +10:19 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. + +11:1 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house +of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, +which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the +kingdom again to Rehoboam. + +11:2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, +11:3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all +Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, 11:4 Thus saith the LORD, Ye +shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to +his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of +the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam. + +11:5 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in +Judah. + +11:6 He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 11:7 And Bethzur, +and Shoco, and Adullam, 11:8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, 11:9 +And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, 11:10 And Zorah, and Aijalon, +and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities. + +11:11 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and +store of victual, and of oil and wine. + +11:12 And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made +them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side. + +11:13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted +to him out of all their coasts. + +11:14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and +came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them +off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD: 11:15 And he +ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for +the calves which he had made. + +11:16 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their +hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice +unto the LORD God of their fathers. + +11:17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the +son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the +way of David and Solomon. + +11:18 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son +of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; +11:19 Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham. + +11:20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which +bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. + +11:21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his +wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore +concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore +daughters.) 11:22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the +chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him +king. + +11:23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children +throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced +city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many +wives. + +12:1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, +and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all +Israel with him. + +12:2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam +Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had +transgressed against the LORD, 12:3 With twelve hundred chariots, and +threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that +came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the +Ethiopians. + +12:4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came +to Jerusalem. + +12:5 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of +Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, +and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and +therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. + +12:6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; +and they said, The LORD is righteous. + +12:7 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of +the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; +therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some +deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by +the hand of Shishak. + +12:8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my +service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. + +12:9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away +the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the +king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold +which Solomon had made. + +12:10 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and +committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the +entrance of the king's house. + +12:11 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard +came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber. + +12:12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from +him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah +things went well. + +12:13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: +for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and +he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had +chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his +mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. + +12:14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the +LORD. + +12:15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written +in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning +genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam +continually. + +12:16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city +of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead. + +13:1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign +over Judah. + +13:2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was +Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between +Abijah and Jeroboam. + +13:3 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of +war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the +battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, +being mighty men of valour. + +13:4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount +Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel; 13:5 Ought +ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over +Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of +salt? 13:6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the +son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord. + +13:7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, +and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, +when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand +them. + +13:8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand +of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with +your golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods. + +13:9 Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, +and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the +nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself +with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them +that are no gods. + +13:10 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken +him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of +Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business: 13:11 And they burn +unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and +sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure +table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn +every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have +forsaken him. + +13:12 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his +priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of +Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye +shall not prosper. + +13:13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so +they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them. + +13:14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and +behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the +trumpets. + +13:15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah +shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel +before Abijah and Judah. + +13:16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered +them into their hand. + +13:17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so +there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. + +13:18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and +the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God +of their fathers. + +13:19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, +Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, +and Ephraim with the towns thereof. + +13:20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of +Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died. + +13:21 But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat +twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. + +13:22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his +sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo. + +14:1 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city +of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land +was quiet ten years. + +14:2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD +his God: 14:3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the +high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves: 14:4 +And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do +the law and the commandment. + +14:5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places +and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. + +14:6 And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and +he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest. + +14:7 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make +about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet +before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought +him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and +prospered. + +14:8 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of +Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields +and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were +mighty men of valour. + +14:9 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host +of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto +Mareshah. + +14:10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array +in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. + +14:11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is +nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have +no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy +name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let no +man prevail against thee. + +14:12 So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; +and the Ethiopians fled. + +14:13 And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto +Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover +themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his +host; and they carried away very much spoil. + +14:14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of +the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there +was exceeding much spoil in them. + +14:15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and +camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem. + +15:1 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: 15:2 And +he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all +Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if +ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will +forsake you. + +15:3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and +without a teaching priest, and without law. + +15:4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of +Israel, and sought him, he was found of them. + +15:5 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor +to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants +of the countries. + +15:6 And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did +vex them with all adversity. + +15:7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your +work shall be rewarded. + +15:8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the +prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all +the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had +taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was +before the porch of the LORD. + +15:9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with +them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to +him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God +was with him. + +15:10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third +month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. + +15:11 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which +they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. + +15:12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their +fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; 15:13 That +whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to +death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. + +15:14 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with +shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. + +15:15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all +their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found +of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about. + +15:16 And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he +removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: +and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook +Kidron. + +15:17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: +nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. + +15:18 And he brought into the house of God the things that his father +had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, +and vessels. + +15:19 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of +the reign of Asa. + +16:1 In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of +Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he +might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. + +16:2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the +house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Benhadad king +of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 16:3 There is a league +between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: +behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with +Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. + +16:4 And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of +his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, +and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali. + +16:5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off +building of Ramah, and let his work cease. + +16:6 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the +stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was +building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. + +16:7 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and +said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not +relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria +escaped out of thine hand. + +16:8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very +many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, +he delivered them into thine hand. + +16:9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole +earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is +perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from +henceforth thou shalt have wars. + +16:10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; +for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed +some of the people the same time. + +16:11 And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are +written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. + +16:12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased +in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease +he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians. + +16:13 And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth +year of his reign. + +16:14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for +himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled +with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the +apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him. + +17:1 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened +himself against Israel. + +17:2 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set +garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which +Asa his father had taken. + +17:3 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first +ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; 17:4 But sought +to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not +after the doings of Israel. + +17:5 Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all +Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in +abundance. + +17:6 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he +took away the high places and groves out of Judah. + +17:7 Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even +to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to +Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah. + +17:8 And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and +Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, +and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and +Jehoram, priests. + +17:9 And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD +with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and +taught the people. + +17:10 And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands +that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against +Jehoshaphat. + +17:11 Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and +tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand +and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats. + +17:12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah +castles, and cities of store. + +17:13 And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of +war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem. + +17:14 And these are the numbers of them according to the house of +their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, +and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand. + +17:15 And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two +hundred and fourscore thousand. + +17:16 And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly +offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand +mighty men of valour. + +17:17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him +armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand. + +17:18 And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and +fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war. + +17:19 These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the +fenced cities throughout all Judah. + +18:1 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined +affinity with Ahab. + +18:2 And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab +killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he +had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead. + +18:3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt +thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I am as thou +art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war. + +18:4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray +thee, at the word of the LORD to day. + +18:5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four +hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to +battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver +it into the king's hand. + +18:6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD +besides, that we might enquire of him? 18:7 And the king of Israel +said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of +the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but +always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat +said, Let not the king say so. + +18:8 And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, +Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla. + +18:9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either +of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void +place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets +prophesied before them. + +18:10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, +and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until +they be consumed. + +18:11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to +Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand +of the king. + +18:12 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, +saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king +with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of +their's, and speak thou good. + +18:13 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, +that will I speak. + +18:14 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, +Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? +And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into +your hand. + +18:15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee +that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD? +18:16 Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, +as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no +master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace. + +18:17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee +that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil? 18:18 Again he +said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon +his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and +on his left. + +18:19 And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he +may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after this +manner, and another saying after that manner. + +18:20 Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and +said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? 18:21 +And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all +his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt +also prevail: go out, and do even so. + +18:22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the +mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against +thee. + +18:23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah +upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from +me to speak unto thee? 18:24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see +on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. + +18:25 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him +back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; +18:26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and +feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until +I return in peace. + +18:27 And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath +not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people. + +18:28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up +to Ramothgilead. + +18:29 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise +myself, and I will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the +king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle. + +18:30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots +that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save +only with the king of Israel. + +18:31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw +Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they +compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD +helped him; and God moved them to depart from him. + +18:32 For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots +perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again +from pursuing him. + +18:33 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of +Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his +chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the +host; for I am wounded. + +18:34 And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel +stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: +and about the time of the sun going down he died. + +19:1 And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace +to Jerusalem. + +19:2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and +said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love +them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the +LORD. + +19:3 Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou +hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine +heart to seek God. + +19:4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through +the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto +the LORD God of their fathers. + +19:5 And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of +Judah, city by city, 19:6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye +do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the +judgment. + +19:7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and +do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of +persons, nor taking of gifts. + +19:8 Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of +the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the +judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to +Jerusalem. + +19:9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the +LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart. + +19:10 And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that +dwell in your cities, between blood and blood, between law and +commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they +trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon +your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass. + +19:11 And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters +of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house +of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be +officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the +good. + +20:1 It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and +the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came +against Jehoshaphat to battle. + +20:2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh +a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; +and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi. + +20:3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and +proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. + +20:4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: +even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD. + +20:5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, +in the house of the LORD, before the new court, 20:6 And said, O LORD +God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou +over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not +power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee? 20:7 Art not +thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before +thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for +ever? 20:8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary +therein for thy name, saying, 20:9 If, when evil cometh upon us, as +the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this +house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry +unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. + +20:10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, +whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the +land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not; +20:11 Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy +possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. + +20:12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might +against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we +what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. + +20:13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, +their wives, and their children. + +20:14 Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the +son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, +came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation; 20:15 +And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, +and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid +nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not +yours, but God's. + +20:16 To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the +cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before +the wilderness of Jeruel. + +20:17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand +ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and +Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: +for the LORD will be with you. + +20:18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and +all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, +worshipping the LORD. + +20:19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the +children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel +with a loud voice on high. + +20:20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the +wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and +said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in +the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, +so shall ye prosper. + +20:21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers +unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they +went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy +endureth for ever. + +20:22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set +ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which +were come against Judah; and they were smitten. + +20:23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the +inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when +they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to +destroy another. + +20:24 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, +they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies +fallen to the earth, and none escaped. + +20:25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil +of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead +bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, +more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering +of the spoil, it was so much. + +20:26 And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of +Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the +same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day. + +20:27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and +Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with +joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. + +20:28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and +trumpets unto the house of the LORD. + +20:29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, +when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of +Israel. + +20:30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest +round about. + +20:31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years +old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in +Jerusalem. + +And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. + +20:32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not +from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD. + +20:33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the +people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers. + +20:34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, +they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is +mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel. + +20:35 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with +Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly: 20:36 And he joined +himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the +ships in Eziongaber. + +20:37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against +Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, +the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they +were not able to go to Tarshish. + +21:1 Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his +fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his +stead. + +21:2 And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, +and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these +were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel. + +21:3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, +and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom +gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn. + +21:4 Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he +strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and +divers also of the princes of Israel. + +21:5 Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and +he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. + +21:6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the +house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought +that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD. + +21:7 Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of +the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a +light to him and to his sons for ever. + +21:8 In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of +Judah, and made themselves a king. + +21:9 Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots +with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which +compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots. + +21:10 So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this +day. + +The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he +had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers. + +21:11 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah and +caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and +compelled Judah thereto. + +21:12 And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, +Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not +walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa +king of Judah, 21:13 But hast walked in the way of the kings of +Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a +whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast +slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than +thyself: 21:14 Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy +people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods: 21:15 And +thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy +bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day. + +21:16 Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the +Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians: 21:17 +And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all +the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, +and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, +the youngest of his sons. + +21:18 And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an +incurable disease. + +21:19 And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of +two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died +of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the +burning of his fathers. + +21:20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he +reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. +Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the +sepulchres of the kings. + +22:1 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son +king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to +the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king +of Judah reigned. + +22:2 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and +he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah +the daughter of Omri. + +22:3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother +was his counsellor to do wickedly. + +22:4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of +Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to +his destruction. + +22:5 He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son +of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at +Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram. + +22:6 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds +which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of +Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see +Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick. + +22:7 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for +when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of +Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. + +22:8 And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon +the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the +brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them. + +22:9 And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in +Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they +buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who +sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no +power to keep still the kingdom. + +22:10 But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was +dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of +Judah. + +22:11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son +of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, +and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the +daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she +was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew +him not. + +22:12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and +Athaliah reigned over the land. + +23:1 And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took +the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the +son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of +Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him. + +23:2 And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all +the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they +came to Jerusalem. + +23:3 And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the +house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall +reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David. + +23:4 This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering +on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of +the doors; 23:5 And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a +third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be +in the courts of the house of the LORD. + +23:6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, +and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are +holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD. + +23:7 And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man +with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the +house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he +cometh in, and when he goeth out. + +23:8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that +Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that +were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the +sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses. + +23:9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of +hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king +David's, which were in the house of God. + +23:10 And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his +hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the +temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about. + +23:11 Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the +crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and +his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king. + +23:12 Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and +praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD: +23:13 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the +entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the +people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the +singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. +Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. + +23:14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds +that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the +ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For +the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD. + +23:15 So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering +of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there. + +23:16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the +people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD's people. + +23:17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it +down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan +the priest of Baal before the altars. + +23:18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by +the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the +house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is +written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it +was ordained by David. + +23:19 And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, +that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in. + +23:20 And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the +governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought +down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the +high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of +the kingdom. + +23:21 And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, +after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword. + +24:1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned +forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of +Beersheba. + +24:2 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all +the days of Jehoiada the priest. + +24:3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and +daughters. + +24:4 And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair +the house of the LORD. + +24:5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to +them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money +to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye +hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not. + +24:6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, +Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and +out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses +the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the +tabernacle of witness? 24:7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked +woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated +things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim. + +24:8 And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it +without at the gate of the house of the LORD. + +24:9 And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to +bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid +upon Israel in the wilderness. + +24:10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, +and cast into the chest, until they had made an end. + +24:11 Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought +unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw +that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's +officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his +place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in +abundance. + +24:12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the +service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to +repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass +to mend the house of the LORD. + +24:13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and +they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it. + +24:14 And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the +money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the +house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and +spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt +offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of +Jehoiada. + +24:15 But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an +hundred and thirty years old was he when he died. + +24:16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, +because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his +house. + +24:17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and +made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them. + +24:18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and +served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for +this their trespass. + +24:19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; +and they testified against them: but they would not give ear. + +24:20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada +the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus +saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye +cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also +forsaken you. + +24:21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at +the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD. + +24:22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada +his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he +said, The LORD look upon it, and require it. + +24:23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of +Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and +destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and +sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus. + +24:24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, +and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they +had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment +against Joash. + +24:25 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in +great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood +of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he +died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him +not in the sepulchres of the kings. + +24:26 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of +Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess. + +24:27 Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid +upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are +written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son +reigned in his stead. + +25:1 Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and +he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name +was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. + +25:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not +with a perfect heart. + +25:3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, +that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father. + +25:4 But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the +law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The +fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die +for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin. + +25:5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains +over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of +their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them +from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand +choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and +shield. + +25:6 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of +Israel for an hundred talents of silver. + +25:7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the +army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, +with all the children of Ephraim. + +25:8 But if thou wilt go, do it; be strong for the battle: God shall +make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to +cast down. + +25:9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the +hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man +of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this. + +25:10 Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to +him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was +greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger. + +25:11 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and +went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten +thousand. + +25:12 And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah +carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and +cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in +pieces. + +25:13 But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they +should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from +Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and +took much spoil. + +25:14 Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the +slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of +Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before +them, and burned incense unto them. + +25:15 Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and +he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought +after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people +out of thine hand? 25:16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, +that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? +forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and +said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou +hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel. + +25:17 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the +son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us +see one another in the face. + +25:18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, +The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, +saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a +wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. + +25:19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart +lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle +to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with +thee? 25:20 But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he +might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought +after the gods of Edom. + +25:21 So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in +the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which +belongeth to Judah. + +25:22 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled +every man to his tent. + +25:23 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son +of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to +Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of +Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. + +25:24 And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels +that were found in the house of God with Obededom, and the treasures +of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria. + +25:25 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death +of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. + +25:26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are +they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? 25:27 +Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD +they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to +Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there. + +25:28 And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his +fathers in the city of Judah. + +26:1 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years +old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. + +26:2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king +slept with his fathers. + +26:3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he +reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was +Jecoliah of Jerusalem. + +26:4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, +according to all that his father Amaziah did. + +26:5 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding +in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him +to prosper. + +26:6 And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake +down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, +and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines. + +26:7 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the +Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims. + +26:8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread +abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself +exceedingly. + +26:9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and +at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified +them. + +26:10 Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for +he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: +husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: +for he loved husbandry. + +26:11 Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to +war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of +Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, +one of the king's captains. + +26:12 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men +of valour were two thousand and six hundred. + +26:13 And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and +seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to +help the king against the enemy. + +26:14 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, +and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast +stones. + +26:15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be +on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones +withal. + +And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till +he was strong. + +26:16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his +destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went +into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense. + +26:17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore +priests of the LORD, that were valiant men: 26:18 And they withstood +Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, +Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of +Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; +for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from +the LORD God. + +26:19 Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn +incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even +rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, +from beside the incense altar. + +26:20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon +him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him +out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD +had smitten him. + +26:21 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and +dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the +house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, +judging the people of the land. + +26:22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah +the prophet, the son of Amoz, write. + +26:23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his +fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for +they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. + +27:1 Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and +he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was +Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok. + +27:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, +according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not +into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly. + +27:3 He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall +of Ophel he built much. + +27:4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the +forests he built castles and towers. + +27:5 He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed +against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an +hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten +thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, +both the second year, and the third. + +27:6 So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the +LORD his God. + +27:7 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his +ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and +Judah. + +27:8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and +reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. + +27:9 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the +city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. + +28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned +sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the +sight of the LORD, like David his father: 28:2 For he walked in the +ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim. + +28:3 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and +burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen +whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. + +28:4 He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on +the hills, and under every green tree. + +28:5 Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the +king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude +of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also +delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a +great slaughter. + +28:6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty +thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had +forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. + +28:7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's +son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next +to the king. + +28:8 And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren +two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away +much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. + +28:9 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he +went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, +Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he +hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage +that reacheth up unto heaven. + +28:10 And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and +Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with +you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God? 28:11 Now hear me +therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive +of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you. + +28:12 Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah +the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah +the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them +that came from the war, 28:13 And said unto them, Ye shall not bring +in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD +already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for +our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel. + +28:14 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the +princes and all the congregation. + +28:15 And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the +captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, +and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, +and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and +brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: +then they returned to Samaria. + +28:16 At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to +help him. + +28:17 For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried +away captives. + +28:18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, +and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and +Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the +villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt +there. + +28:19 For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; +for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD. + +28:20 And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and +distressed him, but strengthened him not. + +28:21 For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and +out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the +king of Assyria: but he helped him not. + +28:22 And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against +the LORD: this is that king Ahaz. + +28:23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: +and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, +therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they +were the ruin of him, and of all Israel. + +28:24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and +cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors +of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of +Jerusalem. + +28:25 And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn +incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his +fathers. + +28:26 Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, +behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. + +28:27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the +city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres +of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. + +29:1 Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, +and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's +name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. + +29:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, +according to all that David his father had done. + +29:3 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the +doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them. + +29:4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them +together into the east street, 29:5 And said unto them, Hear me, ye +Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD +God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy +place. + +29:6 For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in +the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned +away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their +backs. + +29:7 Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the +lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the +holy place unto the God of Israel. + +29:8 Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and +he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as +ye see with your eyes. + +29:9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and +our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. + +29:10 Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of +Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us. + +29:11 My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to +stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, +and burn incense. + +29:12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the +son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of +Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of +the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah: +29:13 And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons +of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah: 29:14 And of the sons of Heman; +Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel. + +29:15 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and +came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the +LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD. + +29:16 And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the +LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they +found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the +LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook +Kidron. + +29:17 Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, +and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: +so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the +sixteenth day of the first month they made an end. + +29:18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have +cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, +with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the +vessels thereof. + +29:19 Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast +away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, +behold, they are before the altar of the LORD. + +29:20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of +the city, and went up to the house of the LORD. + +29:21 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven +lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for +the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of +Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD. + +29:22 So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, +and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the +rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the +lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar. + +29:23 And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before +the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them: +29:24 And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with +their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for +the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should +be made for all Israel. + +29:25 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, +with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of +David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was +the commandment of the LORD by his prophets. + +29:26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the +priests with the trumpets. + +29:27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the +altar. + +And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also +with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of +Israel. + +29:28 And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and +the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt +offering was finished. + +29:29 And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that +were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped. + +29:30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites +to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the +seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads +and worshipped. + +29:31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated +yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank +offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in +sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart +burnt offerings. + +29:32 And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation +brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two +hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD. + +29:33 And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three +thousand sheep. + +29:34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all +the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help +them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had +sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to +sanctify themselves than the priests. + +29:35 And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of +the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. +So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order. + +29:36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared +the people: for the thing was done suddenly. + +30:1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also +to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the +LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel. + +30:2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the +congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month. + +30:3 For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had +not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people +gathered themselves together to Jerusalem. + +30:4 And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation. + +30:5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all +Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the +passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not +done it of a long time in such sort as it was written. + +30:6 So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes +throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of +the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God +of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of +you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria. + +30:7 And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which +trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave +them up to desolation, as ye see. + +30:8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield +yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath +sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness +of his wrath may turn away from you. + +30:9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your +children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so +that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is +gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye +return unto him. + +30:10 So the posts passed from city to city through the country of +Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to +scorn, and mocked them. + +30:11 Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled +themselves, and came to Jerusalem. + +30:12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do +the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the +LORD. + +30:13 And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast +of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation. + +30:14 And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, +and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the +brook Kidron. + +30:15 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the +second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and +sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the +house of the LORD. + +30:16 And they stood in their place after their manner, according to +the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, +which they received of the hand of the Levites. + +30:17 For there were many in the congregation that were not +sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the +passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the +LORD. + +30:18 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and +Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did +they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah +prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one 30:19 That +prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though +he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary. + +30:20 And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people. + +30:21 And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept +the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the +Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud +instruments unto the LORD. + +30:22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught +the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast +seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the +LORD God of their fathers. + +30:23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: +and they kept other seven days with gladness. + +30:24 For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a +thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to +the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a +great number of priests sanctified themselves. + +30:25 And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the +Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the +strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in +Judah, rejoiced. + +30:26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of +Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in +Jerusalem. + +30:27 Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and +their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling +place, even unto heaven. + +31:1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went +out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut +down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of +all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had +utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, +every man to his possession, into their own cities. + +31:2 And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites +after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests +and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, +and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the +LORD. + +31:3 He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the +burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, +and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and +for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD. + +31:4 Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give +the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be +encouraged in the law of the LORD. + +31:5 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of +Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, +and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all +things brought they in abundantly. + +31:6 And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in +the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, +and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD +their God, and laid them by heaps. + +31:7 In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, +and finished them in the seventh month. + +31:8 And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they +blessed the LORD, and his people Israel. + +31:9 Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites +concerning the heaps. + +31:10 And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, +and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house +of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the +LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great +store. + +31:11 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the +LORD; and they prepared them, 31:12 And brought in the offerings and +the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah +the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next. + +31:13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, +and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were +overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the +commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house +of God. + +31:14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the +east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the +oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things. + +31:15 And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, +Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set +office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as +to the small: 31:16 Beside their genealogy of males, from three years +old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of +the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges +according to their courses; 31:17 Both to the genealogy of the priests +by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old +and upward, in their charges by their courses; 31:18 And to the +genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and +their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office +they sanctified themselves in holiness: 31:19 Also of the sons of +Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their +cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to +give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were +reckoned by genealogies among the Levites. + +31:20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that +which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God. + +31:21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of +God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did +it with all his heart, and prospered. + +32:1 After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib +king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the +fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself. + +32:2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was +purposed to fight against Jerusalem, 32:3 He took counsel with his +princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which +were without the city: and they did help him. + +32:4 So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the +fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, +saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water? +32:5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was +broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and +repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in +abundance. + +32:6 And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them +together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake +comfortably to them, saying, 32:7 Be strong and courageous, be not +afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude +that is with him: for there be more with us than with him: 32:8 With +him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, +and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the +words of Hezekiah king of Judah. + +32:9 After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to +Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his +power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that +were at Jerusalem, saying, 32:10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of +Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem? +32:11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by +famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of +the hand of the king of Assyria? 32:12 Hath not the same Hezekiah +taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and +Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense +upon it? 32:13 Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all +the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands +any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand? 32:14 Who was +there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly +destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your +God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand? 32:15 Now +therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this +manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom +was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand +of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine +hand? 32:16 And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and +against his servant Hezekiah. + +32:17 He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to +speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands +have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God +of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand. + +32:18 Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the +people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to +trouble them; that they might take the city. + +32:19 And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods +of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man. + +32:20 And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the +son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven. + +32:21 And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of +valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of +Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when +he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own +bowels slew him there with the sword. + +32:22 Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem +from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of +all other, and guided them on every side. + +32:23 And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents +to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of +all nations from thenceforth. + +32:24 In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto +the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign. + +32:25 But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done +unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon +him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. + +32:26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his +heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of +the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah. + +32:27 And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made +himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, +and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant +jewels; 32:28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and +oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks. + +32:29 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and +herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much. + +32:30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, +and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. +And Hezekiah prospered in all his works. + +32:31 Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of +Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in +the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in +his heart. + +32:32 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, +they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, +and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. + +32:33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the +chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the +inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his +son reigned in his stead. + +33:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he +reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: 33:2 But did that which was +evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the +heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. + +33:3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had +broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and +worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. + +33:4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD +had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. + +33:5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts +of the house of the LORD. + +33:6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley +of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, +and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with +wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him +to anger. + +33:7 And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the +house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, +In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the +tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: 33:8 Neither will I any +more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have +appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that +I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and +the ordinances by the hand of Moses. + +33:9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, +and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before +the children of Israel. + +33:10 And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they +would not hearken. + +33:11 Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of +the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound +him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. + +33:12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and +humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, 33:13 And +prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his +supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. +Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God. + +33:14 Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the +west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish +gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, +and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah. + +33:15 And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house +of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the +house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city. + +33:16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon +peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the +LORD God of Israel. + +33:17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, +yet unto the LORD their God only. + +33:18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his +God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the +LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings +of Israel. + +33:19 His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his +sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, +and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, +they are written among the sayings of the seers. + +33:20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his +own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. + +33:21 Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and +reigned two years in Jerusalem. + +33:22 But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did +Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images +which Manasseh his father had made, and served them; 33:23 And humbled +not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled +himself; but Amon trespassed more and more. + +33:24 And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own +house. + +33:25 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired +against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king +in his stead. + +34:1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned +in Jerusalem one and thirty years. + +34:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and +walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the +right hand, nor to the left. + +34:3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he +began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth +year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and +the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. + +34:4 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the +images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and +the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made +dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had +sacrificed unto them. + +34:5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and +cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. + +34:6 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, +even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about. + +34:7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had +beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols +throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. + +34:8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the +land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah +the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to +repair the house of the LORD his God. + +34:9 And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the +money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that +kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and +of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they +returned to Jerusalem. + +34:10 And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the +oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen +that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house: +34:11 Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn +stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the +kings of Judah had destroyed. + +34:12 And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them +were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and +Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it +forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments +of musick. + +34:13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers +of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the +Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters. + +34:14 And when they brought out the money that was brought into the +house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the +LORD given by Moses. + +34:15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have +found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah +delivered the book to Shaphan. + +34:16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king +word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they +do it. + +34:17 And they have gathered together the money that was found in the +house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the +overseers, and to the hand of the workmen. + +34:18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the +priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. + +34:19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the +law, that he rent his clothes. + +34:20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, +and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a +servant of the king's, saying, 34:21 Go, enquire of the LORD for me, +and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the +words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD +that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word +of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book. + +34:22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to +Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son +of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the +college:) and they spake to her to that effect. + +34:23 And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell +ye the man that sent you to me, 34:24 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I +will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, +even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read +before the king of Judah: 34:25 Because they have forsaken me, and +have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to +anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be +poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched. + +34:26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the +LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel +concerning the words which thou hast heard; 34:27 Because thine heart +was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou +heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants +thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, +and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD. + +34:28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be +gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the +evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of +the same. So they brought the king word again. + +34:29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah +and Jerusalem. + +34:30 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men +of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the +Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their +ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the +house of the LORD. + +34:31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the +LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his +testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his +soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this +book. + +34:32 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to +stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the +covenant of God, the God of their fathers. + +34:33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the +countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that +were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And +all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of +their fathers. + +35:1 Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and +they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. + +35:2 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to +the service of the house of the LORD, 35:3 And said unto the Levites +that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy +ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did +build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the +LORD your God, and his people Israel, 35:4 And prepare yourselves by +the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the +writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of +Solomon his son. + +35:5 And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the +families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the +division of the families of the Levites. + +35:6 So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your +brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the +hand of Moses. + +35:7 And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all +for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number +of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the +king's substance. + +35:8 And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, +and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the +house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two +thousand and six hundred small cattle and three hundred oxen. + +35:9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and +Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the +Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five +hundred oxen. + +35:10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their +place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's +commandment. + +35:11 And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the +blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them. + +35:12 And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give +according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer +unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they +with the oxen. + +35:13 And they roasted the passover with fire according to the +ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in +caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people. + +35:14 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the +priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering +of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites +prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron. + +35:15 And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according +to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the +king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not +depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for +them. + +35:16 So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to +keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the +LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah. + +35:17 And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover +at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. + +35:18 And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the +days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep +such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and +all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of +Jerusalem. + +35:19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover +kept. + +35:20 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king +of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah +went out against him. + +35:21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with +thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but +against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make +haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he +destroy thee not. + +35:22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but +disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not +unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in +the valley of Megiddo. + +35:23 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his +servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded. + +35:24 His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him +in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, +and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. +And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. + +35:25 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and +the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, +and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in +the lamentations. + +35:26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according +to that which was written in the law of the LORD, 35:27 And his deeds, +first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of +Israel and Judah. + +36:1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and +made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. + +36:2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, +and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. + +36:3 And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned +the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. + +36:4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah +and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took +Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt. + +36:5 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, +and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was +evil in the sight of the LORD his God. + +36:6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him +in fetters, to carry him to Babylon. + +36:7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the +LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. + +36:8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which +he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in +the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son +reigned in his stead. + +36:9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he +reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which +was evil in the sight of the LORD. + +36:10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and +brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the +LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. + +36:11 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, +and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. + +36:12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, +and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the +mouth of the LORD. + +36:13 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made +him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart +from turning unto the LORD God of Israel. + +36:14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, +transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and +polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. + +36:15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his +messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion +on his people, and on his dwelling place: 36:16 But they mocked the +messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, +until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was +no remedy. + +36:17 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who +slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, +and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that +stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand. + +36:18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and +the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, +and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon. + +36:19 And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of +Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed +all the goodly vessels thereof. + +36:20 And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to +Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign +of the kingdom of Persia: 36:21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the +mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as +long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and +ten years. + +36:22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of +the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the +LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a +proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, +saying, 36:23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the +earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to +build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among +you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up. + + + + +Ezra + + +1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of +the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred +up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation +throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 1:2 +Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me +all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an +house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. + +1:3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and +let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of +the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem. + +1:4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the +men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, +and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God +that is in Jerusalem. + +1:5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and +the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had +raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem. + +1:6 And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with +vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with +precious things, beside all that was willingly offered. + +1:7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the +LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had +put them in the house of his gods; 1:8 Even those did Cyrus king of +Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and +numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. + +1:9 And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a +thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, 1:10 Thirty +basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, +and other vessels a thousand. + +1:11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four +hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity +that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem. + +2:1 Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the +captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar +the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto +Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; 2:2 Which came with +Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, +Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of +Israel: 2:3 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy +and two. + +2:4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. + +2:5 The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five. + +2:6 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, +two thousand eight hundred and twelve. + +2:7 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. + +2:8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five. + +2:9 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. + +2:10 The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two. + +2:11 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three. + +2:12 The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two. + +2:13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six. + +2:14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six. + +2:15 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four. + +2:16 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. + +2:17 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three. + +2:18 The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve. + +2:19 The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three. + +2:20 The children of Gibbar, ninety and five. + +2:21 The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three. + +2:22 The men of Netophah, fifty and six. + +2:23 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight. + +2:24 The children of Azmaveth, forty and two. + +2:25 The children of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven +hundred and forty and three. + +2:26 The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. + +2:27 The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two. + +2:28 The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three. + +2:29 The children of Nebo, fifty and two. + +2:30 The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six. + +2:31 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and +four. + +2:32 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. + +2:33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and +five. + +2:34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. + +2:35 The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and +thirty. + +2:36 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, +nine hundred seventy and three. + +2:37 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. + +2:38 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. + +2:39 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. + +2:40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children +of Hodaviah, seventy and four. + +2:41 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight. + +2:42 The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the +children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the +children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty +and nine. + +2:43 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the +children of Tabbaoth, 2:44 The children of Keros, the children of +Siaha, the children of Padon, 2:45 The children of Lebanah, the +children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub, 2:46 The children of +Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan, 2:47 The +children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah, +2:48 The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of +Gazzam, 2:49 The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the +children of Besai, 2:50 The children of Asnah, the children of +Mehunim, the children of Nephusim, 2:51 The children of Bakbuk, the +children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, 2:52 The children of +Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, 2:53 The +children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah, +2:54 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. + +2:55 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the +children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda, 2:56 The children of +Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 2:57 The +children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of +Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami. + +2:58 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were +three hundred ninety and two. + +2:59 And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, +Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's +house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: 2:60 The children +of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six +hundred fifty and two. + +2:61 And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the +children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the +daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name: +2:62 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by +genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, +put from the priesthood. + +2:63 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the +most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with +Thummim. + +2:64 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three +hundred and threescore, 2:65 Beside their servants and their maids, of +whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and +there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women. + +2:66 Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two +hundred forty and five; 2:67 Their camels, four hundred thirty and +five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. + +2:68 And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house +of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God +to set it up in his place: 2:69 They gave after their ability unto the +treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and +five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments. + +2:70 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the +singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, +and all Israel in their cities. + +3:1 And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel +were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man +to Jerusalem. + +3:2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the +priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and +builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings +thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God. + +3:3 And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them +because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt +offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and +evening. + +3:4 They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and +offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, +as the duty of every day required; 3:5 And afterward offered the +continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set +feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that +willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD. + +3:6 From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt +offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD +was not yet laid. + +3:7 They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and +meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to +bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the +grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia. + +3:8 Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at +Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, +and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the +priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the +captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years +old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD. + +3:9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his +sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the +house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren +the Levites. + +3:10 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the +LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the +Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the +ordinance of David king of Israel. + +3:11 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks +unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever +toward Israel. + +And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the +LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. + +3:12 But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who +were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation +of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and +many shouted aloud for joy: 3:13 So that the people could not discern +the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the +people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was +heard afar off. + +4:1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the +children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of +Israel; 4:2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the +fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your +God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of +Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither. + +4:3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the +fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to +build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto +the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath +commanded us. + +4:4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of +Judah, and troubled them in building, 4:5 And hired counsellors +against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king +of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. + +4:6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, +wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and +Jerusalem. + +4:7 And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, +and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and +the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and +interpreted in the Syrian tongue. + +4:8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter +against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: 4:9 Then wrote +Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their +companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the +Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the +Dehavites, and the Elamites, 4:10 And the rest of the nations whom the +great and noble Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities of +Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a +time. + +4:11 This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto +Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and +at such a time. + +4:12 Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee +to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad +city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations. + +4:13 Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and +the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and +custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings. + +4:14 Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it +was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we +sent and certified the king; 4:15 That search may be made in the book +of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the +records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful +unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the +same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed. + +4:16 We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the +walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this +side the river. + +4:17 Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to +Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in +Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a +time. + +4:18 The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before +me. + +4:19 And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that +this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that +rebellion and sedition have been made therein. + +4:20 There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have +ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and +custom, was paid unto them. + +4:21 Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that +this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given +from me. + +4:22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow +to the hurt of the kings? 4:23 Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' +letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their +companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made +them to cease by force and power. + +4:24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. +So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of +Persia. + +5:1 Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of +Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the +name of the God of Israel, even unto them. + +5:2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son +of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: +and with them were the prophets of God helping them. + +5:3 At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the +river, and Shetharboznai and their companions, and said thus unto +them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this +wall? 5:4 Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the +names of the men that make this building? 5:5 But the eye of their +God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to +cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer +by letter concerning this matter. + +5:6 The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the +river, and Shetharboznai and his companions the Apharsachites, which +were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king: 5:7 They sent +a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all +peace. + +5:8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of +Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great +stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, +and prospereth in their hands. + +5:9 Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded +you to build this house, and to make up these walls? 5:10 We asked +their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of +the men that were the chief of them. + +5:11 And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of +the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded +these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up. + +5:12 But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto +wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of +Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the +people away into Babylon. + +5:13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king +Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. + +5:14 And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, +which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and +brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take +out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose +name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor; 5:15 And said unto +him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in +Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place. + +5:16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the +house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now +hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished. + +5:17 Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search +made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether +it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house +of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us +concerning this matter. + +6:1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the +house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. + +6:2 And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the +province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written: +6:3 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a +decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be +builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the +foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore +cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; 6:4 With three rows +of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be +given out of the king's house: 6:5 And also let the golden and silver +vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of +the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be +restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, +every one to his place, and place them in the house of God. + +6:6 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, +and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be +ye far from thence: 6:7 Let the work of this house of God alone; let +the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house +of God in his place. + +6:8 Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these +Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, +even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto +these men, that they be not hindered. + +6:9 And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, +and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, +wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are +at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail: 6:10 That +they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and +pray for the life of the king, and of his sons. + +6:11 Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, +let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be +hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this. + +6:12 And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all +kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy +this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; +let it be done with speed. + +6:13 Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and +their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so +they did speedily. + +6:14 And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through +the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. +And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the +God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, +and Artaxerxes king of Persia. + +6:15 And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, +which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. + +6:16 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the +rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this +house of God with joy. + +6:17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred +bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering +for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes +of Israel. + +6:18 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in +their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is +written in the book of Moses. + +6:19 And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the +fourteenth day of the first month. + +6:20 For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of +them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the +captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. + +6:21 And the children of Israel, which were come again out of +captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the +filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, +did eat, 6:22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with +joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the +king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of +the house of God, the God of Israel. + +7:1 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, +Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 7:2 +The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, 7:3 The son +of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 7:4 The son of +Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, 7:5 The son of Abishua, +the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief +priest: 7:6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe +in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the +king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD +his God upon him. + +7:7 And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the +priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the +Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. + +7:8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the +seventh year of the king. + +7:9 For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from +Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, +according to the good hand of his God upon him. + +7:10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and +to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. + +7:11 Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave +unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the +commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel. + +7:12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the +law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time. + +7:13 I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of +his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own +freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee. + +7:14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven +counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to +the law of thy God which is in thine hand; 7:15 And to carry the +silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely +offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, 7:16 +And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province +of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the +priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in +Jerusalem: 7:17 That thou mayest buy speedily with this money +bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink +offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God +which is in Jerusalem. + +7:18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to +do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of +your God. + +7:19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house +of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem. + +7:20 And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, +which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's +treasure house. + +7:21 And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the +treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the +priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of +you, it be done speedily, 7:22 Unto an hundred talents of silver, and +to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and +to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much. + +7:23 Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be +diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should +there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? 7:24 Also +we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, +porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be +lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them. + +7:25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine +hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that +are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach +ye them that know them not. + +7:26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the +king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto +death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to +imprisonment. + +7:27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a +thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD +which is in Jerusalem: 7:28 And hath extended mercy unto me before the +king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. +And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and +I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me. + +8:1 These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the +genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of +Artaxerxes the king. + +8:2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: +of the sons of David; Hattush. + +8:3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and +with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty. + +8:4 Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with +him two hundred males. + +8:5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three +hundred males. + +8:6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him +fifty males. + +8:7 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with +him seventy males. + +8:8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and +with him fourscore males. + +8:9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two +hundred and eighteen males. + +8:10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him +an hundred and threescore males. + +8:11 And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with +him twenty and eight males. + +8:12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with +him an hundred and ten males. + +8:13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, +Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males. + +8:14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them +seventy males. + +8:15 And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; +and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and +the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi. + +8:16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for +Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for +Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for +Elnathan, men of understanding. + +8:17 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place +Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his +brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring +unto us ministers for the house of our God. + +8:18 And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of +understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of +Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen; 8:19 +And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his +brethren and their sons, twenty; 8:20 Also of the Nethinims, whom +David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, +two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name. + +8:21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we +might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for +us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. + +8:22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and +horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had +spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for +good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them +that forsake him. + +8:23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated +of us. + +8:24 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, +Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, 8:25 And weighed unto +them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of +the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his +lords, and all Israel there present, had offered: 8:26 I even weighed +unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver +vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents; 8:27 Also +twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine +copper, precious as gold. + +8:28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are +holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto +the LORD God of your fathers. + +8:29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of +the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at +Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD. + +8:30 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and +the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house +of our God. + +8:31 Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of +the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was +upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such +as lay in wait by the way. + +8:32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. + +8:33 Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels +weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of +Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and +with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of +Binnui, Levites; 8:34 By number and by weight of every one: and all +the weight was written at that time. + +8:35 Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were +come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of +Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy +and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a +burnt offering unto the LORD. + +8:36 And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's +lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they +furthered the people, and the house of God. + +9:1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, +The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not +separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to +their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the +Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, +and the Amorites. + +9:2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for +their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the +people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath +been chief in this trespass. + +9:3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and +plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down +astonied. + +9:4 Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words +of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had +been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice. + +9:5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and +having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread +out my hands unto the LORD my God, 9:6 And said, O my God, I am +ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our +iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up +unto the heavens. + +9:7 Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass +unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our +priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to +the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as +it is this day. + +9:8 And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD +our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his +holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little +reviving in our bondage. + +9:9 For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our +bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of +Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to +repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in +Jerusalem. + +9:10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have +forsaken thy commandments, 9:11 Which thou hast commanded by thy +servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess +it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, +with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another +with their uncleanness. + +9:12 Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither +take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their +wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, +and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever. + +9:13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for +our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less +than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as +this; 9:14 Should we again break thy commandments, and join in +affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be +angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no +remnant nor escaping? 9:15 O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: +for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before +thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of +this. + +10:1 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and +casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him +out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: +for the people wept very sore. + +10:2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, +answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and +have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is +hope in Israel concerning this thing. + +10:3 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all +the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of +my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and +let it be done according to the law. + +10:4 Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with +thee: be of good courage, and do it. + +10:5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all +Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they +sware. + +10:6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the +chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he +did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the +transgression of them that had been carried away. + +10:7 And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto +all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves +together unto Jerusalem; 10:8 And that whosoever would not come within +three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, +all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the +congregation of those that had been carried away. + +10:9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves +together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on +the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street +of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the +great rain. + +10:10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have +transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass +of Israel. + +10:11 Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, +and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the +land, and from the strange wives. + +10:12 Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, +As thou hast said, so must we do. + +10:13 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we +are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or +two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing. + +10:14 Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all +them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed +times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, +until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us. + +10:15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah +were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the +Levite helped them. + +10:16 And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, +with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, +and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the +first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. + +10:17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange +wives by the first day of the first month. + +10:18 And among the sons of the priests there were found that had +taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, +and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah. + +10:19 And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; +and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass. + +10:20 And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah. + +10:21 And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, +and Jehiel, and Uzziah. + +10:22 And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, +Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah. + +10:23 Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same +is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. + +10:24 Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and +Telem, and Uri. + +10:25 Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, +and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah. + +10:26 And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and +Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah. + +10:27 And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and +Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. + +10:28 Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and +Athlai. + +10:29 And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, +and Sheal, and Ramoth. + +10:30 And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, +Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh. + +10:31 And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, +Shimeon, 10:32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah. + +10:33 Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, +Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei. + +10:34 Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel, 10:35 Benaiah, +Bedeiah, Chelluh, 10:36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, 10:37 Mattaniah, +Mattenai, and Jaasau, 10:38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei, 10:39 And +Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah, 10:40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, +10:41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah, 10:42 Shallum, Amariah, and +Joseph. + +10:43 Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, +and Joel, Benaiah. + +10:44 All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by +whom they had children. + + + + +The Book of Nehemiah + + +1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass +in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the +palace, 1:2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men +of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which +were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. + +1:3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity +there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall +of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned +with fire. + +1:4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and +wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God +of heaven, 1:5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the +great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that +love him and observe his commandments: 1:6 Let thine ear now be +attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of +thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the +children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children +of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's +house have sinned. + +1:7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the +commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou +commandedst thy servant Moses. + +1:8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy +servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad +among the nations: 1:9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep my +commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the +uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and +will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name +there. + +1:10 Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast +redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. + +1:11 O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the +prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire +to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and +grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's +cupbearer. + +2:1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of +Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, +and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his +presence. + +2:2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, +seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. +Then I was very sore afraid, 2:3 And said unto the king, Let the king +live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, +the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates +thereof are consumed with fire? 2:4 Then the king said unto me, For +what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. + +2:5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy +servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me +unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build +it. + +2:6 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For +how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it +pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time. + +2:7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters +be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me +over till I come into Judah; 2:8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of +the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the +gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall +of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king +granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. + +2:9 Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the +king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and +horsemen with me. + +2:10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the +Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come +a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. + +2:11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. + +2:12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither +told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: +neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon. + +2:13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before +the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of +Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed +with fire. + +2:14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's +pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass. + +2:15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, +and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so +returned. + +2:16 And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither +had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the +nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. + +2:17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how +Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: +come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a +reproach. + +2:18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as +also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let +us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good +work. + +2:19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the +Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, +and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye +rebel against the king? 2:20 Then answered I them, and said unto +them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants +will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, +in Jerusalem. + +3:1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the +priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set +up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, +unto the tower of Hananeel. + +3:2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them +builded Zaccur the son of Imri. + +3:3 But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid +the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, +and the bars thereof. + +3:4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of +Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the +son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of +Baana. + +3:5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not +their necks to the work of their LORD. + +3:6 Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and +Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set +up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. + +3:7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the +Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the +governor on this side the river. + +3:8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the +goldsmiths. + +Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the +apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall. + +3:9 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of +the half part of Jerusalem. + +3:10 And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even +over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of +Hashabniah. + +3:11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab, +repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces. + +3:12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler +of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters. + +3:13 The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; +they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and +the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung +gate. + +3:14 But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler +of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, +the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. + +3:15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of +Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, +and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, +and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the +stairs that go down from the city of David. + +3:16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the +half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of +David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the +mighty. + +3:17 After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto +him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his +part. + +3:18 After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the +ruler of the half part of Keilah. + +3:19 And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of +Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the +turning of the wall. + +3:20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other +piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of +Eliashib the high priest. + +3:21 After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz +another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end +of the house of Eliashib. + +3:22 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain. + +3:23 After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. + +After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by +his house. + +3:24 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from +the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the +corner. + +3:25 Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and +the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by the +court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh. + +3:26 Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over +against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out. + +3:27 After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the +great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel. + +3:28 From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over +against his house. + +3:29 After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his +house. + +After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of +the east gate. + +3:30 After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the +sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the +son of Berechiah over against his chamber. + +3:31 After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of +the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, +and to the going up of the corner. + +3:32 And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate +repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants. + +4:1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the +wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. + +4:2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and +said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will +they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the +stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? 4:3 Now +Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they +build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. + +4:4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon +their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: 4:5 +And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out +from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the +builders. + +4:6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto +the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work. + +4:7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the +Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls +of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, +then they were very wroth, 4:8 And conspired all of them together to +come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. + +4:9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch +against them day and night, because of them. + +4:10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is +decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build +the wall. + +4:11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till +we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to +cease. + +4:12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, +they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return +unto us they will be upon you. + +4:13 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the +higher places, I even set the people after their families with their +swords, their spears, and their bows. + +4:14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the +rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: +remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for your +brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses. + +4:15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known +unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned +all of us to the wall, every one unto his work. + +4:16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my +servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the +spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers +were behind all the house of Judah. + +4:17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with +those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, +and with the other hand held a weapon. + +4:18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and +so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me. + +4:19 And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of +the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the +wall, one far from another. + +4:20 In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort +ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us. + +4:21 So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from +the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. + +4:22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one +with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be +a guard to us, and labour on the day. + +4:23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of +the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving +that every one put them off for washing. + +5:1 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against +their brethren the Jews. + +5:2 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are +many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. + +5:3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, +vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. + +5:4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's +tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. + +5:5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as +their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our +daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto +bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other +men have our lands and vineyards. + +5:6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. + +5:7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the +rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. +And I set a great assembly against them. + +5:8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our +brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even +sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they +their peace, and found nothing to answer. + +5:9 Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in +the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our +enemies? 5:10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might +exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury. + +5:11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their +vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part +of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of +them. + +5:12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of +them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and +took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise. + +5:13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from +his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even +thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, +Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this +promise. + +5:14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor +in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and +thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my +brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor. + +5:15 But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable +unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty +shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: +but so did not I, because of the fear of God. + +5:16 Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we +any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work. + +5:17 Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews +and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that +are about us. + +5:18 Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six +choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days +store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread +of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people. + +5:19 Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have +done for this people. + +6:1 Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the +Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the +wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time +I had not set up the doors upon the gates;) 6:2 That Sanballat and +Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of +the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. + +6:3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, +so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave +it, and come down to you? 6:4 Yet they sent unto me four times after +this sort; and I answered them after the same manner. + +6:5 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth +time with an open letter in his hand; 6:6 Wherein was written, It is +reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the +Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou +mayest be their king, according to these words. + +6:7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at +Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be +reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and +let us take counsel together. + +6:8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as +thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. + +6:9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened +from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen +my hands. + +6:10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah +the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet +together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the +doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the +night will they come to slay thee. + +6:11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, +being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not +go in. + +6:12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he +pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had +hired him. + +6:13 Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and +sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they +might reproach me. + +6:14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these +their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the +prophets, that would have put me in fear. + +6:15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month +Elul, in fifty and two days. + +6:16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and +all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much +cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was +wrought of our God. + +6:17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto +Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them. + +6:18 For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the +son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had +taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah. + +6:19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words +to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. + +7:1 Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the +doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed, +7:2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the +palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared +God above many. + +7:3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened +until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the +doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of +Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against +his house. + +7:4 Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, +and the houses were not builded. + +7:5 And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and +the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. +And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the +first, and found written therein, 7:6 These are the children of the +province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been +carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried +away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his +city; 7:7 Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, +Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, +Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was +this; 7:8 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and +two. + +7:9 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. + +7:10 The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two. + +7:11 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, +two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen. + +7:12 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. + +7:13 The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five. + +7:14 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. + +7:15 The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight. + +7:16 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight. + +7:17 The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two. + +7:18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven. + +7:19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven. + +7:20 The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five. + +7:21 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. + +7:22 The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight. + +7:23 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four. + +7:24 The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve. + +7:25 The children of Gibeon, ninety and five. + +7:26 The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and +eight. + +7:27 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight. + +7:28 The men of Bethazmaveth, forty and two. + +7:29 The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred +forty and three. + +7:30 The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. + +7:31 The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two. + +7:32 The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three. + +7:33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two. + +7:34 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and +four. + +7:35 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. + +7:36 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. + +7:37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and +one. + +7:38 The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty. + +7:39 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, +nine hundred seventy and three. + +7:40 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. + +7:41 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. + +7:42 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. + +7:43 The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the +children of Hodevah, seventy and four. + +7:44 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight. + +7:45 The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the +children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the +children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight. + +7:46 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, +the children of Tabbaoth, 7:47 The children of Keros, the children of +Sia, the children of Padon, 7:48 The children of Lebana, the children +of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai, 7:49 The children of Hanan, the +children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, 7:50 The children of +Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, 7:51 The +children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah, +7:52 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of +Nephishesim, 7:53 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the +children of Harhur, 7:54 The children of Bazlith, the children of +Mehida, the children of Harsha, 7:55 The children of Barkos, the +children of Sisera, the children of Tamah, 7:56 The children of +Neziah, the children of Hatipha. + +7:57 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the +children of Sophereth, the children of Perida, 7:58 The children of +Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 7:59 The +children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of +Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon. + +7:60 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were +three hundred ninety and two. + +7:61 And these were they which went up also from Telmelah, Telharesha, +Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's +house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel. + +7:62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of +Nekoda, six hundred forty and two. + +7:63 And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, +the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of +Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name. + +7:64 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by +genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put +from the priesthood. + +7:65 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the +most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim. + +7:66 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three +hundred and threescore, 7:67 Beside their manservants and their +maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty +and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and +singing women. + +7:68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two +hundred forty and five: 7:69 Their camels, four hundred thirty and +five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses. + +7:70 And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The +Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, +five hundred and thirty priests' garments. + +7:71 And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the +work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred +pound of silver. + +7:72 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand +drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and +seven priests' garments. + +7:73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the +singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, +dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children +of Israel were in their cities. + +8:1 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into +the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra +the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had +commanded to Israel. + +8:2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both +of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the +first day of the seventh month. + +8:3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water +gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and +those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were +attentive unto the book of the law. + +8:4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had +made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and +Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and +on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and +Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam. + +8:5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he +was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood +up: 8:6 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people +answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed +their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground. + +8:7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, +Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the +Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood +in their place. + +8:8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave +the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. + +8:9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the +scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the +people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. +For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. + +8:10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the +sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for +this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of +the LORD is your strength. + +8:11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, +for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved. + +8:12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to +send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood +the words that were declared unto them. + +8:13 And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the +fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the +scribe, even to understand the words of the law. + +8:14 And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by +Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast +of the seventh month: 8:15 And that they should publish and proclaim +in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the +mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle +branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make +booths, as it is written. + +8:16 So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves +booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and +in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water +gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim. + +8:17 And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the +captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of +Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel +done so. And there was very great gladness. + +8:18 Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in +the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on +the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner. + +9:1 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of +Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth +upon them. + +9:2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, +and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their +fathers. + +9:3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law +of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth +part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God. + +9:4 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, +Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried +with a loud voice unto the LORD their God. + +9:5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, +Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless +the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, +which is exalted above all blessing and praise. + +9:6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven +of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are +therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them +all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. + +9:7 Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest +him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of +Abraham; 9:8 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a +covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, +the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the +Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy +words; for thou art righteous: 9:9 And didst see the affliction of our +fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea; 9:10 And +shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and +on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt +proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this +day. + +9:11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went +through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors +thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters. + +9:12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in +the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein +they should go. + +9:13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them +from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good +statutes and commandments: 9:14 And madest known unto them thy holy +sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the +hand of Moses thy servant: 9:15 And gavest them bread from heaven for +their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for +their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess +the land which thou hadst sworn to give them. + +9:16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, +and hearkened not to thy commandments, 9:17 And refused to obey, +neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but +hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to +return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious +and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest +them not. + +9:18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy +God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great +provocations; 9:19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them +not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them +by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, +to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go. + +9:20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and +withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for +their thirst. + +9:21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so +that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet +swelled not. + +9:22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide +them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land +of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. + +9:23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and +broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to +their fathers, that they should go in to possess it. + +9:24 So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou +subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and +gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the +land, that they might do with them as they would. + +9:25 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses +full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit +trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, +and delighted themselves in thy great goodness. + +9:26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, +and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which +testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great +provocations. + +9:27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, +who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto +thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold +mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of +their enemies. + +9:28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: +therefore leftest thou them in the land of their enemies, so that they +had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto +thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou +deliver them according to thy mercies; 9:29 And testifiedst against +them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt +proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against +thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and +withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. + +9:30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against +them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: +therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands. + +9:31 Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly +consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful +God. + +9:32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible +God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem +little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our +princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, +and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto +this day. + +9:33 Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou +hast done right, but we have done wickedly: 9:34 Neither have our +kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor +hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou +didst testify against them. + +9:35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great +goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which +thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works. + +9:36 Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou +gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, +behold, we are servants in it: 9:37 And it yieldeth much increase unto +the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they +have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, +and we are in great distress. + +9:38 And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; +and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it. + +10:1 Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of +Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, 10:2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 10:3 Pashur, +Amariah, Malchijah, 10:4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 10:5 Harim, +Meremoth, Obadiah, 10:6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 10:7 Meshullam, +Abijah, Mijamin, 10:8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the +priests. + +10:9 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the +sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; 10:10 And their brethren, Shebaniah, +Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 10:11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, 10:12 +Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 10:13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu. + +10:14 The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani, +10:15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 10:16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 10:17 Ater, +Hizkijah, Azzur, 10:18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, 10:19 Hariph, Anathoth, +Nebai, 10:20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, 10:21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, +Jaddua, 10:22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 10:23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub, +10:24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, 10:25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, +10:26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, 10:27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah. + +10:28 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the +porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated +themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their +wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, +and having understanding; 10:29 They clave to their brethren, their +nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's +law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and +do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and +his statutes; 10:30 And that we would not give our daughters unto the +people of the land, not take their daughters for our sons: 10:31 And +if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath +day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on +the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the +exaction of every debt. + +10:32 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with +the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God; +10:33 For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for +the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for +the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to +make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our +God. + +10:34 And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the +people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, +after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to +burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law: +10:35 And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits +of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD: +10:36 Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is +written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, +to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in +the house of our God: 10:37 And that we should bring the firstfruits +of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, +of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of +our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same +Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. + +10:38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when +the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of +the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the +treasure house. + +10:39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring +the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the +chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that +minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake +the house of our God. + +11:1 And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the +people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the +holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities. + +11:2 And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered +themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. + +11:3 Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: +but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their +cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the +Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants. + +11:4 And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of +the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of +Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of +Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez; 11:5 And +Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son of Hazaiah, +the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son +of Shiloni. + +11:6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred +threescore and eight valiant men. + +11:7 And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, +the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of +Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah. + +11:8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight. + +11:9 And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son +of Senuah was second over the city. + +11:10 Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin. + +11:11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of +Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the +house of God. + +11:12 And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight +hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of +Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, +the son of Malchiah. + +11:13 And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and +two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of +Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, 11:14 And their brethren, mighty men +of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was +Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men. + +11:15 Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of +Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; 11:16 And Shabbethai +and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the +outward business of the house of God. + +11:17 And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of +Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and +Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, +the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. + +11:18 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and +four. + +11:19 Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that +kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two. + +11:20 And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were +in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance. + +11:21 But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over +the Nethinims. + +11:22 The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son +of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. +Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house +of God. + +11:23 For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a +certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day. + +11:24 And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah +the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the +people. + +11:25 And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of +Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, +and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages +thereof, 11:26 And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Bethphelet, 11:27 +And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and in the villages thereof, +11:28 And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof, +11:29 And at Enrimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth, 11:30 Zanoah, +Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at +Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beersheba +unto the valley of Hinnom. + +11:31 The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and +Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages. + +11:32 And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 11:33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, +11:34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, 11:35 Lod, and Ono, the valley of +craftsmen. + +11:36 And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin. + +12:1 Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with +Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, +12:2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, 12:3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 12:4 +Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, 12:5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, 12:6 Shemaiah, +and Joiarib, Jedaiah, 12:7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were +the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua. + +12:8 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, +and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren. + +12:9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them +in the watches. + +12:10 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and +Eliashib begat Joiada, 12:11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan +begat Jaddua. + +12:12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the +fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; 12:13 Of Ezra, +Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; 12:14 Of Melicu, Jonathan; of +Shebaniah, Joseph; 12:15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; 12:16 Of +Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; 12:17 Of Abijah, Zichri; of +Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai: 12:18 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, +Jehonathan; 12:19 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; 12:20 Of +Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; 12:21 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of +Jedaiah, Nethaneel. + +12:22 The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and +Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the +reign of Darius the Persian. + +12:23 The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the +book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of +Eliashib. + +12:24 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua +the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise +and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of +God, ward over against ward. + +12:25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, +were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates. + +12:26 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of +Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the +priest, the scribe. + +12:27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the +Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep +the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with +singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. + +12:28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both +out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages +of Netophathi; 12:29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the +fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages +round about Jerusalem. + +12:30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and +purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. + +12:31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and +appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one +went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate: 12:32 And +after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, 12:33 And +Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, 12:34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, +and Jeremiah, 12:35 And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets; +namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of +Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph: +12:36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, +Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David +the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them. + +12:37 And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went +up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, +above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward. + +12:38 And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against +them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from +beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall; 12:39 And +from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the +fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto +the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate. + +12:40 So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house +of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me: 12:41 And the +priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, +and Hananiah, with trumpets; 12:42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and +Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. +And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. + +12:43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for +God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the +children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar +off. + +12:44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the +treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, +to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of +the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the +priests and for the Levites that waited. + +12:45 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, +and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of +David, and of Solomon his son. + +12:46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of +the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. + +12:47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of +Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day +his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the +Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron. + +13:1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the +people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the +Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; 13:2 +Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, +but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our +God turned the curse into a blessing. + +13:3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they +separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. + +13:4 And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the +chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah: 13:5 And he +had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the +meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of +the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given +to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of +the priests. + +13:6 But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and +thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and +after certain days obtained I leave of the king: 13:7 And I came to +Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in +preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. + +13:8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household +stuff to Tobiah out of the chamber. + +13:9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither +brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat +offering and the frankincense. + +13:10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been +given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were +fled every one to his field. + +13:11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of +God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their +place. + +13:12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine +and the oil unto the treasuries. + +13:13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, +and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them +was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were +counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their +brethren. + +13:14 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good +deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices +thereof. + +13:15 In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the +sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, +grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into +Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day +wherein they sold victuals. + +13:16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and +all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of +Judah, and in Jerusalem. + +13:17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, +What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day? +13:18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this +evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel +by profaning the sabbath. + +13:19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to +be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, +and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and +some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be +brought in on the sabbath day. + +13:20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without +Jerusalem once or twice. + +13:21 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye +about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that +time forth came they no more on the sabbath. + +13:22 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, +and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath +day. + +Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to +the greatness of thy mercy. + +13:23 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, +of Ammon, and of Moab: 13:24 And their children spake half in the +speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but +according to the language of each people. + +13:25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of +them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, +Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their +daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. + +13:26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among +many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, +and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did +outlandish women cause to sin. + +13:27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to +transgress against our God in marrying strange wives? 13:28 And one +of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in +law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me. + +13:29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the +priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites. + +13:30 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards +of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business; 13:31 And +for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. +Remember me, O my God, for good. + + + + +The Book of Esther + + +1:1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus +which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and +seven and twenty provinces:) 1:2 That in those days, when the king +Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the +palace, 1:3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all +his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the +nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him: 1:4 When he +shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his +excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days. + +1:5 And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all +the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great +and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's +palace; 1:6 Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with +cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: +the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, +and white, and black, marble. + +1:7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being +diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to +the state of the king. + +1:8 And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so +the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they +should do according to every man's pleasure. + +1:9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal +house which belonged to king Ahasuerus. + +1:10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with +wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, +Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence +of Ahasuerus the king, 1:11 To bring Vashti the queen before the king +with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: +for she was fair to look on. + +1:12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by +his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger +burned in him. + +1:13 Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so +was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment: 1:14 And +the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, +Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw +the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;) 1:15 What +shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath +not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the +chamberlains? 1:16 And Memucan answered before the king and the +princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but +also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the +provinces of the king Ahasuerus. + +1:17 For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so +that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be +reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought +in before him, but she came not. + +1:18 Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto +all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. +Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath. + +1:19 If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, +and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, +that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king +Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is +better than she. + +1:20 And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published +throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give +to their husbands honour, both to great and small. + +1:21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did +according to the word of Memucan: 1:22 For he sent letters into all +the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing +thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man +should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published +according to the language of every people. + +2:1 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, +he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed +against her. + +2:2 Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there +be fair young virgins sought for the king: 2:3 And let the king +appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may +gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to +the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's +chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for +purification be given them: 2:4 And let the maiden which pleaseth the +king be queen instead of Vashti. + +And the thing pleased the king; and he did so. + +2:5 Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was +Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a +Benjamite; 2:6 Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the +captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, +whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away. + +2:7 And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: +for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and +beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took +for his own daughter. + +2:8 So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was +heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the +palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the +king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. + +2:9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and +he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as +belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, +out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the +best place of the house of the women. + +2:10 Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai +had charged her that she should not shew it. + +2:11 And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's +house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her. + +2:12 Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, +after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the +women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to +wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, +and with other things for the purifying of the women;) 2:13 Then thus +came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her +to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house. + +2:14 In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the +second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's +chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no +more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by +name. + +2:15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of +Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto +the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, +the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the +sight of all them that looked upon her. + +2:16 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in +the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his +reign. + +2:17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained +grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he +set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of +Vashti. + +2:18 Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his +servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, +and gave gifts, according to the state of the king. + +2:19 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then +Mordecai sat in the king's gate. + +2:20 Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai +had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as +when she was brought up with him. + +2:21 In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the +king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, +were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus. + +2:22 And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the +queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name. + +2:23 And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; +therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the +book of the chronicles before the king. + +3:1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of +Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all +the princes that were with him. + +3:2 And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, +and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. +But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence. + +3:3 Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto +Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment? 3:4 Now it +came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not +unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters +would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew. + +3:5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, +then was Haman full of wrath. + +3:6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had +shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy +all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even +the people of Mordecai. + +3:7 In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year +of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from +day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, +the month Adar. + +3:8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people +scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces +of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither +keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit +to suffer them. + +3:9 If it please the king, let it be written that they may be +destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands +of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the +king's treasuries. + +3:10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman +the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. + +3:11 And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the +people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee. + +3:12 Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the +first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had +commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were +over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every +province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after +their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and +sealed with the king's ring. + +3:13 And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, +to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and +old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth +day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the +spoil of them for a prey. + +3:14 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every +province was published unto all people, that they should be ready +against that day. + +3:15 The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and +the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat +down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed. + +4:1 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his +clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst +of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; 4:2 And came even +before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate +clothed with sackcloth. + +4:3 And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and +his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, +and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes. + +4:4 So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then +was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe +Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it +not. + +4:5 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, +whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment +to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was. + +4:6 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, +which was before the king's gate. + +4:7 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of +the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's +treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them. + +4:8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was +given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to +declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the +king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him +for her people. + +4:9 And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai. + +4:10 Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto +Mordecai; 4:11 All the king's servants, and the people of the king's +provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or women, shall come +unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one +law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall +hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been +called to come in unto the king these thirty days. + +4:12 And they told to Mordecai Esther's words. + +4:13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself +that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. + +4:14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall +there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another +place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who +knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this? +4:15 Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, 4:16 Go, +gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye +for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and +my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, +which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish. + +4:17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther +had commanded him. + +5:1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal +apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over +against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in +the royal house, over against the gate of the house. + +5:2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the +court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to +Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, +and touched the top of the sceptre. + +5:3 Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and +what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the +kingdom. + +5:4 And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king +and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him. + +5:5 Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as +Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that +Esther had prepared. + +5:6 And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy +petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even +to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. + +5:7 Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is; 5:8 +If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the +king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and +Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do +to morrow as the king hath said. + +5:9 Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but +when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor +moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai. + +5:10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he +sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife. + +5:11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude +of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, +and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the +king. + +5:12 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in +with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and +to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king. + +5:13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the +Jew sitting at the king's gate. + +5:14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a +gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto +the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily +with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he +caused the gallows to be made. + +6:1 On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring +the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the +king. + +6:2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and +Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who +sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. + +6:3 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to +Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto +him, There is nothing done for him. + +6:4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into +the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang +Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. + +6:5 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in +the court. And the king said, Let him come in. + +6:6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done +unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in +his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to +myself? 6:7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king +delighteth to honour, 6:8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the +king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the +crown royal which is set upon his head: 6:9 And let this apparel and +horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble +princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth +to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, +and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the +king delighteth to honour. + +6:10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and +the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that +sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast +spoken. + +6:11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, +and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and +proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the +king delighteth to honour. + +6:12 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to +his house mourning, and having his head covered. + +6:13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing +that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto +him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast +begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely +fall before him. + +6:14 And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's +chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther +had prepared. + +7:1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. + +7:2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the +banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be +granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even +to the half of the kingdom. + +7:3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in +thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me +at my petition, and my people at my request: 7:4 For we are sold, I +and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we +had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, +although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage. + +7:5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, +Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so? +7:6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. +Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. + +7:7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went +into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his +life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined +against him by the king. + +7:8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of +the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther +was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the +house? As the word went out of king's mouth, they covered Haman's +face. + +7:9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, +Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for +Mordecai, who spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of +Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. + +7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for +Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified. + +8:1 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the +Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; +for Esther had told what he was unto her. + +8:2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and +gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of +Haman. + +8:3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his +feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman +the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews. + +8:4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther +arose, and stood before the king, 8:5 And said, If it please the king, +and if I have favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the +king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the +letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he +wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces: 8:6 +For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? +or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred? 8:7 Then +the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, +Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have +hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews. + +8:8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, +and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in +the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse. + +8:9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third +month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day +thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded +unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of +the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty +and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing +thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews +according to their writing, and according to their language. + +8:10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the +king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on +mules, camels, and young dromedaries: 8:11 Wherein the king granted +the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and +to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay and to cause to perish, +all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both +little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey, 8:12 +Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the +thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. + +8:13 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every +province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be +ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. + +8:14 So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being +hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was +given at Shushan the palace. + +8:15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal +apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a +garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and +was glad. + +8:16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour. + +8:17 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the +king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, +a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became +Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them. + +9:1 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the +thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree +drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the +Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the +contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;) 9:2 The +Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the +provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their +hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon +all people. + +9:3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the +deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear +of Mordecai fell upon them. + +9:4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out +throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and +greater. + +9:5 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the +sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto +those that hated them. + +9:6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred +men. + +9:7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, 9:8 And Poratha, and +Adalia, and Aridatha, 9:9 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and +Vajezatha, 9:10 The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy +of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand. + +9:11 On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the +palace was brought before the king. + +9:12 And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and +destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of +Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now +what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy +request further? and it shall be done. + +9:13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the +Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this +day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows. + +9:14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given +at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons. + +9:15 For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on +the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men +at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand. + +9:16 But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered +themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from +their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but +they laid not their hands on the prey, 9:17 On the thirteenth day of +the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and +made it a day of feasting and gladness. + +9:18 But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the +thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the +fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting +and gladness. + +9:19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled +towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and +feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another. + +9:20 And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the +Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh +and far, 9:21 To stablish this among them, that they should keep the +fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, +yearly, 9:22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, +and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from +mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting +and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the +poor. + +9:23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai +had written unto them; 9:24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the +Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to +destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and +to destroy them; 9:25 But when Esther came before the king, he +commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against +the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons +should be hanged on the gallows. + +9:26 Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. + +Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had +seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them, 9:27 The +Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all +such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that +they would keep these two days according to their writing, and +according to their appointed time every year; 9:28 And that these days +should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every +family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim +should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish +from their seed. + +9:29 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the +Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim. + +9:30 And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty +and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace +and truth, 9:31 To confirm these days of Purim in their times +appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had +enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their +seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry. + +9:32 And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it +was written in the book. + +10:1 And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the +isles of the sea. + +10:2 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the +declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced +him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings +of Media and Persia? 10:3 For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king +Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of +his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to +all his seed. + + + + +The Book of Job + + +1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that +man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. + +1:2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. + +1:3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand +camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and +a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the +men of the east. + +1:4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; +and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with +them. + +1:5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, +that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, +and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for +Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their +hearts. Thus did Job continually. + +1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present +themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. + +1:7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan +answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and +from walking up and down in it. + +1:8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, +that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright +man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? 1:9 Then Satan +answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? 1:10 Hast +not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all +that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, +and his substance is increased in the land. + +1:11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he +will curse thee to thy face. + +1:12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy +power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth +from the presence of the LORD. + +1:13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating +and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: 1:14 And there came +a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses +feeding beside them: 1:15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took +them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the +sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. + +1:16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The +fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and +the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell +thee. + +1:17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The +Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have +carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the +sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. + +1:18 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy +sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest +brother's house: 1:19 And, behold, there came a great wind from the +wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon +the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell +thee. + +1:20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and +fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 1:21 And said, Naked came I +out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD +gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. + +1:22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. + +2:1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present +themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present +himself before the LORD. + +2:2 And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan +answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and +from walking up and down in it. + +2:3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, +that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright +man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth +fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy +him without cause. + +2:4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all +that a man hath will he give for his life. + +2:5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, +and he will curse thee to thy face. + +2:6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but +save his life. + +2:7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job +with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. + +2:8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat +down among the ashes. + +2:9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine +integrity? curse God, and die. + +2:10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women +speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we +not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. + +2:11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come +upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the +Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they +had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to +comfort him. + +2:12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, +they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his +mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. + +2:13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven +nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief +was very great. + +3:1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. + +3:2 And Job spake, and said, 3:3 Let the day perish wherein I was +born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child +conceived. + +3:4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, +neither let the light shine upon it. + +3:5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell +upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. + +3:6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be +joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of +the months. + +3:7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. + +3:8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up +their mourning. + +3:9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for +light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: 3:10 +Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow +from mine eyes. + +3:11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost +when I came out of the belly? 3:12 Why did the knees prevent me? or +why the breasts that I should suck? 3:13 For now should I have lain +still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest, +3:14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate +places for themselves; 3:15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled +their houses with silver: 3:16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had +not been; as infants which never saw light. + +3:17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at +rest. + +3:18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the +oppressor. + +3:19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his +master. + +3:20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto +the bitter in soul; 3:21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and +dig for it more than for hid treasures; 3:22 Which rejoice +exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? 3:23 Why is +light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? +3:24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured +out like the waters. + +3:25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that +which I was afraid of is come unto me. + +3:26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet +trouble came. + +4:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 4:2 If we assay to +commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself +from speaking? 4:3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast +strengthened the weak hands. + +4:4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast +strengthened the feeble knees. + +4:5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, +and thou art troubled. + +4:6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the +uprightness of thy ways? 4:7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever +perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? 4:8 +Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap +the same. + +4:9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils +are they consumed. + +4:10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and +the teeth of the young lions, are broken. + +4:11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's +whelps are scattered abroad. + +4:12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a +little thereof. + +4:13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep +falleth on men, 4:14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all +my bones to shake. + +4:15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood +up: 4:16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an +image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, +saying, 4:17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be +more pure than his maker? 4:18 Behold, he put no trust in his +servants; and his angels he charged with folly: 4:19 How much less in +them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, +which are crushed before the moth? 4:20 They are destroyed from +morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it. + +4:21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, +even without wisdom. + +5:1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of +the saints wilt thou turn? 5:2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and +envy slayeth the silly one. + +5:3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his +habitation. + +5:4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the +gate, neither is there any to deliver them. + +5:5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the +thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. + +5:6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth +trouble spring out of the ground; 5:7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as +the sparks fly upward. + +5:8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: 5:9 +Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without +number: 5:10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon +the fields: 5:11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which +mourn may be exalted to safety. + +5:12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands +cannot perform their enterprise. + +5:13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of +the froward is carried headlong. + +5:14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday +as in the night. + +5:15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from +the hand of the mighty. + +5:16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. + +5:17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise +not thou the chastening of the Almighty: 5:18 For he maketh sore, and +bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. + +5:19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall +no evil touch thee. + +5:20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the +power of the sword. + +5:21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt +thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. + +5:22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be +afraid of the beasts of the earth. + +5:23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the +beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. + +5:24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and +thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. + +5:25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine +offspring as the grass of the earth. + +5:26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of +corn cometh in in his season. + +5:27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it +for thy good. + +6:1 But Job answered and said, 6:2 Oh that my grief were throughly +weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! 6:3 For now +it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are +swallowed up. + +6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof +drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array +against me. + +6:5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over +his fodder? 6:6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or +is there any taste in the white of an egg? 6:7 The things that my +soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat. + +6:8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the +thing that I long for! 6:9 Even that it would please God to destroy +me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! 6:10 Then +should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let +him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. + +6:11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, +that I should prolong my life? 6:12 Is my strength the strength of +stones? or is my flesh of brass? 6:13 Is not my help in me? and is +wisdom driven quite from me? 6:14 To him that is afflicted pity +should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the +Almighty. + +6:15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream +of brooks they pass away; 6:16 Which are blackish by reason of the +ice, and wherein the snow is hid: 6:17 What time they wax warm, they +vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. + +6:18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and +perish. + +6:19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for +them. + +6:20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, +and were ashamed. + +6:21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid. + +6:22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your +substance? 6:23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me +from the hand of the mighty? 6:24 Teach me, and I will hold my +tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. + +6:25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? +6:26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is +desperate, which are as wind? 6:27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, +and ye dig a pit for your friend. + +6:28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto +you if I lie. + +6:29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my +righteousness is in it. + +6:30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse +things? 7:1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not +his days also like the days of an hireling? 7:2 As a servant +earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the +reward of his work: 7:3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and +wearisome nights are appointed to me. + +7:4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? +and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. + +7:5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is +broken, and become loathsome. + +7:6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without +hope. + +7:7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. + +7:8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes +are upon me, and I am not. + +7:9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down +to the grave shall come up no more. + +7:10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place +know him any more. + +7:11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the +anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. + +7:12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? 7:13 +When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my +complaints; 7:14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me +through visions: 7:15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death +rather than my life. + +7:16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days +are vanity. + +7:17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou +shouldest set thine heart upon him? 7:18 And that thou shouldest +visit him every morning, and try him every moment? 7:19 How long wilt +thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my +spittle? 7:20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou +preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so +that I am a burden to myself? 7:21 And why dost thou not pardon my +transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the +dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be. + +8:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 8:2 How long wilt thou +speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like +a strong wind? 8:3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty +pervert justice? 8:4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he +have cast them away for their transgression; 8:5 If thou wouldest seek +unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; 8:6 If +thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and +make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. + +8:7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly +increase. + +8:8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself +to the search of their fathers: 8:9 (For we are but of yesterday, and +know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) 8:10 Shall +not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their +heart? 8:11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow +without water? 8:12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut +down, it withereth before any other herb. + +8:13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope +shall perish: 8:14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall +be a spider's web. + +8:15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall +hold it fast, but it shall not endure. + +8:16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his +garden. + +8:17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of +stones. + +8:18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, +I have not seen thee. + +8:19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall +others grow. + +8:20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he +help the evil doers: 8:21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and +thy lips with rejoicing. + +8:22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling +place of the wicked shall come to nought. + +9:1 Then Job answered and said, 9:2 I know it is so of a truth: but +how should man be just with God? 9:3 If he will contend with him, he +cannot answer him one of a thousand. + +9:4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened +himself against him, and hath prospered? 9:5 Which removeth the +mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. + +9:6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof +tremble. + +9:7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the +stars. + +9:8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves +of the sea. + +9:9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of +the south. + +9:10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders +without number. + +9:11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I +perceive him not. + +9:12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto +him, What doest thou? 9:13 If God will not withdraw his anger, the +proud helpers do stoop under him. + +9:14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to +reason with him? 9:15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not +answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. + +9:16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe +that he had hearkened unto my voice. + +9:17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds +without cause. + +9:18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with +bitterness. + +9:19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who +shall set me a time to plead? 9:20 If I justify myself, mine own +mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me +perverse. + +9:21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would +despise my life. + +9:22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect +and the wicked. + +9:23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the +innocent. + +9:24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the +faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he? 9:25 Now +my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. + +9:26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that +hasteth to the prey. + +9:27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my +heaviness, and comfort myself: 9:28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I +know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. + +9:29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? 9:30 If I wash myself +with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; 9:31 Yet shalt thou +plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. + +9:32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we +should come together in judgment. + +9:33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand +upon us both. + +9:34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify +me: 9:35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with +me. + +10:1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon +myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. + +10:2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou +contendest with me. + +10:3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou +shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel +of the wicked? 10:4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man +seeth? 10:5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's +days, 10:6 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest +after my sin? 10:7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is +none that can deliver out of thine hand. + +10:8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; +yet thou dost destroy me. + +10:9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and +wilt thou bring me into dust again? 10:10 Hast thou not poured me out +as milk, and curdled me like cheese? 10:11 Thou hast clothed me with +skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. + +10:12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath +preserved my spirit. + +10:13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this +is with thee. + +10:14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from +mine iniquity. + +10:15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I +not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine +affliction; 10:16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: +and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. + +10:17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine +indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. + +10:18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh +that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! 10:19 I should +have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from +the womb to the grave. + +10:20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may +take comfort a little, 10:21 Before I go whence I shall not return, +even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; 10:22 A land of +darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any +order, and where the light is as darkness. + +11:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 11:2 Should not +the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be +justified? 11:3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when +thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? 11:4 For thou hast +said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. + +11:5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; 11:6 +And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are +double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less +than thine iniquity deserveth. + +11:7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the +Almighty unto perfection? 11:8 It is as high as heaven; what canst +thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? 11:9 The measure +thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. + +11:10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can +hinder him? 11:11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; +will he not then consider it? 11:12 For vain men would be wise, +though man be born like a wild ass's colt. + +11:13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward +him; 11:14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not +wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. + +11:15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou +shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: 11:16 Because thou shalt forget +thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away: 11:17 And thine +age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou +shalt be as the morning. + +11:18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt +dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety. + +11:19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, +many shall make suit unto thee. + +11:20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not +escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost. + +12:1 And Job answered and said, 12:2 No doubt but ye are the people, +and wisdom shall die with you. + +12:3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to +you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? 12:4 I am as one +mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: +the just upright man is laughed to scorn. + +12:5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in +the thought of him that is at ease. + +12:6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are +secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. + +12:7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls +of the air, and they shall tell thee: 12:8 Or speak to the earth, and +it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto +thee. + +12:9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath +wrought this? 12:10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, +and the breath of all mankind. + +12:11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat? 12:12 +With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. + +12:13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and +understanding. + +12:14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he +shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. + +12:15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he +sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. + +12:16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver +are his. + +12:17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges +fools. + +12:18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a +girdle. + +12:19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty. + +12:20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the +understanding of the aged. + +12:21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of +the mighty. + +12:22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to +light the shadow of death. + +12:23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the +nations, and straiteneth them again. + +12:24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the +earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no +way. + +12:25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to +stagger like a drunken man. + +13:1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and +understood it. + +13:2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto +you. + +13:3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with +God. + +13:4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. + +13:5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your +wisdom. + +13:6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. + +13:7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him? +13:8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God? 13:9 Is it +good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do +ye so mock him? 13:10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly +accept persons. + +13:11 Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall +upon you? 13:12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to +bodies of clay. + +13:13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on +me what will. + +13:14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in +mine hand? 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I +will maintain mine own ways before him. + +13:16 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come +before him. + +13:17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears. + +13:18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be +justified. + +13:19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, +I shall give up the ghost. + +13:20 Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from +thee. + +13:21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me +afraid. + +13:22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer +thou me. + +13:23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my +transgression and my sin. + +13:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? +13:25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue +the dry stubble? 13:26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and +makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. + +13:27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly +unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. + +13:28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth +eaten. + +14:1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. + +14:2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as +a shadow, and continueth not. + +14:3 And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me +into judgment with thee? 14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an +unclean? not one. + +14:5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with +thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; 14:6 Turn +from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, +his day. + +14:7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will +sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. + +14:8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock +thereof die in the ground; 14:9 Yet through the scent of water it will +bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. + +14:10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, +and where is he? 14:11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood +decayeth and drieth up: 14:12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till +the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of +their sleep. + +14:13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest +keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me +a set time, and remember me! 14:14 If a man die, shall he live again? +all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. + +14:15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire +to the work of thine hands. + +14:16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my +sin? 14:17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up +mine iniquity. + +14:18 And surely the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the rock +is removed out of his place. + +14:19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which +grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of +man. + +14:20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou +changest his countenance, and sendest him away. + +14:21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are +brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. + +14:22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him +shall mourn. + +15:1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 15:2 Should a wise +man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? 15:3 +Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he +can do no good? 15:4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest +prayer before God. + +15:5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the +tongue of the crafty. + +15:6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips +testify against thee. + +15:7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before +the hills? 15:8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou +restrain wisdom to thyself? 15:9 What knowest thou, that we know not? +what understandest thou, which is not in us? 15:10 With us are both +the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father. + +15:11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret +thing with thee? 15:12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what +do thy eyes wink at, 15:13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, +and lettest such words go out of thy mouth? 15:14 What is man, that +he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be +righteous? 15:15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the +heavens are not clean in his sight. + +15:16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh +iniquity like water? 15:17 I will shew thee, hear me; and that which +I have seen I will declare; 15:18 Which wise men have told from their +fathers, and have not hid it: 15:19 Unto whom alone the earth was +given, and no stranger passed among them. + +15:20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number +of years is hidden to the oppressor. + +15:21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer +shall come upon him. + +15:22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is +waited for of the sword. + +15:23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth +that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. + +15:24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail +against him, as a king ready to the battle. + +15:25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth +himself against the Almighty. + +15:26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of +his bucklers: 15:27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and +maketh collops of fat on his flanks. + +15:28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man +inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. + +15:29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, +neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth. + +15:30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his +branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away. + +15:31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall +be his recompence. + +15:32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall +not be green. + +15:33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast +off his flower as the olive. + +15:34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire +shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. + +15:35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly +prepareth deceit. + +16:1 Then Job answered and said, 16:2 I have heard many such things: +miserable comforters are ye all. + +16:3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou +answerest? 16:4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my +soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head +at you. + +16:5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my +lips should asswage your grief. + +16:6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, +what am I eased? 16:7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made +desolate all my company. + +16:8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against +me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. + +16:9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me +with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. + +16:10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me +upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together +against me. + +16:11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into +the hands of the wicked. + +16:12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken +me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. + +16:13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins +asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground. + +16:14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like +a giant. + +16:15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the +dust. + +16:16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of +death; 16:17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is +pure. + +16:18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place. + +16:19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on +high. + +16:20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. + +16:21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for +his neighbour! 16:22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the +way whence I shall not return. + +17:1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready +for me. + +17:2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in +their provocation? 17:3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; +who is he that will strike hands with me? 17:4 For thou hast hid +their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. + +17:5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his +children shall fail. + +17:6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was +as a tabret. + +17:7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are +as a shadow. + +17:8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall +stir up himself against the hypocrite. + +17:9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean +hands shall be stronger and stronger. + +17:10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot +find one wise man among you. + +17:11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts +of my heart. + +17:12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of +darkness. + +17:13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the +darkness. + +17:14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou +art my mother, and my sister. + +17:15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? +17:16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest +together is in the dust. + +18:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 18:2 How long will it +be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak. + +18:3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your +sight? 18:4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be +forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? +18:5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of +his fire shall not shine. + +18:6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall +be put out with him. + +18:7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own +counsel shall cast him down. + +18:8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a +snare. + +18:9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail +against him. + +18:10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in +the way. + +18:11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him +to his feet. + +18:12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be +ready at his side. + +18:13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of +death shall devour his strength. + +18:14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it +shall bring him to the king of terrors. + +18:15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: +brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. + +18:16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch +be cut off. + +18:17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have +no name in the street. + +18:18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of +the world. + +18:19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any +remaining in his dwellings. + +18:20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they +that went before were affrighted. + +18:21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the +place of him that knoweth not God. + +19:1 Then Job answered and said, 19:2 How long will ye vex my soul, +and break me in pieces with words? 19:3 These ten times have ye +reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to +me. + +19:4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with +myself. + +19:5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead +against me my reproach: 19:6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and +hath compassed me with his net. + +19:7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but +there is no judgment. + +19:8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set +darkness in my paths. + +19:9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my +head. + +19:10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope +hath he removed like a tree. + +19:11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me +unto him as one of his enemies. + +19:12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and +encamp round about my tabernacle. + +19:13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are +verily estranged from me. + +19:14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten +me. + +19:15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a +stranger: I am an alien in their sight. + +19:16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him +with my mouth. + +19:17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the +children's sake of mine own body. + +19:18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against +me. + +19:19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are +turned against me. + +19:20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped +with the skin of my teeth. + +19:21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the +hand of God hath touched me. + +19:22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my +flesh? 19:23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were +printed in a book! 19:24 That they were graven with an iron pen and +lead in the rock for ever! 19:25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, +and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: 19:26 And +though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I +see God: 19:27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall +behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me. + +19:28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the +matter is found in me? 19:29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath +bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a +judgment. + +20:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 20:2 Therefore do +my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. + +20:3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my +understanding causeth me to answer. + +20:4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, +20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the +hypocrite but for a moment? 20:6 Though his excellency mount up to +the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; 20:7 Yet he shall +perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, +Where is he? 20:8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be +found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. + +20:9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall +his place any more behold him. + +20:10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall +restore their goods. + +20:11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down +with him in the dust. + +20:12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under +his tongue; 20:13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it +still within his mouth: 20:14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it +is the gall of asps within him. + +20:15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: +God shall cast them out of his belly. + +20:16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay +him. + +20:17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and +butter. + +20:18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not +swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, +and he shall not rejoice therein. + +20:19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he +hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; 20:20 Surely +he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that +which he desired. + +20:21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man +look for his goods. + +20:22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every +hand of the wicked shall come upon him. + +20:23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of +his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. + +20:24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall +strike him through. + +20:25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering +sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. + +20:26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown +shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his +tabernacle. + +20:27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise +up against him. + +20:28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow +away in the day of his wrath. + +20:29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage +appointed unto him by God. + +21:1 But Job answered and said, 21:2 Hear diligently my speech, and +let this be your consolations. + +21:3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock +on. + +21:4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should +not my spirit be troubled? 21:5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay +your hand upon your mouth. + +21:6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my +flesh. + +21:7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in +power? 21:8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and +their offspring before their eyes. + +21:9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon +them. + +21:10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and +casteth not her calf. + +21:11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their +children dance. + +21:12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the +organ. + +21:13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the +grave. + +21:14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not +the knowledge of thy ways. + +21:15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit +should we have, if we pray unto him? 21:16 Lo, their good is not in +their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me. + +21:17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh +their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. + +21:18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm +carrieth away. + +21:19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, +and he shall know it. + +21:20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the +wrath of the Almighty. + +21:21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the +number of his months is cut off in the midst? 21:22 Shall any teach +God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. + +21:23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. + +21:24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with +marrow. + +21:25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never +eateth with pleasure. + +21:26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover +them. + +21:27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye +wrongfully imagine against me. + +21:28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the +dwelling places of the wicked? 21:29 Have ye not asked them that go +by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, 21:30 That the wicked is +reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the +day of wrath. + +21:31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him +what he hath done? 21:32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and +shall remain in the tomb. + +21:33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man +shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. + +21:34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there +remaineth falsehood? 22:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and +said, 22:2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be +profitable unto himself? 22:3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, +that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy +ways perfect? 22:4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he +enter with thee into judgment? 22:5 Is not thy wickedness great? and +thine iniquities infinite? 22:6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy +brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. + +22:7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast +withholden bread from the hungry. + +22:8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable +man dwelt in it. + +22:9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless +have been broken. + +22:10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth +thee; 22:11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of +waters cover thee. + +22:12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the +stars, how high they are! 22:13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? +can he judge through the dark cloud? 22:14 Thick clouds are a +covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of +heaven. + +22:15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? +22:16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown +with a flood: 22:17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can +the Almighty do for them? 22:18 Yet he filled their houses with good +things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. + +22:19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them +to scorn. + +22:20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them +the fire consumeth. + +22:21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good +shall come unto thee. + +22:22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his +words in thine heart. + +22:23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou +shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. + +22:24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as +the stones of the brooks. + +22:25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have +plenty of silver. + +22:26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt +lift up thy face unto God. + +22:27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and +thou shalt pay thy vows. + +22:28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto +thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. + +22:29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting +up; and he shall save the humble person. + +22:30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered +by the pureness of thine hands. + +23:1 Then Job answered and said, 23:2 Even to day is my complaint +bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. + +23:3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to +his seat! 23:4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth +with arguments. + +23:5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand +what he would say unto me. + +23:6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would +put strength in me. + +23:7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be +delivered for ever from my judge. + +23:8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I +cannot perceive him: 23:9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I +cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot +see him: 23:10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried +me, I shall come forth as gold. + +23:11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not +declined. + +23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I +have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. + +23:13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul +desireth, even that he doeth. + +23:14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many +such things are with him. + +23:15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am +afraid of him. + +23:16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: +23:17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he +covered the darkness from my face. + +24:1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that +know him not see his days? 24:2 Some remove the landmarks; they +violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. + +24:3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's +ox for a pledge. + +24:4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide +themselves together. + +24:5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; +rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and +for their children. + +24:6 They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the +vintage of the wicked. + +24:7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no +covering in the cold. + +24:8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the +rock for want of a shelter. + +24:9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of +the poor. + +24:10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away +the sheaf from the hungry; 24:11 Which make oil within their walls, +and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. + +24:12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded +crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them. + +24:13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not +the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. + +24:14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, +and in the night is as a thief. + +24:15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, +No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face. + +24:16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for +themselves in the daytime: they know not the light. + +24:17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one +know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death. + +24:18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: +he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards. + +24:19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave +those which have sinned. + +24:20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; +he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a +tree. + +24:21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not +good to the widow. + +24:22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no +man is sure of life. + +24:23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet +his eyes are upon their ways. + +24:24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought +low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the +tops of the ears of corn. + +24:25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my +speech nothing worth? 25:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and +said, 25:2 Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high +places. + +25:3 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his +light arise? 25:4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can +he be clean that is born of a woman? 25:5 Behold even to the moon, +and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. + +25:6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a +worm? 26:1 But Job answered and said, 26:2 How hast thou helped him +that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength? +26:3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast +thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? 26:4 To whom hast thou +uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee? 26:5 Dead things are +formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. + +26:6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. + +26:7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the +earth upon nothing. + +26:8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is +not rent under them. + +26:9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud +upon it. + +26:10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and +night come to an end. + +26:11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof. + +26:12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he +smiteth through the proud. + +26:13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath +formed the crooked serpent. + +26:14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is +heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand? 27:1 +Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 27:2 As God liveth, who +hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; +27:3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my +nostrils; 27:4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter +deceit. + +27:5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not +remove mine integrity from me. + +27:6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart +shall not reproach me so long as I live. + +27:7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me +as the unrighteous. + +27:8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, +when God taketh away his soul? 27:9 Will God hear his cry when +trouble cometh upon him? 27:10 Will he delight himself in the +Almighty? will he always call upon God? 27:11 I will teach you by the +hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. + +27:12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus +altogether vain? 27:13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, +and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the +Almighty. + +27:14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his +offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. + +27:15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his +widows shall not weep. + +27:16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the +clay; 27:17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the +innocent shall divide the silver. + +27:18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper +maketh. + +27:19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he +openeth his eyes, and he is not. + +27:20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away +in the night. + +27:21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a +storm hurleth him out of his place. + +27:22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee +out of his hand. + +27:23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his +place. + +28:1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where +they fine it. + +28:2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the +stone. + +28:3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: +the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. + +28:4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters +forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men. + +28:5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned +up as it were fire. + +28:6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of +gold. + +28:7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's +eye hath not seen: 28:8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the +fierce lion passed by it. + +28:9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the +mountains by the roots. + +28:10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every +precious thing. + +28:11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is +hid bringeth he forth to light. + +28:12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of +understanding? 28:13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it +found in the land of the living. + +28:14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not +with me. + +28:15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed +for the price thereof. + +28:16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious +onyx, or the sapphire. + +28:17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it +shall not be for jewels of fine gold. + +28:18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price +of wisdom is above rubies. + +28:19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be +valued with pure gold. + +28:20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of +understanding? 28:21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, +and kept close from the fowls of the air. + +28:22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with +our ears. + +28:23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place +thereof. + +28:24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the +whole heaven; 28:25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth +the waters by measure. + +28:26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning +of the thunder: 28:27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared +it, yea, and searched it out. + +28:28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is +wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. + +29:1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 29:2 Oh that I were +as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; 29:3 When his +candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through +darkness; 29:4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of +God was upon my tabernacle; 29:5 When the Almighty was yet with me, +when my children were about me; 29:6 When I washed my steps with +butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; 29:7 When I went out +to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! +29:8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and +stood up. + +29:9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their +mouth. + +29:10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the +roof of their mouth. + +29:11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw +me, it gave witness to me: 29:12 Because I delivered the poor that +cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. + +29:13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I +caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. + +29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a +robe and a diadem. + +29:15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. + +29:16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I +searched out. + +29:17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of +his teeth. + +29:18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my +days as the sand. + +29:19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night +upon my branch. + +29:20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. + +29:21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my +counsel. + +29:22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon +them. + +29:23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their +mouth wide as for the latter rain. + +29:24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my +countenance they cast not down. + +29:25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the +army, as one that comforteth the mourners. + +30:1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose +fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. + +30:2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom +old age was perished? 30:3 For want and famine they were solitary; +fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. + +30:4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their +meat. + +30:5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as +after a thief;) 30:6 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves +of the earth, and in the rocks. + +30:7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were +gathered together. + +30:8 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were +viler than the earth. + +30:9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword. + +30:10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in +my face. + +30:11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also +let loose the bridle before me. + +30:12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and +they raise up against me the ways of their destruction. + +30:13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no +helper. + +30:14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the +desolation they rolled themselves upon me. + +30:15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and +my welfare passeth away as a cloud. + +30:16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction +have taken hold upon me. + +30:17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews +take no rest. + +30:18 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it +bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. + +30:19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and +ashes. + +30:20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou +regardest me not. + +30:21 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest +thyself against me. + +30:22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, +and dissolvest my substance. + +30:23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house +appointed for all living. + +30:24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though +they cry in his destruction. + +30:25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul +grieved for the poor? 30:26 When I looked for good, then evil came +unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. + +30:27 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction +prevented me. + +30:28 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the +congregation. + +30:29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. + +30:30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat. + +30:31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice +of them that weep. + +31:1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a +maid? 31:2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what +inheritance of the Almighty from on high? 31:3 Is not destruction to +the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? 31:4 +Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? 31:5 If I have +walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; 31:6 Let me +be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity. + +31:7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked +after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; 31:8 Then +let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. + +31:9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid +wait at my neighbour's door; 31:10 Then let my wife grind unto +another, and let others bow down upon her. + +31:11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be +punished by the judges. + +31:12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root +out all mine increase. + +31:13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my +maidservant, when they contended with me; 31:14 What then shall I do +when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? +31:15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one +fashion us in the womb? 31:16 If I have withheld the poor from their +desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 31:17 Or have +eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten +thereof; 31:18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a +father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) 31:19 If I have +seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; +31:20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with +the fleece of my sheep; 31:21 If I have lifted up my hand against the +fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: 31:22 Then let mine arm +fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. + +31:23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of +his highness I could not endure. + +31:24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou +art my confidence; 31:25 If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and +because mine hand had gotten much; 31:26 If I beheld the sun when it +shined, or the moon walking in brightness; 31:27 And my heart hath +been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: 31:28 This +also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have +denied the God that is above. + +31:29 If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted +up myself when evil found him: 31:30 Neither have I suffered my mouth +to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. + +31:31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his +flesh! we cannot be satisfied. + +31:32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors +to the traveller. + +31:33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity +in my bosom: 31:34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt +of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the +door? 31:35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the +Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. + +31:36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown +to me. + +31:37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince +would I go near unto him. + +31:38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof +complain; 31:39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or +have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: 31:40 Let thistles +grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. + +The words of Job are ended. + +32:1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous +in his own eyes. + +32:2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the +Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, +because he justified himself rather than God. + +32:3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because +they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job. + +32:4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder +than he. + +32:5 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these +three men, then his wrath was kindled. + +32:6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am +young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew +you mine opinion. + +32:7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach +wisdom. + +32:8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty +giveth them understanding. + +32:9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand +judgment. + +32:10 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion. + +32:11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, +whilst ye searched out what to say. + +32:12 Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you +that convinced Job, or that answered his words: 32:13 Lest ye should +say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man. + +32:14 Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I +answer him with your speeches. + +32:15 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking. + +32:16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and +answered no more;) 32:17 I said, I will answer also my part, I also +will shew mine opinion. + +32:18 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. + +32:19 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to +burst like new bottles. + +32:20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and +answer. + +32:21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me +give flattering titles unto man. + +32:22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker +would soon take me away. + +33:1 Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all +my words. + +33:2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my +mouth. + +33:3 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips +shall utter knowledge clearly. + +33:4 The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty +hath given me life. + +33:5 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand +up. + +33:6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am +formed out of the clay. + +33:7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my +hand be heavy upon thee. + +33:8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the +voice of thy words, saying, 33:9 I am clean without transgression, I +am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me. + +33:10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his +enemy, 33:11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my +paths. + +33:12 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God +is greater than man. + +33:13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of +any of his matters. + +33:14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. + +33:15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth +upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; 33:16 Then he openeth the ears +of men, and sealeth their instruction, 33:17 That he may withdraw man +from his purpose, and hide pride from man. + +33:18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from +perishing by the sword. + +33:19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude +of his bones with strong pain: 33:20 So that his life abhorreth bread, +and his soul dainty meat. + +33:21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his +bones that were not seen stick out. + +33:22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the +destroyers. + +33:23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a +thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness: 33:24 Then he is gracious +unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have +found a ransom. + +33:25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to +the days of his youth: 33:26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be +favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will +render unto man his righteousness. + +33:27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and +perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; 33:28 He will +deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the +light. + +33:29 Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, 33:30 To +bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of +the living. + +33:31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will +speak. + +33:32 If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to +justify thee. + +33:33 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee +wisdom. + +34:1 Furthermore Elihu answered and said, 34:2 Hear my words, O ye +wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. + +34:3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. + +34:4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is +good. + +34:5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my +judgment. + +34:6 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without +transgression. + +34:7 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? 34:8 +Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with +wicked men. + +34:9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should +delight himself with God. + +34:10 Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it +from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he +should commit iniquity. + +34:11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every +man to find according to his ways. + +34:12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty +pervert judgment. + +34:13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed +the whole world? 34:14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather +unto himself his spirit and his breath; 34:15 All flesh shall perish +together, and man shall turn again unto dust. + +34:16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice +of my words. + +34:17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn +him that is most just? 34:18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art +wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? 34:19 How much less to him +that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more +than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands. + +34:20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at +midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without +hand. + +34:21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his +goings. + +34:22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of +iniquity may hide themselves. + +34:23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should +enter into judgment with God. + +34:24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set +others in their stead. + +34:25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the +night, so that they are destroyed. + +34:26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; +34:27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of +his ways: 34:28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto +him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted. + +34:29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he +hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a +nation, or against a man only: 34:30 That the hypocrite reign not, +lest the people be ensnared. + +34:31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne +chastisement, I will not offend any more: 34:32 That which I see not +teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. + +34:33 Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, +whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore +speak what thou knowest. + +34:34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken +unto me. + +34:35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without +wisdom. + +34:36 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his +answers for wicked men. + +34:37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands +among us, and multiplieth his words against God. + +35:1 Elihu spake moreover, and said, 35:2 Thinkest thou this to be +right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? 35:3 +For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit +shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? 35:4 I will answer thee, +and thy companions with thee. + +35:5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are +higher than thou. + +35:6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy +transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? 35:7 If thou +be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine +hand? 35:8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy +righteousness may profit the son of man. + +35:9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed +to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. + +35:10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the +night; 35:11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and +maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? 35:12 There they cry, but +none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. + +35:13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty +regard it. + +35:14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is +before him; therefore trust thou in him. + +35:15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet +he knoweth it not in great extremity: 35:16 Therefore doth Job open +his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge. + +36:1 Elihu also proceeded, and said, 36:2 Suffer me a little, and I +will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf. + +36:3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe +righteousness to my Maker. + +36:4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in +knowledge is with thee. + +36:5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in +strength and wisdom. + +36:6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the +poor. + +36:7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings +are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they +are exalted. + +36:8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of +affliction; 36:9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their +transgressions that they have exceeded. + +36:10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that +they return from iniquity. + +36:11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in +prosperity, and their years in pleasures. + +36:12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they +shall die without knowledge. + +36:13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he +bindeth them. + +36:14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean. + +36:15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears +in oppression. + +36:16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a +broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be +set on thy table should be full of fatness. + +36:17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and +justice take hold on thee. + +36:18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his +stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. + +36:19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of +strength. + +36:20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place. + +36:21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather +than affliction. + +36:22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him? 36:23 +Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought +iniquity? 36:24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men +behold. + +36:25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off. + +36:26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the +number of his years be searched out. + +36:27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain +according to the vapour thereof: 36:28 Which the clouds do drop and +distil upon man abundantly. + +36:29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the +noise of his tabernacle? 36:30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon +it, and covereth the bottom of the sea. + +36:31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance. + +36:32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to +shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt. + +36:33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also +concerning the vapour. + +37:1 At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place. + +37:2 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth +out of his mouth. + +37:3 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto +the ends of the earth. + +37:4 After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his +excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard. + +37:5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth +he, which we cannot comprehend. + +37:6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the +small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. + +37:7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his +work. + +37:8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places. + +37:9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. + +37:10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the +waters is straitened. + +37:11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his +bright cloud: 37:12 And it is turned round about by his counsels: that +they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world +in the earth. + +37:13 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, +or for mercy. + +37:14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous +works of God. + +37:15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of +his cloud to shine? 37:16 Dost thou know the balancings of the +clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge? +37:17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the +south wind? 37:18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is +strong, and as a molten looking glass? 37:19 Teach us what we shall +say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness. + +37:20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he +shall be swallowed up. + +37:21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but +the wind passeth, and cleanseth them. + +37:22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible +majesty. + +37:23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent +in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not +afflict. + +37:24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise +of heart. + +38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 38:2 +Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? 38:3 +Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and +answer thou me. + +38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? +declare, if thou hast understanding. + +38:5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath +stretched the line upon it? 38:6 Whereupon are the foundations +thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; 38:7 When the +morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? +38:8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it +had issued out of the womb? 38:9 When I made the cloud the garment +thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, 38:10 And brake up +for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, 38:11 And said, +Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud +waves be stayed? 38:12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy +days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; 38:13 That it might +take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken +out of it? 38:14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as +a garment. + +38:15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm +shall be broken. + +38:16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou +walked in the search of the depth? 38:17 Have the gates of death been +opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? +38:18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou +knowest it all. + +38:19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, +where is the place thereof, 38:20 That thou shouldest take it to the +bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house +thereof? 38:21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or +because the number of thy days is great? 38:22 Hast thou entered into +the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the +hail, 38:23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against +the day of battle and war? 38:24 By what way is the light parted, +which scattereth the east wind upon the earth? 38:25 Who hath divided +a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the +lightning of thunder; 38:26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no +man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 38:27 To satisfy +the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb +to spring forth? 38:28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten +the drops of dew? 38:29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary +frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? 38:30 The waters are hid as +with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. + +38:31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the +bands of Orion? 38:32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? +or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? 38:33 Knowest thou the +ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the +earth? 38:34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that +abundance of waters may cover thee? 38:35 Canst thou send lightnings, +that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are? 38:36 Who hath put +wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the +heart? 38:37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the +bottles of heaven, 38:38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the +clods cleave fast together? 38:39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the +lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, 38:40 When they couch +in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? 38:41 Who +provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, +they wander for lack of meat. + +39:1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring +forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? 39:2 Canst thou +number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they +bring forth? 39:3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young +ones, they cast out their sorrows. + +39:4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they +go forth, and return not unto them. + +39:5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands +of the wild ass? 39:6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the +barren land his dwellings. + +39:7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the +crying of the driver. + +39:8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after +every green thing. + +39:9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? +39:10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will +he harrow the valleys after thee? 39:11 Wilt thou trust him, because +his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? 39:12 +Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it +into thy barn? 39:13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? +or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? 39:14 Which leaveth her eggs +in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, 39:15 And forgetteth that the +foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. + +39:16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not +her's: her labour is in vain without fear; 39:17 Because God hath +deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding. + +39:18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse +and his rider. + +39:19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck +with thunder? 39:20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the +glory of his nostrils is terrible. + +39:21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth +on to meet the armed men. + +39:22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he +back from the sword. + +39:23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the +shield. + +39:24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither +believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. + +39:25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle +afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. + +39:26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward +the south? 39:27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her +nest on high? 39:28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the +crag of the rock, and the strong place. + +39:29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. + +39:30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, +there is she. + +40:1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, 40:2 Shall he that +contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let +him answer it. + +40:3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said, 40:4 Behold, I am vile; +what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. + +40:5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will +proceed no further. + +40:6 Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, +40:7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and +declare thou unto me. + +40:8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that +thou mayest be righteous? 40:9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst +thou thunder with a voice like him? 40:10 Deck thyself now with +majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. + +40:11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is +proud, and abase him. + +40:12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread +down the wicked in their place. + +40:13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret. + +40:14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can +save thee. + +40:15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as +an ox. + +40:16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the +navel of his belly. + +40:17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are +wrapped together. + +40:18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars +of iron. + +40:19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make +his sword to approach unto him. + +40:20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts +of the field play. + +40:21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and +fens. + +40:22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the +brook compass him about. + +40:23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth +that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. + +40:24 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares. + +41:1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a +cord which thou lettest down? 41:2 Canst thou put an hook into his +nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? 41:3 Will he make many +supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? 41:4 +Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant +for ever? 41:5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou +bind him for thy maidens? 41:6 Shall the companions make a banquet of +him? shall they part him among the merchants? 41:7 Canst thou fill +his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? 41:8 Lay +thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. + +41:9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down +even at the sight of him? 41:10 None is so fierce that dare stir him +up: who then is able to stand before me? 41:11 Who hath prevented me, +that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. + +41:12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely +proportion. + +41:13 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him +with his double bridle? 41:14 Who can open the doors of his face? his +teeth are terrible round about. + +41:15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. + +41:16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. + +41:17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they +cannot be sundered. + +41:18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the +eyelids of the morning. + +41:19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. + +41:20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or +caldron. + +41:21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. + +41:22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy +before him. + +41:23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in +themselves; they cannot be moved. + +41:24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the +nether millstone. + +41:25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of +breakings they purify themselves. + +41:26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the +dart, nor the habergeon. + +41:27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. + +41:28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him +into stubble. + +41:29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a +spear. + +41:30 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things +upon the mire. + +41:31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a +pot of ointment. + +41:32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to +be hoary. + +41:33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. + +41:34 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children +of pride. + +42:1 Then Job answered the LORD, and said, 42:2 I know that thou canst +do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. + +42:3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I +uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I +knew not. + +42:4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, +and declare thou unto me. + +42:5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye +seeth thee. + +42:6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. + +42:7 And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto +Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled +against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of +me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. + +42:8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go +to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and +my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal +with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing +which is right, like my servant Job. + +42:9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the +Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the +LORD also accepted Job. + +42:10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his +friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. + +42:11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, +and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat +bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him +over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also +gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold. + +42:12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his +beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand +camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. + +42:13 He had also seven sons and three daughters. + +42:14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the +second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch. + +42:15 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters +of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. + +42:16 After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his +sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations. + +42:17 So Job died, being old and full of days. + + + + +The Book of Psalms + + +1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, +nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the +scornful. + +1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he +meditate day and night. + +1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that +bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not +wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. + +1:4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind +driveth away. + +1:5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners +in the congregation of the righteous. + +1:6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the +ungodly shall perish. + + + +2:1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? + +2:2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel +together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, + +2:3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from +us. + +2:4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have +them in derision. + +2:5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his +sore displeasure. + +2:6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. + +2:7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my +Son; this day have I begotten thee. + +2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine +inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. + +2:9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in +pieces like a potter's vessel. + +2:10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of +the earth. + +2:11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. + +2:12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when +his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their +trust in him. + + + +3:1 Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that +rise up against me. + +3:2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in +God. + +Selah. + +3:3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up +of mine head. + +3:4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his +holy hill. Selah. + +3:5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me. + +3:6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set +themselves against me round about. + +3:7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine +enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the +ungodly. + +3:8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy +people. + +Selah. + + + +4:1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged +me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. + +4:2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how +long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah. + +4:3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for +himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him. + +4:4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your +bed, and be still. Selah. + +4:5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the +LORD. + +4:6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou +up the light of thy countenance upon us. + +4:7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that +their corn and their wine increased. + +4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only +makest me dwell in safety. + + + +5:1 Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. + +5:2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto +thee will I pray. + +5:3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning +will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. + +5:4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither +shall evil dwell with thee. + +5:5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers +of iniquity. + +5:6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor +the bloody and deceitful man. + +5:7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy +mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. + +5:8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; +make thy way straight before my face. + +5:9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is +very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with +their tongue. + +5:10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; +cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have +rebelled against thee. + +5:11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them +ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that +love thy name be joyful in thee. + +5:12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou +compass him as with a shield. + + + +6:1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy +hot displeasure. + +6:2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my +bones are vexed. + +6:3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? + +6:4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake. + +6:5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who +shall give thee thanks? + +6:6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; +I water my couch with my tears. + +6:7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of +all mine enemies. + +6:8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath +heard the voice of my weeping. + +6:9 The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my +prayer. + +6:10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return +and be ashamed suddenly. + + + +7:1 O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them +that persecute me, and deliver me: + +7:2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while +there is none to deliver. + +7:3 O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my +hands; + +7:4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, +I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) + +7:5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread +down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah. + +7:6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage +of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast +commanded. + +7:7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for +their sakes therefore return thou on high. + +7:8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my +righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. + +7:9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish +the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. + +7:10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. + +7:11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every +day. + +7:12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and +made it ready. + +7:13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he +ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. + +7:14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, +and brought forth falsehood. + +7:15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which +he made. + +7:16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent +dealing shall come down upon his own pate. + +7:17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will +sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. + + + +8:1 O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who +hast set thy glory above the heavens. + +8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained +strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy +and the avenger. + +8:3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and +the stars, which thou hast ordained; + +8:4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, +that thou visitest him? + +8:5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast +crowned him with glory and honour. + +8:6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou +hast put all things under his feet: + +8:7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; + +8:8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever +passeth through the paths of the seas. + +8:9 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! + + +9:1 I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth +all thy marvellous works. + +9:2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy +name, O thou most High. + +9:3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at +thy presence. + +9:4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the +throne judging right. + +9:5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, +thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. + +9:6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou +hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. + +9:7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne +for judgment. + +9:8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister +judgment to the people in uprightness. + +9:9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in +times of trouble. + +9:10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for +thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. + +9:11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among +the people his doings. + +9:12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he +forgetteth not the cry of the humble. + +9:13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of +them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: + +9:14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter +of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. + +9:15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net +which they hid is their own foot taken. + +9:16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked +is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. + +9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that +forget God. + +9:18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of +the poor shall not perish for ever. + +9:19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in +thy sight. + +9:20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to +be but men. Selah. + + + +10:1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in +times of trouble? + +10:2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be +taken in the devices that they have imagined. + +10:3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the +covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. + +10:4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek +after God: God is not in all his thoughts. + +10:5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of +his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. + +10:6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall +never be in adversity. + +10:7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his +tongue is mischief and vanity. + +10:8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret +places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against +the poor. + +10:9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait +to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into +his net. + +10:10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by +his strong ones. + +10:11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his +face; he will never see it. + +10:12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. + +10:13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his +heart, Thou wilt not require it. + +10:14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to +requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou +art the helper of the fatherless. + +10:15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his +wickedness till thou find none. + +10:16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out +of his land. + +10:17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt +prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: + +10:18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the +earth may no more oppress. + + + +11:1 In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird +to your mountain? + +11:2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow +upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. + +11:3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? + +11:4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven: +his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. + +11:5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth +violence his soul hateth. + +11:6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an +horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. + +11:7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth +behold the upright. + + + +12:1 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from +among the children of men. + +12:2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering +lips and with a double heart do they speak. + +12:3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that +speaketh proud things: + +12:4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our +own: who is lord over us? + +12:5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now +will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that +puffeth at him. + +12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a +furnace of earth, purified seven times. + +12:7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this +generation for ever. + +12:8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. + + + +13:1 How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt +thou hide thy face from me? + +13:2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my +heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? + +13:3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I +sleep the sleep of death; + +13:4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that +trouble me rejoice when I am moved. + +13:5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy +salvation. + +13:6 I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with +me. + + + +14:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are +corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth +good. + +14:2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see +if there were any that did understand, and seek God. + +14:3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: +there is none that doeth good, no, not one. + +14:4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my +people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD. + +14:5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of +the righteous. + +14:6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his +refuge. + +14:7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the +LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, +and Israel shall be glad. + + + +15:1 Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy +holy hill? + +15:2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and +speaketh the truth in his heart. + +15:3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his +neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. + +15:4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them +that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth +not. + +15:5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward +against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. + + + +16:1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. + +16:2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my +goodness extendeth not to thee; + +16:3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in +whom is all my delight. + +16:4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: +their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their +names into my lips. + +16:5 The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou +maintainest my lot. + +16:6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a +goodly heritage. + +16:7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also +instruct me in the night seasons. + +16:8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right +hand, I shall not be moved. + +16:9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also +shall rest in hope. + +16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou +suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. + +16:11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness +of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. + + + +17:1 Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my +prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. + +17:2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes +behold the things that are equal. + +17:3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; +thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my +mouth shall not transgress. + +17:4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept +me from the paths of the destroyer. + +17:5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. + +17:6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline +thine ear unto me, and hear my speech. + +17:7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy +right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up +against them. + +17:8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy +wings, + +17:9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who +compass me about. + +17:10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak +proudly. + +17:11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their +eyes bowing down to the earth; + +17:12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a +young lion lurking in secret places. + +17:13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul +from the wicked, which is thy sword: + +17:14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, +which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest +with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest +of their substance to their babes. + +17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be +satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. + + + +18:1 I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. + +18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, +my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my +salvation, and my high tower. + +18:3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall +I be saved from mine enemies. + +18:4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men +made me afraid. + +18:5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death +prevented me. + +18:6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he +heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even +into his ears. + +18:7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the +hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. + +18:8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his +mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. + +18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under +his feet. + +18:10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the +wings of the wind. + +18:11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him +were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. + +18:12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, +hail stones and coals of fire. + +18:13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his +voice; hail stones and coals of fire. + +18:14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out +lightnings, and discomfited them. + +18:15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of +the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the +breath of thy nostrils. + +18:16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. + +18:17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated +me: for they were too strong for me. + +18:18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my +stay. + +18:19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, +because he delighted in me. + +18:20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to +the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. + +18:21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly +departed from my God. + +18:22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his +statutes from me. + +18:23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine +iniquity. + +18:24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my +righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. + +18:25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an +upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright; + +18:26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward +thou wilt shew thyself froward. + +18:27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down +high looks. + +18:28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my +darkness. + +18:29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I +leaped over a wall. + +18:30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: +he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. + +18:31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God? + +18:32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way +perfect. + +18:33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high +places. + +18:34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by +mine arms. + +18:35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy +right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. + +18:36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. + +18:37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I +turn again till they were consumed. + +18:38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are +fallen under my feet. + +18:39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast +subdued under me those that rose up against me. + +18:40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might +destroy them that hate me. + +18:41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, +but he answered them not. + +18:42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did +cast them out as the dirt in the streets. + +18:43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and +thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not +known shall serve me. + +18:44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers +shall submit themselves unto me. + +18:45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close +places. + +18:46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my +salvation be exalted. + +18:47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me. + +18:48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up +above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the +violent man. + +18:49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the +heathen, and sing praises unto thy name. + +18:50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to +his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore. + + + +19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth +his handywork. + +19:2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth +knowledge. + +19:3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. + +19:4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to +the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, + +19:5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth +as a strong man to run a race. + +19:6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit +unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. + +19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the +testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. + +19:8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the +commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. + +19:9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments +of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. + +19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: +sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. + +19:11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them +there is great reward. + +19:12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret +faults. + +19:13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not +have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be +innocent from the great transgression. + +19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be +acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. + + + +20:1 The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of +Jacob defend thee; + +20:2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of +Zion; + +20:3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; +Selah. + +20:4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy +counsel. + +20:5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we +will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions. + +20:6 Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him +from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. + +20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember +the name of the LORD our God. + +20:8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand +upright. + +20:9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call. + + + +21:1 The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation +how greatly shall he rejoice! + +21:2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden +the request of his lips. Selah. + +21:3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou +settest a crown of pure gold on his head. + +21:4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of +days for ever and ever. + +21:5 His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou +laid upon him. + +21:6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him +exceeding glad with thy countenance. + +21:7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the +most High he shall not be moved. + +21:8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall +find out those that hate thee. + +21:9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: +the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour +them. + +21:10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed +from among the children of men. + +21:11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous +device, which they are not able to perform. + +21:12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt +make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. + +21:13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing +and praise thy power. + + + +22:1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far +from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? + +22:2 O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the +night season, and am not silent. + +22:3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. + +22:4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver +them. + +22:5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, +and were not confounded. + +22:6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of +the people. + +22:7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, +they shake the head, saying, + +22:8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver +him, seeing he delighted in him. + +22:9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me +hope when I was upon my mother's breasts. + +22:10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my +mother's belly. + +22:11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to +help. + +22:12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset +me round. + +22:13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a +roaring lion. + +22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: +my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. + +22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth +to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. + +22:16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have +inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. + +22:17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. + +22:18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. + +22:19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee +to help me. + +22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the +dog. + +22:21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the +horns of the unicorns. + +22:22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the +congregation will I praise thee. + +22:23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, +glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. + +22:24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the +afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried +unto him, he heard. + +22:25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay +my vows before them that fear him. + +22:26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD +that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. + +22:27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: +and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. + +22:28 For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among the +nations. + +22:29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they +that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive +his own soul. + +22:30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a +generation. + +22:31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a +people that shall be born, that he hath done this. + + + +23:1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. + +23:2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside +the still waters. + +23:3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness +for his name's sake. + +23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I +will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they +comfort me. + +23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: +thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. + +23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my +life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. + + + +24:1 The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and +they that dwell therein. + +24:2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the +floods. + +24:3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in +his holy place? + +24:4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted +up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. + +24:5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness +from the God of his salvation. + +24:6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, +O Jacob. Selah. + +24:7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting +doors; and the King of glory shall come in. + +24:8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD +mighty in battle. + +24:9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting +doors; and the King of glory shall come in. + +24:10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of +glory. Selah. + + + +25:1 Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. + +25:2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine +enemies triumph over me. + +25:3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed +which transgress without cause. + +25:4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. + +25:5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my +salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. + +25:6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; +for they have been ever of old. + +25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: +according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O +LORD. + +25:8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in +the way. + +25:9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach +his way. + +25:10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep +his covenant and his testimonies. + +25:11 For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is +great. + +25:12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the +way that he shall choose. + +25:13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the +earth. + +25:14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will +shew them his covenant. + +25:15 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet +out of the net. + +25:16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and +afflicted. + +25:17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my +distresses. + +25:18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins. + +25:19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with +cruel hatred. + +25:20 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put +my trust in thee. + +25:21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. + +25:22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. + + + +26:1 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have +trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide. + +26:2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. + +26:3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in +thy truth. + +26:4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with +dissemblers. + +26:5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit +with the wicked. + +26:6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine +altar, O LORD: + +26:7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of +all thy wondrous works. + +26:8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place +where thine honour dwelleth. + +26:9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: + +26:10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of +bribes. + +26:11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be +merciful unto me. + +26:12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I +bless the LORD. + + + +27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the +LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? + +27:2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to +eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. + +27:3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: +though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. + +27:4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; +that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to +behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple. + +27:5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in +the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon +a rock. + +27:6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round +about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; +I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. + +27:7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, +and answer me. + +27:8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy +face, LORD, will I seek. + +27:9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: +thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my +salvation. + +27:10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take +me up. + +27:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because +of mine enemies. + +27:12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false +witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. + +27:13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the +LORD in the land of the living. + +27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen +thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. + + + +28:1 Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, +if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. + +28:2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I +lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. + +28:3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of +iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in +their hearts. + +28:4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the +wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their +hands; render to them their desert. + +28:5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation +of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. + +28:6 Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my +supplications. + +28:7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, +and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my +song will I praise him. + +28:8 The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his +anointed. + +28:9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and +lift them up for ever. + + + +29:1 Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and +strength. + +29:2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD +in the beauty of holiness. + +29:3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory +thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters. + +29:4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full +of majesty. + +29:5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh +the cedars of Lebanon. + +29:6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like +a young unicorn. + +29:7 The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire. + +29:8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh +the wilderness of Kadesh. + +29:9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth +the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory. + +29:10 The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for +ever. + +29:11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless +his people with peace. + + + +30:1 I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast +not made my foes to rejoice over me. + +30:2 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. + +30:3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast +kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. + +30:4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the +remembrance of his holiness. + +30:5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: +weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. + +30:6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. + +30:7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: +thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. + +30:8 I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication. + +30:9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? +Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? + +30:10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper. + +30:11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put +off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; + +30:12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be +silent. + +O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. + + + +31:1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: +deliver me in thy righteousness. + +31:2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong +rock, for an house of defence to save me. + +31:3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's +sake lead me, and guide me. + +31:4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for +thou art my strength. + +31:5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD +God of truth. + +31:6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the +LORD. + +31:7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered +my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities; + +31:8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set +my feet in a large room. + +31:9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is +consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. + +31:10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my +strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. + +31:11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my +neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me +without fled from me. + +31:12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken +vessel. + +31:13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: +while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away +my life. + +31:14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God. + +31:15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine +enemies, and from them that persecute me. + +31:16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy +mercies' sake. + +31:17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let +the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. + +31:18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous +things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. + +31:19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them +that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee +before the sons of men! + +31:20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the +pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the +strife of tongues. + +31:21 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous +kindness in a strong city. + +31:22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: +nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried +unto thee. + +31:23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the +faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. + +31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye +that hope in the LORD. + + + +32:1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is +covered. + +32:2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and +in whose spirit there is no guile. + +32:3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all +the day long. + +32:4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is +turned into the drought of summer. Selah. + +32:5 I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. +I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou +forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. + +32:6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time +when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they +shall not come nigh unto him. + +32:7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; +thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. + +32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt +go: I will guide thee with mine eye. + +32:9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no +understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest +they come near unto thee. + +32:10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the +LORD, mercy shall compass him about. + +32:11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for +joy, all ye that are upright in heart. + + + +33:1 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the +upright. + +33:2 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an +instrument of ten strings. + +33:3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise. + +33:4 For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in +truth. + +33:5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the +goodness of the LORD. + +33:6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host +of them by the breath of his mouth. + +33:7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth +up the depth in storehouses. + +33:8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the +world stand in awe of him. + +33:9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. + +33:10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he +maketh the devices of the people of none effect. + +33:11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his +heart to all generations. + +33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom +he hath chosen for his own inheritance. + +33:13 The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. + +33:14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the +inhabitants of the earth. + +33:15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their +works. + +33:16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man +is not delivered by much strength. + +33:17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver +any by his great strength. + +33:18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon +them that hope in his mercy; + +33:19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in +famine. + +33:20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. + +33:21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in +his holy name. + +33:22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee. + + + +34:1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually +be in my mouth. + +34:2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear +thereof, and be glad. + +34:3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. + +34:4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my +fears. + +34:5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were +not ashamed. + +34:6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of +all his troubles. + +34:7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, +and delivereth them. + +34:8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that +trusteth in him. + +34:9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that +fear him. + +34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek +the LORD shall not want any good thing. + +34:11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of +the LORD. + +34:12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he +may see good? + +34:13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. + +34:14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. + +34:15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are +open unto their cry. + +34:16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off +the remembrance of them from the earth. + +34:17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out +of all their troubles. + +34:18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and +saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. + +34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD +delivereth him out of them all. + +34:20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken. + +34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous +shall be desolate. + +34:22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them +that trust in him shall be desolate. + + + +35:1 Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight +against them that fight against me. + +35:2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. + +35:3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that +persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. + +35:4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: +let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt. + +35:5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the +LORD chase them. + +35:6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD +persecute them. + +35:7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which +without cause they have digged for my soul. + +35:8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that +he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. + +35:9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his +salvation. + +35:10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which +deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor +and the needy from him that spoileth him? + +35:11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that +I knew not. + +35:12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul. + +35:13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I +humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own +bosom. + +35:14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I +bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. + +35:15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves +together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, +and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not: + +35:16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with +their teeth. + +35:17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their +destructions, my darling from the lions. + +35:18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise +thee among much people. + +35:19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: +neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. + +35:20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters +against them that are quiet in the land. + +35:21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, +aha, our eye hath seen it. + +35:22 This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not +far from me. + +35:23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, +my God and my Lord. + +35:24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let +them not rejoice over me. + +35:25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let +them not say, We have swallowed him up. + +35:26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that +rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour +that magnify themselves against me. + +35:27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous +cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which +hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. + +35:28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise +all the day long. + + + +36:1 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there +is no fear of God before his eyes. + +36:2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be +found to be hateful. + +36:3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off +to be wise, and to do good. + +36:4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way +that is not good; he abhorreth not evil. + +36:5 Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness +reacheth unto the clouds. + +36:6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are +a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast. + +36:7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the +children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. + +36:8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; +and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. + +36:9 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see +light. + +36:10 O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy +righteousness to the upright in heart. + +36:11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand +of the wicked remove me. + +36:12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, +and shall not be able to rise. + + + +37:1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious +against the workers of iniquity. + +37:2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the +green herb. + +37:3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, +and verily thou shalt be fed. + +37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the +desires of thine heart. + +37:5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall +bring it to pass. + +37:6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy +judgment as the noonday. + +37:7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself +because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who +bringeth wicked devices to pass. + +37:8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise +to do evil. + +37:9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the +LORD, they shall inherit the earth. + +37:10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou +shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. + +37:11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight +themselves in the abundance of peace. + +37:12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with +his teeth. + +37:13 The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is +coming. + +37:14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to +cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright +conversation. + +37:15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows +shall be broken. + +37:16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of +many wicked. + +37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD +upholdeth the righteous. + +37:18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance +shall be for ever. + +37:19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of +famine they shall be satisfied. + +37:20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall +be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they +consume away. + +37:21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous +sheweth mercy, and giveth. + +37:22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they +that be cursed of him shall be cut off. + +37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he +delighteth in his way. + +37:24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD +upholdeth him with his hand. + +37:25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the +righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. + +37:26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. + +37:27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore. + +37:28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they +are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. + +37:29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for +ever. + +37:30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue +talketh of judgment. + +37:31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall +slide. + +37:32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. + +37:33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he +is judged. + +37:34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to +inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. + +37:35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself +like a green bay tree. + +37:36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but +he could not be found. + +37:37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of +that man is peace. + +37:38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of +the wicked shall be cut off. + +37:39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their +strength in the time of trouble. + +37:40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver +them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. + + + +38:1 O lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot +displeasure. + +38:2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. + +38:3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither +is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. + +38:4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden +they are too heavy for me. + +38:5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. + +38:6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day +long. + +38:7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no +soundness in my flesh. + +38:8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the +disquietness of my heart. + +38:9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid +from thee. + +38:10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of +mine eyes, it also is gone from me. + +38:11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my +kinsmen stand afar off. + +38:12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they +that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all +the day long. + +38:13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that +openeth not his mouth. + +38:14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no +reproofs. + +38:15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. + +38:16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: +when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. + +38:17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me. + +38:18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. + +38:19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that +hate me wrongfully are multiplied. + +38:20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; +because I follow the thing that good is. + +38:21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. + +38:22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. + + + +39:1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my +tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before +me. + +39:2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my +sorrow was stirred. + +39:3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: +then spake I with my tongue, + +39:4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what +it is: that I may know how frail I am. + +39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is +as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is +altogether vanity. + +Selah. + +39:6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are +disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall +gather them. + +39:7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. + +39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach +of the foolish. + +39:9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. + +39:10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of +thine hand. + +39:11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou +makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is +vanity. Selah. + +39:12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy +peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as +all my fathers were. + +39:13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and +be no more. + + + +40:1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and +heard my cry. + +40:2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry +clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. + +40:3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: +many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. + +40:4 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and +respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. + +40:5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast +done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned +up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are +more than can be numbered. + +40:6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou +opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. + +40:7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written +of me, + +40:8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my +heart. + +40:9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I +have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. + +40:10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have +declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy +lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation. + +40:11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy +lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. + +40:12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities +have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are +more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. + +40:13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help +me. + +40:14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my +soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that +wish me evil. + +40:15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto +me, Aha, aha. + +40:16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let +such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified. + +40:17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art +my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. + + + +41:1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver +him in time of trouble. + +41:2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be +blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of +his enemies. + +41:3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou +wilt make all his bed in his sickness. + +41:4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have +sinned against thee. + +41:5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name +perish? + +41:6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth +iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it. + +41:7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they +devise my hurt. + +41:8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that +he lieth he shall rise up no more. + +41:9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat +of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. + +41:10 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I +may requite them. + +41:11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth +not triumph over me. + +41:12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest +me before thy face for ever. + +41:13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to +everlasting. Amen, and Amen. + + + +42:1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul +after thee, O God. + +42:2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come +and appear before God? + +42:3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually +say unto me, Where is thy God? + +42:4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had +gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with +the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday. + +42:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in +me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his +countenance. + +42:6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I +remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the +hill Mizar. + +42:7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy +waves and thy billows are gone over me. + +42:8 Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and +in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of +my life. + +42:9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I +mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? + +42:10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while +they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? + +42:11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted +within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the +health of my countenance, and my God. + + + +43:1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O +deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. + +43:2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? +why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? + +43:3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them +bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. + +43:4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: +yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. + +43:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted +within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health +of my countenance, and my God. + + + +44:1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, +what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. + +44:2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst +them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. + +44:3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, +neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine +arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour +unto them. + +44:4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. + +44:5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will +we tread them under that rise up against us. + +44:6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. + +44:7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to +shame that hated us. + +44:8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. + +Selah. + +44:9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth +with our armies. + +44:10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate +us spoil for themselves. + +44:11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast +scattered us among the heathen. + +44:12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy +wealth by their price. + +44:13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a +derision to them that are round about us. + +44:14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head +among the people. + +44:15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face +hath covered me, + +44:16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason +of the enemy and avenger. + +44:17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, +neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. + +44:18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined +from thy way; + +44:19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and +covered us with the shadow of death. + +44:20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our +hands to a strange god; + +44:21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the +heart. + +44:22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted +as sheep for the slaughter. + +44:23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for +ever. + +44:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction +and our oppression? + +44:25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto +the earth. + +44:26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. + + + +45:1 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I +have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. + +45:2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into +thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. + +45:3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and +thy majesty. + +45:4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and +meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee +terrible things. + +45:5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; +whereby the people fall under thee. + +45:6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy +kingdom is a right sceptre. + +45:7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, +thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy +fellows. + +45:8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of +the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. + +45:9 Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right +hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. + +45:10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget +also thine own people, and thy father's house; + +45:11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; +and worship thou him. + +45:12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the +rich among the people shall intreat thy favour. + +45:13 The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of +wrought gold. + +45:14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the +virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. + +45:15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall +enter into the king's palace. + +45:16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest +make princes in all the earth. + +45:17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: +therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever. + + + +46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. + +46:2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and +though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; + +46:3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the +mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. + +46:4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of +God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. + +46:5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall +help her, and that right early. + +46:6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, +the earth melted. + +46:7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. +Selah. + +46:8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made +in the earth. + +46:9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh +the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in +the fire. + +46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the +heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. + +46:11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. +Selah. + + + +47:1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice +of triumph. + +47:2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all +the earth. + +47:3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our +feet. + +47:4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob +whom he loved. Selah. + +47:5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a +trumpet. + +47:6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, +sing praises. + +47:7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with +understanding. + +47:8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his +holiness. + +47:9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people +of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: +he is greatly exalted. + + + +48:1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our +God, in the mountain of his holiness. + +48:2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount +Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. + +48:3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge. + +48:4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. + +48:5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and +hasted away. + +48:6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in +travail. + +48:7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. + +48:8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of +hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah. + +48:9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy +temple. + +48:10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of +the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness. + +48:11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, +because of thy judgments. + +48:12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers +thereof. + +48:13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may +tell it to the generation following. + +48:14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide +even unto death. + + + +49:1 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the +world: + +49:2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together. + +49:3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart +shall be of understanding. + +49:4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying +upon the harp. + +49:5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of +my heels shall compass me about? + +49:6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the +multitude of their riches; + +49:7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God +a ransom for him: + +49:8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for +ever:) + +49:9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. + +49:10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the +brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. + +49:11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for +ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their +lands after their own names. + +49:12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the +beasts that perish. + +49:13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their +sayings. Selah. + +49:14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; +and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and +their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. + +49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he +shall receive me. Selah. + +49:16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his +house is increased; + +49:17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall +not descend after him. + +49:18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise +thee, when thou doest well to thyself. + +49:19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never +see light. + +49:20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts +that perish. + + + +50:1 The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth +from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. + +50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. + +50:3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall +devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. + +50:4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that +he may judge his people. + +50:5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a +covenant with me by sacrifice. + +50:6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge +himself. Selah. + +50:7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify +against thee: I am God, even thy God. + +50:8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt +offerings, to have been continually before me. + +50:9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy +folds. + +50:10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a +thousand hills. + +50:11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of +the field are mine. + +50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, +and the fulness thereof. + +50:13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? + +50:14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most +High: + +50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and +thou shalt glorify me. + +50:16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare +my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? + +50:17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind +thee. + +50:18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and +hast been partaker with adulterers. + +50:19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. + +50:20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest +thine own mother's son. + +50:21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest +that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, +and set them in order before thine eyes. + +50:22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in +pieces, and there be none to deliver. + +50:23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth +his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God. + + + +51:1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: +according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my +transgressions. + +51:2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. + +51:3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before +me. + +51:4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy +sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be +clear when thou judgest. + +51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother +conceive me. + +51:6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the +hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. + +51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall +be whiter than snow. + +51:8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast +broken may rejoice. + +51:9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. + +51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit +within me. + +51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit +from me. + +51:12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy +free spirit. + +51:13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be +converted unto thee. + +51:14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my +salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. + +51:15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy +praise. + +51:16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou +delightest not in burnt offering. + +51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a +contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. + +51:18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of +Jerusalem. + +51:19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, +with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer +bullocks upon thine altar. + + + +52:1 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness +of God endureth continually. + +52:2 The tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working +deceitfully. + +52:3 Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak +righteousness. Selah. + +52:4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. + +52:5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee +away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of +the land of the living. Selah. + +52:6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: + +52:7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted +in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his +wickedness. + +52:8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in +the mercy of God for ever and ever. + +52:9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I +will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints. + + + +53:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are +they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth +good. + +53:2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if +there were any that did understand, that did seek God. + +53:3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become +filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. + +53:4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people +as they eat bread: they have not called upon God. + +53:5 There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath +scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put +them to shame, because God hath despised them. + +53:6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God +bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and +Israel shall be glad. + + + +54:1 Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength. + +54:2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. + +54:3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after +my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah. + +54:4 Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my +soul. + +54:5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy +truth. + +54:6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O +LORD; for it is good. + +54:7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath +seen his desire upon mine enemies. + + + +55:1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my +supplication. + +55:2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a +noise; + +55:3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of +the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me. + +55:4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are +fallen upon me. + +55:5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath +overwhelmed me. + +55:6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly +away, and be at rest. + +55:7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. +Selah. + +55:8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. + +55:9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen +violence and strife in the city. + +55:10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief +also and sorrow are in the midst of it. + +55:11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not +from her streets. + +55:12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have +borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself +against me; then I would have hid myself from him: + +55:13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine +acquaintance. + +55:14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God +in company. + +55:15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: +for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. + +55:16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. + +55:17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: +and he shall hear my voice. + +55:18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was +against me: for there were many with me. + +55:19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. + +Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. + +55:20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with +him: he hath broken his covenant. + +55:21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in +his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. + +55:22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he +shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. + +55:23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of +destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their +days; but I will trust in thee. + + + +56:1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he +fighting daily oppresseth me. + +56:2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that +fight against me, O thou most High. + +56:3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. + +56:4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will +not fear what flesh can do unto me. + +56:5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me +for evil. + +56:6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark +my steps, when they wait for my soul. + +56:7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the +people, O God. + +56:8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: +are they not in thy book? + +56:9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I +know; for God is for me. + +56:10 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his +word. + +56:11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do +unto me. + +56:12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee. + +56:13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou +deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light +of the living? + + + +57:1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul +trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my +refuge, until these calamities be overpast. + +57:2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all +things for me. + +57:3 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him +that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and +his truth. + +57:4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on +fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and +their tongue a sharp sword. + +57:5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above +all the earth. + +57:6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: +they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are +fallen themselves. Selah. + +57:7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give +praise. + +57:8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake +early. + +57:9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto +thee among the nations. + +57:10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the +clouds. + +57:11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be +above all the earth. + + + +58:1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge +uprightly, O ye sons of men? + +58:2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your +hands in the earth. + +58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as +they be born, speaking lies. + +58:4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the +deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; + +58:5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never +so wisely. + +58:6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great +teeth of the young lions, O LORD. + +58:7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he +bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. + +58:8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like +the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. + +58:9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as +with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. + +58:10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he +shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. + +58:11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the +righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. + + + +59:1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that +rise up against me. + +59:2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody +men. + +59:3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered +against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD. + +59:4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help +me, and behold. + +59:5 Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to +visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. +Selah. + +59:6 They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go +round about the city. + +59:7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their +lips: for who, say they, doth hear? + +59:8 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the +heathen in derision. + +59:9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my +defence. + +59:10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my +desire upon mine enemies. + +59:11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; +and bring them down, O Lord our shield. + +59:12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them +even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they +speak. + +59:13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and +let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. +Selah. + +59:14 And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a +dog, and go round about the city. + +59:15 Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not +satisfied. + +59:16 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy +mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the +day of my trouble. + +59:17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, +and the God of my mercy. + + + +60:1 O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast +been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. + +60:2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal +the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. + +60:3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to +drink the wine of astonishment. + +60:4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be +displayed because of the truth. Selah. + +60:5 That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and +hear me. + +60:6 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide +Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. + +60:7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the +strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; + +60:8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, +triumph thou because of me. + +60:9 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into +Edom? + +60:10 Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, +which didst not go out with our armies? + +60:11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. + +60:12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread +down our enemies. + + + +61:1 Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. + +61:2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is +overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. + +61:3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the +enemy. + +61:4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the +covert of thy wings. Selah. + +61:5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the +heritage of those that fear thy name. + +61:6 Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many +generations. + +61:7 He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, +which may preserve him. + +61:8 So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily +perform my vows. + + + +62:1 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. + +62:2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall +not be greatly moved. + +62:3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be +slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering +fence. + +62:4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they +delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. +Selah. + +62:5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. + +62:6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall +not be moved. + +62:7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and +my refuge, is in God. + +62:8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before +him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. + +62:9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a +lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than +vanity. + +62:10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if +riches increase, set not your heart upon them. + +62:11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power +belongeth unto God. + +62:12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to +every man according to his work. + + + +63:1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth +for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where +no water is; + +63:2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the +sanctuary. + +63:3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall +praise thee. + +63:4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in +thy name. + +63:5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my +mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: + +63:6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the +night watches. + +63:7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy +wings will I rejoice. + +63:8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. + +63:9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the +lower parts of the earth. + +63:10 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. + +63:11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by +him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be +stopped. + + + +64:1 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of +the enemy. + +64:2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the +insurrection of the workers of iniquity: + +64:3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot +their arrows, even bitter words: + +64:4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they +shoot at him, and fear not. + +64:5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of +laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? + +64:6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: +both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep. + +64:7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be +wounded. + +64:8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all +that see them shall flee away. + +64:9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for +they shall wisely consider of his doing. + +64:10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; +and all the upright in heart shall glory. + + + +65:1 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the +vow be performed. + +65:2 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. + +65:3 Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou +shalt purge them away. + +65:4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach +unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with +the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple. + +65:5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of +our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, +and of them that are afar off upon the sea: + +65:6 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded +with power: + +65:7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, +and the tumult of the people. + +65:8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy +tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to +rejoice. + +65:9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest +it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them +corn, when thou hast so provided for it. + +65:10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the +furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the +springing thereof. + +65:11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop +fatness. + +65:12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little +hills rejoice on every side. + +65:13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are +covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing. + + + +66:1 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: + +66:2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious. + +66:3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the +greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto +thee. + +66:4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they +shall sing to thy name. Selah. + +66:5 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward +the children of men. + +66:6 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on +foot: there did we rejoice in him. + +66:7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let +not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. + +66:8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to +be heard: + +66:9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be +moved. + +66:10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver +is tried. + +66:11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our +loins. + +66:12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through +fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy +place. + +66:13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee +my vows, + +66:14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was +in trouble. + +66:15 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the +incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah. + +66:16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he +hath done for my soul. + +66:17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my +tongue. + +66:18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: + +66:19 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of +my prayer. + +66:20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his +mercy from me. + + + +67:1 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to +shine upon us; Selah. + +67:2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all +nations. + +67:3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise +thee. + +67:4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge +the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah. + +67:5 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise +thee. + +67:6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own +God, shall bless us. + +67:7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him. + + + +68:1 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that +hate him flee before him. + +68:2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth +before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. + +68:3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, +let them exceedingly rejoice. + +68:4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth +upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. + +68:5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in +his holy habitation. + +68:6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which +are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. + +68:7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst +march through the wilderness; Selah: + +68:8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: +even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel. + +68:9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst +confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. + +68:10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared +of thy goodness for the poor. + +68:11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that +published it. + +68:12 Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home +divided the spoil. + +68:13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings +of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. + +68:14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in +Salmon. + +68:15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the +hill of Bashan. + +68:16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth +to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever. + +68:17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of +angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. + +68:18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: +thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that +the LORD God might dwell among them. + +68:19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even +the God of our salvation. Selah. + +68:20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the +Lord belong the issues from death. + +68:21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp +of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses. + +68:22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my +people again from the depths of the sea: + +68:23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and +the tongue of thy dogs in the same. + +68:24 They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my +King, in the sanctuary. + +68:25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed +after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels. + +68:26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the +fountain of Israel. + +68:27 There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah +and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of +Naphtali. + +68:28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that +which thou hast wrought for us. + +68:29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents +unto thee. + +68:30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with +the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of +silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war. + +68:31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out +her hands unto God. + +68:32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the +Lord; Selah: + +68:33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of +old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice. + +68:34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and +his strength is in the clouds. + +68:35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of +Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed +be God. + + + +69:1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. + +69:2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into +deep waters, where the floods overflow me. + +69:3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while +I wait for my God. + +69:4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine +head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are +mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. + +69:5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from +thee. + +69:6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed +for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O +God of Israel. + +69:7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my +face. + +69:8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my +mother's children. + +69:9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches +of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. + +69:10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my +reproach. + +69:11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to +them. + +69:12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song +of the drunkards. + +69:13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable +time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of +thy salvation. + +69:14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be +delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. + +69:15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow +me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. + +69:16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me +according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. + +69:17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: +hear me speedily. + +69:18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of +mine enemies. + +69:19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: +mine adversaries are all before thee. + +69:20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I +looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, +but I found none. + +69:21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave +me vinegar to drink. + +69:22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which +should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. + +69:23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their +loins continually to shake. + +69:24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger +take hold of them. + +69:25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their +tents. + +69:26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to +the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. + +69:27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy +righteousness. + +69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be +written with the righteous. + +69:29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up +on high. + +69:30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him +with thanksgiving. + +69:31 This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock +that hath horns and hoofs. + +69:32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall +live that seek God. + +69:33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. + +69:34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing +that moveth therein. + +69:35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that +they may dwell there, and have it in possession. + +69:36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that +love his name shall dwell therein. + + + +70:1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord. + +70:2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let +them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. + +70:3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, +Aha, aha. + +70:4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let +such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified. + +70:5 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my +help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying. + + + +71:1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to +confusion. + +71:2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline +thine ear unto me, and save me. + +71:3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: +thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my +fortress. + +71:4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the +hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. + +71:5 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my +youth. + +71:6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that +took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of +thee. + +71:7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge. + +71:8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all +the day. + +71:9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my +strength faileth. + +71:10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my +soul take counsel together, + +71:11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there +is none to deliver him. + +71:12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. + +71:13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my +soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my +hurt. + +71:14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and +more. + +71:15 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation +all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof. + +71:16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention +of thy righteousness, even of thine only. + +71:17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I +declared thy wondrous works. + +71:18 Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; +until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power +to every one that is to come. + +71:19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great +things: O God, who is like unto thee! + +71:20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt +quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the +earth. + +71:21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. + +71:22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my +God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. + +71:23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my +soul, which thou hast redeemed. + +71:24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: +for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my +hurt. + + + +72:1 Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto +the king's son. + +72:2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with +judgment. + +72:3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little +hills, by righteousness. + +72:4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children +of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. + +72:5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, +throughout all generations. + +72:6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that +water the earth. + +72:7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace +so long as the moon endureth. + +72:8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river +unto the ends of the earth. + +72:9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his +enemies shall lick the dust. + +72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the +kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. + +72:11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall +serve him. + +72:12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, +and him that hath no helper. + +72:13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of +the needy. + +72:14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and +precious shall their blood be in his sight. + +72:15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of +Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall +he be praised. + +72:16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of +the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of +the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. + +72:17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as +long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall +call him blessed. + +72:18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth +wondrous things. + +72:19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole +earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen. + +72:20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. + + + +73:1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean +heart. + +73:2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh +slipped. + +73:3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of +the wicked. + +73:4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is +firm. + +73:5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued +like other men. + +73:6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence +covereth them as a garment. + +73:7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart +could wish. + +73:8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they +speak loftily. + +73:9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue +walketh through the earth. + +73:10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are +wrung out to them. + +73:11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the +most High? + +73:12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they +increase in riches. + +73:13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in +innocency. + +73:14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every +morning. + +73:15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the +generation of thy children. + +73:16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; + +73:17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their +end. + +73:18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst +them down into destruction. + +73:19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are +utterly consumed with terrors. + +73:20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou +shalt despise their image. + +73:21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. + +73:22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. + +73:23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by +my right hand. + +73:24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me +to glory. + +73:25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth +that I desire beside thee. + +73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my +heart, and my portion for ever. + +73:27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast +destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. + +73:28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust +in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works. + + + +74:1 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger +smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? + +74:2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the +rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, +wherein thou hast dwelt. + +74:3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that +the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. + +74:4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up +their ensigns for signs. + +74:5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the +thick trees. + +74:6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes +and hammers. + +74:7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by +casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. + +74:8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they +have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. + +74:9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is +there among us any that knoweth how long. + +74:10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy +blaspheme thy name for ever? + +74:11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out +of thy bosom. + +74:12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the +earth. + +74:13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the +heads of the dragons in the waters. + +74:14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to +be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. + +74:15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up +mighty rivers. + +74:16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared +the light and the sun. + +74:17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made +summer and winter. + +74:18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that +the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. + +74:19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of +the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. + +74:20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth +are full of the habitations of cruelty. + +74:21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy +praise thy name. + +74:22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish +man reproacheth thee daily. + +74:23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that +rise up against thee increaseth continually. + + + +75:1 Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: +for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. + +75:2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly. + +75:3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear +up the pillars of it. Selah. + +75:4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, +Lift not up the horn: + +75:5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck. + +75:6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, +nor from the south. + +75:7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up +another. + +75:8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; +it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs +thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink +them. + +75:9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of +Jacob. + +75:10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns +of the righteous shall be exalted. + + + +76:1 In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel. + +76:2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion. + +76:3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, +and the battle. Selah. + +76:4 Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey. + +76:5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and +none of the men of might have found their hands. + +76:6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are +cast into a dead sleep. + +76:7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight +when once thou art angry? + +76:8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth +feared, and was still, + +76:9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. +Selah. + +76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of +wrath shalt thou restrain. + +76:11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about +him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. + +76:12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the +kings of the earth. + + + +77:1 I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and +he gave ear unto me. + +77:2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the +night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. + +77:3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit +was overwhelmed. Selah. + +77:4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot +speak. + +77:5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. + +77:6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine +own heart: and my spirit made diligent search. + +77:7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no +more? + +77:8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for +evermore? + +77:9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his +tender mercies? Selah. + +77:10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years +of the right hand of the most High. + +77:11 I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember +thy wonders of old. + +77:12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. + +77:13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as +our God? + +77:14 Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy +strength among the people. + +77:15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob +and Joseph. Selah. + +77:16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were +afraid: the depths also were troubled. + +77:17 The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine +arrows also went abroad. + +77:18 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings +lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook. + +77:19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy +footsteps are not known. + +77:20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and +Aaron. + + + +78:1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words +of my mouth. + +78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of +old: + +78:3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. + +78:4 We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the +generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his +wonderful works that he hath done. + +78:5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in +Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them +known to their children: + +78:6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children +which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their +children: + +78:7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works +of God, but keep his commandments: + +78:8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious +generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose +spirit was not stedfast with God. + +78:9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned +back in the day of battle. + +78:10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his +law; + +78:11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them. + +78:12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the +land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. + +78:13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made +the waters to stand as an heap. + +78:14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night +with a light of fire. + +78:15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out +of the great depths. + +78:16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to +run down like rivers. + +78:17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High +in the wilderness. + +78:18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their +lust. + +78:19 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table +in the wilderness? + +78:20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the +streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for +his people? + +78:21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was +kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel; + +78:22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his +salvation: + +78:23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the +doors of heaven, + +78:24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them +of the corn of heaven. + +78:25 Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full. + +78:26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power +he brought in the south wind. + +78:27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like +as the sand of the sea: + +78:28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their +habitations. + +78:29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their +own desire; + +78:30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat +was yet in their mouths, + +78:31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, +and smote down the chosen men of Israel. + +78:32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his +wondrous works. + +78:33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years +in trouble. + +78:34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and +enquired early after God. + +78:35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God +their redeemer. + +78:36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they +lied unto him with their tongues. + +78:37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they +stedfast in his covenant. + +78:38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and +destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did +not stir up all his wrath. + +78:39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth +away, and cometh not again. + +78:40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him +in the desert! + +78:41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One +of Israel. + +78:42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them +from the enemy. + +78:43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the +field of Zoan. + +78:44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that +they could not drink. + +78:45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; +and frogs, which destroyed them. + +78:46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their +labour unto the locust. + +78:47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees +with frost. + +78:48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to +hot thunderbolts. + +78:49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and +indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. + +78:50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, +but gave their life over to the pestilence; + +78:51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their +strength in the tabernacles of Ham: + +78:52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them +in the wilderness like a flock. + +78:53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea +overwhelmed their enemies. + +78:54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this +mountain, which his right hand had purchased. + +78:55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an +inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their +tents. + +78:56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not +his testimonies: + +78:57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they +were turned aside like a deceitful bow. + +78:58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved +him to jealousy with their graven images. + +78:59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: + +78:60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he +placed among men; + +78:61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into +the enemy's hand. + +78:62 He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with +his inheritance. + +78:63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not +given to marriage. + +78:64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no +lamentation. + +78:65 Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man +that shouteth by reason of wine. + +78:66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a +perpetual reproach. + +78:67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the +tribe of Ephraim: + +78:68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. + +78:69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth +which he hath established for ever. + +78:70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the +sheepfolds: + +78:71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed +Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. + +78:72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and +guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. + + + +79:1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy +temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. + +79:2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto +the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of +the earth. + +79:3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and +there was none to bury them. + +79:4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision +to them that are round about us. + +79:5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy +burn like fire? + +79:6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and +upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. + +79:7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place. + +79:8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender +mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. + +79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and +deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. + +79:10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be +known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of +thy servants which is shed. + +79:11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to +the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to +die; + +79:12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their +reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. + +79:13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks +for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations. + + + +80:1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a +flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. + +80:2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, +and come and save us. + +80:3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall +be saved. + +80:4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the +prayer of thy people? + +80:5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears +to drink in great measure. + +80:6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies +laugh among themselves. + +80:7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and +we shall be saved. + +80:8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the +heathen, and planted it. + +80:9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep +root, and it filled the land. + +80:10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs +thereof were like the goodly cedars. + +80:11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the +river. + +80:12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they +which pass by the way do pluck her? + +80:13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of +the field doth devour it. + +80:14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, +and behold, and visit this vine; + +80:15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the +branch that thou madest strong for thyself. + +80:16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the +rebuke of thy countenance. + +80:17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of +man whom thou madest strong for thyself. + +80:18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call +upon thy name. + +80:19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and +we shall be saved. + + + +81:1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the +God of Jacob. + +81:2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp +with the psaltery. + +81:3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on +our solemn feast day. + +81:4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. + +81:5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out +through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood +not. + +81:6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered +from the pots. + +81:7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee +in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of +Meribah. + +Selah. + +81:8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if +thou wilt hearken unto me; + +81:9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship +any strange god. + +81:10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of +Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. + +81:11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would +none of me. + +81:12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked +in their own counsels. + +81:13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked +in my ways! + +81:14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand +against their adversaries. + +81:15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto +him: but their time should have endured for ever. + +81:16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and +with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. + + + +82:1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among +the gods. + +82:2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the +wicked? Selah. + +82:3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and +needy. + +82:4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the +wicked. + +82:5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in +darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. + +82:6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most +High. + +82:7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. + +82:8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all +nations. + + + +83:1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not +still, O God. + +83:2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee +have lifted up the head. + +83:3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted +against thy hidden ones. + +83:4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a +nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. + +83:5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are +confederate against thee: + +83:6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the +Hagarenes; + +83:7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the +inhabitants of Tyre; + +83:8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of +Lot. + +Selah. + +83:9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, +at the brook of Kison: + +83:10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth. + +83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their +princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: + +83:12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in +possession. + +83:13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the +wind. + +83:14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the +mountains on fire; + +83:15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with +thy storm. + +83:16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O +LORD. + +83:17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be +put to shame, and perish: + +83:18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art +the most high over all the earth. + + + +84:1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! + +84:2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: +my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. + +84:3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for +herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of +hosts, my King, and my God. + +84:4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still +praising thee. Selah. + +84:5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are +the ways of them. + +84:6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain +also filleth the pools. + +84:7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion +appeareth before God. + +84:8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. +Selah. + +84:9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine +anointed. + +84:10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather +be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of +wickedness. + +84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace +and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk +uprightly. + +84:12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. + + + +85:1 Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought +back the captivity of Jacob. + +85:2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered +all their sin. Selah. + +85:3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from +the fierceness of thine anger. + +85:4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us +to cease. + +85:5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine +anger to all generations? + +85:6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in +thee? + +85:7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation. + +85:8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace +unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to +folly. + +85:9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may +dwell in our land. + +85:10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have +kissed each other. + +85:11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall +look down from heaven. + +85:12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall +yield her increase. + +85:13 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way +of his steps. + + + +86:1 Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy. + +86:2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant +that trusteth in thee. + +86:3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily. + +86:4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift +up my soul. + +86:5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in +mercy unto all them that call upon thee. + +86:6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my +supplications. + +86:7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt +answer me. + +86:8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are +there any works like unto thy works. + +86:9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before +thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name. + +86:10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God +alone. + +86:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my +heart to fear thy name. + +86:12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will +glorify thy name for evermore. + +86:13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my +soul from the lowest hell. + +86:14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of +violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before +them. + +86:15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, +long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. + +86:16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto +thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. + +86:17 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, +and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me. + + + +87:1 His foundation is in the holy mountains. + +87:2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of +Jacob. + +87:3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. + +87:4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: +behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there. + +87:5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: +and the highest himself shall establish her. + +87:6 The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this +man was born there. Selah. + +87:7 As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: +all my springs are in thee. + + + +88:1 O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before +thee: + +88:2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; + +88:3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto +the grave. + +88:4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man +that hath no strength: + +88:5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom +thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. + +88:6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. + +88:7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all +thy waves. Selah. + +88:8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made +me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. + +88:9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called +daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee. + +88:10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and +praise thee? Selah. + +88:11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy +faithfulness in destruction? + +88:12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in +the land of forgetfulness? + +88:13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my +prayer prevent thee. + +88:14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face +from me? + +88:15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer +thy terrors I am distracted. + +88:16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. + +88:17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me +about together. + +88:18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine +acquaintance into darkness. + + + +89:1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth +will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. + +89:2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy +faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. + +89:3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my +servant, + +89:4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to +all generations. Selah. + +89:5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy +faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. + +89:6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among +the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD? + +89:7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to +be had in reverence of all them that are about him. + +89:8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to +thy faithfulness round about thee? + +89:9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, +thou stillest them. + +89:10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou +hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. + +89:11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world +and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. + +89:12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon +shall rejoice in thy name. + +89:13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy +right hand. + +89:14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and +truth shall go before thy face. + +89:15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall +walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. + +89:16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy +righteousness shall they be exalted. + +89:17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our +horn shall be exalted. + +89:18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our +king. + +89:19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have +laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of +the people. + +89:20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed +him: + +89:21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall +strengthen him. + +89:22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness +afflict him. + +89:23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them +that hate him. + +89:24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my +name shall his horn be exalted. + +89:25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the +rivers. + +89:26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock +of my salvation. + +89:27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the +earth. + +89:28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall +stand fast with him. + +89:29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as +the days of heaven. + +89:30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; + +89:31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; + +89:32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their +iniquity with stripes. + +89:33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, +nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. + +89:34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone +out of my lips. + +89:35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. + +89:36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before +me. + +89:37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful +witness in heaven. Selah. + +89:38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with +thine anointed. + +89:39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast +profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. + +89:40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his +strong holds to ruin. + +89:41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his +neighbours. + +89:42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast +made all his enemies to rejoice. + +89:43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made +him to stand in the battle. + +89:44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to +the ground. + +89:45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him +with shame. Selah. + +89:46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath +burn like fire? + +89:47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men +in vain? + +89:48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he +deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. + +89:49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest +unto David in thy truth? + +89:50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in +my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; + +89:51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they +have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. + +89:52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen. + + + +90:1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. + +90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst +formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, +thou art God. + +90:3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children +of men. + +90:4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is +past, and as a watch in the night. + +90:5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in +the morning they are like grass which groweth up. + +90:6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it +is cut down, and withereth. + +90:7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we +troubled. + +90:8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the +light of thy countenance. + +90:9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years +as a tale that is told. + +90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by +reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength +labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. + +90:11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy +fear, so is thy wrath. + +90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts +unto wisdom. + +90:13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy +servants. + +90:14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be +glad all our days. + +90:15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted +us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. + +90:16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their +children. + +90:17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish +thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands +establish thou it. + + + +91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide +under the shadow of the Almighty. + +91:2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; +in him will I trust. + +91:3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and +from the noisome pestilence. + +91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt +thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. + +91:5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the +arrow that flieth by day; + +91:6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the +destruction that wasteth at noonday. + +91:7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right +hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. + +91:8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the +wicked. + +91:9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the +most High, thy habitation; + +91:10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come +nigh thy dwelling. + +91:11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in +all thy ways. + +91:12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot +against a stone. + +91:13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the +dragon shalt thou trample under feet. + +91:14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver +him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. + +91:15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him +in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. + +91:16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. + + + +92:1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing +praises unto thy name, O most High: + +92:2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy +faithfulness every night, + +92:3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon +the harp with a solemn sound. + +92:4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will +triumph in the works of thy hands. + +92:5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep. + +92:6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this. + +92:7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of +iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever: + +92:8 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore. + +92:9 For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall +perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. + +92:10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I +shall be anointed with fresh oil. + +92:11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears +shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me. + +92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow +like a cedar in Lebanon. + +92:13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in +the courts of our God. + +92:14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat +and flourishing; + +92:15 To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no +unrighteousness in him. + + + +93:1 The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is +clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world +also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. + +93:2 Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting. + +93:3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up +their voice; the floods lift up their waves. + +93:4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, +than the mighty waves of the sea. + +93:5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O +LORD, for ever. + + + +94:1 O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance +belongeth, shew thyself. + +94:2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the +proud. + +94:3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked +triumph? + +94:4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the +workers of iniquity boast themselves? + +94:5 They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine +heritage. + +94:6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. + +94:7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of +Jacob regard it. + +94:8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will +ye be wise? + +94:9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the +eye, shall he not see? + +94:10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that +teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know? + +94:11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. + +94:12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest +him out of thy law; + +94:13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until +the pit be digged for the wicked. + +94:14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he +forsake his inheritance. + +94:15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the +upright in heart shall follow it. + +94:16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand +up for me against the workers of iniquity? + +94:17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in +silence. + +94:18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. + +94:19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight +my soul. + +94:20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which +frameth mischief by a law? + +94:21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the +righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. + +94:22 But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge. + +94:23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut +them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them +off. + + + +95:1 O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to +the rock of our salvation. + +95:2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a +joyful noise unto him with psalms. + +95:3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. + +95:4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the +hills is his also. + +95:5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry +land. + +95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD +our maker. + +95:7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the +sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, + +95:8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day +of temptation in the wilderness: + +95:9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. + +95:10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, +It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my +ways: + +95:11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my +rest. + + + +96:1 O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the +earth. + +96:2 Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from +day to day. + +96:3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all +people. + +96:4 For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be +feared above all gods. + +96:5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the +heavens. + +96:6 Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his +sanctuary. + +96:7 Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the +LORD glory and strength. + +96:8 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an +offering, and come into his courts. + +96:9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, +all the earth. + +96:10 Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also +shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the +people righteously. + +96:11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea +roar, and the fulness thereof. + +96:12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all +the trees of the wood rejoice + +96:13 Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the +earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people +with his truth. + + + +97:1 The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of +isles be glad thereof. + +97:2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and +judgment are the habitation of his throne. + +97:3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about. + +97:4 His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and +trembled. + +97:5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the +presence of the Lord of the whole earth. + +97:6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his +glory. + +97:7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast +themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods. + +97:8 Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced +because of thy judgments, O LORD. + +97:9 For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted +far above all gods. + +97:10 Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his +saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. + +97:11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in +heart. + +97:12 Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the +remembrance of his holiness. + + + +98:1 O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous +things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. + +98:2 The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he +openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. + +98:3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of +Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. + +98:4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud +noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. + +98:5 Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of +a psalm. + +98:6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the +LORD, the King. + +98:7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they +that dwell therein. + +98:8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together + +98:9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with +righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity. + + + +99:1 The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the +cherubims; let the earth be moved. + +99:2 The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people. + +99:3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy. + +99:4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish +equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob. + +99:5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he +is holy. + +99:6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that +call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them. + +99:7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his +testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them. + +99:8 Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that +forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions. + +99:9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the +LORD our God is holy. + + + +100:1 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. + +100:2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with +singing. + +100:3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and +not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. + +100:4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with +praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. + +100:5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth +endureth to all generations. + + + +101:1 I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I +sing. + +101:2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou +come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. + +101:3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of +them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. + +101:4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked +person. + +101:5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him +that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. + +101:6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may +dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. + +101:7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that +telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. + +101:8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut +off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD. + + + +102:1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. + +102:2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; +incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily. + +102:3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as +an hearth. + +102:4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget +to eat my bread. + +102:5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my +skin. + +102:6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the +desert. + +102:7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. + +102:8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad +against me are sworn against me. + +102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with +weeping. + +102:10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast +lifted me up, and cast me down. + +102:11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered +like grass. + +102:12 But thou, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance +unto all generations. + +102:13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to +favour her, yea, the set time, is come. + +102:14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the +dust thereof. + +102:15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the +kings of the earth thy glory. + +102:16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his +glory. + +102:17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise +their prayer. + +102:18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the +people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. + +102:19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from +heaven did the LORD behold the earth; + +102:20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are +appointed to death; + +102:21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in +Jerusalem; + +102:22 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to +serve the LORD. + +102:23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. + +102:24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy +years are throughout all generations. + +102:25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the +heavens are the work of thy hands. + +102:26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them +shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and +they shall be changed: + +102:27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. + +102:28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed +shall be established before thee. + + + +103:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his +holy name. + +103:2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: + +103:3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy +diseases; + +103:4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with +lovingkindness and tender mercies; + +103:5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is +renewed like the eagle's. + +103:6 The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are +oppressed. + +103:7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of +Israel. + +103:8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous +in mercy. + +103:9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for +ever. + +103:10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us +according to our iniquities. + +103:11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his +mercy toward them that fear him. + +103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our +transgressions from us. + +103:13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them +that fear him. + +103:14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. + +103:15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so +he flourisheth. + +103:16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place +thereof shall know it no more. + +103:17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting +upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's +children; + +103:18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his +commandments to do them. + +103:19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his +kingdom ruleth over all. + +103:20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do +his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. + +103:21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that +do his pleasure. + +103:22 Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: +bless the LORD, O my soul. + + + +104:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; +thou art clothed with honour and majesty. + +104:2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who +stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: + +104:3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh +the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind: + +104:4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: + +104:5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be +removed for ever. + +104:6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters +stood above the mountains. + +104:7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted +away. + +104:8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto +the place which thou hast founded for them. + +104:9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they +turn not again to cover the earth. + +104:10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the +hills. + +104:11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses +quench their thirst. + +104:12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, +which sing among the branches. + +104:13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied +with the fruit of thy works. + +104:14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the +service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; + +104:15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his +face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart. + +104:16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, +which he hath planted; + +104:17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir +trees are her house. + +104:18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks +for the conies. + +104:19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going +down. + +104:20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts +of the forest do creep forth. + +104:21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from +God. + +104:22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them +down in their dens. + +104:23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the +evening. + +104:24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made +them all: the earth is full of thy riches. + +104:25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping +innumerable, both small and great beasts. + +104:26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast +made to play therein. + +104:27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat +in due season. + +104:28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, +they are filled with good. + +104:29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their +breath, they die, and return to their dust. + +104:30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou +renewest the face of the earth. + +104:31 The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall +rejoice in his works. + +104:32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the +hills, and they smoke. + +104:33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise +to my God while I have my being. + +104:34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the +LORD. + +104:35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the +wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD. + + + +105:1 O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his +deeds among the people. + +105:2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous +works. + +105:3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that +seek the LORD. + +105:4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore. + +105:5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, +and the judgments of his mouth; + +105:6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his +chosen. + +105:7 He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth. + +105:8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he +commanded to a thousand generations. + +105:9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; + +105:10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for +an everlasting covenant: + +105:11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of +your inheritance: + +105:12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and +strangers in it. + +105:13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to +another people; + +105:14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for +their sakes; + +105:15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. + +105:16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the +whole staff of bread. + +105:17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a +servant: + +105:18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: + +105:19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried +him. + +105:20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and +let him go free. + +105:21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: + +105:22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators +wisdom. + +105:23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of +Ham. + +105:24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger +than their enemies. + +105:25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with +his servants. + +105:26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. + +105:27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of +Ham. + +105:28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not +against his word. + +105:29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. + +105:30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of +their kings. + +105:31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all +their coasts. + +105:32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. + +105:33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the +trees of their coasts. + +105:34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that +without number, + +105:35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the +fruit of their ground. + +105:36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all +their strength. + +105:37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was +not one feeble person among their tribes. + +105:38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell +upon them. + +105:39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the +night. + +105:40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them +with the bread of heaven. + +105:41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the +dry places like a river. + +105:42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. + +105:43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with +gladness: + +105:44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the +labour of the people; + +105:45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise +ye the LORD. + + + +106:1 Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: +for his mercy endureth for ever. + +106:2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth +all his praise? + +106:3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth +righteousness at all times. + +106:4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy +people: O visit me with thy salvation; + +106:5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the +gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance. + +106:6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we +have done wickedly. + +106:7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered +not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at +the Red sea. + +106:8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might +make his mighty power to be known. + +106:9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them +through the depths, as through the wilderness. + +106:10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and +redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. + +106:11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them +left. + +106:12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. + +106:13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: + +106:14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in +the desert. + +106:15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their +soul. + +106:16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the +LORD. + +106:17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the +company of Abiram. + +106:18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up +the wicked. + +106:19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. + +106:20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that +eateth grass. + +106:21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in +Egypt; + +106:22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the +Red sea. + +106:23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his +chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he +should destroy them. + +106:24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his +word: + +106:25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice +of the LORD. + +106:26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them +in the wilderness: + +106:27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter +them in the lands. + +106:28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the +sacrifices of the dead. + +106:29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the +plague brake in upon them. + +106:30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the +plague was stayed. + +106:31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all +generations for evermore. + +106:32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went +ill with Moses for their sakes: + +106:33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly +with his lips. + +106:34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD +commanded them: + +106:35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. + +106:36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. + +106:37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto +devils, + +106:38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of +their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and +the land was polluted with blood. + +106:39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring +with their own inventions. + +106:40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, +insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. + +106:41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that +hated them ruled over them. + +106:42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into +subjection under their hand. + +106:43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with +their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. + +106:44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their +cry: + +106:45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according +to the multitude of his mercies. + +106:46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them +captives. + +106:47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, +to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise. + +106:48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to +everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD. + + + +107:1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy +endureth for ever. + +107:2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from +the hand of the enemy; + +107:3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the +west, from the north, and from the south. + +107:4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no +city to dwell in. + +107:5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. + +107:6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered +them out of their distresses. + +107:7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a +city of habitation. + +107:8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his +wonderful works to the children of men! + +107:9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul +with goodness. + +107:10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound +in affliction and iron; + +107:11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned +the counsel of the most High: + +107:12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell +down, and there was none to help. + +107:13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved +them out of their distresses. + +107:14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and +brake their bands in sunder. + +107:15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his +wonderful works to the children of men! + +107:16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron +in sunder. + +107:17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their +iniquities, are afflicted. + +107:18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near +unto the gates of death. + +107:19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth +them out of their distresses. + +107:20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from +their destructions. + +107:21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his +wonderful works to the children of men! + +107:22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and +declare his works with rejoicing. + +107:23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in +great waters; + +107:24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. + +107:25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth +up the waves thereof. + +107:26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: +their soul is melted because of trouble. + +107:27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are +at their wit's end. + +107:28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth +them out of their distresses. + +107:29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are +still. + +107:30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them +unto their desired haven. + +107:31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his +wonderful works to the children of men! + +107:32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and +praise him in the assembly of the elders. + +107:33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into +dry ground; + +107:34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them +that dwell therein. + +107:35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground +into watersprings. + +107:36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare +a city for habitation; + +107:37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits +of increase. + +107:38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and +suffereth not their cattle to decrease. + +107:39 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, +affliction, and sorrow. + +107:40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in +the wilderness, where there is no way. + +107:41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him +families like a flock. + +107:42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall +stop her mouth. + +107:43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall +understand the lovingkindness of the LORD. + + + +108:1 O god, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with +my glory. + +108:2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. + +108:3 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing +praises unto thee among the nations. + +108:4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth +unto the clouds. + +108:5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above +all the earth; + +108:6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and +answer me. + +108:7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide +Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. + +108:8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength +of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; + +108:9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over +Philistia will I triumph. + +108:10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into +Edom? + +108:11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, +O God, go forth with our hosts? + +108:12 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. + +108:13 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall +tread down our enemies. + + + +109:1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; + +109:2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are +opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. + +109:3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought +against me without a cause. + +109:4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto +prayer. + +109:5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. + +109:6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right +hand. + +109:7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his +prayer become sin. + +109:8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office. + +109:9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. + +109:10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them +seek their bread also out of their desolate places. + +109:11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the +strangers spoil his labour. + +109:12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there +be any to favour his fatherless children. + +109:13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following +let their name be blotted out. + +109:14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; +and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. + +109:15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off +the memory of them from the earth. + +109:16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted +the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. + +109:17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted +not in blessing, so let it be far from him. + +109:18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so +let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. + +109:19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a +girdle wherewith he is girded continually. + +109:20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and +of them that speak evil against my soul. + +109:21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: +because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. + +109:22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. + +109:23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and +down as the locust. + +109:24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of +fatness. + +109:25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me +they shaked their heads. + +109:26 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy: + +109:27 That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast +done it. + +109:28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be +ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. + +109:29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover +themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. + +109:30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will +praise him among the multitude. + +109:31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him +from those that condemn his soul. + + + +110:1 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I +make thine enemies thy footstool. + +110:2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule +thou in the midst of thine enemies. + +110:3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the +beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew +of thy youth. + +110:4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for +ever after the order of Melchizedek. + +110:5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day +of his wrath. + +110:6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with +the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries. + +110:7 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift +up the head. + + + +111:1 Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, +in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation. + +111:2 The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that +have pleasure therein. + +111:3 His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness +endureth for ever. + +111:4 He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is +gracious and full of compassion. + +111:5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be +mindful of his covenant. + +111:6 He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may +give them the heritage of the heathen. + +111:7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his +commandments are sure. + +111:8 They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and +uprightness. + +111:9 He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his +covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name. + +111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good +understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise +endureth for ever. + + + +112:1 Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, +that delighteth greatly in his commandments. + +112:2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the +upright shall be blessed. + +112:3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness +endureth for ever. + +112:4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is +gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. + +112:5 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his +affairs with discretion. + +112:6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in +everlasting remembrance. + +112:7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, +trusting in the LORD. + +112:8 His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see +his desire upon his enemies. + +112:9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness +endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour. + +112:10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with +his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish. + + + +113:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise +the name of the LORD. + +113:2 Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for +evermore. + +113:3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the +LORD's name is to be praised. + +113:4 The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the +heavens. + +113:5 Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, + +113:6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, +and in the earth! + +113:7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy +out of the dunghill; + +113:8 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his +people. + +113:9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful +mother of children. Praise ye the LORD. + + + +114:1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people +of strange language; + +114:2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. + +114:3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. + +114:4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like +lambs. + +114:5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, +that thou wast driven back? + +114:6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, +like lambs? + +114:7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the +presence of the God of Jacob; + +114:8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a +fountain of waters. + + + +115:1 Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, +for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. + +115:2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? + +115:3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath +pleased. + +115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. + +115:5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they +see not: + +115:6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they +smell not: + +115:7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they +walk not: neither speak they through their throat. + +115:8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that +trusteth in them. + +115:9 O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their +shield. + +115:10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their +shield. + +115:11 Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and +their shield. + +115:12 The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will +bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. + +115:13 He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great. + +115:14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your +children. + +115:15 Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth. + +115:16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earth +hath he given to the children of men. + +115:17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into +silence. + +115:18 But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for +evermore. + +Praise the LORD. + + + +116:1 I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my +supplications. + +116:2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call +upon him as long as I live. + +116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat +hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. + +116:4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, +deliver my soul. + +116:5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. + +116:6 The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped +me. + +116:7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt +bountifully with thee. + +116:8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from +tears, and my feet from falling. + +116:9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. + +116:10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: + +116:11 I said in my haste, All men are liars. + +116:12 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward +me? + +116:13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the +LORD. + +116:14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his +people. + +116:15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. + +116:16 O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son +of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. + +116:17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will +call upon the name of the LORD. + +116:18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his +people. + +116:19 In the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of thee, O +Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD. + + + +117:1 O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. + +117:2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of +the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD. + + + +118:1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy +endureth for ever. + +118:2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. + +118:3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for +ever. + +118:4 Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for +ever. + +118:5 I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and +set me in a large place. + +118:6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto +me? + +118:7 The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall +I see my desire upon them that hate me. + +118:8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. + +118:9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in +princes. + +118:10 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD +will I destroy them. + +118:11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in +the name of the LORD I will destroy them. + +118:12 They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as the +fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. + +118:13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD +helped me. + +118:14 The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. + +118:15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of +the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. + +118:16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the +LORD doeth valiantly. + +118:17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. + +118:18 The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over +unto death. + +118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and +I will praise the LORD: + +118:20 This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter. + +118:21 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my +salvation. + +118:22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone +of the corner. + +118:23 This is the LORD's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. + +118:24 This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and +be glad in it. + +118:25 Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send +now prosperity. + +118:26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have +blessed you out of the house of the LORD. + +118:27 God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice +with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. + +118:28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I +will exalt thee. + +118:29 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy +endureth for ever. + + + +119:1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the +LORD. + +119:2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him +with the whole heart. + +119:3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. + +119:4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. + +119:5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! + +119:6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy +commandments. + +119:7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have +learned thy righteous judgments. + +119:8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. + +119:9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed +thereto according to thy word. + +119:10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander +from thy commandments. + +119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against +thee. + +119:12 Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes. + +119:13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. + +119:14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in +all riches. + +119:15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy +ways. + +119:16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy +word. + +119:17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep +thy word. + +119:18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of +thy law. + +119:19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from +me. + +119:20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy +judgments at all times. + +119:21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from +thy commandments. + +119:22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy +testimonies. + +119:23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did +meditate in thy statutes. + +119:24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors. + +119:25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to +thy word. + +119:26 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy +statutes. + +119:27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk +of thy wondrous works. + +119:28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according +unto thy word. + +119:29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law +graciously. + +119:30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid +before me. + +119:31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame. + +119:32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge +my heart. + +119:33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it +unto the end. + +119:34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall +observe it with my whole heart. + +119:35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I +delight. + +119:36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. + +119:37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me +in thy way. + +119:38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear. + +119:39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good. + +119:40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy +righteousness. + +119:41 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, +according to thy word. + +119:42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: +for I trust in thy word. + +119:43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I +have hoped in thy judgments. + +119:44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. + +119:45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. + +119:46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not +be ashamed. + +119:47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have +loved. + +119:48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I +have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. + +119:49 Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused +me to hope. + +119:50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath +quickened me. + +119:51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not +declined from thy law. + +119:52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted +myself. + +119:53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that +forsake thy law. + +119:54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. + +119:55 I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept +thy law. + +119:56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts. + +119:57 Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy +words. + +119:58 I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me +according to thy word. + +119:59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. + +119:60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. + +119:61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not +forgotten thy law. + +119:62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy +righteous judgments. + +119:63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that +keep thy precepts. + +119:64 The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. + +119:65 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto +thy word. + +119:66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy +commandments. + +119:67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy +word. + +119:68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. + +119:69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy +precepts with my whole heart. + +119:70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law. + +119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might +learn thy statutes. + +119:72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold +and silver. + +119:73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, +that I may learn thy commandments. + +119:74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I +have hoped in thy word. + +119:75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in +faithfulness hast afflicted me. + +119:76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, +according to thy word unto thy servant. + +119:77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy +law is my delight. + +119:78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me +without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts. + +119:79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have +known thy testimonies. + +119:80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed. + +119:81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. + +119:82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? + +119:83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget +thy statutes. + +119:84 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute +judgment on them that persecute me? + +119:85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. + +119:86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me +wrongfully; help thou me. + +119:87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy +precepts. + +119:88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the +testimony of thy mouth. + +119:89 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. + +119:90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established +the earth, and it abideth. + +119:91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all +are thy servants. + +119:92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have +perished in mine affliction. + +119:93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast +quickened me. + +119:94 I am thine, save me: for I have sought thy precepts. + +119:95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will +consider thy testimonies. + +119:96 I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is +exceeding broad. + +119:97 O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day. + +119:98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine +enemies: for they are ever with me. + +119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy +testimonies are my meditation. + +119:100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy +precepts. + +119:101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might +keep thy word. + +119:102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught +me. + +119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey +to my mouth! + +119:104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate +every false way. + +119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. + +119:106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy +righteous judgments. + +119:107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto +thy word. + +119:108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O +LORD, and teach me thy judgments. + +119:109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy +law. + +119:110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy +precepts. + +119:111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they +are the rejoicing of my heart. + +119:112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even +unto the end. + +119:113 I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. + +119:114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. + +119:115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments +of my God. + +119:116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me +not be ashamed of my hope. + +119:117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect +unto thy statutes continually. + +119:118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: +for their deceit is falsehood. + +119:119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: +therefore I love thy testimonies. + +119:120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy +judgments. + +119:121 I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine +oppressors. + +119:122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress +me. + +119:123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy +righteousness. + +119:124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me +thy statutes. + +119:125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy +testimonies. + +119:126 It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void +thy law. + +119:127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine +gold. + +119:128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to +be right; and I hate every false way. + +119:129 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep +them. + +119:130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth +understanding unto the simple. + +119:131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy +commandments. + +119:132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to +do unto those that love thy name. + +119:133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have +dominion over me. + +119:134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy +precepts. + +119:135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy +statutes. + +119:136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy +law. + +119:137 Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments. + +119:138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and +very faithful. + +119:139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten +thy words. + +119:140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. + +119:141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts. + +119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law +is the truth. + +119:143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy +commandments are my delights. + +119:144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me +understanding, and I shall live. + +119:145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy +statutes. + +119:146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. + +119:147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in +thy word. + +119:148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in +thy word. + +119:149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, +quicken me according to thy judgment. + +119:150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from +thy law. + +119:151 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth. + +119:152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast +founded them for ever. + +119:153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget +thy law. + +119:154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy +word. + +119:155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy +statutes. + +119:156 Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to +thy judgments. + +119:157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline +from thy testimonies. + +119:158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept +not thy word. + +119:159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, +according to thy lovingkindness. + +119:160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy +righteous judgments endureth for ever. + +119:161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart +standeth in awe of thy word. + +119:162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. + +119:163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. + +119:164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous +judgments. + +119:165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall +offend them. + +119:166 LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy +commandments. + +119:167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them +exceedingly. + +119:168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways +are before thee. + +119:169 Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me +understanding according to thy word. + +119:170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to +thy word. + +119:171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy +statutes. + +119:172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments +are righteousness. + +119:173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. + +119:174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my +delight. + +119:175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy +judgments help me. + +119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I +do not forget thy commandments. + + + +120:1 In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. + +120:2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful +tongue. + +120:3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, +thou false tongue? + +120:4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. + +120:5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents +of Kedar! + +120:6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. + +120:7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. + + + +121:1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my +help. + +121:2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. + +121:3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee +will not slumber. + +121:4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. + +121:5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right +hand. + +121:6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. + +121:7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve +thy soul. + +121:8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from +this time forth, and even for evermore. + + + +122:1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of +the LORD. + +122:2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. + +122:3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: + +122:4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the +testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. + +122:5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house +of David. + +122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love +thee. + +122:7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. + +122:8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be +within thee. + +122:9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good. + + + +123:1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the +heavens. + +123:2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their +masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so +our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us. + +123:3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are +exceedingly filled with contempt. + +123:4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that +are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. + + + +124:1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel +say; + +124:2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose +up against us: + +124:3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was +kindled against us: + +124:4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our +soul: + +124:5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. + +124:6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their +teeth. + +124:7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: +the snare is broken, and we are escaped. + +124:8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. + + + +125:1 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot +be removed, but abideth for ever. + +125:2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round +about his people from henceforth even for ever. + +125:3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the +righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. + +125:4 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are +upright in their hearts. + +125:5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD +shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be +upon Israel. + + + +126:1 When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like +them that dream. + +126:2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with +singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great +things for them. + +126:3 The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. + +126:4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. + +126:5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. + +126:6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall +doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. + + + +127:1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build +it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. + +127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the +bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. + +127:3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the +womb is his reward. + +127:4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of +the youth. + +127:5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall +not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. + + + +128:1 Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his +ways. + +128:2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou +be, and it shall be well with thee. + +128:3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine +house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. + +128:4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the +LORD. + +128:5 The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the +good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. + +128:6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon +Israel. + + + +129:1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now +say: + +129:2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have +not prevailed against me. + +129:3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. + +129:4 The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the +wicked. + +129:5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. + +129:6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth +afore it groweth up: + +129:7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth +sheaves his bosom. + +129:8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be +upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD. + + + +130:1 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. + +130:2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of +my supplications. + +130:3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall +stand? + +130:4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. + +130:5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I +hope. + +130:6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the +morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. + +130:7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, +and with him is plenteous redemption. + +130:8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. + + + +131:1 Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I +exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. + +131:2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is +weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. + +131:3 Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever. + + + +132:1 Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions: + +132:2 How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of +Jacob; + +132:3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go +up into my bed; + +132:4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, + +132:5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the +mighty God of Jacob. + +132:6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the +wood. + +132:7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his +footstool. + +132:8 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength. + +132:9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy +saints shout for joy. + +132:10 For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine +anointed. + +132:11 The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from +it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. + +132:12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I +shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for +evermore. + +132:13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his +habitation. + +132:14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired +it. + +132:15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor +with bread. + +132:16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints +shall shout aloud for joy. + +132:17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a +lamp for mine anointed. + +132:18 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall +his crown flourish. + + + +133:1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell +together in unity! + +133:2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down +upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of +his garments; + +133:3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the +mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even +life for evermore. + + + +134:1 Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by +night stand in the house of the LORD. + +134:2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD. + +134:3 The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion. + + + +135:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, +O ye servants of the LORD. + +135:2 Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the +house of our God. + +135:3 Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his +name; for it is pleasant. + +135:4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his +peculiar treasure. + +135:5 For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above +all gods. + +135:6 Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in +earth, in the seas, and all deep places. + +135:7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he +maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his +treasuries. + +135:8 Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast. + +135:9 Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, +upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants. + +135:10 Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings; + +135:11 Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the +kingdoms of Canaan: + +135:12 And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel +his people. + +135:13 Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD, +throughout all generations. + +135:14 For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself +concerning his servants. + +135:15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's +hands. + +135:16 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they +see not; + +135:17 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath +in their mouths. + +135:18 They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that +trusteth in them. + +135:19 Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of +Aaron: + +135:20 Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless +the LORD. + +135:21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. + +Praise ye the LORD. + + + +136:1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy +endureth for ever. + +136:2 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for +ever. + +136:3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for +ever. + +136:4 To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for +ever. + +136:5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth +for ever. + +136:6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his +mercy endureth for ever. + +136:7 To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever: + +136:8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever: + +136:9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for +ever. + +136:10 To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy +endureth for ever: + +136:11 And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth +for ever: + +136:12 With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy +endureth for ever. + +136:13 To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy +endureth for ever: + +136:14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy +endureth for ever: + +136:15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his +mercy endureth for ever. + +136:16 To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his +mercy endureth for ever. + +136:17 To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for +ever: + +136:18 And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: + +136:19 Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever: + +136:20 And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever: + +136:21 And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for +ever: + +136:22 Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy +endureth for ever. + +136:23 Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for +ever: + +136:24 And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth +for ever. + +136:25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever. + +136:26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth +for ever. + + + +137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when +we remembered Zion. + +137:2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. + +137:3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a +song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us +one of the songs of Zion. + +137:4 How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land? + +137:5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her +cunning. + +137:6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of +my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. + +137:7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; +who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. + +137:8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he +be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. + +137:9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones +against the stones. + + + +138:1 I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I +sing praise unto thee. + +138:2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for +thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word +above all thy name. + +138:3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst +me with strength in my soul. + +138:4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they +hear the words of thy mouth. + +138:5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the +glory of the LORD. + +138:6 Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but +the proud he knoweth afar off. + +138:7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou +shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and +thy right hand shall save me. + +138:8 The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O +LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. + + + +139:1 O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. + +139:2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou +understandest my thought afar off. + +139:3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted +with all my ways. + +139:4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou +knowest it altogether. + +139:5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon +me. + +139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot +attain unto it. + +139:7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from +thy presence? + +139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in +hell, behold, thou art there. + +139:9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost +parts of the sea; + +139:10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall +hold me. + +139:11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night +shall be light about me. + +139:12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth +as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. + +139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my +mother's womb. + +139:14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: +marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. + +139:15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, +and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. + +139:16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in +thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were +fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. + +139:17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is +the sum of them! + +139:18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: +when I awake, I am still with thee. + +139:19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me +therefore, ye bloody men. + +139:20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take +thy name in vain. + +139:21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I +grieved with those that rise up against thee? + +139:22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. + +139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my +thoughts: + +139:24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the +way everlasting. + + + +140:1 Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the +violent man; + +140:2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they +gathered together for war. + +140:3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison +is under their lips. Selah. + +140:4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from +the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. + +140:5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a +net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah. + +140:6 I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my +supplications, O LORD. + +140:7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered +my head in the day of battle. + +140:8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his +wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah. + +140:9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief +of their own lips cover them. + +140:10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the +fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. + +140:11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall +hunt the violent man to overthrow him. + +140:12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, +and the right of the poor. + +140:13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the +upright shall dwell in thy presence. + + + +141:1 Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my +voice, when I cry unto thee. + +141:2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the +lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. + +141:3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. + +141:4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works +with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. + +141:5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him +reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my +head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. + +141:6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall +hear my words; for they are sweet. + +141:7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one +cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. + +141:8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my +trust; leave not my soul destitute. + +141:9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the +gins of the workers of iniquity. + +141:10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal +escape. + + + +142:1 I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD +did I make my supplication. + +142:2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my +trouble. + +142:3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my +path. + +In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me. + +142:4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that +would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. + +142:5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my +portion in the land of the living. + +142:6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from +my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. + +142:7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the +righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with +me. + + + +143:1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy +faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. + +143:2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight +shall no man living be justified. + +143:3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life +down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those +that have been long dead. + +143:4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me +is desolate. + +143:5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse +on the work of thy hands. + +143:6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after +thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. + +143:7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face +from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. + +143:8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee +do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift +up my soul unto thee. + +143:9 Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide +me. + +143:10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is +good; lead me into the land of uprightness. + +143:11 Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' +sake bring my soul out of trouble. + +143:12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them +that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant. + + + +144:1 Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war, +and my fingers to fight: + +144:2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; +my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. + +144:3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son +of man, that thou makest account of him! + +144:4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth +away. + +144:5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and +they shall smoke. + +144:6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, +and destroy them. + +144:7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great +waters, from the hand of strange children; + +144:8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right +hand of falsehood. + +144:9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an +instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee. + +144:10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David +his servant from the hurtful sword. + +144:11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose +mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of +falsehood: + +144:12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that +our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude +of a palace: + +144:13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: +that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our +streets: + +144:14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no +breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our +streets. + +144:15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is +that people, whose God is the LORD. + + + +145:1 I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for +ever and ever. + +145:2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever +and ever. + +145:3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness +is unsearchable. + +145:4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall +declare thy mighty acts. + +145:5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy +wondrous works. + +145:6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I +will declare thy greatness. + +145:7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, +and shall sing of thy righteousness. + +145:8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and +of great mercy. + +145:9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his +works. + +145:10 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall +bless thee. + +145:11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy +power; + +145:12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the +glorious majesty of his kingdom. + +145:13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion +endureth throughout all generations. + +145:14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that +be bowed down. + +145:15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat +in due season. + +145:16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every +living thing. + +145:17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his +works. + +145:18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that +call upon him in truth. + +145:19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will +hear their cry, and will save them. + +145:20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked +will he destroy. + +145:21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh +bless his holy name for ever and ever. + + + +146:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. + +146:2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my +God while I have any being. + +146:3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom +there is no help. + +146:4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very +day his thoughts perish. + +146:5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope +is in the LORD his God: + +146:6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: +which keepeth truth for ever: + +146:7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to +the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners: + +146:8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them +that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous: + +146:9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless +and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. + +146:10 The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all +generations. Praise ye the LORD. + + + +147:1 Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; +for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. + +147:2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the +outcasts of Israel. + +147:3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. + +147:4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their +names. + +147:5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is +infinite. + +147:6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the +ground. + +147:7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp +unto our God: + +147:8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the +earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. + +147:9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which +cry. + +147:10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not +pleasure in the legs of a man. + +147:11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that +hope in his mercy. + +147:12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. + +147:13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed +thy children within thee. + +147:14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the +finest of the wheat. + +147:15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth +very swiftly. + +147:16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like +ashes. + +147:17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his +cold? + +147:18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind +to blow, and the waters flow. + +147:19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments +unto Israel. + +147:20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, +they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD. + + + +148:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise +him in the heights. + +148:2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. + +148:3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. + +148:4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above +the heavens. + +148:5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they +were created. + +148:6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a +decree which shall not pass. + +148:7 Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: + +148:8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his +word: + +148:9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: + +148:10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: + +148:11 Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of +the earth: + +148:12 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: + +148:13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is +excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. + +148:14 He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his +saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise +ye the LORD. + + + +149:1 Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his +praise in the congregation of saints. + +149:2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of +Zion be joyful in their King. + +149:3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises +unto him with the timbrel and harp. + +149:4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the +meek with salvation. + +149:5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon +their beds. + +149:6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged +sword in their hand; + +149:7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the +people; + +149:8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters +of iron; + +149:9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all +his saints. Praise ye the LORD. + + + +150:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in +the firmament of his power. + +150:2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his +excellent greatness. + +150:3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the +psaltery and harp. + +150:4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed +instruments and organs. + +150:5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high +sounding cymbals. + +150:6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD. + + + + +The Proverbs + + +1:1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; 1:2 To +know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; +1:3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and +equity; 1:4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge +and discretion. + +1:5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of +understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: 1:6 To understand a +proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark +sayings. + +1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools +despise wisdom and instruction. + +1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the +law of thy mother: 1:9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy +head, and chains about thy neck. + +1:10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. + +1:11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk +privily for the innocent without cause: 1:12 Let us swallow them up +alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: +1:13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses +with spoil: 1:14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: +1:15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from +their path: 1:16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed +blood. + +1:17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. + +1:18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for +their own lives. + +1:19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh +away the life of the owners thereof. + +1:20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: +1:21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of +the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, 1:22 How long, +ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in +their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 1:23 Turn you at my +reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known +my words unto you. + +1:24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my +hand, and no man regarded; 1:25 But ye have set at nought all my +counsel, and would none of my reproof: 1:26 I also will laugh at your +calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; 1:27 When your fear +cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when +distress and anguish cometh upon you. + +1:28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall +seek me early, but they shall not find me: 1:29 For that they hated +knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: 1:30 They would +none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. + +1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be +filled with their own devices. + +1:32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the +prosperity of fools shall destroy them. + +1:33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be +quiet from fear of evil. + +2:1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments +with thee; 2:2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply +thine heart to understanding; 2:3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, +and liftest up thy voice for understanding; 2:4 If thou seekest her as +silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; 2:5 Then shalt +thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. + +2:6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and +understanding. + +2:7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to +them that walk uprightly. + +2:8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his +saints. + +2:9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and +equity; yea, every good path. + +2:10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant +unto thy soul; 2:11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding +shall keep thee: 2:12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, +from the man that speaketh froward things; 2:13 Who leave the paths of +uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 2:14 Who rejoice to do +evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; 2:15 Whose ways +are crooked, and they froward in their paths: 2:16 To deliver thee +from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with +her words; 2:17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth +the covenant of her God. + +2:18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. + +2:19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the +paths of life. + +2:20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths +of the righteous. + +2:21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall +remain in it. + +2:22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the +transgressors shall be rooted out of it. + +3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my +commandments: 3:2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall +they add to thee. + +3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; +write them upon the table of thine heart: 3:4 So shalt thou find +favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. + +3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine +own understanding. + +3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. + +3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from +evil. + +3:8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. + +3:9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of +all thine increase: 3:10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and +thy presses shall burst out with new wine. + +3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary +of his correction: 3:12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even +as a father the son in whom he delighteth. + +3:13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth +understanding. + +3:14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of +silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. + +3:15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst +desire are not to be compared unto her. + +3:16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches +and honour. + +3:17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. + +3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy +is every one that retaineth her. + +3:19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath +he established the heavens. + +3:20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop +down the dew. + +3:21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom +and discretion: 3:22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to +thy neck. + +3:23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not +stumble. + +3:24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt +lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. + +3:25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the +wicked, when it cometh. + +3:26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot +from being taken. + +3:27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the +power of thine hand to do it. + +3:28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I +will give; when thou hast it by thee. + +3:29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth +securely by thee. + +3:30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no +harm. + +3:31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. + +3:32 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is +with the righteous. + +3:33 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he +blesseth the habitation of the just. + +3:34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the +lowly. + +3:35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of +fools. + +4:1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know +understanding. + +4:2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. + +4:3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of +my mother. + +4:4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my +words: keep my commandments, and live. + +4:5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from +the words of my mouth. + +4:6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she +shall keep thee. + +4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all +thy getting get understanding. + +4:8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to +honour, when thou dost embrace her. + +4:9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of +glory shall she deliver to thee. + +4:10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life +shall be many. + +4:11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right +paths. + +4:12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou +runnest, thou shalt not stumble. + +4:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she +is thy life. + +4:14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of +evil men. + +4:15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. + +4:16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their +sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. + +4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of +violence. + +4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth +more and more unto the perfect day. + +4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they +stumble. + +4:20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. + +4:21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of +thine heart. + +4:22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all +their flesh. + +4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues +of life. + +4:24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far +from thee. + +4:25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight +before thee. + +4:26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. + +4:27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from +evil. + +5:1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my +understanding: 5:2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy +lips may keep knowledge. + +5:3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her +mouth is smoother than oil: 5:4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, +sharp as a two-edged sword. + +5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. + +5:6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are +moveable, that thou canst not know them. + +5:7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the +words of my mouth. + +5:8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her +house: 5:9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto +the cruel: 5:10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy +labours be in the house of a stranger; 5:11 And thou mourn at the +last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 5:12 And say, How have +I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 5:13 And have not +obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that +instructed me! 5:14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the +congregation and assembly. + +5:15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of +thine own well. + +5:16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in +the streets. + +5:17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. + +5:18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy +youth. + +5:19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts +satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. + +5:20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and +embrace the bosom of a stranger? 5:21 For the ways of man are before +the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. + +5:22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be +holden with the cords of his sins. + +5:23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his +folly he shall go astray. + +6:1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken +thy hand with a stranger, 6:2 Thou art snared with the words of thy +mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. + +6:3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into +the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. + +6:4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. + +6:5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a +bird from the hand of the fowler. + +6:6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 6:7 +Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 6:8 Provideth her meat in +the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. + +6:9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of +thy sleep? 6:10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little +folding of the hands to sleep: 6:11 So shall thy poverty come as one +that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. + +6:12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. + +6:13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth +with his fingers; 6:14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth +mischief continually; he soweth discord. + +6:15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be +broken without remedy. + +6:16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an +abomination unto him: 6:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands +that shed innocent blood, 6:18 An heart that deviseth wicked +imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 6:19 A false +witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. + +6:20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of +thy mother: 6:21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them +about thy neck. + +6:22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall +keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. + +6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs +of instruction are the way of life: 6:24 To keep thee from the evil +woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. + +6:25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take +thee with her eyelids. + +6:26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of +bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life. + +6:27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? +6:28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? 6:29 So +he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall +not be innocent. + +6:30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when +he is hungry; 6:31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he +shall give all the substance of his house. + +6:32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: +he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. + +6:33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be +wiped away. + +6:34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in +the day of vengeance. + +6:35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, +though thou givest many gifts. + +7:1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. + +7:2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine +eye. + +7:3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine +heart. + +7:4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy +kinswoman: 7:5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from +the stranger which flattereth with her words. + +7:6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7:7 +And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a +young man void of understanding, 7:8 Passing through the street near +her corner; and he went the way to her house, 7:9 In the twilight, in +the evening, in the black and dark night: 7:10 And, behold, there met +him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. + +7:11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: 7:12 +Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every +corner.) 7:13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent +face said unto him, 7:14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have +I payed my vows. + +7:15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, +and I have found thee. + +7:16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved +works, with fine linen of Egypt. + +7:17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. + +7:18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us +solace ourselves with loves. + +7:19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: 7:20 +He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day +appointed. + +7:21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the +flattering of her lips she forced him. + +7:22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, +or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; 7:23 Till a dart strike +through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not +that it is for his life. + +7:24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the +words of my mouth. + +7:25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her +paths. + +7:26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have +been slain by her. + +7:27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of +death. + +8:1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? 8:2 +She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of +the paths. + +8:3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming +in at the doors. + +8:4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. + +8:5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an +understanding heart. + +8:6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my +lips shall be right things. + +8:7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination +to my lips. + +8:8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing +froward or perverse in them. + +8:9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them +that find knowledge. + +8:10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than +choice gold. + +8:11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be +desired are not to be compared to it. + +8:12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty +inventions. + +8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and +the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. + +8:14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have +strength. + +8:15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. + +8:16 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. + +8:17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find +me. + +8:18 Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and +righteousness. + +8:19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue +than choice silver. + +8:20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of +judgment: 8:21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit +substance; and I will fill their treasures. + +8:22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his +works of old. + +8:23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the +earth was. + +8:24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were +no fountains abounding with water. + +8:25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought +forth: 8:26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, +nor the highest part of the dust of the world. + +8:27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass +upon the face of the depth: 8:28 When he established the clouds above: +when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: 8:29 When he gave to +the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: +when he appointed the foundations of the earth: 8:30 Then I was by +him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, +rejoicing always before him; 8:31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of +his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men. + +8:32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are +they that keep my ways. + +8:33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. + +8:34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, +waiting at the posts of my doors. + +8:35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the +LORD. + +8:36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they +that hate me love death. + +9:1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven +pillars: 9:2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; +she hath also furnished her table. + +9:3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest +places of the city, 9:4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as +for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 9:5 Come, eat of +my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. + +9:6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. + +9:7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that +rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. + +9:8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and +he will love thee. + +9:9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a +just man, and he will increase in learning. + +9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the +knowledge of the holy is understanding. + +9:11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life +shall be increased. + +9:12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou +scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. + +9:13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. + +9:14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high +places of the city, 9:15 To call passengers who go right on their +ways: 9:16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him +that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 9:17 Stolen waters are +sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. + +9:18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests +are in the depths of hell. + +10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a +foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. + +10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness +delivereth from death. + +10:3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but +he casteth away the substance of the wicked. + +10:4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of +the diligent maketh rich. + +10:5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth +in harvest is a son that causeth shame. + +10:6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth +the mouth of the wicked. + +10:7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked +shall rot. + +10:8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool +shall fall. + +10:9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth +his ways shall be known. + +10:10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool +shall fall. + +10:11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence +covereth the mouth of the wicked. + +10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. + +10:13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but +a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding. + +10:14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near +destruction. + +10:15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the +poor is their poverty. + +10:16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the +wicked to sin. + +10:17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that +refuseth reproof erreth. + +10:18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a +slander, is a fool. + +10:19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that +refraineth his lips is wise. + +10:20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the +wicked is little worth. + +10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of +wisdom. + +10:22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no +sorrow with it. + +10:23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of +understanding hath wisdom. + +10:24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire +of the righteous shall be granted. + +10:25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the +righteous is an everlasting foundation. + +10:26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the +sluggard to them that send him. + +10:27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the +wicked shall be shortened. + +10:28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation +of the wicked shall perish. + +10:29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction +shall be to the workers of iniquity. + +10:30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not +inhabit the earth. + +10:31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward +tongue shall be cut out. + +10:32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth +of the wicked speaketh frowardness. + +11:1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is +his delight. + +11:2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is +wisdom. + +11:3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the +perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. + +11:4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness +delivereth from death. + +11:5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the +wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. + +11:6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but +transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. + +11:7 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the +hope of unjust men perisheth. + +11:8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh +in his stead. + +11:9 An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through +knowledge shall the just be delivered. + +11:10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and +when the wicked perish, there is shouting. + +11:11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is +overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. + +11:12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of +understanding holdeth his peace. + +11:13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful +spirit concealeth the matter. + +11:14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of +counsellors there is safety. + +11:15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that +hateth suretiship is sure. + +11:16 A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches. + +11:17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is +cruel troubleth his own flesh. + +11:18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth +righteousness shall be a sure reward. + +11:19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil +pursueth it to his own death. + +11:20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: +but such as are upright in their way are his delight. + +11:21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: +but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. + +11:22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which +is without discretion. + +11:23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of +the wicked is wrath. + +11:24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that +withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. + +11:25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall +be watered also himself. + +11:26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but +blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. + +11:27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that +seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him. + +11:28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous +shall flourish as a branch. + +11:29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the +fool shall be servant to the wise of heart. + +11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that +winneth souls is wise. + +11:31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much +more the wicked and the sinner. + +12:1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth +reproof is brutish. + +12:2 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked +devices will he condemn. + +12:3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the +righteous shall not be moved. + +12:4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh +ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. + +12:5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the +wicked are deceit. + +12:6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the +mouth of the upright shall deliver them. + +12:7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the +righteous shall stand. + +12:8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is +of a perverse heart shall be despised. + +12:9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that +honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. + +12:10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender +mercies of the wicked are cruel. + +12:11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he +that followeth vain persons is void of understanding. + +12:12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the +righteous yieldeth fruit. + +12:13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the +just shall come out of trouble. + +12:14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: +and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him. + +12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that +hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. + +12:16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth +shame. + +12:17 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false +witness deceit. + +12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the +tongue of the wise is health. + +12:19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying +tongue is but for a moment. + +12:20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the +counsellors of peace is joy. + +12:21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be +filled with mischief. + +12:22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly +are his delight. + +12:23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools +proclaimeth foolishness. + +12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall +be under tribute. + +12:25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word +maketh it glad. + +12:26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way +of the wicked seduceth them. + +12:27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but +the substance of a diligent man is precious. + +12:28 In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof +there is no death. + +13:1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner +heareth not rebuke. + +13:2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of +the transgressors shall eat violence. + +13:3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth +wide his lips shall have destruction. + +13:4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul +of the diligent shall be made fat. + +13:5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and +cometh to shame. + +13:6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but +wickedness overthroweth the sinner. + +13:7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is +that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. + +13:8 The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth +not rebuke. + +13:9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked +shall be put out. + +13:10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is +wisdom. + +13:11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that +gathereth by labour shall increase. + +13:12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, +it is a tree of life. + +13:13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth +the commandment shall be rewarded. + +13:14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the +snares of death. + +13:15 Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors +is hard. + +13:16 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open +his folly. + +13:17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful +ambassador is health. + +13:18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but +he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. + +13:19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is +abomination to fools to depart from evil. + +13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of +fools shall be destroyed. + +13:21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be +repayed. + +13:22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: +and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. + +13:23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is +destroyed for want of judgment. + +13:24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him +chasteneth him betimes. + +13:25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the +belly of the wicked shall want. + +14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it +down with her hands. + +14:2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that +is perverse in his ways despiseth him. + +14:3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of +the wise shall preserve them. + +14:4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the +strength of the ox. + +14:5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter +lies. + +14:6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is +easy unto him that understandeth. + +14:7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not +in him the lips of knowledge. + +14:8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly +of fools is deceit. + +14:9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is +favour. + +14:10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not +intermeddle with his joy. + +14:11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle +of the upright shall flourish. + +14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end +thereof are the ways of death. + +14:13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that +mirth is heaviness. + +14:14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a +good man shall be satisfied from himself. + +14:15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh +well to his going. + +14:16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool +rageth, and is confident. + +14:17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked +devices is hated. + +14:18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with +knowledge. + +14:19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the +righteous. + +14:20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath +many friends. + +14:21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy +on the poor, happy is he. + +14:22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be +to them that devise good. + +14:23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth +only to penury. + +14:24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of +fools is folly. + +14:25 A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness +speaketh lies. + +14:26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children +shall have a place of refuge. + +14:27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the +snares of death. + +14:28 In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want +of people is the destruction of the prince. + +14:29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that +is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. + +14:30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness +of the bones. + +14:31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that +honoureth him hath mercy on the poor. + +14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous +hath hope in his death. + +14:33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but +that which is in the midst of fools is made known. + +14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any +people. + +14:35 The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is +against him that causeth shame. + +15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up +anger. + +15:2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of +fools poureth out foolishness. + +15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and +the good. + +15:4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is +a breach in the spirit. + +15:5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth +reproof is prudent. + +15:6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the +revenues of the wicked is trouble. + +15:7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the +foolish doeth not so. + +15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but +the prayer of the upright is his delight. + +15:9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he +loveth him that followeth after righteousness. + +15:10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he +that hateth reproof shall die. + +15:11 Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the +hearts of the children of men? 15:12 A scorner loveth not one that +reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise. + +15:13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of +the heart the spirit is broken. + +15:14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but +the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. + +15:15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a +merry heart hath a continual feast. + +15:16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure +and trouble therewith. + +15:17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and +hatred therewith. + +15:18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger +appeaseth strife. + +15:19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the +way of the righteous is made plain. + +15:20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his +mother. + +15:21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of +understanding walketh uprightly. + +15:22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude +of counsellors they are established. + +15:23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in +due season, how good is it! 15:24 The way of life is above to the +wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. + +15:25 The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will +establish the border of the widow. + +15:26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but +the words of the pure are pleasant words. + +15:27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that +hateth gifts shall live. + +15:28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of +the wicked poureth out evil things. + +15:29 The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of +the righteous. + +15:30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report +maketh the bones fat. + +15:31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. + +15:32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that +heareth reproof getteth understanding. + +15:33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before +honour is humility. + +16:1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the +tongue, is from the LORD. + +16:2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD +weigheth the spirits. + +16:3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be +established. + +16:4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked +for the day of evil. + +16:5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: +though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. + +16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the +LORD men depart from evil. + +16:7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to +be at peace with him. + +16:8 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without +right. + +16:9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. + +16:10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth +transgresseth not in judgment. + +16:11 A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of the +bag are his work. + +16:12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the +throne is established by righteousness. + +16:13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that +speaketh right. + +16:14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man +will pacify it. + +16:15 In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour +is as a cloud of the latter rain. + +16:16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get +understanding rather to be chosen than silver! 16:17 The highway of +the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth +his soul. + +16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a +fall. + +16:19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to +divide the spoil with the proud. + +16:20 He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso +trusteth in the LORD, happy is he. + +16:21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of +the lips increaseth learning. + +16:22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but +the instruction of fools is folly. + +16:23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to +his lips. + +16:24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and +health to the bones. + +16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end +thereof are the ways of death. + +16:26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth +it of him. + +16:27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a +burning fire. + +16:28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief +friends. + +16:29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the +way that is not good. + +16:30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips +he bringeth evil to pass. + +16:31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of +righteousness. + +16:32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that +ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. + +16:33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is +of the LORD. + +17:1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house +full of sacrifices with strife. + +17:2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and +shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. + +17:3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the +LORD trieth the hearts. + +17:4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to +a naughty tongue. + +17:5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad +at calamities shall not be unpunished. + +17:6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of +children are their fathers. + +17:7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a +prince. + +17:8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: +whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. + +17:9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that +repeateth a matter separateth very friends. + +17:10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes +into a fool. + +17:11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger +shall be sent against him. + +17:12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool +in his folly. + +17:13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his +house. + +17:14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: +therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. + +17:15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, +even they both are abomination to the LORD. + +17:16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, +seeing he hath no heart to it? 17:17 A friend loveth at all times, +and a brother is born for adversity. + +17:18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety +in the presence of his friend. + +17:19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth +his gate seeketh destruction. + +17:20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a +perverse tongue falleth into mischief. + +17:21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father +of a fool hath no joy. + +17:22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit +drieth the bones. + +17:23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways +of judgment. + +17:24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a +fool are in the ends of the earth. + +17:25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her +that bare him. + +17:26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for +equity. + +17:27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of +understanding is of an excellent spirit. + +17:28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he +that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. + +18:1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and +intermeddleth with all wisdom. + +18:2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may +discover itself. + +18:3 When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with +ignominy reproach. + +18:4 The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring +of wisdom as a flowing brook. + +18:5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow +the righteous in judgment. + +18:6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for +strokes. + +18:7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of +his soul. + +18:8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into +the innermost parts of the belly. + +18:9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a +great waster. + +18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth +into it, and is safe. + +18:11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in +his own conceit. + +18:12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before +honour is humility. + +18:13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and +shame unto him. + +18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded +spirit who can bear? 18:15 The heart of the prudent getteth +knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge. + +18:16 A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great +men. + +18:17 He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his +neighbour cometh and searcheth him. + +18:18 The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the +mighty. + +18:19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and +their contentions are like the bars of a castle. + +18:20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; +and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. + +18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that +love it shall eat the fruit thereof. + +18:22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour +of the LORD. + +18:23 The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly. + +18:24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is +a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. + +19:1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is +perverse in his lips, and is a fool. + +19:2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he +that hasteth with his feet sinneth. + +19:3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth +against the LORD. + +19:4 Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his +neighbour. + +19:5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh +lies shall not escape. + +19:6 Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a +friend to him that giveth gifts. + +19:7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his +friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are +wanting to him. + +19:8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth +understanding shall find good. + +19:9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh +lies shall perish. + +19:10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to +have rule over princes. + +19:11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory +to pass over a transgression. + +19:12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is +as dew upon the grass. + +19:13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions +of a wife are a continual dropping. + +19:14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent +wife is from the LORD. + +19:15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall +suffer hunger. + +19:16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he +that despiseth his ways shall die. + +19:17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that +which he hath given will he pay him again. + +19:18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare +for his crying. + +19:19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou +deliver him, yet thou must do it again. + +19:20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise +in thy latter end. + +19:21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the +counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. + +19:22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better +than a liar. + +19:23 The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall +abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. + +19:24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so +much as bring it to his mouth again. + +19:25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one +that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge. + +19:26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a +son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach. + +19:27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from +the words of knowledge. + +19:28 An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the +wicked devoureth iniquity. + +19:29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of +fools. + +20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is +deceived thereby is not wise. + +20:2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh +him to anger sinneth against his own soul. + +20:3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool +will be meddling. + +20:4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall +he beg in harvest, and have nothing. + +20:5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of +understanding will draw it out. + +20:6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful +man who can find? 20:7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his +children are blessed after him. + +20:8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all +evil with his eyes. + +20:9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? +20:10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike +abomination to the LORD. + +20:11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, +and whether it be right. + +20:12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even +both of them. + +20:13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and +thou shalt be satisfied with bread. + +20:14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone +his way, then he boasteth. + +20:15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of +knowledge are a precious jewel. + +20:16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a +pledge of him for a strange woman. + +20:17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth +shall be filled with gravel. + +20:18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice +make war. + +20:19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore +meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. + +20:20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put +out in obscure darkness. + +20:21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the +end thereof shall not be blessed. + +20:22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and +he shall save thee. + +20:23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false +balance is not good. + +20:24 Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his +own way? 20:25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is +holy, and after vows to make enquiry. + +20:26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over +them. + +20:27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the +inward parts of the belly. + +20:28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by +mercy. + +20:29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old +men is the grey head. + +20:30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the +inward parts of the belly. + +21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of +water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. + +21:2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD +pondereth the hearts. + +21:3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than +sacrifice. + +21:4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, +is sin. + +21:5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of +every one that is hasty only to want. + +21:6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to +and fro of them that seek death. + +21:7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse +to do judgment. + +21:8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his +work is right. + +21:9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a +brawling woman in a wide house. + +21:10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no +favour in his eyes. + +21:11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when +the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. + +21:12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: +but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness. + +21:13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall +cry himself, but shall not be heard. + +21:14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom +strong wrath. + +21:15 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be +to the workers of iniquity. + +21:16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall +remain in the congregation of the dead. + +21:17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine +and oil shall not be rich. + +21:18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the +transgressor for the upright. + +21:19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious +and an angry woman. + +21:20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the +wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up. + +21:21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, +righteousness, and honour. + +21:22 A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the +strength of the confidence thereof. + +21:23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from +troubles. + +21:24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud +wrath. + +21:25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to +labour. + +21:26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth +and spareth not. + +21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when +he bringeth it with a wicked mind? 21:28 A false witness shall +perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly. + +21:29 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he +directeth his way. + +21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the +LORD. + +21:31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is +of the LORD. + +22:1 A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving +favour rather than silver and gold. + +22:2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them +all. + +22:3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the +simple pass on, and are punished. + +22:4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and +life. + +22:5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth +keep his soul shall be far from them. + +22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he +will not depart from it. + +22:7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the +lender. + +22:8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his +anger shall fail. + +22:9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of +his bread to the poor. + +22:10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife +and reproach shall cease. + +22:11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the +king shall be his friend. + +22:12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the +words of the transgressor. + +22:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be +slain in the streets. + +22:14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of +the LORD shall fall therein. + +22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of +correction shall drive it far from him. + +22:16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that +giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. + +22:17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply +thine heart unto my knowledge. + +22:18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they +shall withal be fitted in thy lips. + +22:19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee +this day, even to thee. + +22:20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and +knowledge, 22:21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the +words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them +that send unto thee? 22:22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: +neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 22:23 For the LORD will +plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. + +22:24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man +thou shalt not go: 22:25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to +thy soul. + +22:26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are +sureties for debts. + +22:27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed +from under thee? 22:28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy +fathers have set. + +22:29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before +kings; he shall not stand before mean men. + +23:1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what +is before thee: 23:2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man +given to appetite. + +23:3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. + +23:4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. + +23:5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches +certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward +heaven. + +23:6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither +desire thou his dainty meats: 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so +is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with +thee. + +23:8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose +thy sweet words. + +23:9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom +of thy words. + +23:10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of +the fatherless: 23:11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead +their cause with thee. + +23:12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words +of knowledge. + +23:13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him +with the rod, he shall not die. + +23:14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul +from hell. + +23:15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even +mine. + +23:16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. + +23:17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the +LORD all the day long. + +23:18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be +cut off. + +23:19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the +way. + +23:20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 23:21 +For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness +shall clothe a man with rags. + +23:22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy +mother when she is old. + +23:23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, +and understanding. + +23:24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that +begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. + +23:25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee +shall rejoice. + +23:26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. + +23:27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow +pit. + +23:28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the +transgressors among men. + +23:29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath +babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? +23:30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed +wine. + +23:31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his +colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. + +23:32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an +adder. + +23:33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall +utter perverse things. + +23:34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the +sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. + +23:35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they +have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it +yet again. + +24:1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with +them. + +24:2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of +mischief. + +24:3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is +established: 24:4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with +all precious and pleasant riches. + +24:5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth +strength. + +24:6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of +counsellors there is safety. + +24:7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the +gate. + +24:8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person. + +24:9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an +abomination to men. + +24:10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. + +24:11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and +those that are ready to be slain; 24:12 If thou sayest, Behold, we +knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he +that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to +every man according to his works? 24:13 My son, eat thou honey, +because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: +24:14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou +hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall +not be cut off. + +24:15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the +righteous; spoil not his resting place: 24:16 For a just man falleth +seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into +mischief. + +24:17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be +glad when he stumbleth: 24:18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease +him, and he turn away his wrath from him. + +24:19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at +the wicked: 24:20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the +candle of the wicked shall be put out. + +24:21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with +them that are given to change: 24:22 For their calamity shall rise +suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? 24:23 These things +also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in +judgment. + +24:24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou are righteous; him shall the +people curse, nations shall abhor him: 24:25 But to them that rebuke +him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. + +24:26 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer. + +24:27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the +field; and afterwards build thine house. + +24:28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and +deceive not with thy lips. + +24:29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will +render to the man according to his work. + +24:30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the +man void of understanding; 24:31 And, lo, it was all grown over with +thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall +thereof was broken down. + +24:32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and +received instruction. + +24:33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the +hands to sleep: 24:34 So shall thy poverty come as one that +travelleth; and thy want as an armed man. + +25:1 These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah +king of Judah copied out. + +25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of +kings is to search out a matter. + +25:3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of +kings is unsearchable. + +25:4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a +vessel for the finer. + +25:5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall +be established in righteousness. + +25:6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not +in the place of great men: 25:7 For better it is that it be said unto +thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the +presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen. + +25:8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in +the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame. + +25:9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a +secret to another: 25:10 Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, +and thine infamy turn not away. + +25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of +silver. + +25:12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a +wise reprover upon an obedient ear. + +25:13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful +messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his +masters. + +25:14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind +without rain. + +25:15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue +breaketh the bone. + +25:16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, +lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. + +25:17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary +of thee, and so hate thee. + +25:18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a +maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. + +25:19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a +broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. + +25:20 As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar +upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart. + +25:21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be +thirsty, give him water to drink: 25:22 For thou shalt heap coals of +fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee. + +25:23 The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a +backbiting tongue. + +25:24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a +brawling woman and in a wide house. + +25:25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far +country. + +25:26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled +fountain, and a corrupt spring. + +25:27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own +glory is not glory. + +25:28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is +broken down, and without walls. + +26:1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not +seemly for a fool. + +26:2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse +causeless shall not come. + +26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the +fool's back. + +26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like +unto him. + +26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own +conceit. + +26:6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the +feet, and drinketh damage. + +26:7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth +of fools. + +26:8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth +honour to a fool. + +26:9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable +in the mouths of fools. + +26:10 The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, +and rewardeth transgressors. + +26:11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his +folly. + +26:12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of +a fool than of him. + +26:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in +the streets. + +26:14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon +his bed. + +26:15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to +bring it again to his mouth. + +26:16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can +render a reason. + +26:17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to +him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. + +26:18 As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, 26:19 So +is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport? +26:20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no +talebearer, the strife ceaseth. + +26:21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a +contentious man to kindle strife. + +26:22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into +the innermost parts of the belly. + +26:23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with +silver dross. + +26:24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit +within him; 26:25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there +are seven abominations in his heart. + +26:26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be +shewed before the whole congregation. + +26:27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a +stone, it will return upon him. + +26:28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a +flattering mouth worketh ruin. + +27:1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day +may bring forth. + +27:2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, +and not thine own lips. + +27:3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is +heavier than them both. + +27:4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand +before envy? 27:5 Open rebuke is better than secret love. + +27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy +are deceitful. + +27:7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every +bitter thing is sweet. + +27:8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that +wandereth from his place. + +27:9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of +a man's friend by hearty counsel. + +27:10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither +go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is +a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. + +27:11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him +that reproacheth me. + +27:12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the +simple pass on, and are punished. + +27:13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a +pledge of him for a strange woman. + +27:14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in +the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. + +27:15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman +are alike. + +27:16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his +right hand, which bewrayeth itself. + +27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his +friend. + +27:18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he +that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. + +27:19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. + +27:20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are +never satisfied. + +27:21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a +man to his praise. + +27:22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a +pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. + +27:23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well +to thy herds. + +27:24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every +generation? 27:25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth +itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. + +27:26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of +the field. + +27:27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the +food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens. + +28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold +as a lion. + +28:2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but +by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be +prolonged. + +28:3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which +leaveth no food. + +28:4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the +law contend with them. + +28:5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD +understand all things. + +28:6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that +is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. + +28:7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion +of riotous men shameth his father. + +28:8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he +shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. + +28:9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his +prayer shall be abomination. + +28:10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he +shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good +things in possession. + +28:11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath +understanding searcheth him out. + +28:12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when +the wicked rise, a man is hidden. + +28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso +confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. + +28:14 Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his +heart shall fall into mischief. + +28:15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over +the poor people. + +28:16 The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: +but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days. + +28:17 A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee +to the pit; let no man stay him. + +28:18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse +in his ways shall fall at once. + +28:19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that +followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. + +28:20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh +haste to be rich shall not be innocent. + +28:21 To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread +that man will transgress. + +28:22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not +that poverty shall come upon him. + +28:23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he +that flattereth with the tongue. + +28:24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no +transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer. + +28:25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that +putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat. + +28:26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh +wisely, he shall be delivered. + +28:27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth +his eyes shall have many a curse. + +28:28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, +the righteous increase. + +29:1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly +be destroyed, and that without remedy. + +29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when +the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. + +29:3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth +company with harlots spendeth his substance. + +29:4 The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth +gifts overthroweth it. + +29:5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. + +29:6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the +righteous doth sing and rejoice. + +29:7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked +regardeth not to know it. + +29:8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away +wrath. + +29:9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or +laugh, there is no rest. + +29:10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul. + +29:11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till +afterwards. + +29:12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. + +29:13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD +lighteneth both their eyes. + +29:14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be +established for ever. + +29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself +bringeth his mother to shame. + +29:16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but +the righteous shall see their fall. + +29:17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give +delight unto thy soul. + +29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth +the law, happy is he. + +29:19 A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he +understand he will not answer. + +29:20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope +of a fool than of him. + +29:21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall +have him become his son at the length. + +29:22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in +transgression. + +29:23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the +humble in spirit. + +29:24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth +cursing, and bewrayeth it not. + +29:25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in +the LORD shall be safe. + +29:26 Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh +from the LORD. + +29:27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is +upright in the way is abomination to the wicked. + +30:1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man +spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, 30:2 Surely I am more +brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. + +30:3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. + +30:4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered +the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who +hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what +is his son's name, if thou canst tell? 30:5 Every word of God is +pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. + +30:6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be +found a liar. + +30:7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I +die: 30:8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty +nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: 30:9 Lest I be full, +and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, +and take the name of my God in vain. + +30:10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and +thou be found guilty. + +30:11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not +bless their mother. + +30:12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet +is not washed from their filthiness. + +30:13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their +eyelids are lifted up. + +30:14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw +teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy +from among men. + +30:15 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are +three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is +enough: 30:16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not +filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough. + +30:17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his +mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young +eagles shall eat it. + +30:18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four +which I know not: 30:19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a +serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and +the way of a man with a maid. + +30:20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth +her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. + +30:21 For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it +cannot bear: 30:22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he +is filled with meat; 30:23 For an odious woman when she is married; +and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress. + +30:24 There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they +are exceeding wise: 30:25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they +prepare their meat in the summer; 30:26 The conies are but a feeble +folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; 30:27 The locusts have +no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; 30:28 The spider +taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. + +30:29 There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in +going: 30:30 A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not +away for any; 30:31 A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against +whom there is no rising up. + +30:32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou +hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth. + +30:33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the +wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath +bringeth forth strife. + +31:1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught +him. + +31:2 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of +my vows? 31:3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that +which destroyeth kings. + +31:4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; +nor for princes strong drink: 31:5 Lest they drink, and forget the +law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. + +31:6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto +those that be of heavy hearts. + +31:7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no +more. + +31:8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are +appointed to destruction. + +31:9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the +poor and needy. + +31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above +rubies. + +31:11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he +shall have no need of spoil. + +31:12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. + +31:13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her +hands. + +31:14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from +afar. + +31:15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her +household, and a portion to her maidens. + +31:16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her +hands she planteth a vineyard. + +31:17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. + +31:18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth +not out by night. + +31:19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the +distaff. + +31:20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth +her hands to the needy. + +31:21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her +household are clothed with scarlet. + +31:22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk +and purple. + +31:23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the +elders of the land. + +31:24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles +unto the merchant. + +31:25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in +time to come. + +31:26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law +of kindness. + +31:27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not +the bread of idleness. + +31:28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, +and he praiseth her. + +31:29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them +all. + +31:30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that +feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. + +31:31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise +her in the gates. + + + + +Ecclesiastes + +or + +The Preacher + + +1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. + +1:2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is +vanity. + +1:3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the +sun? 1:4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: +but the earth abideth for ever. + +1:5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his +place where he arose. + +1:6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; +it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according +to his circuits. + +1:7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the +place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. + +1:8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not +satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. + +1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that +which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing +under the sun. + +1:10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it +hath been already of old time, which was before us. + +1:11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be +any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come +after. + +1:12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. + +1:13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning +all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God +given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. + +1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, +behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. + +1:15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is +wanting cannot be numbered. + +1:16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great +estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been +before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom +and knowledge. + +1:17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and +folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. + +1:18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth +knowledge increaseth sorrow. + +2:1 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, +therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. + +2:2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? 2:3 I +sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine +heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was +that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven +all the days of their life. + +2:4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me +vineyards: 2:5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in +them of all kind of fruits: 2:6 I made me pools of water, to water +therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees: 2:7 I got me servants +and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great +possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem +before me: 2:8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar +treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women +singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, +and that of all sorts. + +2:9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in +Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. + +2:10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld +not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and +this was my portion of all my labour. + +2:11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on +the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and +vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. + +2:12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for +what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath +been already done. + +2:13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth +darkness. + +2:14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in +darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them +all. + +2:15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it +happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my +heart, that this also is vanity. + +2:16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for +ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be +forgotten. + +And how dieth the wise man? as the fool. + +2:17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under +the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. + +2:18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: +because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. + +2:19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet +shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and +wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. + +2:20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the +labour which I took under the sun. + +2:21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, +and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he +leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. + +2:22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his +heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? 2:23 For all his days +are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in +the night. This is also vanity. + +2:24 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and +drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This +also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. + +2:25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I? +2:26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and +knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and +to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also +is vanity and vexation of spirit. + +3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose +under the heaven: 3:2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to +plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3:3 A time to +kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build +up; 3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a +time to dance; 3:5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather +stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from +embracing; 3:6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and +a time to cast away; 3:7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to +keep silence, and a time to speak; 3:8 A time to love, and a time to +hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. + +3:9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? +3:10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men +to be exercised in it. + +3:11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set +the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that +God maketh from the beginning to the end. + +3:12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, +and to do good in his life. + +3:13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good +of all his labour, it is the gift of God. + +3:14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing +can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that +men should fear before him. + +3:15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already +been; and God requireth that which is past. + +3:16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that +wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity +was there. + +3:17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the +wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every +work. + +3:18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, +that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they +themselves are beasts. + +3:19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even +one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, +they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a +beast: for all is vanity. + +3:20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust +again. + +3:21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit +of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? 3:22 Wherefore I +perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice +in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to +see what shall be after him? 4:1 So I returned, and considered all +the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of +such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of +their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. + +4:2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the +living which are yet alive. + +4:3 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who +hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. + +4:4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for +this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and +vexation of spirit. + +4:5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. + +4:6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with +travail and vexation of spirit. + +4:7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. + +4:8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath +neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; +neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom +do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it +is a sore travail. + +4:9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their +labour. + +4:10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him +that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. + +4:11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one +be warm alone? 4:12 And if one prevail against him, two shall +withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. + +4:13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, +who will no more be admonished. + +4:14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is +born in his kingdom becometh poor. + +4:15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the +second child that shall stand up in his stead. + +4:16 There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been +before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. +Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit. + +5:1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more +ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider +not that they do evil. + +5:2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to +utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: +therefore let thy words be few. + +5:3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's +voice is known by multitude of words. + +5:4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath +no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. + +5:5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest +vow and not pay. + +5:6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou +before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry +at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? 5:7 For in the +multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but +fear thou God. + +5:8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting +of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for +he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than +they. + +5:9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is +served by the field. + +5:10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he +that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. + +5:11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what +good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with +their eyes? 5:12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he +eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him +to sleep. + +5:13 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, +riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. + +5:14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, +and there is nothing in his hand. + +5:15 As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to +go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may +carry away in his hand. + +5:16 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so +shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind? +5:17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow +and wrath with his sickness. + +5:18 Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to +eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he +taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: +for it is his portion. + +5:19 Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath +given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to +rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God. + +5:20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God +answereth him in the joy of his heart. + +6:1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common +among men: 6:2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and +honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he +desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger +eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. + +6:3 If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that +the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, +and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is +better than he. + +6:4 For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his +name shall be covered with darkness. + +6:5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath +more rest than the other. + +6:6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen +no good: do not all go to one place? 6:7 All the labour of man is for +his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. + +6:8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, +that knoweth to walk before the living? 6:9 Better is the sight of +the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and +vexation of spirit. + +6:10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is +man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he. + +6:11 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the +better? 6:12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all +the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can +tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? 7:1 A good name is +better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of +one's birth. + +7:2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the +house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will +lay it to his heart. + +7:3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the +countenance the heart is made better. + +7:4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart +of fools is in the house of mirth. + +7:5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to +hear the song of fools. + +7:6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of +the fool: this also is vanity. + +7:7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the +heart. + +7:8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the +patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. + +7:9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the +bosom of fools. + +7:10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better +than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. + +7:11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to +them that see the sun. + +7:12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the +excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have +it. + +7:13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which +he hath made crooked? 7:14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in +the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against +the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. + +7:15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just +man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man +that prolongeth his life in his wickedness. + +7:16 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why +shouldest thou destroy thyself ? 7:17 Be not over much wicked, +neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? 7:18 +It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this +withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of +them all. + +7:19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are +in the city. + +7:20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and +sinneth not. + +7:21 Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear +thy servant curse thee: 7:22 For oftentimes also thine own heart +knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. + +7:23 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it +was far from me. + +7:24 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out? +7:25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out +wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, +even of foolishness and madness: 7:26 And I find more bitter than +death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as +bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall +be taken by her. + +7:27 Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by +one, to find out the account: 7:28 Which yet my soul seeketh, but I +find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all +those have I not found. + +7:29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but +they have sought out many inventions. + +8:1 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a +thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of +his face shall be changed. + +8:2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard +of the oath of God. + +8:3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; +for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. + +8:4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto +him, What doest thou? 8:5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no +evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. + +8:6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the +misery of man is great upon him. + +8:7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when +it shall be? 8:8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to +retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and +there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver +those that are given to it. + +8:9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is +done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over +another to his own hurt. + +8:10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the +place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had +so done: this is also vanity. + +8:11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, +therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do +evil. + +8:12 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be +prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear +God, which fear before him: 8:13 But it shall not be well with the +wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; +because he feareth not before God. + +8:14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be +just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; +again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work +of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity. + +8:15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under +the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall +abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth +him under the sun. + +8:16 When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business +that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor +night seeth sleep with his eyes:) 8:17 Then I beheld all the work of +God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: +because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; +yea farther; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be +able to find it. + +9:1 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, +that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of +God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them. + +9:2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, +and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; +to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the +good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an +oath. + +9:3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that +there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is +full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after +that they go to the dead. + +9:4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a +living dog is better than a dead lion. + +9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any +thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is +forgotten. + +9:6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now +perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing +that is done under the sun. + +9:7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a +merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. + +9:8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no +ointment. + +9:9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the +life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the +days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy +labour which thou takest under the sun. + +9:10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for +there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, +whither thou goest. + +9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the +swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, +nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of +skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. + +9:12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken +in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are +the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon +them. + +9:13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great +unto me: 9:14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and +there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great +bulwarks against it: 9:15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, +and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that +same poor man. + +9:16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the +poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. + +9:17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him +that ruleth among fools. + +9:18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth +much good. + +10:1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a +stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for +wisdom and honour. + +10:2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at +his left. + +10:3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom +faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool. + +10:4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy +place; for yielding pacifieth great offences. + +10:5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error +which proceedeth from the ruler: 10:6 Folly is set in great dignity, +and the rich sit in low place. + +10:7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants +upon the earth. + +10:8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an +hedge, a serpent shall bite him. + +10:9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that +cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby. + +10:10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he +put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct. + +10:11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler +is no better. + +10:12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a +fool will swallow up himself. + +10:13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the +end of his talk is mischievous madness. + +10:14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; +and what shall be after him, who can tell him? 10:15 The labour of +the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to +go to the city. + +10:16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes +eat in the morning! 10:17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is +the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, +and not for drunkenness! 10:18 By much slothfulness the building +decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth +through. + +10:19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money +answereth all things. + +10:20 Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the +rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, +and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. + +11:1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many +days. + +11:2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not +what evil shall be upon the earth. + +11:3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the +earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in +the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. + +11:4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth +the clouds shall not reap. + +11:5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the +bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou +knowest not the works of God who maketh all. + +11:6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not +thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or +that, or whether they both shall be alike good. + +11:7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes +to behold the sun: 11:8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in +them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be +many. All that cometh is vanity. + +11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee +in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in +the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God +will bring thee into judgment. + +11:10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from +thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity. + +12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil +days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no +pleasure in them; 12:2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or +the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: 12:3 +In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong +men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, +and those that look out of the windows be darkened, 12:4 And the doors +shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, +and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters +of musick shall be brought low; 12:5 Also when they shall be afraid of +that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree +shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire +shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go +about the streets: 12:6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the +golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or +the wheel broken at the cistern. + +12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit +shall return unto God who gave it. + +12:8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity. + +12:9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the +people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in +order many proverbs. + +12:10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which +was written was upright, even words of truth. + +12:11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the +masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. + +12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many +books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. + +12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and +keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. + +12:14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret +thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. + + + + +The Song of Solomon + + +1:1 The song of songs, which is Solomon's. + +1:2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is +better than wine. + +1:3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as +ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. + +1:4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his +chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy +love more than wine: the upright love thee. + +1:5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents +of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. + +1:6 Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked +upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the +keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. + +1:7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where +thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that +turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? 1:8 If thou know not, +O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the +flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents. + +1:9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in +Pharaoh's chariots. + +1:10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains +of gold. + +1:11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. + +1:12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth +the smell thereof. + +1:13 A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all +night betwixt my breasts. + +1:14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards +of Engedi. + +1:15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast +doves' eyes. + +1:16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is +green. + +1:17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir. + +2:1 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. + +2:2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. + +2:3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved +among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and +his fruit was sweet to my taste. + +2:4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was +love. + +2:5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of +love. + +2:6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace +me. + +2:7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the +hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he +please. + +2:8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the +mountains, skipping upon the hills. + +2:9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth +behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself +through the lattice. + +2:10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair +one, and come away. + +2:11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; 2:12 The +flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, +and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; 2:13 The fig tree +putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give +a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. + +2:14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret +places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy +voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. + +2:15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for +our vines have tender grapes. + +2:16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. + +2:17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, +and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. + +3:1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, +but I found him not. + +3:2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the +broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I +found him not. + +3:3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw +ye him whom my soul loveth? 3:4 It was but a little that I passed +from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would +not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and +into the chamber of her that conceived me. + +3:5 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the +hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he +please. + +3:6 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of +smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the +merchant? 3:7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant +men are about it, of the valiant of Israel. + +3:8 They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his +sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. + +3:9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. + +3:10 He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of +gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with +love, for the daughters of Jerusalem. + +3:11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with +the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his +espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart. + +4:1 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast +doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that +appear from mount Gilead. + +4:2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which +came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is +barren among them. + +4:3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: +thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks. + +4:4 Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, +whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. + +4:5 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed +among the lilies. + +4:6 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to +the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. + +4:7 Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee. + +4:8 Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look +from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the +lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. + +4:9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast +ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. + +4:10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is +thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! +4:11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are +under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of +Lebanon. + +4:12 A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a +fountain sealed. + +4:13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; +camphire, with spikenard, 4:14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and +cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all +the chief spices: 4:15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, +and streams from Lebanon. + +4:16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, +that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his +garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. + +5:1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my +myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have +drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink +abundantly, O beloved. + +5:2 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that +knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my +undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops +of the night. + +5:3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my +feet; how shall I defile them? 5:4 My beloved put in his hand by the +hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him. + +5:5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, +and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the +lock. + +5:6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and +was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not +find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. + +5:7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, +they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me. + +5:8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, +that ye tell him, that I am sick of love. + +5:9 What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest +among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou +dost so charge us? 5:10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest +among ten thousand. + +5:11 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black +as a raven. + +5:12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed +with milk, and fitly set. + +5:13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips +like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh. + +5:14 His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as +bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. + +5:15 His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: +his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. + +5:16 His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my +beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. + +6:1 Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither +is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee. + +6:2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to +feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. + +6:3 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the +lilies. + +6:4 Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, +terrible as an army with banners. + +6:5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair +is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead. + +6:6 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, +whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among +them. + +6:7 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks. + +6:8 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins +without number. + +6:9 My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her +mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw +her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they +praised her. + +6:10 Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, +clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners? 6:11 I went +down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to +see whether the vine flourished and the pomegranates budded. + +6:12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of +Amminadib. + +6:13 Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look +upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company +of two armies. + +7:1 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the +joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a +cunning workman. + +7:2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy +belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies. + +7:3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins. + +7:4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in +Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of +Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus. + +7:5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head +like purple; the king is held in the galleries. + +7:6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! 7:7 +This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters +of grapes. + +7:8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the +boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, +and the smell of thy nose like apples; 7:9 And the roof of thy mouth +like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing +the lips of those that are asleep to speak. + +7:10 I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me. + +7:11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in +the villages. + +7:12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine +flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud +forth: there will I give thee my loves. + +7:13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of +pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my +beloved. + +8:1 O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my +mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I +should not be despised. + +8:2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who +would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the +juice of my pomegranate. + +8:3 His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should +embrace me. + +8:4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor +awake my love, until he please. + +8:5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her +beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother +brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee. + +8:6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for +love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals +thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. + +8:7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: +if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would +utterly be contemned. + +8:8 We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do +for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? 8:9 If she be +a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a +door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar. + +8:10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes +as one that found favour. + +8:11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto +keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand +pieces of silver. + +8:12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must +have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred. + +8:13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy +voice: cause me to hear it. + +8:14 Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young +hart upon the mountains of spices. + + + + +The Book of the Prophet Isaiah + + +1:1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning +Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, +kings of Judah. + +1:2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, +I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled +against me. + +1:3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but +Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. + +1:4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of +evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, +they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone +away backward. + +1:5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: +the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. + +1:6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness +in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not +been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. + +1:7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your +land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as +overthrown by strangers. + +1:8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a +lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. + +1:9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we +should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah. + +1:10 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the +law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. + +1:11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? +saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat +of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of +lambs, or of he goats. + +1:12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your +hand, to tread my courts? 1:13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense +is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of +assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn +meeting. + +1:14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are +a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. + +1:15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from +you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are +full of blood. + +1:16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from +before mine eyes; cease to do evil; 1:17 Learn to do well; seek +judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the +widow. + +1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your +sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red +like crimson, they shall be as wool. + +1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: +1:20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: +for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. + +1:21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of +judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. + +1:22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: 1:23 Thy +princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth +gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, +neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. + +1:24 Therefore saith the LORD, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of +Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine +enemies: 1:25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away +thy dross, and take away all thy tin: 1:26 And I will restore thy +judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: +afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the +faithful city. + +1:27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with +righteousness. + +1:28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall +be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed. + +1:29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and +ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. + +1:30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that +hath no water. + +1:31 And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, +and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them. + +2:1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and +Jerusalem. + +2:2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of +the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and +shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. + +2:3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the +mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will +teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion +shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. + +2:4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many +people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their +spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against +nation, neither shall they learn war any more. + +2:5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the +LORD. + +2:6 Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, +because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like +the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of +strangers. + +2:7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any +end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is +there any end of their chariots: 2:8 Their land also is full of idols; +they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers +have made: 2:9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man +humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. + +2:10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the +LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. + +2:11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of +men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that +day. + +2:12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is +proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be +brought low: 2:13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high +and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, 2:14 And upon all the +high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, 2:15 And +upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, 2:16 And upon all +the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. + +2:17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness +of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that +day. + +2:18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish. + +2:19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves +of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, +when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. + +2:20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols +of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles +and to the bats; 2:21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the +tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of +his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. + +2:22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein +is he to be accounted of ? 3:1 For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of +hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the +staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water. + +3:2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, +and the prudent, and the ancient, 3:3 The captain of fifty, and the +honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the +eloquent orator. + +3:4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule +over them. + +3:5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every +one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against +the ancient, and the base against the honourable. + +3:6 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his +father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this +ruin be under thy hand: 3:7 In that day shall he swear, saying, I will +not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make +me not a ruler of the people. + +3:8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue +and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his +glory. + +3:9 The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they +declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for +they have rewarded evil unto themselves. + +3:10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they +shall eat the fruit of their doings. + +3:11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of +his hands shall be given him. + +3:12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule +over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and +destroy the way of thy paths. + +3:13 The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people. + +3:14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his +people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; +the spoil of the poor is in your houses. + +3:15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the +faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts. + +3:16 Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are +haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking +and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: 3:17 +Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the +daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts. + +3:18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling +ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires +like the moon, 3:19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, +3:20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, +and the tablets, and the earrings, 3:21 The rings, and nose jewels, +3:22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the +wimples, and the crisping pins, 3:23 The glasses, and the fine linen, +and the hoods, and the vails. + +3:24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there +shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well +set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; +and burning instead of beauty. + +3:25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. + +3:26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate +shall sit upon the ground. + +4:1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We +will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be +called by thy name, to take away our reproach. + +4:2 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and +glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for +them that are escaped of Israel. + +4:3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he +that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that +is written among the living in Jerusalem: 4:4 When the Lord shall have +washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged +the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of +judgment, and by the spirit of burning. + +4:5 And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, +and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of +a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. + +4:6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time from +the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and +from rain. + +5:1 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching +his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: +5:2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted +it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and +also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring +forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. + +5:3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I +pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. + +5:4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not +done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth +grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? 5:5 And now go to; I will tell +you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, +and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it +shall be trodden down: 5:6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be +pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will +also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. + +5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and +the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but +behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. + +5:8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, +till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of +the earth! 5:9 In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many +houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. + +5:10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of +an homer shall yield an ephah. + +5:11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may +follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame +them! 5:12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and +wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, +neither consider the operation of his hands. + +5:13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no +knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude +dried up with thirst. + +5:14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth +without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, +and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. + +5:15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall +be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: 5:16 But the +LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall +be sanctified in righteousness. + +5:17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste +places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. + +5:18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as +it were with a cart rope: 5:19 That say, Let him make speed, and +hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy +One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! 5:20 Woe unto +them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, +and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for +bitter! 5:21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and +prudent in their own sight! 5:22 Woe unto them that are mighty to +drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: 5:23 Which +justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the +righteous from him! 5:24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, +and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as +rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have +cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the +Holy One of Israel. + +5:25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, +and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten +them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the +midst of the streets. + +For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched +out still. + +5:26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will +hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come +with speed swiftly: 5:27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; +none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins +be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: 5:28 Whose arrows +are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be +counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: 5:29 Their +roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, +they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away +safe, and none shall deliver it. + +5:30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of +the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, +and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof. + +6:1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon +a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. + +6:2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain +he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with +twain he did fly. + +6:3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the +LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. + +6:4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, +and the house was filled with smoke. + +6:5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of +unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: +for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. + +6:6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his +hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: 6:7 And he +laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and +thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. + +6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and +who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. + +6:9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but +understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. + +6:10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and +shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their +ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. + +6:11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be +wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be +utterly desolate, 6:12 And the LORD have removed men far away, and +there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land. + +6:13 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be +eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when +they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance +thereof. + +7:1 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son +of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the +son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war +against it, but could not prevail against it. + +7:2 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate +with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as +the trees of the wood are moved with the wind. + +7:3 Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, +and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool +in the highway of the fuller's field; 7:4 And say unto him, Take heed, +and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of +these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, +and of the son of Remaliah. + +7:5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil +counsel against thee, saying, 7:6 Let us go up against Judah, and vex +it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the +midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: 7:7 Thus saith the Lord GOD, It +shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. + +7:8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is +Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, +that it be not a people. + +7:9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is +Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be +established. + +7:10 Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying, 7:11 Ask thee a +sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height +above. + +7:12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD. + +7:13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing +for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? 7:14 Therefore +the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall +conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. + +7:15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the +evil, and choose the good. + +7:16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose +the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her +kings. + +7:17 The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy +father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim +departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria. + +7:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss +for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and +for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. + +7:19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate +valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon +all bushes. + +7:20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, +namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, +and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard. + +7:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a +young cow, and two sheep; 7:22 And it shall come to pass, for the +abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter +and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land. + +7:23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, +where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall +even be for briers and thorns. + +7:24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the +land shall become briers and thorns. + +7:25 And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there +shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be +for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle. + +8:1 Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write +in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz. + +8:2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, +and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. + +8:3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. + +Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz. + +8:4 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and +my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be +taken away before the king of Assyria. + +8:5 The LORD spake also unto me again, saying, 8:6 Forasmuch as this +people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in +Rezin and Remaliah's son; 8:7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth +up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king +of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his +channels, and go over all his banks: 8:8 And he shall pass through +Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; +and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy +land, O Immanuel. + +8:9 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in +pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye +shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in +pieces. + +8:10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the +word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. + +8:11 For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed +me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, 8:12 Say +ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A +confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. + +8:13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and +let him be your dread. + +8:14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and +for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for +a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. + +8:15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and +be snared, and be taken. + +8:16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. + +8:17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the +house of Jacob, and I will look for him. + +8:18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for +signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth +in mount Zion. + +8:19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have +familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should +not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? 8:20 To +the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this +word, it is because there is no light in them. + +8:21 And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it +shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret +themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward. + +8:22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and +darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness. + +9:1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, +when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the +land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the +way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. + +9:2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they +that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the +light shined. + +9:3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they +joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice +when they divide the spoil. + +9:4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his +shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian. + +9:5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and +garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of +fire. + +9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the +government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called +Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The +Prince of Peace. + +9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, +upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to +establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for +ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. + +9:8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel. + +9:9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of +Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, 9:10 The bricks +are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are +cut down, but we will change them into cedars. + +9:11 Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against +him, and join his enemies together; 9:12 The Syrians before, and the +Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For +all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out +still. + +9:13 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do +they seek the LORD of hosts. + +9:14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch +and rush, in one day. + +9:15 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that +teacheth lies, he is the tail. + +9:16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that +are led of them are destroyed. + +9:17 Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither +shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an +hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all +this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out +still. + +9:18 For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers +and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they +shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. + +9:19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and +the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his +brother. + +9:20 And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he +shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they +shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: 9:21 Manasseh, Ephraim; +and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For +all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out +still. + +10:1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write +grievousness which they have prescribed; 10:2 To turn aside the needy +from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, +that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! +10:3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the +desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? +and where will ye leave your glory? 10:4 Without me they shall bow +down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all +this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out +still. + +10:5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is +mine indignation. + +10:6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the +people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to +take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. + +10:7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but +it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. + +10:8 For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? 10:9 Is not +Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as +Damascus? 10:10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and +whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; 10:11 +Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to +Jerusalem and her idols? 10:12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that +when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on +Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of +Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. + +10:13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by +my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the +people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the +inhabitants like a valiant man: 10:14 And my hand hath found as a nest +the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, +have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, +or opened the mouth, or peeped. + +10:15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or +shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the +rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the +staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood. + +10:16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat +ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the +burning of a fire. + +10:17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One +for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in +one day; 10:18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his +fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a +standard-bearer fainteth. + +10:19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a +child may write them. + +10:20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of +Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more +again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the +Holy One of Israel, in truth. + +10:21 The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the +mighty God. + +10:22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a +remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow +with righteousness. + +10:23 For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even +determined, in the midst of all the land. + +10:24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that +dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee +with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner +of Egypt. + +10:25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, +and mine anger in their destruction. + +10:26 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according +to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was +upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt. + +10:27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be +taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and +the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. + +10:28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath +laid up his carriages: 10:29 They are gone over the passage: they have +taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is +fled. + +10:30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard +unto Laish, O poor Anathoth. + +10:31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves +to flee. + +10:32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand +against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. + +10:33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with +terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the +haughty shall be humbled. + +10:34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and +Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. + +11:1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a +Branch shall grow out of his roots: 11:2 And the spirit of the LORD +shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the +spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear +of the LORD; 11:3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the +fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, +neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: 11:4 But with +righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the +meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his +mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. + +11:5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and +faithfulness the girdle of his reins. + +11:6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall +lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling +together; and a little child shall lead them. + +11:7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie +down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. + +11:8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the +weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. + +11:9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the +earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover +the sea. + +11:10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall +stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and +his rest shall be glorious. + +11:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set +his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, +which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, +and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and +from the islands of the sea. + +11:12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall +assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of +Judah from the four corners of the earth. + +11:13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of +Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall +not vex Ephraim. + +11:14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward +the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay +their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey +them. + +11:15 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian +sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, +and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod. + +11:16 And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, +which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day +that he came up out of the land of Egypt. + +12:1 And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: +though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou +comfortedst me. + +12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for +the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my +salvation. + +12:3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of +salvation. + +12:4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his +name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name +is exalted. + +12:5 Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is +known in all the earth. + +12:6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy +One of Israel in the midst of thee. + +13:1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. + +13:2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto +them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. + +13:3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty +ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. + +13:4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great +people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered +together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. + +13:5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the +LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. + +13:6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a +destruction from the Almighty. + +13:7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall +melt: 13:8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold +of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall +be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. + +13:9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and +fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the +sinners thereof out of it. + +13:10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not +give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and +the moon shall not cause her light to shine. + +13:11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for +their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, +and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. + +13:12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than +the golden wedge of Ophir. + +13:13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove +out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of +his fierce anger. + +13:14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man +taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every +one into his own land. + +13:15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one +that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. + +13:16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; +their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. + +13:17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not +regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. + +13:18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they +shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not +spare children. + +13:19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' +excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. + +13:20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from +generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; +neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. + +13:21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses +shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and +satyrs shall dance there. + +13:22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate +houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to +come, and her days shall not be prolonged. + +14:1 For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose +Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be +joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. + +14:2 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: +and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for +servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose +captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors. + +14:3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give +thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard +bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, 14:4 That thou shalt take up +this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the +oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! 14:5 The LORD hath broken +the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. + +14:6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that +ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. + +14:7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into +singing. + +14:8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, +saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us. + +14:9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: +it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the +earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the +nations. + +14:10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become +weak as we? art thou become like unto us? 14:11 Thy pomp is brought +down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread +under thee, and the worms cover thee. + +14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! +how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! +14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I +will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the +mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14:14 I will +ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. + +14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. + +14:16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider +thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did +shake kingdoms; 14:17 That made the world as a wilderness, and +destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his +prisoners? 14:18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie +in glory, every one in his own house. + +14:19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, +and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a +sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden +under feet. + +14:20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast +destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall +never be renowned. + +14:21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their +fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the +face of the world with cities. + +14:22 For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and +cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith +the LORD. + +14:23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of +water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the +LORD of hosts. + +14:24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, +so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: +14:25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains +tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and +his burden depart from off their shoulders. + +14:26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and +this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. + +14:27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? +and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? 14:28 In +the year that king Ahaz died was this burden. + +14:29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that +smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a +cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. + +14:30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall +lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall +slay thy remnant. + +14:31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: +for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone +in his appointed times. + +14:32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That +the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in +it. + +15:1 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid +waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is +laid waste, and brought to silence; 15:2 He is gone up to Bajith, and +to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and +over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut +off. + +15:3 In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on +the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, +weeping abundantly. + +15:4 And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard +even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; +his life shall be grievous unto him. + +15:5 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto +Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith +with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they +shall raise up a cry of destruction. + +15:6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is +withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. + +15:7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they +have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows. + +15:8 For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling +thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim. + +15:9 For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring +more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the +remnant of the land. + +16:1 Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the +wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. + +16:2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, +so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon. + +16:3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in +the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that +wandereth. + +16:4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them +from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the +spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. + +16:5 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit +upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking +judgment, and hasting righteousness. + +16:6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his +haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be +so. + +16:7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the +foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken. + +16:8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the +lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, +they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: +her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea. + +16:9 Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of +Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for +the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen. + +16:10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; +and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be +shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I +have made their vintage shouting to cease. + +16:11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine +inward parts for Kirharesh. + +16:12 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on +the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he +shall not prevail. + +16:13 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since +that time. + +16:14 But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the +years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with +all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and +feeble. + +17:1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being +a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. + +17:2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which +shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. + +17:3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from +Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the +children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts. + +17:4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob +shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean. + +17:5 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and +reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth +ears in the valley of Rephaim. + +17:6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an +olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, +four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD +God of Israel. + +17:7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall +have respect to the Holy One of Israel. + +17:8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, +neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the +groves, or the images. + +17:9 In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and +an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of +Israel: and there shall be desolation. + +17:10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast +not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou +plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips: 17:11 In +the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt +thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the +day of grief and of desperate sorrow. + +17:12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the +noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing +like the rushing of mighty waters! 17:13 The nations shall rush like +the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall +flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before +the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. + +17:14 And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is +not. + +This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that +rob us. + +18:1 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers +of Ethiopia: 18:2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels +of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a +nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning +hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers +have spoiled! 18:3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on +the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and +when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye. + +18:4 For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will +consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a +cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. + +18:5 For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour +grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with +pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches. + +18:6 They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and +to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and +all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them. + +18:7 In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts +of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from +their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, +whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the +LORD of hosts, the mount Zion. + +19:1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, +and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at +his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it. + +19:2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they +shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his +neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. + +19:3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I +will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, +and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to +the wizards. + +19:4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; +and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of +hosts. + +19:5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be +wasted and dried up. + +19:6 And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of +defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall +wither. + +19:7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and +every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be +no more. + +19:8 The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into +the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters +shall languish. + +19:9 Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave +networks, shall be confounded. + +19:10 And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make +sluices and ponds for fish. + +19:11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise +counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I +am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? 19:12 Where are +they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them +know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt. + +19:13 The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are +deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of +the tribes thereof. + +19:14 The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: +and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken +man staggereth in his vomit. + +19:15 Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or +tail, branch or rush, may do. + +19:16 In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be +afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of +hosts, which he shaketh over it. + +19:17 And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one +that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the +counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it. + +19:18 In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the +language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be +called, The city of destruction. + +19:19 In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of +the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD. + +19:20 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of +hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because +of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, +and he shall deliver them. + +19:21 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall +know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, +they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it. + +19:22 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and +they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, +and shall heal them. + +19:23 In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, +and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, +and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. + +19:24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with +Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: 19:25 Whom the LORD +of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria +the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance. + +20:1 In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king +of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; 20:2 At +the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and +loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy +foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. + +20:3 And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked +and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon +Ethiopia; 20:4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians +prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and +barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. + +20:5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their +expectation, and of Egypt their glory. + +20:6 And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, +such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from +the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape? 21:1 The burden of the +desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it +cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. + +21:2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer +dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: +besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. + +21:3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold +upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at +the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it. + +21:4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my +pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. + +21:5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye +princes, and anoint the shield. + +21:6 For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him +declare what he seeth. + +21:7 And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of +asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much +heed: 21:8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the +watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: 21:9 +And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. + +And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the +graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. + +21:10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have +heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto +you. + +21:11 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, +what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? 21:12 The watchman +said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, +enquire ye: return, come. + +21:13 The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, +O ye travelling companies of Dedanim. + +21:14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that +was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. + +21:15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from +the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. + +21:16 For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according to +the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: 21:17 +And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the +children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel +hath spoken it. + +22:1 The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that +thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? 22:2 Thou that art full of +stirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: thy slain men are not slain +with the sword, nor dead in battle. + +22:3 All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: +all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from +far. + +22:4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour +not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my +people. + +22:5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of +perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking +down the walls, and of crying to the mountains. + +22:6 And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and +Kir uncovered the shield. + +22:7 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be +full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at +the gate. + +22:8 And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in +that day to the armour of the house of the forest. + +22:9 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they +are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool. + +22:10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses +have ye broken down to fortify the wall. + +22:11 Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the +old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had +respect unto him that fashioned it long ago. + +22:12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and +to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: 22:13 And +behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating +flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall +die. + +22:14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely +this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord +GOD of hosts. + +22:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this +treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say, 22:16 +What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed +thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on +high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock? 22:17 +Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and +will surely cover thee. + +22:18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a +large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy +glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house. + +22:19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall +he pull thee down. + +22:20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my +servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: 22:21 And I will clothe him with +thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy +government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants +of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. + +22:22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; +so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none +shall open. + +22:23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be +for a glorious throne to his father's house. + +22:24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's +house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, +from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons. + +22:25 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is +fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and +the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken +it. + +23:1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid +waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of +Chittim it is revealed to them. + +23:2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of +Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. + +23:3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, +is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. + +23:4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the +strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, +neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins. + +23:5 As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained +at the report of Tyre. + +23:6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. + +23:7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her +own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. + +23:8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, +whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of +the earth? 23:9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the +pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of +the earth. + +23:10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there +is no more strength. + +23:11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: +the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to +destroy the strong holds thereof. + +23:12 And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed +virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also +shalt thou have no rest. + +23:13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the +Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up +the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought +it to ruin. + +23:14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. + +23:15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be +forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the +end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. + +23:16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been +forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be +remembered. + +23:17 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that +the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall +commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of +the earth. + +23:18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: +it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be +for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for +durable clothing. + +24:1 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and +turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. + +24:2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with +the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her +mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, +so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of +usury to him. + +24:3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the +LORD hath spoken this word. + +24:4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and +fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. + +24:5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because +they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the +everlasting covenant. + +24:6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell +therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are +burned, and few men left. + +24:7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted +do sigh. + +24:8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice +endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. + +24:9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be +bitter to them that drink it. + +24:10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, +that no man may come in. + +24:11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, +the mirth of the land is gone. + +24:12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with +destruction. + +24:13 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, +there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning +grapes when the vintage is done. + +24:14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty +of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea. + +24:15 Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the +LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea. + +24:16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even +glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto +me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the +treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously. + +24:17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of +the earth. + +24:18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of +the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the +midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on +high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake. + +24:19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, +the earth is moved exceedingly. + +24:20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be +removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy +upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. + +24:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall +punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of +the earth upon the earth. + +24:22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered +in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days +shall they be visited. + +24:23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the +LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before +his ancients gloriously. + +25:1 O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy +name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are +faithfulness and truth. + +25:2 For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: +a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. + +25:3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the +terrible nations shall fear thee. + +25:4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the +needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the +heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the +wall. + +25:5 Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a +dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the +terrible ones shall be brought low. + +25:6 And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people +a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things +full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. + +25:7 And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering +cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. + +25:8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe +away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he +take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. + +25:9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have +waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited +for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. + +25:10 For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab +shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the +dunghill. + +25:11 And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he +that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring +down their pride together with the spoils of their hands. + +25:12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring +down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust. + +26:1 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have +a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. + +26:2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the +truth may enter in. + +26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on +thee: because he trusteth in thee. + +26:4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is +everlasting strength: 26:5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on +high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the +ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. + +26:6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the +steps of the needy. + +26:7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost +weigh the path of the just. + +26:8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for +thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of +thee. + +26:9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my +spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in +the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. + +26:10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn +righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and +will not behold the majesty of the LORD. + +26:11 LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they +shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire +of thine enemies shall devour them. + +26:12 LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought +all our works in us. + +26:13 O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over +us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. + +26:14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they +shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and +made all their memory to perish. + +26:15 Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the +nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the +ends of the earth. + +26:16 LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a +prayer when thy chastening was upon them. + +26:17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her +delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in +thy sight, O LORD. + +26:18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it +were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the +earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. + +26:19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they +arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the +dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. + +26:20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy +doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until +the indignation be overpast. + +26:21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the +inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall +disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. + +27:1 In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword +shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that +crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. + +27:2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. + +27:3 I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any +hurt it, I will keep it night and day. + +27:4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me +in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together. + +27:5 Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with +me; and he shall make peace with me. + +27:6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall +blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. + +27:7 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he +slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? 27:8 +In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he +stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. + +27:9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this +is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones +of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and +images shall not stand up. + +27:10 Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation +forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and +there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. + +27:11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: +the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no +understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on +them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour. + +27:12 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat +off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye +shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel. + +27:13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet +shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the +land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall +worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. + +28:1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose +glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat +valleys of them that are overcome with wine! 28:2 Behold, the Lord +hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a +destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast +down to the earth with the hand. + +28:3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden +under feet: 28:4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the +fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before +the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet +in his hand he eateth it up. + +28:5 In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and +for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people, 28:6 And for a +spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength +to them that turn the battle to the gate. + +28:7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink +are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through +strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way +through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. + +28:8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is +no place clean. + +28:9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to +understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn +from the breasts. + +28:10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line +upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: 28:11 +For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this +people. + +28:12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the +weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. + +28:13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, +precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, +and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be +broken, and snared, and taken. + +28:14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule +this people which is in Jerusalem. + +28:15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and +with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass +through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, +and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: 28:16 Therefore thus saith +the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried +stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth +shall not make haste. + +28:17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the +plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the +waters shall overflow the hiding place. + +28:18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your +agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge +shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. + +28:19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning +by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a +vexation only to understand the report. + +28:20 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on +it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. + +28:21 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be +wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange +work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. + +28:22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: +for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even +determined upon the whole earth. + +28:23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. + +28:24 Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the +clods of his ground? 28:25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, +doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast +in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their +place? 28:26 For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth +teach him. + +28:27 For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, +neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches +are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. + +28:28 Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, +nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his +horsemen. + +28:29 This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is +wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. + +29:1 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year +to year; let them kill sacrifices. + +29:2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and +sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. + +29:3 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege +against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. + +29:4 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the +ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice +shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, +and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust. + +29:5 Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, +and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth +away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. + +29:6 Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with +earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of +devouring fire. + +29:7 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, +even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress +her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. + +29:8 It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he +eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty +man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, +he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all +the nations be, that fight against mount Zion. + +29:9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are +drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. + +29:10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, +and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers +hath he covered. + +29:11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book +that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read +this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: 29:12 And +the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I +pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. + +29:13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me +with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed +their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the +precept of men: 29:14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a +marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a +wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the +understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. + +29:15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the +LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and +who knoweth us? 29:16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall +be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that +made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that +framed it, He had no understanding? 29:17 Is it not yet a very little +while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the +fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? 29:18 And in that day +shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind +shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. + +29:19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor +among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. + +29:20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is +consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: 29:21 That make +a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth +in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. + +29:22 Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning +the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his +face now wax pale. + +29:23 But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the +midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One +of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. + +29:24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and +they that murmured shall learn doctrine. + +30:1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take +counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my +spirit, that they may add sin to sin: 30:2 That walk to go down into +Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the +strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! 30:3 +Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust +in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. + +30:4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. + +30:5 They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor +be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. + +30:6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble +and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and +fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders +of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a +people that shall not profit them. + +30:7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: +therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit +still. + +30:8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, +that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: 30:9 That this +is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear +the law of the LORD: 30:10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the +prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth +things, prophesy deceits: 30:11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out +of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. + +30:12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise +this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon: +30:13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to +fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at +an instant. + +30:14 And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel +that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not +be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, +or to take water withal out of the pit. + +30:15 For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In +returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence +shall be your strength: and ye would not. + +30:16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall +ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that +pursue you be swift. + +30:17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of +five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a +mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. + +30:18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto +you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon +you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait +for him. + +30:19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep +no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; +when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. + +30:20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the +water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a +corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: 30:21 And +thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, +walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the +left. + +30:22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of +silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast +them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee +hence. + +30:23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the +ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be +fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large +pastures. + +30:24 The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall +eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with +the fan. + +30:25 And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high +hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, +when the towers fall. + +30:26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, +and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven +days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, +and healeth the stroke of their wound. + +30:27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his +anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of +indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: 30:28 And his breath, +as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to +sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle +in the jaws of the people, causing them to err. + +30:29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is +kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come +into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel. + +30:30 And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and +shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his +anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and +tempest, and hailstones. + +30:31 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten +down, which smote with a rod. + +30:32 And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which +the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and +in battles of shaking will he fight with it. + +30:33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; +he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much +wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle +it. + +31:1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, +and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because +they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, +neither seek the LORD! 31:2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, +and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of +the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. + +31:3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, +and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that +helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they +all shall fail together. + +31:4 For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the +young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is +called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor +abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come +down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. + +31:5 As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; +defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve +it. + +31:6 Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply +revolted. + +31:7 For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, +and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a +sin. + +31:8 Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; +and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee +from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited. + +31:9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his +princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is +in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem. + +32:1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall +rule in judgment. + +32:2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert +from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of +a great rock in a weary land. + +32:3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of +them that hear shall hearken. + +32:4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the +tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. + +32:5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl +said to be bountiful. + +32:6 For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work +iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, +to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of +the thirsty to fail. + +32:7 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked +devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy +speaketh right. + +32:8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things +shall he stand. + +32:9 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless +daughters; give ear unto my speech. + +32:10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for +the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come. + +32:11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless +ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your +loins. + +32:12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for +the fruitful vine. + +32:13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, +upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: 32:14 Because the +palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; +the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, +a pasture of flocks; 32:15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on +high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field +be counted for a forest. + +32:16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness +remain in the fruitful field. + +32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of +righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. + +32:18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure +dwellings, and in quiet resting places; 32:19 When it shall hail, +coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place. + +32:20 Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth +thither the feet of the ox and the ass. + +33:1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest +treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou +shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make +an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. + +33:2 O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou +their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. + +33:3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of +thyself the nations were scattered. + +33:4 And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the +caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon +them. + +33:5 The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion +with judgment and righteousness. + +33:6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and +strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure. + +33:7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of +peace shall weep bitterly. + +33:8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken +the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man. + +33:9 The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn +down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off +their fruits. + +33:10 Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will +I lift up myself. + +33:11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your +breath, as fire, shall devour you. + +33:12 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut +up shall they be burned in the fire. + +33:13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are +near, acknowledge my might. + +33:14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the +hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who +among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? 33:15 He that walketh +righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of +oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that +stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from +seeing evil; 33:16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall +be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall +be sure. + +33:17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold +the land that is very far off. + +33:18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is +the receiver? where is he that counted the towers? 33:19 Thou shalt +not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst +perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand. + +33:20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall +see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken +down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither +shall any of the cords thereof be broken. + +33:21 But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad +rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither +shall gallant ship pass thereby. + +33:22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is +our king; he will save us. + +33:23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their +mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great +spoil divided; the lame take the prey. + +33:24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that +dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity. + +34:1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the +earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that +come forth of it. + +34:2 For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury +upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath +delivered them to the slaughter. + +34:3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up +out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their +blood. + +34:4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens +shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall +down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from +the fig tree. + +34:5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come +down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. + +34:6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with +fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the +kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great +slaughter in the land of Idumea. + +34:7 And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with +the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust +made fat with fatness. + +34:8 For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of +recompences for the controversy of Zion. + +34:9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust +thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning +pitch. + +34:10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall +go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none +shall pass through it for ever and ever. + +34:11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also +and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the +line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. + +34:12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none +shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. + +34:13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in +the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and +a court for owls. + +34:14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild +beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the +screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of +rest. + +34:15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and +gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, +every one with her mate. + +34:16 Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these +shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, +and his spirit it hath gathered them. + +34:17 And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it +unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to +generation shall they dwell therein. + +35:1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and +the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. + +35:2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and +singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency +of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the +excellency of our God. + +35:3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. + +35:4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: +behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; +he will come and save you. + +35:5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the +deaf shall be unstopped. + +35:6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the +dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams +in the desert. + +35:7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land +springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall +be grass with reeds and rushes. + +35:8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called +The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall +be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. + +35:9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up +thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk +there: 35:10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to +Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall +obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. + +36:1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that +Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of +Judah, and took them. + +36:2 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem +unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of +the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field. + +36:3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over +the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder. + +36:4 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith +the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein +thou trustest? 36:5 I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) +I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that +thou rebellest against me? 36:6 Lo, thou trustest in the staff of +this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his +hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in +him. + +36:7 But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not +he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and +said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar? +36:8 Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of +Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on +thy part to set riders upon them. + +36:9 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least +of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and +for horsemen? 36:10 And am I now come up without the LORD against +this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this +land, and destroy it. + +36:11 Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I +pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand +it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the +people that are on the wall. + +36:12 But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to +thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit +upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own +piss with you? 36:13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud +voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great +king, the king of Assyria. + +36:14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall +not be able to deliver you. + +36:15 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The +LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the +hand of the king of Assyria. + +36:16 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, +Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye +every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye +every one the waters of his own cistern; 36:17 Until I come and take +you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land +of bread and vineyards. + +36:18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, the LORD will deliver +us. + +Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand +of the king of Assyria? 36:19 Where are the gods of Hamath and +Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered +Samaria out of my hand? 36:20 Who are they among all the gods of +these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the +LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? 36:21 But they held +their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment +was, saying, Answer him not. + +36:22 Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the +household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the +recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words +of Rabshakeh. + +37:1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent +his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the +house of the LORD. + +37:2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the +scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto +Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. + +37:3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of +trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to +the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. + +37:4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom +the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, +and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: +wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left. + +37:5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. + +37:6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, +Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, +wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. + +37:7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, +and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword +in his own land. + +37:8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring +against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. + +37:9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come +forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers +to Hezekiah, saying, 37:10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of +Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, +saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of +Assyria. + +37:11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to +all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered? +37:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers +have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of +Eden which were in Telassar? 37:13 Where is the king of Hamath, and +the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and +Ivah? 37:14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the +messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the +LORD, and spread it before the LORD. + +37:15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying, 37:16 O LORD of +hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art +the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast +made heaven and earth. + +37:17 Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, +and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to +reproach the living God. + +37:18 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the +nations, and their countries, 37:19 And have cast their gods into the +fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and +stone: therefore they have destroyed them. + +37:20 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all +the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou +only. + +37:21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus +saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against +Sennacherib king of Assyria: 37:22 This is the word which the LORD +hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath +despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem +hath shaken her head at thee. + +37:23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast +thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against +the Holy One of Israel. + +37:24 By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By +the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the +mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall +cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter +into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel. + +37:25 I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet +have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places. + +37:26 Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient +times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou +shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps. + +37:27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were +dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as +the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted +before it be grown up. + +37:28 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and +thy rage against me. + +37:29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into +mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in +thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. + +37:30 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such +as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the +same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and +eat the fruit thereof. + +37:31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall +again take root downward, and bear fruit upward: 37:32 For out of +Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount +Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this. + +37:33 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He +shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come +before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it. + +37:34 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall +not come into this city, saith the LORD. + +37:35 For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and +for my servant David's sake. + +37:36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of +the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they +arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. + +37:37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, +and dwelt at Nineveh. + +37:38 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of +Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with +the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon +his son reigned in his stead. + +38:1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the +prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith +the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live. + +38:2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto +the LORD, 38:3 And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I +have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have +done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. + +38:4 Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying, 38:5 Go, and +say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I +have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto +thy days fifteen years. + +38:6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king +of Assyria: and I will defend this city. + +38:7 And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD +will do this thing that he hath spoken; 38:8 Behold, I will bring +again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of +Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which +degrees it was gone down. + +38:9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and +was recovered of his sickness: 38:10 I said in the cutting off of my +days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the +residue of my years. + +38:11 I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of +the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the +world. + +38:12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's +tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with +pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. + +38:13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all +my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. + +38:14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a +dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; +undertake for me. + +38:15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath +done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul. + +38:16 O LORD, by these things men live, and in all these things is the +life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live. + +38:17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love +to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast +all my sins behind thy back. + +38:18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: +they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. + +38:19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: +the father to the children shall make known thy truth. + +38:20 The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs +to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of +the LORD. + +38:21 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it +for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover. + +38:22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to +the house of the LORD? 39:1 At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of +Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for +he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered. + +39:2 And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his +precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the +precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was +found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his +dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. + +39:3 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto +him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And +Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from +Babylon. + +39:4 Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah +answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing +among my treasures that I have not shewed them. + +39:5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts: +39:6 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that +which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be +carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. + +39:7 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt +beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace +of the king of Babylon. + +39:8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which +thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth +in my days. + +40:1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. + +40:2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her +warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath +received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins. + +40:3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the +way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. + +40:4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall +be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough +places plain: 40:5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and +all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken +it. + +40:6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is +grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: +40:7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the +LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. + +40:8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God +shall stand for ever. + +40:9 O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high +mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice +with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of +Judah, Behold your God! 40:10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come with +strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is +with him, and his work before him. + +40:11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the +lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead +those that are with young. + +40:12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and +meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth +in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a +balance? 40:13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his +counsellor hath taught him? 40:14 With whom took he counsel, and who +instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him +knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding? 40:15 Behold, +the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small +dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little +thing. + +40:16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof +sufficient for a burnt offering. + +40:17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to +him less than nothing, and vanity. + +40:18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare +unto him? 40:19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith +spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. + +40:20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a +tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to +prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved. + +40:21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you +from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the +earth? 40:22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and +the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the +heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: +40:23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of +the earth as vanity. + +40:24 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: +yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also +blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take +them away as stubble. + +40:25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the +Holy One. + +40:26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these +things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by +names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; +not one faileth. + +40:27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid +from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? 40:28 Hast +thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the +LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is +weary? there is no searching of his understanding. + +40:29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he +increaseth strength. + +40:30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men +shall utterly fall: 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew +their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall +run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. + +41:1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their +strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near +together to judgment. + +41:2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his +foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he +gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. + +41:3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had +not gone with his feet. + +41:4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the +beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. + +41:5 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, +drew near, and came. + +41:6 They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his +brother, Be of good courage. + +41:7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth +with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the +sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved. + +41:8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the +seed of Abraham my friend. + +41:9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called +thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my +servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. + +41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy +God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold +thee with the right hand of my righteousness. + +41:11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be +ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive +with thee shall perish. + +41:12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that +contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, +and as a thing of nought. + +41:13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto +thee, Fear not; I will help thee. + +41:14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help +thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. + +41:15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having +teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt +make the hills as chaff. + +41:16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the +whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and +shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. + +41:17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their +tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of +Israel will not forsake them. + +41:18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of +the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry +land springs of water. + +41:19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and +the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, +and the pine, and the box tree together: 41:20 That they may see, and +know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD +hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. + +41:21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong +reasons, saith the King of Jacob. + +41:22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let +them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, +and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. + +41:23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know +that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, +and behold it together. + +41:24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an +abomination is he that chooseth you. + +41:25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the +rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon +princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay. + +41:26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and +beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that +sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that +heareth your words. + +41:27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will +give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. + +41:28 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there +was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word. + +41:29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their +molten images are wind and confusion. + +42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul +delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth +judgment to the Gentiles. + +42:2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in +the street. + +42:3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he +not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. + +42:4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment +in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. + +42:5 Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and +stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which +cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and +spirit to them that walk therein: 42:6 I the LORD have called thee in +righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give +thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; 42:7 +To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, +and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. + +42:8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to +another, neither my praise to graven images. + +42:9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I +declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. + +42:10 Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of +the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the +isles, and the inhabitants thereof. + +42:11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, +the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock +sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. + +42:12 Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the +islands. + +42:13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up +jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail +against his enemies. + +42:14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and +refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will +destroy and devour at once. + +42:15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their +herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the +pools. + +42:16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will +lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness +light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do +unto them, and not forsake them. + +42:17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that +trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our +gods. + +42:18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. + +42:19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I +sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD's +servant? 42:20 Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening +the ears, but he heareth not. + +42:21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will +magnify the law, and make it honourable. + +42:22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them +snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a +prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore. + +42:23 Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear +for the time to come? 42:24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to +the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for +they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his +law. + +42:25 Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the +strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he +knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart. + +43:1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he +that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have +called thee by thy name; thou art mine. + +43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and +through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest +through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame +kindle upon thee. + +43:3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I +gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. + +43:4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, +and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people +for thy life. + +43:5 Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the +east, and gather thee from the west; 43:6 I will say to the north, +Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and +my daughters from the ends of the earth; 43:7 Even every one that is +called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed +him; yea, I have made him. + +43:8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that +have ears. + +43:9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be +assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? +let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or +let them hear, and say, It is truth. + +43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have +chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: +before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. + +43:11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. + +43:12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there +was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the +LORD, that I am God. + +43:13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can +deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it? 43:14 Thus +saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I +have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the +Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships. + +43:15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King. + +43:16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path +in the mighty waters; 43:17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and +horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they +shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow. + +43:18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things +of old. + +43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall +ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers +in the desert. + +43:20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the +owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the +desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. + +43:21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my +praise. + +43:22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been +weary of me, O Israel. + +43:23 Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt +offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have +not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with +incense. + +43:24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou +filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to +serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities. + +43:25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine +own sake, and will not remember thy sins. + +43:26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that +thou mayest be justified. + +43:27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed +against me. + +43:28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have +given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches. + +44:1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: +44:2 Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the +womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, +Jesurun, whom I have chosen. + +44:3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon +the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing +upon thine offspring: 44:4 And they shall spring up as among the +grass, as willows by the water courses. + +44:5 One shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call himself by +the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the +LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel. + +44:6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD +of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no +God. + +44:7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in +order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things +that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. + +44:8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that +time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God +beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any. + +44:9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their +delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; +they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. + +44:10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is +profitable for nothing? 44:11 Behold, all his fellows shall be +ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered +together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be +ashamed together. + +44:12 The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and +fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his +arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no +water, and is faint. + +44:13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a +line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the +compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the +beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. + +44:14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, +which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he +planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. + +44:15 Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, +and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he +maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and +falleth down thereto. + +44:16 He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth +flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, +and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire: 44:17 And the residue +thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto +it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; +for thou art my god. + +44:18 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, +that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. + +44:19 And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge +nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, +also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, +and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? +shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? 44:20 He feedeth on ashes: +a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his +soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? 44:21 Remember +these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed +thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of +me. + +44:22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, +as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. + +44:23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower +parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, +and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and +glorified himself in Israel. + +44:24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from +the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth +the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself; 44:25 +That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; +that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; +44:26 That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the +counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be +inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will +raise up the decayed places thereof: 44:27 That saith to the deep, Be +dry, and I will dry up thy rivers: 44:28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my +shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, +Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. + +45:1 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I +have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins +of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall +not be shut; 45:2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places +straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder +the bars of iron: 45:3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, +and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the +LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. + +45:4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even +called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not +known me. + +45:5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: +I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 45:6 That they may know +from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none +beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. + +45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create +evil: I the LORD do all these things. + +45:8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down +righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, +and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it. + +45:9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd +strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that +fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? 45:10 +Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to +the woman, What hast thou brought forth? 45:11 Thus saith the LORD, +the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come +concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. + +45:12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my +hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I +commanded. + +45:13 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his +ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for +price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts. + +45:14 Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of +Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto +thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains +they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall +make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there +is none else, there is no God. + +45:15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the +Saviour. + +45:16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they +shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols. + +45:17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting +salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end. + +45:18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself +that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created +it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there +is none else. + +45:19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I +said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak +righteousness, I declare things that are right. + +45:20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are +escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of +their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. + +45:21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel +together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it +from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside +me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. + +45:22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I +am God, and there is none else. + +45:23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in +righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall +bow, every tongue shall swear. + +45:24 Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and +strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed +against him shall be ashamed. + +45:25 In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall +glory. + +46:1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, +and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a +burden to the weary beast. + +46:2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the +burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. + +46:3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the +house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are +carried from the womb: 46:4 And even to your old age I am he; and even +to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I +will carry, and will deliver you. + +46:5 To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that +we may be like? 46:6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh +silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: +they fall down, yea, they worship. + +46:7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in +his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, +one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his +trouble. + +46:8 Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O +ye transgressors. + +46:9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is +none else; I am God, and there is none like me, 46:10 Declaring the +end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not +yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my +pleasure: 46:11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that +executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will +also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it. + +46:12 Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from +righteousness: 46:13 I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be +far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation +in Zion for Israel my glory. + +47:1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit +on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for +thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. + +47:2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare +the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. + +47:3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I +will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man. + +47:4 As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One +of Israel. + +47:5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the +Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. + +47:6 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and +given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the +ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke. + +47:7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst +not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter +end of it. + +47:8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that +dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else +beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss +of children: 47:9 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment +in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon +thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for +the great abundance of thine enchantments. + +47:10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None +seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and +thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me. + +47:11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from +whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be +able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, +which thou shalt not know. + +47:12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy +sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou +shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. + +47:13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the +astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, +and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. + +47:14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they +shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall +not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it. + +47:15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even +thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his +quarter; none shall save thee. + +48:1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of +Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by +the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not +in truth, nor in righteousness. + +48:2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves +upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name. + +48:3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they +went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, +and they came to pass. + +48:4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron +sinew, and thy brow brass; 48:5 I have even from the beginning +declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest +thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and +my molten image, hath commanded them. + +48:6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have +shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou +didst not know them. + +48:7 They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the +day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I +knew them. + +48:8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that +time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal +very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb. + +48:9 For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise +will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. + +48:10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen +thee in the furnace of affliction. + +48:11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how +should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another. + +48:12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am +the first, I also am the last. + +48:13 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my +right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand +up together. + +48:14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath +declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his +pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. + +48:15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought +him, and he shall make his way prosperous. + +48:16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret +from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the +Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me. + +48:17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am +the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by +the way that thou shouldest go. + +48:18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy +peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: +48:19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy +bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off +nor destroyed from before me. + +48:20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice +of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the +earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. + +48:21 And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he +caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock +also, and the waters gushed out. + +48:22 There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked. + +49:1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The +LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath +he made mention of my name. + +49:2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of +his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver +hath he hid me; 49:3 And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, +in whom I will be glorified. + +49:4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength +for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and +my work with my God. + +49:5 And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his +servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, +yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be +my strength. + +49:6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my +servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved +of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that +thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. + +49:7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to +him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant +of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, +because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and +he shall choose thee. + +49:8 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and +in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, +and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to +cause to inherit the desolate heritages; 49:9 That thou mayest say to +the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew +yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be +in all high places. + +49:10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun +smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by +the springs of water shall he guide them. + +49:11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be +exalted. + +49:12 Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north +and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. + +49:13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into +singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will +have mercy upon his afflicted. + +49:14 But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath +forgotten me. + +49:15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have +compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I +not forget thee. + +49:16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls +are continually before me. + +49:17 Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made +thee waste shall go forth of thee. + +49:18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather +themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou +shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind +them on thee, as a bride doeth. + +49:19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy +destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the +inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away. + +49:20 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the +other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: +give place to me that I may dwell. + +49:21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, +seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and +removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left +alone; these, where had they been? 49:22 Thus saith the Lord GOD, +Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my +standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, +and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. + +49:23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy +nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward +the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that +I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. + +49:24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive +delivered? 49:25 But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the +mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be +delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and +I will save thy children. + +49:26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and +they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and +all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, +the mighty One of Jacob. + +50:1 Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's +divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to +whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold +yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away. + +50:2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was +there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot +redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up +the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because +there is no water, and dieth for thirst. + +50:3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their +covering. + +50:4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I +should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he +wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the +learned. + +50:5 The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, +neither turned away back. + +50:6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked +off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. + +50:7 For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be +confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that +I shall not be ashamed. + +50:8 He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us +stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me. + +50:9 Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn +me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them +up. + +50:10 Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice +of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him +trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God. + +50:11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about +with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye +have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in +sorrow. + +51:1 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek +the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of +the pit whence ye are digged. + +51:2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for +I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. + +51:3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste +places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like +the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, +thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. + +51:4 Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: +for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest +for a light of the people. + +51:5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine +arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine +arm shall they trust. + +51:6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth +beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth +shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in +like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness +shall not be abolished. + +51:7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose +heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid +of their revilings. + +51:8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall +eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my +salvation from generation to generation. + +51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in +the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath +cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? 51:10 Art thou not it which hath +dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths +of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? 51:11 Therefore the +redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; +and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain +gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away. + +51:12 I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou +shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man +which shall be made as grass; 51:13 And forgettest the LORD thy maker, +that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the +earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of +the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury +of the oppressor? 51:14 The captive exile hasteneth that he may be +loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread +should fail. + +51:15 But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves +roared: The LORD of hosts is his name. + +51:16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in +the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the +foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people. + +51:17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the +hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of +the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. + +51:18 There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath +brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all +the sons that she hath brought up. + +51:19 These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for +thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by +whom shall I comfort thee? 51:20 Thy sons have fainted, they lie at +the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of +the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God. + +51:21 Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not +with wine: 51:22 Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that +pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine +hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou +shalt no more drink it again: 51:23 But I will put it into the hand of +them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we +may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the +street, to them that went over. + +52:1 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful +garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no +more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. + +52:2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: +loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. + +52:3 For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and +ye shall be redeemed without money. + +52:4 For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into +Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. + +52:5 Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people +is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, +saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed. + +52:6 Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know +in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I. + +52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that +bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good +tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy +God reigneth! 52:8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the +voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when +the LORD shall bring again Zion. + +52:9 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of +Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed +Jerusalem. + +52:10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the +nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our +God. + +52:11 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean +thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the +vessels of the LORD. + +52:12 For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the +LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward. + +52:13 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and +extolled, and be very high. + +52:14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more +than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: 52:15 So shall +he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: +for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which +they had not heard shall they consider. + +53:1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD +revealed? 53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and +as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and +when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. + +53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and +acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he +was despised, and we esteemed him not. + +53:4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we +did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. + +53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our +iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his +stripes we are healed. + +53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to +his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. + +53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his +mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before +her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. + +53:8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare +his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for +the transgression of my people was he stricken. + +53:9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his +death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his +mouth. + +53:10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: +when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his +seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall +prosper in his hand. + +53:11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: +by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall +bear their iniquities. + +53:12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he +shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his +soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he +bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. + +54:1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into +singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for +more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married +wife, saith the LORD. + +54:2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the +curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and +strengthen thy stakes; 54:3 For thou shalt break forth on the right +hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and +make the desolate cities to be inhabited. + +54:4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou +confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget +the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy +widowhood any more. + +54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; +and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth +shall he be called. + +54:6 For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in +spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. + +54:7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies +will I gather thee. + +54:8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with +everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy +Redeemer. + +54:9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn +that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I +sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. + +54:10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my +kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my +peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee. + +54:11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, +behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy +foundations with sapphires. + +54:12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of +carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. + +54:13 And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great +shall be the peace of thy children. + +54:14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far +from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it +shall not come near thee. + +54:15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: +whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. + +54:16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the +fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have +created the waster to destroy. + +54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every +tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. +This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their +righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. + +55:1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that +hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk +without money and without price. + +55:2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your +labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and +eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in +fatness. + +55:3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall +live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure +mercies of David. + +55:4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader +and commander to the people. + +55:5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and +nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy +God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee. + +55:6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he +is near: 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man +his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy +upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. + +55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my +ways, saith the LORD. + +55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways +higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. + +55:10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and +returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring +forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the +eater: 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it +shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I +please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. + +55:12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the +mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and +all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. + +55:13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of +the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD +for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. + +56:1 Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my +salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. + +56:2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that +layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and +keepeth his hand from doing any evil. + +56:3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to +the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his +people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. + +56:4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, +and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; +56:5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a +place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give +them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. + +56:6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, +to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, +every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold +of my covenant; 56:7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and +make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and +their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house +shall be called an house of prayer for all people. + +56:8 The Lord GOD, which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet +will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him. + +56:9 All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in +the forest. + +56:10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb +dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. + +56:11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they +are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, +every one for his gain, from his quarter. + +56:12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves +with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more +abundant. + +57:1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and +merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is +taken away from the evil to come. + +57:2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each +one walking in his uprightness. + +57:3 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the +adulterer and the whore. + +57:4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide +mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, +a seed of falsehood. + +57:5 Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying +the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks? 57:6 Among +the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy +lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered +a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these? 57:7 Upon a lofty +and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up +to offer sacrifice. + +57:8 Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy +remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and +art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with +them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it. + +57:9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase +thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase +thyself even unto hell. + +57:10 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou +not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; +therefore thou wast not grieved. + +57:11 And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast +lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I +held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not? 57:12 I will +declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit +thee. + +57:13 When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind +shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth +his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy +mountain; 57:14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the +way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people. + +57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, +whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also +that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the +humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. + +57:16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: +for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. + +57:17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: +I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his +heart. + +57:18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, +and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. + +57:19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far +off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him. + +57:20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, +whose waters cast up mire and dirt. + +57:21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. + +58:1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew +my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. + +58:2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation +that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: +they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in +approaching to God. + +58:3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore +have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in +the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. + +58:4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist +of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice +to be heard on high. + +58:5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict +his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread +sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an +acceptable day to the LORD? 58:6 Is not this the fast that I have +chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, +and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? 58:7 +Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the +poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that +thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? +58:8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health +shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before +thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward. + +58:9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, +and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee +the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; 58:10 +And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted +soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as +the noon day: 58:11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and +satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be +like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail +not. + +58:12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: +thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou +shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to +dwell in. + +58:13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy +pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of +the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, +nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: 58:14 +Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to +ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the +heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken +it. + +59:1 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; +neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 59:2 But your iniquities +have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his +face from you, that he will not hear. + +59:3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with +iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered +perverseness. + +59:4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust +in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth +iniquity. + +59:5 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that +eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out +into a viper. + +59:6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover +themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and +the act of violence is in their hands. + +59:7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent +blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and +destruction are in their paths. + +59:8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their +goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein +shall not know peace. + +59:9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake +us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we +walk in darkness. + +59:10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had +no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate +places as dead men. + +59:11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for +judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. + +59:12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins +testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our +iniquities, we know them; 59:13 In transgressing and lying against the +LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, +conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. + +59:14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar +off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. + +59:15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh +himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there +was no judgment. + +59:16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no +intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his +righteousness, it sustained him. + +59:17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of +salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for +clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. + +59:18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his +adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay +recompence. + +59:19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his +glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a +flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him. + +59:20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn +from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. + +59:21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My +spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, +shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, +nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from +henceforth and for ever. + +60:1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is +risen upon thee. + +60:2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross +darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory +shall be seen upon thee. + +60:3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the +brightness of thy rising. + +60:4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather +themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, +and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. + +60:5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall +fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be +converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee. + +60:6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of +Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring +gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD. + +60:7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the +rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with +acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory. + +60:8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their +windows? 60:9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of +Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their +gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One +of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. + +60:10 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their +kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in +my favour have I had mercy on thee. + +60:11 Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be +shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the +Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. + +60:12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall +perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted. + +60:13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the +pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my +sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. + +60:14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending +unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down +at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee; The city of the +LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. + +60:15 Whereas thou has been forsaken and hated, so that no man went +through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many +generations. + +60:16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck +the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy +Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. + +60:17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, +and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers +peace, and thine exactors righteousness. + +60:18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor +destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls +Salvation, and thy gates Praise. + +60:19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for +brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be +unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. + +60:20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw +itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of +thy mourning shall be ended. + +60:21 Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the +land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I +may be glorified. + +60:22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong +nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time. + +61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath +anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to +bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and +the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 61:2 To proclaim the +acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to +comfort all that mourn; 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, +to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the +garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be +called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might +be glorified. + +61:4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the +former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the +desolations of many generations. + +61:5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of +the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. + +61:6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you +the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and +in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. + +61:7 For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall +rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess +the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them. + +61:8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; +and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting +covenant with them. + +61:9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their +offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, +that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed. + +61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in +my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath +covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh +himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her +jewels. + +61:11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden +causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord +GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the +nations. + +62:1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's +sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as +brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. + +62:2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy +glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the +LORD shall name. + +62:3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and +a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. + +62:4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any +more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy +land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be +married. + +62:5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry +thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God +rejoice over thee. + +62:6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall +never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the +LORD, keep not silence, 62:7 And give him no rest, till he establish, +and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. + +62:8 The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his +strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine +enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for +the which thou hast laboured: 62:9 But they that have gathered it +shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it +together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness. + +62:10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the +people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a +standard for the people. + +62:11 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say +ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his +reward is with him, and his work before him. + +62:12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the +LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken. + +63:1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from +Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the +greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to +save. + +63:2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like +him that treadeth in the winefat? 63:3 I have trodden the winepress +alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them +in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be +sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. + +63:4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my +redeemed is come. + +63:5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that +there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation +unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. + +63:6 And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them +drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth. + +63:7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises +of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and +the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed +on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of +his lovingkindnesses. + +63:8 For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not +lie: so he was their Saviour. + +63:9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his +presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and +he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. + +63:10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was +turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. + +63:11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, +saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the +shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within +him? 63:12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious +arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting +name? 63:13 That led them through the deep, as an horse in the +wilderness, that they should not stumble? 63:14 As a beast goeth down +into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst +thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name. + +63:15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy +holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the +sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they +restrained? 63:16 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be +ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our +father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. + +63:17 O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened +our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of +thine inheritance. + +63:18 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: +our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary. + +63:19 We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not +called by thy name. + +64:1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come +down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, 64:2 As when +the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make +thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at +thy presence! 64:3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked +not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. + +64:4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor +perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, +what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. + +64:5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those +that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have +sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. + +64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses +are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, +like the wind, have taken us away. + +64:7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up +himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and +hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. + +64:8 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou +our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. + +64:9 Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for +ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. + +64:10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, +Jerusalem a desolation. + +64:11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised +thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid +waste. + +64:12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou +hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore? 65:1 I am sought of them +that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, +Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. + +65:2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, +which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts; +65:3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that +sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick; 65:4 +Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat +swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; +65:5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier +than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the +day. + +65:6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but +will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, 65:7 Your +iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the +LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me +upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their +bosom. + +65:8 Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and +one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for +my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all. + +65:9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an +inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my +servants shall dwell there. + +65:10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a +place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. + +65:11 But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy +mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the +drink offering unto that number. + +65:12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow +down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when +I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did +choose that wherein I delighted not. + +65:13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall +eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye +shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be +ashamed: 65:14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye +shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. + +65:15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the +Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name: 65:16 +That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the +God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God +of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they +are hid from mine eyes. + +65:17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the +former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. + +65:18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, +behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. + +65:19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the +voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of +crying. + +65:20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man +that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred +years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be +accursed. + +65:21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall +plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. + +65:22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, +and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, +and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. + +65:23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for +they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with +them. + +65:24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; +and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. + +65:25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall +eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They +shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD. + +66:1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my +footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the +place of my rest? 66:2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and +all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I +look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth +at my word. + +66:3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth +a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, +as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he +blessed an idol. + +Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in +their abominations. + +66:4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears +upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they +did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in +which I delighted not. + +66:5 Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your +brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, +Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they +shall be ashamed. + +66:6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice +of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies. + +66:7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, +she was delivered of a man child. + +66:8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the +earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at +once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. + +66:9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith +the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy +God. + +66:10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that +love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: 66:11 +That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her +consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the +abundance of her glory. + +66:12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like +a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then +shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon +her knees. + +66:13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye +shall be comforted in Jerusalem. + +66:14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones +shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known +toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. + +66:15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots +like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with +flames of fire. + +66:16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: +and the slain of the LORD shall be many. + +66:17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the +gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the +abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the +LORD. + +66:18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I +will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my +glory. + +66:19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that +escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw +the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not +heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my +glory among the Gentiles. + +66:20 And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the +LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, +and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, +saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean +vessel into the house of the LORD. + +66:21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith +the LORD. + +66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, +shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your +name remain. + +66:23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, +and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship +before me, saith the LORD. + +66:24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men +that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, +neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring +unto all flesh. + + + + +The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah + + +1:1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that +were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: 1:2 To whom the word of the +LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the +thirteenth year of his reign. + +1:3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of +Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah +king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the +fifth month. + +1:4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 1:5 Before I +formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out +of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the +nations. + +1:6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a +child. + +1:7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt +go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou +shalt speak. + +1:8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, +saith the LORD. + +1:9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the +LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. + +1:10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the +kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw +down, to build, and to plant. + +1:11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, +what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. + +1:12 Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will +hasten my word to perform it. + +1:13 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, +What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face +thereof is toward the north. + +1:14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break +forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. + +1:15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the +north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every +one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against +all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of +Judah. + +1:16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their +wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other +gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands. + +1:17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them +all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I +confound thee before them. + +1:18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an +iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the +kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests +thereof, and against the people of the land. + +1:19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail +against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee. + +2:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2:2 Go and cry +in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember +thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when +thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. + +2:3 Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his +increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, +saith the LORD. + +2:4 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the +families of the house of Israel: 2:5 Thus saith the LORD, What +iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from +me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? 2:6 Neither +said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of +Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts +and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, +through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt? +2:7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit +thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my +land, and made mine heritage an abomination. + +2:8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the +law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the +prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not +profit. + +2:9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your +children's children will I plead. + +2:10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, +and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. + +2:11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my +people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. + +2:12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be +ye very desolate, saith the LORD. + +2:13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the +fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken +cisterns, that can hold no water. + +2:14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled? +2:15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his +land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. + +2:16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of +thy head. + +2:17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast +forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way? 2:18 And now +what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of +Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the +waters of the river? 2:19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, +and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that +it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy +God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. + +2:20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and +thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and +under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot. + +2:21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how +then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto +me? 2:22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much +soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. + +2:23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after +Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art +a swift dromedary traversing her ways; 2:24 A wild ass used to the +wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion +who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary +themselves; in her month they shall find her. + +2:25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: +but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and +after them will I go. + +2:26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of +Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, +and their prophets. + +2:27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast +brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not +their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and +save us. + +2:28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, +if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the +number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah. + +2:29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against +me, saith the LORD. + +2:30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no +correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a +destroying lion. + +2:31 O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a +wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, +We are lords; we will come no more unto thee? 2:32 Can a maid forget +her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me +days without number. + +2:33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also +taught the wicked ones thy ways. + +2:34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor +innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these. + +2:35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall +turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I +have not sinned. + +2:36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt +be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. + +2:37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine +head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not +prosper in them. + +3:1 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and +become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that +land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many +lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD. + +3:2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast +not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian +in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms +and with thy wickedness. + +3:3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no +latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be +ashamed. + +3:4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the +guide of my youth? 3:5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he +keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as +thou couldest. + +3:6 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast +thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon +every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played +the harlot. + +3:7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. +But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. + +3:8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel +committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of +divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and +played the harlot also. + +3:9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that +she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with +stocks. + +3:10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned +unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD. + +3:11 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified +herself more than treacherous Judah. + +3:12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, +thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine +anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will +not keep anger for ever. + +3:13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed +against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers +under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the +LORD. + +3:14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married +unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and +I will bring you to Zion: 3:15 And I will give you pastors according +to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. + +3:16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in +the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The +ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: +neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither +shall that be done any more. + +3:17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; +and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the +LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the +imagination of their evil heart. + +3:18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of +Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to +the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers. + +3:19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give +thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I +said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me. + +3:20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so +have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the +LORD. + +3:21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications +of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they +have forgotten the LORD their God. + +3:22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your +backslidings. + +Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God. + +3:23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the +multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of +Israel. + +3:24 For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; +their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. + +3:25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we +have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our +youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD +our God. + +4:1 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and +if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt +thou not remove. + +4:2 And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and +in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and +in him shall they glory. + +4:3 For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break +up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. + +4:4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of +your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury +come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the +evil of your doings. + +4:5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye +the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble +yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities. + +4:6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will +bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. + +4:7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the +Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy +land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an +inhabitant. + +4:8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce +anger of the LORD is not turned back from us. + +4:9 And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the +heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the +priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder. + +4:10 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this +people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword +reacheth unto the soul. + +4:11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A +dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of +my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, 4:12 Even a full wind from +those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against +them. + +4:13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as +a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we +are spoiled. + +4:14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest +be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? 4:15 +For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount +Ephraim. + +4:16 Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against +Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their +voice against the cities of Judah. + +4:17 As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because +she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD. + +4:18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this +is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto +thine heart. + +4:19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart +maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, +O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. + +4:20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is +spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. + +4:21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the +trumpet? 4:22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they +are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise +to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. + +4:23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and +the heavens, and they had no light. + +4:24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills +moved lightly. + +4:25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the +heavens were fled. + +4:26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all +the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and +by his fierce anger. + +4:27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; +yet will I not make a full end. + +4:28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; +because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, +neither will I turn back from it. + +4:29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and +bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: +every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein. + +4:30 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou +clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments +of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt +thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek +thy life. + +4:31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the +anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of +the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her +hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of +murderers. + +5:1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, +and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, +if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I +will pardon it. + +5:2 And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely. + +5:3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken +them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they +have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder +than a rock; they have refused to return. + +5:4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for +they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. + +5:5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for +they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: +but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. + +5:6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of +the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their +cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: +because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are +increased. + +5:7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, +and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, +they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in +the harlots' houses. + +5:8 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after +his neighbour's wife. + +5:9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not +my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 5:10 Go ye up upon her +walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her +battlements; for they are not the LORD's. + +5:11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very +treacherously against me, saith the LORD. + +5:12 They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall +evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: 5:13 And the +prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it +be done unto them. + +5:14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this +word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people +wood, and it shall devour them. + +5:15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, +saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a +nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what +they say. + +5:16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. + +5:17 And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy +sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and +thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall +impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword. + +5:18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a +full end with you. + +5:19 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the +LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, +Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so +shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not your's. + +5:20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, +saying, 5:21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without +understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear +not: 5:22 Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my +presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a +perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof +toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can +they not pass over it? 5:23 But this people hath a revolting and a +rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone. + +5:24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our +God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: +he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. + +5:25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have +withholden good things from you. + +5:26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he +that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. + +5:27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: +therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. + +5:28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of +the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet +they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge. + +5:29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my +soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 5:30 A wonderful and +horrible thing is committed in the land; 5:31 The prophets prophesy +falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love +to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? 6:1 O ye +children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of +Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in +Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great +destruction. + +6:2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate +woman. + +6:3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall +pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one +in his place. + +6:4 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe +unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are +stretched out. + +6:5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces. + +6:6 For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast +a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is +wholly oppression in the midst of her. + +6:7 As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her +wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually +is grief and wounds. + +6:8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; +lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited. + +6:9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the +remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer +into the baskets. + +6:10 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? +behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, +the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in +it. + +6:11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with +holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the +assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife +shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days. + +6:12 And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields +and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the +inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD. + +6:13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every +one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the +priest every one dealeth falsely. + +6:14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people +slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. + +6:15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they +were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they +shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they +shall be cast down, saith the LORD. + +6:16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for +the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall +find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein. + +6:17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the +trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. + +6:18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is +among them. + +6:19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even +the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my +words, nor to my law, but rejected it. + +6:20 To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the +sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not +acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. + +6:21 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks +before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall +upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish. + +6:22 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north +country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the +earth. + +6:23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no +mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, +set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion. + +6:24 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish +hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail. + +6:25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword +of the enemy and fear is on every side. + +6:26 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow +thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter +lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us. + +6:27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that +thou mayest know and try their way. + +6:28 They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are +brass and iron; they are all corrupters. + +6:29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the +founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. + +6:30 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath +rejected them. + +7:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 7:2 Stand in +the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, +Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these +gates to worship the LORD. + +7:3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways +and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. + +7:4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The +temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. + +7:5 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye +throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; 7:6 If ye +oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not +innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your +hurt: 7:7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land +that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. + +7:8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. + +7:9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and +burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; +7:10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my +name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? 7:11 Is +this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in +your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD. + +7:12 But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my +name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my +people Israel. + +7:13 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, +and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; +and I called you, but ye answered not; 7:14 Therefore will I do unto +this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the +place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to +Shiloh. + +7:15 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your +brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim. + +7:16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor +prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear +thee. + +7:17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the +streets of Jerusalem? 7:18 The children gather wood, and the fathers +kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the +queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that +they may provoke me to anger. + +7:19 Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke +themselves to the confusion of their own faces? 7:20 Therefore thus +saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out +upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the +field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall +not be quenched. + +7:21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt +offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh. + +7:22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day +that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt +offerings or sacrifices: 7:23 But this thing commanded I them, saying, +Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and +walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well +unto you. + +7:24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the +counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went +backward, and not forward. + +7:25 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of +Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the +prophets, daily rising up early and sending them: 7:26 Yet they +hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their +neck: they did worse than their fathers. + +7:27 Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they +will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they +will not answer thee. + +7:28 But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not +the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is +perished, and is cut off from their mouth. + +7:29 Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a +lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken +the generation of his wrath. + +7:30 For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the +LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by +my name, to pollute it. + +7:31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the +valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in +the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart. + +7:32 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall +no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the +valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no +place. + +7:33 And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of +the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them +away. + +7:34 Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the +streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, +the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land +shall be desolate. + +8:1 At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of +the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the +priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the +inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves: 8:2 And they shall +spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, +whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they +have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: +they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon +the face of the earth. + +8:3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of +them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places +whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts. + +8:4 Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they +fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? 8:5 Why then +is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? +they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. + +8:6 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented +him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to +his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. + +8:7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the +turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; +but my people know not the judgment of the LORD. + +8:8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? +Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. + +8:9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they +have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? 8:10 +Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to +them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto +the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the +priest every one dealeth falsely. + +8:11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people +slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. + +8:12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they +were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall +they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they +shall be cast down, saith the LORD. + +8:13 I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no +grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; +and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them. + +8:14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into +the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God +hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because +we have sinned against the LORD. + +8:15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, +and behold trouble! 8:16 The snorting of his horses was heard from +Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his +strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all +that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein. + +8:17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which +will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD. + +8:18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in +me. + +8:19 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because +of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not +her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven +images, and with strange vanities? 8:20 The harvest is past, the +summer is ended, and we are not saved. + +8:21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; +astonishment hath taken hold on me. + +8:22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then +is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? 9:1 Oh that +my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might +weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! 9:2 Oh +that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I +might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, +an assembly of treacherous men. + +9:3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are +not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil +to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. + +9:4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any +brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour +will walk with slanders. + +9:5 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak +the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary +themselves to commit iniquity. + +9:6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they +refuse to know me, saith the LORD. + +9:7 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, +and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people? 9:8 +Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh +peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his +wait. + +9:9 Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not +my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 9:10 For the mountains +will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the +wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can +pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both +the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone. + +9:11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will +make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. + +9:12 Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to +whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for +what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none +passeth through? 9:13 And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken +my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither +walked therein; 9:14 But have walked after the imagination of their +own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: 9:15 +Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I +will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water +of gall to drink. + +9:16 I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor +their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I +have consumed them. + +9:17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the +mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that +they may come: 9:18 And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for +us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out +with waters. + +9:19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! +we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because +our dwellings have cast us out. + +9:20 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear +receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and +every one her neighbour lamentation. + +9:21 For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our +palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from +the streets. + +9:22 Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall +as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, +and none shall gather them. + +9:23 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, +neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man +glory in his riches: 9:24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, +that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which +exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: +for in these things I delight, saith the LORD. + +9:25 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all +them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised; 9:26 Egypt, and +Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are +in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these +nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are +uncircumcised in the heart. + +10:1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of +Israel: 10:2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, +and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are +dismayed at them. + +10:3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree +out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. + +10:4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails +and with hammers, that it move not. + +10:5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs +be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they +cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. + +10:6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art +great, and thy name is great in might. + +10:7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it +appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in +all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee. + +10:8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a +doctrine of vanities. + +10:9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from +Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue +and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men. + +10:10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an +everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the +nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. + +10:11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the +heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from +under these heavens. + +10:12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the +world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his +discretion. + +10:13 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in +the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the +earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out +of his treasures. + +10:14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is +confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and +there is no breath in them. + +10:15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their +visitation they shall perish. + +10:16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of +all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of +hosts is his name. + +10:17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the +fortress. + +10:18 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the +inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that +they may find it so. + +10:19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly +this is a grief, and I must bear it. + +10:20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my +children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to +stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains. + +10:21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the +LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be +scattered. + +10:22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion +out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a +den of dragons. + +10:23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not +in man that walketh to direct his steps. + +10:24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest +thou bring me to nothing. + +10:25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon +the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, +and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation +desolate. + +11:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD saying, 11:2 Hear ye +the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to +the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 11:3 And say thou unto them, Thus saith +the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words +of this covenant, 11:4 Which I commanded your fathers in the day that +I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, +saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command +you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God: 11:5 That I may +perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a +land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, +and said, So be it, O LORD. + +11:6 Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the +cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the +words of this covenant, and do them. + +11:7 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I +brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising +early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice. + +11:8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one +in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon +them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do: but +they did them not. + +11:9 And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of +Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. + +11:10 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, +which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to +serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my +covenant which I made with their fathers. + +11:11 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon +them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall +cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them. + +11:12 Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, +and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not +save them at all in the time of their trouble. + +11:13 For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O +Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye +set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto +Baal. + +11:14 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry +or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry +unto me for their trouble. + +11:15 What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath +wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? +when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. + +11:16 The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of +goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire +upon it, and the branches of it are broken. + +11:17 For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil +against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of +Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger +in offering incense unto Baal. + +11:18 And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then +thou shewedst me their doings. + +11:19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; +and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let +us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off +from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. + +11:20 But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the +reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee +have I revealed my cause. + +11:21 Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek +thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die +not by our hand: 11:22 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, +I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons +and their daughters shall die by famine: 11:23 And there shall be no +remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even +the year of their visitation. + +12:1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me +talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked +prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? +12:2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, +yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far +from their reins. + +12:3 But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine +heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and +prepare them for the day of slaughter. + +12:4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field +wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are +consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last +end. + +12:5 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, +then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, +wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in +the swelling of Jordan? 12:6 For even thy brethren, and the house of +thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they +have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they +speak fair words unto thee. + +12:7 I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have +given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. + +12:8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out +against me: therefore have I hated it. + +12:9 Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round +about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, +come to devour. + +12:10 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my +portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate +wilderness. + +12:11 They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto +me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to +heart. + +12:12 The spoilers are come upon all high places through the +wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of +the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace. + +12:13 They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put +themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of +your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD. + +12:14 Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch +the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; +Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house +of Judah from among them. + +12:15 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I +will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, +every man to his heritage, and every man to his land. + +12:16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the +ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they +taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the +midst of my people. + +12:17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy +that nation, saith the LORD. + +13:1 Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and +put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. + +13:2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it +on my loins. + +13:3 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, +13:4 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and +arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock. + +13:5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me. + +13:6 And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, +Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I +commanded thee to hide there. + +13:7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from +the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it +was profitable for nothing. + +13:8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 13:9 Thus saith +the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the +great pride of Jerusalem. + +13:10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in +the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve +them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good +for nothing. + +13:11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I +caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house +of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and +for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not +hear. + +13:12 Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the +LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they +shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall +be filled with wine? 13:13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith +the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even +the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the +prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. + +13:14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and +the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor +have mercy, but destroy them. + +13:15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken. + +13:16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and +before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look +for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross +darkness. + +13:17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places +for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, +because the LORD's flock is carried away captive. + +13:18 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: +for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory. + +13:19 The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open +them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be +wholly carried away captive. + +13:20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: +where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? 13:21 +What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught +them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take +thee, as a woman in travail? 13:22 And if thou say in thine heart, +Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine +iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare. + +13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? +then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. + +13:24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away +by the wind of the wilderness. + +13:25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the +LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood. + +13:26 Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy +shame may appear. + +13:27 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of +thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe +unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it +once be? 14:1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning +the dearth. + +14:2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black +unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. + +14:3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they +came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels +empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. + +14:4 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, +the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads. + +14:5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because +there was no grass. + +14:6 And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up +the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no +grass. + +14:7 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for +thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against +thee. + +14:8 O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why +shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man +that turneth aside to tarry for a night? 14:9 Why shouldest thou be +as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, +art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not. + +14:10 Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to +wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth +not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their +sins. + +14:11 Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their +good. + +14:12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer +burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will +consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence. + +14:13 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, +Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will +give you assured peace in this place. + +14:14 Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my +name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake +unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a +thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart. + +14:15 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that +prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and +famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those +prophets be consumed. + +14:16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the +streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they +shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor +their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them. + +14:17 Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run +down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin +daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very +grievous blow. + +14:18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the +sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick +with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a +land that they know not. + +14:19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why +hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for +peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold +trouble! 14:20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the +iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee. + +14:21 Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne +of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us. + +14:22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause +rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our +God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these +things. + +15:1 Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before +me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my +sight, and let them go forth. + +15:2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall +we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as +are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; +and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the +captivity, to the captivity. + +15:3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the +sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and +the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. + +15:4 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the +earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that +which he did in Jerusalem. + +15:5 For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall +bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest? 15:6 Thou +hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore +will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary +with repenting. + +15:7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will +bereave them of children, I will destroy my people since they return +not from their ways. + +15:8 Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I +have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler +at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors +upon the city. + +15:9 She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the +ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been +ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the +sword before their enemies, saith the LORD. + +15:10 Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife +and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on +usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth +curse me. + +15:11 The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily +I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in +the time of affliction. + +15:12 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? 15:13 Thy +substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, +and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders. + +15:14 And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land +which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which +shall burn upon you. + +15:15 O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me +of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that +for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. + +15:16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto +me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O +LORD God of hosts. + +15:17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat +alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation. + +15:18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth +to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters +that fail? 15:19 Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then +will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou +take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let +them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them. + +15:20 And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and +they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against +thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the +LORD. + +15:21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I +will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible. + +16:1 The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying, 16:2 Thou shalt +not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in +this place. + +16:3 For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the +daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers +that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this +land; 16:4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be +lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon +the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by +famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and +for the beasts of the earth. + +16:5 For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, +neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace +from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies. + +16:6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall +not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, +nor make themselves bald for them: 16:7 Neither shall men tear +themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither +shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father +or for their mother. + +16:8 Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with +them to eat and to drink. + +16:9 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I +will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, +the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the +bridegroom, and the voice of the bride. + +16:10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all +these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD +pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or +what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God? +16:11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have +forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and +have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and +have not kept my law; 16:12 And ye have done worse than your fathers; +for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil +heart, that they may not hearken unto me: 16:13 Therefore will I cast +you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your +fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I +will not shew you favour. + +16:14 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall +no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of +Israel out of the land of Egypt; 16:15 But, The LORD liveth, that +brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from +all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again +into their land that I gave unto their fathers. + +16:16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they +shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they +shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of +the holes of the rocks. + +16:17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my +face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes. + +16:18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; +because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance +with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things. + +16:19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day +of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the +earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, +and things wherein there is no profit. + +16:20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods? 16:21 +Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause +them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name +is The LORD. + +17:1 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the +point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and +upon the horns of your altars; 17:2 Whilst their children remember +their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills. + +17:3 O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy +treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all +thy borders. + +17:4 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage +that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the +land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, +which shall burn for ever. + +17:5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and +maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. + +17:6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see +when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the +wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. + +17:7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the +LORD is. + +17:8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that +spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat +cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the +year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. + +17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: +who can know it? 17:10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, +even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the +fruit of his doings. + +17:11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he +that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst +of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. + +17:12 A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our +sanctuary. + +17:13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be +ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, +because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters. + +17:14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be +saved: for thou art my praise. + +17:15 Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it +come now. + +17:16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow +thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which +came out of my lips was right before thee. + +17:17 Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil. + +17:18 Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be +confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring +upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction. + +17:19 Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the +children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the +which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; 17:20 And say +unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all +Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these +gates: 17:21 Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no +burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; +17:22 Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath +day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I +commanded your fathers. + +17:23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their +neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. + +17:24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, +saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city +on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein; +17:25 Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and +princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on +horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants +of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever. + +17:26 And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the +places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the +plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt +offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and +bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD. + +17:27 But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, +and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem +on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, +and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be +quenched. + +18:1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 18:2 +Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee +to hear my words. + +18:3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a +work on the wheels. + +18:4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the +potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the +potter to make it. + +18:5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 18:6 O house of +Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, +as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house +of Israel. + +18:7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning +a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; 18:8 If +that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I +will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. + +18:9 And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and +concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; 18:10 If it do evil in +my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, +wherewith I said I would benefit them. + +18:11 Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the +inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame +evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every +one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good. + +18:12 And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own +devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart. + +18:13 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who +hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible +thing. + +18:14 Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock +of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another +place be forsaken? 18:15 Because my people hath forgotten me, they +have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in +their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast +up; 18:16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every +one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head. + +18:17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I +will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their +calamity. + +18:18 Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; +for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the +wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with +the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. + +18:19 Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that +contend with me. + +18:20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit +for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, +and to turn away thy wrath from them. + +18:21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out +their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved +of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; +let their young men be slain by the sword in battle. + +18:22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a +troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and +hid snares for my feet. + +18:23 Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: +forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, +but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the +time of thine anger. + +19:1 Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and +take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the +priests; 19:2 And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which +is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I +shall tell thee, 19:3 And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings +of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, +the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the +which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle. + +19:4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and +have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their +fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place +with the blood of innocents; 19:5 They have built also the high places +of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, +which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind: +19:6 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place +shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, +but The valley of slaughter. + +19:7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this +place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their +enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their +carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for +the beasts of the earth. + +19:8 And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one +that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the +plagues thereof. + +19:9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the +flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of +his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and +they that seek their lives, shall straiten them. + +19:10 Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go +with thee, 19:11 And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of +hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh +a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall +bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury. + +19:12 Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the +inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet: 19:13 And the +houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be +defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose +roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have +poured out drink offerings unto other gods. + +19:14 Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to +prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD's house; and said to +all the people, 19:15 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; +Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the +evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened +their necks, that they might not hear my words. + +20:1 Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief +governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied +these things. + +20:2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks +that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the +LORD. + +20:3 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth +Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath +not called thy name Pashur, but Magormissabib. + +20:4 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to +thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of +their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all +Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them +captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword. + +20:5 Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all +the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the +treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their +enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to +Babylon. + +20:6 And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into +captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, +and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou +hast prophesied lies. + +20:7 O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art +stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one +mocketh me. + +20:8 For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; +because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a +derision, daily. + +20:9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more +in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up +in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay. + +20:10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, +say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my +halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail +against him, and we shall take our revenge on him. + +20:11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my +persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be +greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting +confusion shall never be forgotten. + +20:12 But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the +reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee +have I opened my cause. + +20:13 Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered +the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers. + +20:14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my +mother bare me be blessed. + +20:15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A +man child is born unto thee; making him very glad. + +20:16 And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and +repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the +shouting at noontide; 20:17 Because he slew me not from the womb; or +that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always +great with me. + +20:18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, +that my days should be consumed with shame? 21:1 The word which came +unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur +the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, +saying, 21:2 Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for +Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that +the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that +he may go up from us. + +21:3 Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah: 21:4 +Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the +weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the +king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without +the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city. + +21:5 And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and +with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath. + +21:6 And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and +beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. + +21:7 And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of +Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this +city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into +the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their +enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall +smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, +neither have pity, nor have mercy. + +21:8 And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, +I set before you the way of life, and the way of death. + +21:9 He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the +famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to +the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be +unto him for a prey. + +21:10 For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for +good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of +Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire. + +21:11 And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the +word of the LORD; 21:12 O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute +judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the +hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that +none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. + +21:13 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock +of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against +us? or who shall enter into our habitations? 21:14 But I will punish +you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will +kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things +round about it. + +22:1 Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, +and speak there this word, 22:2 And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O +king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy +servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates: 22:3 Thus saith +the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the +spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no +violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed +innocent blood in this place. + +22:4 For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the +gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in +chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people. + +22:5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the +LORD, that this house shall become a desolation. + +22:6 For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art +Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a +wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited. + +22:7 And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his +weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into +the fire. + +22:8 And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say +every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto +this great city? 22:9 Then they shall answer, Because they have +forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other +gods, and served them. + +22:10 Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for +him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native +country. + +22:11 For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king +of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth +out of this place; He shall not return thither any more: 22:12 But he +shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall +see this land no more. + +22:13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his +chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, +and giveth him not for his work; 22:14 That saith, I will build me a +wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is +cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. + +22:15 Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not +thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was +well with him? 22:16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then +it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD. + +22:17 But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, +and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, +to do it. + +22:18 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of +Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my +brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah +lord! or, Ah his glory! 22:19 He shall be buried with the burial of +an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. + +22:20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and +cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed. + +22:21 I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not +hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not +my voice. + +22:22 The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go +into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for +all thy wickedness. + +22:23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how +gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a +woman in travail! 22:24 As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the +son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet +would I pluck thee thence; 22:25 And I will give thee into the hand of +them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou +fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and +into the hand of the Chaldeans. + +22:26 And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into +another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die. + +22:27 But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall +they not return. + +22:28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel +wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, +and are cast into a land which they know not? 22:29 O earth, earth, +earth, hear the word of the LORD. + +22:30 Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that +shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, +sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah. + +23:1 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my +pasture! saith the LORD. + +23:2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors +that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, +and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of +your doings, saith the LORD. + +23:3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries +whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; +and they shall be fruitful and increase. + +23:4 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and +they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be +lacking, saith the LORD. + +23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto +David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and +shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. + +23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: +and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR +RIGHTEOUSNESS. + +23:7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall +no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel +out of the land of Egypt; 23:8 But, The LORD liveth, which brought up +and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north +country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they +shall dwell in their own land. + +23:9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my +bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath +overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his +holiness. + +23:10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the +land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and +their course is evil, and their force is not right. + +23:11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I +found their wickedness, saith the LORD. + +23:12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the +darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring +evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD. + +23:13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they +prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. + +23:14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: +they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands +of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness; they are all +of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. + +23:15 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; +Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water +of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth +into all the land. + +23:16 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the +prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a +vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD. + +23:17 They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye +shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the +imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you. + +23:18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath +perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it? +23:19 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a +grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the +wicked. + +23:20 The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, +and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter +days ye shall consider it perfectly. + +23:21 I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken +to them, yet they prophesied. + +23:22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to +hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, +and from the evil of their doings. + +23:23 Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? +23:24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? +saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD. + +23:25 I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my +name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. + +23:26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that +prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own +heart; 23:27 Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their +dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers +have forgotten my name for Baal. + +23:28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that +hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to +the wheat? saith the LORD. + +23:29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer +that breaketh the rock in pieces? 23:30 Therefore, behold, I am +against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one +from his neighbour. + +23:31 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use +their tongues, and say, He saith. + +23:32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the +LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and +by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore +they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD. + +23:33 And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask +thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto +them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD. + +23:34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that +shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his +house. + +23:35 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to +his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD +spoken? 23:36 And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: +for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the +words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God. + +23:37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered +thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken? 23:38 But since ye say, The +burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this +word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye +shall not say, The burden of the LORD; 23:39 Therefore, behold, I, +even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city +that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence: +23:40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a +perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten. + +24:1 The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set +before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of +Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of +Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from +Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. + +24:2 One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first +ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be +eaten, they were so bad. + +24:3 Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I +said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that +cannot be eaten, they are so evil. + +24:4 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24:5 Thus saith +the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I +acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have +sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good. + +24:6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring +them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them +down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up. + +24:7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and +they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall +return unto me with their whole heart. + +24:8 And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; +surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, +and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this +land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt: 24:9 And I will +deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for +their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in +all places whither I shall drive them. + +24:10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among +them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them +and to their fathers. + +25:1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah +in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that +was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; 25:2 The which +Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all +the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, 25:3 From the thirteenth year of +Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the +three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and +I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not +hearkened. + +25:4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, +rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined +your ear to hear. + +25:5 They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and +from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath +given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever: 25:6 And go not +after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me +not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. + +25:7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might +provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt. + +25:8 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard +my words, 25:9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the +north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my +servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the +inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and +will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an +hissing, and perpetual desolations. + +25:10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice +of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, +the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. + +25:11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; +and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. + +25:12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, +that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the +LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make +it perpetual desolations. + +25:13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have +pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which +Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations. + +25:14 For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them +also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and +according to the works of their own hands. + +25:15 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup +of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send +thee, to drink it. + +25:16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the +sword that I will send among them. + +25:17 Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations +to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: 25:18 To wit, Jerusalem, and +the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, +to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; +as it is this day; 25:19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and +his princes, and all his people; 25:20 And all the mingled people, and +all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the +Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of +Ashdod, 25:21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, 25:22 And all +the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the +isles which are beyond the sea, 25:23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and +all that are in the utmost corners, 25:24 And all the kings of Arabia, +and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, +25:25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all +the kings of the Medes, 25:26 And all the kings of the north, far and +near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are +upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after +them. + +25:27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of +hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and +fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among +you. + +25:28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to +drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye +shall certainly drink. + +25:29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my +name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: +for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, +saith the LORD of hosts. + +25:30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say +unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from +his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he +shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the +inhabitants of the earth. + +25:31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD +hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he +will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. + +25:32 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from +nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the +coasts of the earth. + +25:33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of +the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be +lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the +ground. + +25:34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, +ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your +dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant +vessel. + +25:35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal +of the flock to escape. + +25:36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the +principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled +their pasture. + +25:37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce +anger of the LORD. + +25:38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is +desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of +his fierce anger. + +26:1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king +of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying, 26:2 Thus saith the +LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD's house, and speak unto all the +cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD's house, all the +words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word: +26:3 If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, +that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them +because of the evil of their doings. + +26:4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not +hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you, 26:5 To +hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto +you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not +hearkened; 26:6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make +this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. + +26:7 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah +speaking these words in the house of the LORD. + +26:8 Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking +all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that +the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou +shalt surely die. + +26:9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This +house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an +inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the +house of the LORD. + +26:10 When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up +from the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the +entry of the new gate of the LORD's house. + +26:11 Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to +all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath +prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears. + +26:12 Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, +saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against +this city all the words that ye have heard. + +26:13 Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the +voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil +that he hath pronounced against you. + +26:14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good +and meet unto you. + +26:15 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall +surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and +upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me +unto you to speak all these words in your ears. + +26:16 Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to +the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us +in the name of the LORD our God. + +26:17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all +the assembly of the people, saying, 26:18 Micah the Morasthite +prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the +people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be +plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the +mountain of the house as the high places of a forest. + +26:19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to +death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD +repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus +might we procure great evil against our souls. + +26:20 And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the +LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied +against this city and against this land according to all the words of +Jeremiah. + +26:21 And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all +the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but +when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt; +26:22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the +son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt. + +26:23 And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto +Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead +body into the graves of the common people. + +26:24 Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with +Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to +put him to death. + +27:1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king +of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 27:2 Thus +saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy +neck, 27:3 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, +and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the +king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem +unto Zedekiah king of Judah; 27:4 And command them to say unto their +masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall +ye say unto your masters; 27:5 I have made the earth, the man and the +beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my +outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. + +27:6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of +Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the +field have I given him also to serve him. + +27:7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, +until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great +kings shall serve themselves of him. + +27:8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will +not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will +not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation +will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, +and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. + +27:9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, +nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, +which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: +27:10 For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your +land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. + +27:11 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king +of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own +land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein. + +27:12 I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these +words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, +and serve him and his people, and live. + +27:13 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the +famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the +nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 27:14 Therefore +hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, +saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a +lie unto you. + +27:15 For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a +lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, +ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you. + +27:16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus +saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that +prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house +shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a +lie unto you. + +27:17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: +wherefore should this city be laid waste? 27:18 But if they be +prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make +intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in +the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at +Jerusalem, go not to Babylon. + +27:19 For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and +concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the +residue of the vessels that remain in this city. + +27:20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried +away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from +Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; 27:21 +Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the +vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the +king of Judah and of Jerusalem; 27:22 They shall be carried to +Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, +saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this +place. + +28:1 And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign +of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, +that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake +unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and +of all the people, saying, 28:2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the +God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. + +28:3 Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the +vessels of the LORD's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took +away from this place, and carried them to Babylon: 28:4 And I will +bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, +with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the +LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. + +28:5 Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the +presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that +stood in the house of the LORD, 28:6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said, +Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast +prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD's house, and all +that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place. + +28:7 Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, +and in the ears of all the people; 28:8 The prophets that have been +before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many +countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of +pestilence. + +28:9 The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the +prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the +LORD hath truly sent him. + +28:10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet +Jeremiah's neck, and brake it. + +28:11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, +Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar +king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two +full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way. + +28:12 Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after +that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the +prophet Jeremiah, saying, 28:13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus +saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt +make for them yokes of iron. + +28:14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put +a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve +Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have +given him the beasts of the field also. + +28:15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear +now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this +people to trust in a lie. + +28:16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off +the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast +taught rebellion against the LORD. + +28:17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month. + +29:1 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet +sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried +away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the +people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to +Babylon; 29:2 (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the +eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and +the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;) 29:3 By the hand of Elasah +the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah +king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) +saying, 29:4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all +that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away +from Jerusalem unto Babylon; 29:5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them; +and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; 29:6 Take ye wives, and +beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your +daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye +may be increased there, and not diminished. + +29:7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be +carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace +thereof shall ye have peace. + +29:8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your +prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, +neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed. + +29:9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent +them, saith the LORD. + +29:10 For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be +accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word +toward you, in causing you to return to this place. + +29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, +thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. + +29:12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, +and I will hearken unto you. + +29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me +with all your heart. + +29:14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away +your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from +all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will +bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away +captive. + +29:15 Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in +Babylon; 29:16 Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth +upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this +city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into +captivity; 29:17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send +upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make +them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. + +29:18 And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and +with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the +kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an +hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven +them: 29:19 Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the +LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up +early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD. + +29:20 Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, +whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon: 29:21 Thus saith the LORD +of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of +Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my +name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king +of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes; 29:22 And of them +shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in +Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom +the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; 29:23 Because they have +committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their +neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I +have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the +LORD. + +29:24 Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, +29:25 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, +Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that +are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and +to all the priests, saying, 29:26 The LORD hath made thee priest in +the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the +house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a +prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks. + +29:27 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, +which maketh himself a prophet to you? 29:28 For therefore he sent +unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, +and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. + +29:29 And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of +Jeremiah the prophet. + +29:30 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, 29:31 Send +to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning +Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto +you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie: 29:32 +Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the +Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this +people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, +saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD. + +30:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 30:2 Thus +speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that +I have spoken unto thee in a book. + +30:3 For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again +the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I +will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, +and they shall possess it. + +30:4 And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and +concerning Judah. + +30:5 For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of +fear, and not of peace. + +30:6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? +wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman +in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? 30:7 Alas! for +that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of +Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it. + +30:8 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, +that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy +bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: 30:9 But +they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will +raise up unto them. + +30:10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; +neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, +and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, +and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. + +30:11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make +a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet I will +not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and +will not leave thee altogether unpunished. + +30:12 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound +is grievous. + +30:13 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: +thou hast no healing medicines. + +30:14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I +have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of +a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins +were increased. + +30:15 Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable +for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, +I have done these things unto thee. + +30:16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all +thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and +they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee +will I give for a prey. + +30:17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy +wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, +This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after. + +30:18 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of +Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city +shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after +the manner thereof. + +30:19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them +that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; +I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. + +30:20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their +congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all +that oppress them. + +30:21 And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor +shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw +near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his +heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD. + +30:22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. + +30:23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a +continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the +wicked. + +30:24 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he hath +done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the +latter days ye shall consider it. + +31:1 At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the +families of Israel, and they shall be my people. + +31:2 Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword +found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him +to rest. + +31:3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved +thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I +drawn thee. + +31:4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of +Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go +forth in the dances of them that make merry. + +31:5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the +planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things. + +31:6 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount +Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD +our God. + +31:7 For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout +among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O +LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. + +31:8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them +from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, +the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a +great company shall return thither. + +31:9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead +them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight +way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and +Ephraim is my firstborn. + +31:10 Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the +isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and +keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. + +31:11 For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand +of him that was stronger than he. + +31:12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and +shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for +wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and +their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any +more at all. + +31:13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and +old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will +comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. + +31:14 And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my +people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD. + +31:15 Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, +and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be +comforted for her children, because they were not. + +31:16 Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine +eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and +they shall come again from the land of the enemy. + +31:17 And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy +children shall come again to their own border. + +31:18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast +chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the +yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my +God. + +31:19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was +instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even +confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. + +31:20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I +spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my +bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith +the LORD. + +31:21 Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart +toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O +virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities. + +31:22 How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for +the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass +a man. + +31:23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they +shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, +when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O +habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness. + +31:24 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities +thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks. + +31:25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every +sorrowful soul. + +31:26 Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me. + +31:27 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house +of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the +seed of beast. + +31:28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over +them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to +destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to +plant, saith the LORD. + +31:29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a +sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. + +31:30 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that +eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. + +31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new +covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 31:32 +Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the +day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of +Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto +them, saith the LORD: 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will +make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I +will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; +and will be their God, and they shall be my people. + +31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every +man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, +from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for +I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. + +31:35 Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, +and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, +which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts +is his name: 31:36 If those ordinances depart from before me, saith +the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation +before me for ever. + +31:37 Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the +foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off +all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD. + +31:38 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be +built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the +corner. + +31:39 And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon +the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath. + +31:40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and +all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse +gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be +plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever. + +32:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of +Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of +Nebuchadrezzar. + +32:2 For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and +Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was +in the king of Judah's house. + +32:3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore +dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give +this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; +32:4 And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of +the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king +of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes +shall behold his eyes; 32:5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and +there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight +with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper. + +32:6 And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, +32:7 Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto +thee saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of +redemption is thine to buy it. + +32:8 So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the +prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my +field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of +Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is +thine; buy it for thyself. + +Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD. + +32:9 And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in +Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver. + +32:10 And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took +witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. + +32:11 So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was +sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open: 32:12 +And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, +the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in +the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the +purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison. + +32:13 And I charged Baruch before them, saying, 32:14 Thus saith the +LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence +of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is +open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many +days. + +32:15 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and +fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land. + +32:16 Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto +Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying, 32:17 Ah +Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great +power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: +32:18 Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the +iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: +the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name, 32:19 Great +in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the +ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and +according to the fruit of his doings: 32:20 Which hast set signs and +wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and +among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day; 32:21 And +hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with +signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched +out arm, and with great terror; 32:22 And hast given them this land, +which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing +with milk and honey; 32:23 And they came in, and possessed it; but +they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done +nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast +caused all this evil to come upon them: 32:24 Behold the mounts, they +are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand +of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of +the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come +to pass; and, behold, thou seest it. + +32:25 And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for +money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the +Chaldeans. + +32:26 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, 32:27 +Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too +hard for me? 32:28 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give +this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of +Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it: 32:29 And the +Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on +this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have +offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other +gods, to provoke me to anger. + +32:30 For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only +done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have +only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the +LORD. + +32:31 For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and +of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I +should remove it from before my face, 32:32 Because of all the evil of +the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have +done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their +priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants +of Jerusalem. + +32:33 And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though +I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not +hearkened to receive instruction. + +32:34 But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by +my name, to defile it. + +32:35 And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley +of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass +through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came +it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah +to sin. + +32:36 And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, +concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the +hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by +the pestilence; 32:37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, +whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great +wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause +them to dwell safely: 32:38 And they shall be my people, and I will be +their God: 32:39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that +they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children +after them: 32:40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, +that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put +my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. + +32:41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant +them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole +soul. + +32:42 For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great +evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I +have promised them. + +32:43 And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is +desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the +Chaldeans. + +32:44 Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and +seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the +places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities +of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities +of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the +LORD. + +33:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, +while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, 33:2 Thus +saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to +establish it; the LORD is his name; 33:3 Call unto me, and I will +answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest +not. + +33:4 For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses +of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which +are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword; 33:5 They come to +fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies +of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all +whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city. + +33:6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, +and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. + +33:7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of +Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first. + +33:8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they +have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, +whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against +me. + +33:9 And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour +before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good +that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the +goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it. + +33:10 Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, +which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in +the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are +desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, +33:11 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the +bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall +say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy +endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of +praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the +captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD. + +33:12 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is +desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, +shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. + +33:13 In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and +in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the +places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks +pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD. + +33:14 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that +good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the +house of Judah. + +33:15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of +righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and +righteousness in the land. + +33:16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell +safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD +our righteousness. + +33:17 For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit +upon the throne of the house of Israel; 33:18 Neither shall the +priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and +to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually. + +33:19 And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying, 33:20 Thus +saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my +covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in +their season; 33:21 Then may also my covenant be broken with David my +servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and +with the Levites the priests, my ministers. + +33:22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of +the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and +the Levites that minister unto me. + +33:23 Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, 33:24 +Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two +families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus +they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation +before them. + +33:25 Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, +and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 33:26 +Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant, so that +I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, +Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have +mercy on them. + +34:1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when +Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms +of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against +Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying, 34:2 Thus saith +the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, +and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into +the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire: 34:3 +And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, +and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of +the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and +thou shalt go to Babylon. + +34:4 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus +saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword: 34:5 But thou +shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former +kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and +they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the +word, saith the LORD. + +34:6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah +king of Judah in Jerusalem, 34:7 When the king of Babylon's army +fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that +were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced +cities remained of the cities of Judah. + +34:8 This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after +that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which +were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them; 34:9 That every man +should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an +Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of +them, to wit, of a Jew his brother. + +34:10 Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered +into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and +every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves +of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go. + +34:11 But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the +handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into +subjection for servants and for handmaids. + +34:12 Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, +saying, 34:13 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a +covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of +the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying, 34:14 At the +end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which +hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou +shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto +me, neither inclined their ear. + +34:15 And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in +proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a +covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: 34:16 But +ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and +every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, +to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for +servants and for handmaids. + +34:17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in +proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his +neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to +the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you +to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. + +34:18 And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, +which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made +before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the +parts thereof, 34:19 The princes of Judah, and the princes of +Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the +land, which passed between the parts of the calf; 34:20 I will even +give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them +that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the +fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth. + +34:21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the +hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, +and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up +from you. + +34:22 Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return +to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn +it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without +an inhabitant. + +35:1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of +Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, 35:2 Go unto the +house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the +house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to +drink. + +35:3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, +and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the +Rechabites; 35:4 And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into +the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, +which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber +of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door: 35:5 And I set +before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and +cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. + +35:6 But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of +Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, +neither ye, nor your sons for ever: 35:7 Neither shall ye build house, +nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye +shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye +be strangers. + +35:8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our +father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, +we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters; 35:9 Nor to build houses +for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: +35:10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according +to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. + +35:11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up +into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear +of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: +so we dwell at Jerusalem. + +35:12 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, 35:13 Thus +saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of +Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive +instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD. + +35:14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his +sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink +none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have +spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto +me. + +35:15 I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising +up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his +evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve +them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to +your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto +me. + +35:16 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the +commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people +hath not hearkened unto me: 35:17 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of +hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all +the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced +against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not +heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered. + +35:18 And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith +the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the +commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and +done according unto all that he hath commanded you: 35:19 Therefore +thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of +Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever. + +36:1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of +Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, +saying, 36:2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the +words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, +and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the +days of Josiah, even unto this day. + +36:3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I +purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil +way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. + +36:4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote +from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had +spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book. + +36:5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go +into the house of the LORD: 36:6 Therefore go thou, and read in the +roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in +the ears of the people in the LORD's house upon the fasting day: and +also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of +their cities. + +36:7 It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, +and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger +and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people. + +36:8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah +the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD +in the LORD's house. + +36:9 And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of +Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast +before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people +that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. + +36:10 Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house +of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, +in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house, +in the ears of all the people. + +36:11 When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard +out of the book all the words of the LORD, 36:12 Then he went down +into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the +princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of +Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of +Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes. + +36:13 Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had +heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people. + +36:14 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the +son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine +hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and +come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came +unto them. + +36:15 And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. +So Baruch read it in their ears. + +36:16 Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they +were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely +tell the king of all these words. + +36:17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write +all these words at his mouth? 36:18 Then Baruch answered them, He +pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them +with ink in the book. + +36:19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and +Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be. + +36:20 And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up +the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words +in the ears of the king. + +36:21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of +Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the +king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king. + +36:22 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and +there was a fire on the hearth burning before him. + +36:23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four +leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that +was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that +was on the hearth. + +36:24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the +king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. + +36:25 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made +intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would +not hear them. + +36:26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and +Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take +Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them. + +36:27 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king +had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of +Jeremiah, saying, 36:28 Take thee again another roll, and write in it +all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the +king of Judah hath burned. + +36:29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the +LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written +therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy +this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast? 36:30 +Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall +have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be +cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. + +36:31 And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their +iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of +Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have +pronounced against them; but they hearkened not. + +36:32 Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the +scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of +Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had +burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like +words. + +37:1 And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the +son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the +land of Judah. + +37:2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did +hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet +Jeremiah. + +37:3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and +Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, +saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us. + +37:4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had +not put him into prison. + +37:5 Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the +Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed +from Jerusalem. + +37:6 Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah saying, +37:7 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the +king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, +Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt +into their own land. + +37:8 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, +and take it, and burn it with fire. + +37:9 Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The +Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart. + +37:10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that +fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet +should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with +fire. + +37:11 And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was +broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, 37:12 Then +Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, +to separate himself thence in the midst of the people. + +37:13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward +was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of +Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away +to the Chaldeans. + +37:14 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the +Chaldeans. + +But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him +to the princes. + +37:15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, +and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they +had made that the prison. + +37:16 When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, +and Jeremiah had remained there many days; 37:17 Then Zedekiah the +king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his +house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, +There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the +king of Babylon. + +37:18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended +against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye +have put me in prison? 37:19 Where are now your prophets which +prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come +against you, nor against this land? 37:20 Therefore hear now, I pray +thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be +accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of +Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. + +37:21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit +Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him +daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread +in the city were spent. + +Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. + +38:1 Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of +Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of +Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the +people, saying, 38:2 Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this +city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but +he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his +life for a prey, and shall live. + +38:3 Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the +hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it. + +38:4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let +this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men +of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in +speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of +this people, but the hurt. + +38:5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the +king is not he that can do any thing against you. + +38:6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of +Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: +and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no +water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. + +38:7 Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was +in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; +the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; 38:8 Ebedmelech went +forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king saying, 38:9 My +lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to +Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is +like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more +bread in the city. + +38:10 Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take +from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out +of the dungeon, before he die. + +38:11 So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of +the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old +rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. + +38:12 And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these +old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. +And Jeremiah did so. + +38:13 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the +dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. + +38:14 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto +him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the +king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from +me. + +38:15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, +wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt +thou not hearken unto me? 38:16 So Zedekiah the king sware secretly +unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I +will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of +these men that seek thy life. + +38:17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God +of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the +king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city +shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house: +38:18 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, +then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they +shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand. + +38:19 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the +Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their +hand, and they mock me. + +38:20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech +thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be +well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. + +38:21 But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD +hath shewed me: 38:22 And, behold, all the women that are left in the +king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's +princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and +have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they +are turned away back. + +38:23 So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the +Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be +taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this +city to be burned with fire. + +38:24 Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these +words, and thou shalt not die. + +38:25 But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they +come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast +said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to +death; also what the king said unto thee: 38:26 Then thou shalt say +unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would +not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there. + +38:27 Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he +told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So +they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived. + +38:28 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that +Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken. + +39:1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, +came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against +Jerusalem, and they besieged it. + +39:2 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the +ninth day of the month, the city was broken up. + +39:3 And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in +the middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, +Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the +king of Babylon. + +39:4 And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw +them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of +the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate +betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain. + +39:5 But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah +in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought +him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of +Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him. + +39:6 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah +before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of +Judah. + +39:7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, +to carry him to Babylon. + +39:8 And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the +people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. + +39:9 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive +into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and +those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people +that remained. + +39:10 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the +people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them +vineyards and fields at the same time. + +39:11 Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning +Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying, 39:12 Take +him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as +he shall say unto thee. + +39:13 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, +Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon's +princes; 39:14 Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of +the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son +of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the +people. + +39:15 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut +up in the court of the prison, saying, 39:16 Go and speak to +Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the +God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, +and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before +thee. + +39:17 But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou +shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. + +39:18 For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the +sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast +put thy trust in me, saith the LORD. + +40:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that +Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when +he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried +away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive +unto Babylon. + +40:2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, +The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place. + +40:3 Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: +because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his +voice, therefore this thing is come upon you. + +40:4 And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were +upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into +Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto +thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is +before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, +thither go. + +40:5 Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to +Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of +Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with +him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto +thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a +reward, and let him go. + +40:6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and +dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land. + +40:7 Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, +even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made +Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed +unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of +them that were not carried away captive to Babylon; 40:8 Then they +came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and +Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of +Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the +son of a Maachathite, they and their men. + +40:9 And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them +and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in +the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with +you. + +40:10 As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the +Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer +fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your +cities that ye have taken. + +40:11 Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the +Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that +the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set +over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan; 40:12 Even +all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and +came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine +and summer fruits very much. + +40:13 Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the +forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, 40:14 And +said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the +Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But +Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not. + +40:15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah +secretly saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the +son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay +thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be +scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish? 40:16 But Gedaliah the +son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do +this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael. + +41:1 Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of +Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of +the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam +to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah. + +41:2 Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that +were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan +with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made +governor over the land. + +41:3 Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with +Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the +men of war. + +41:4 And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, +and no man knew it, 41:5 That there came certain from Shechem, from +Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards +shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with +offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the +LORD. + +41:6 And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet +them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met +them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. + +41:7 And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that +Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst +of the pit, he, and the men that were with him. + +41:8 But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us +not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and +of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their +brethren. + +41:9 Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the +men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king +had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of +Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain. + +41:10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people +that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people +that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had +committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of +Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the +Ammonites. + +41:11 But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the +forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son +of Nethaniah had done, 41:12 Then they took all the men, and went to +fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great +waters that are in Gibeon. + +41:13 Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with +Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the +forces that were with him, then they were glad. + +41:14 So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from +Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of +Kareah. + +41:15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight +men, and went to the Ammonites. + +41:16 Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the +forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had +recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that +he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and +the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought +again from Gibeon: 41:17 And they departed, and dwelt in the +habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into +Egypt, 41:18 Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, +because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of +Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land. + +42:1 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of +Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the +least even unto the greatest, came near, 42:2 And said unto Jeremiah +the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before +thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this +remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold +us:) 42:3 That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may +walk, and the thing that we may do. + +42:4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; +behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; +and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer +you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you. + +42:5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful +witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the +which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us. + +42:6 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice +of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with +us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God. + +42:7 And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD +came unto Jeremiah. + +42:8 Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of +the forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even +to the greatest, 42:9 And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God +of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before +him; 42:10 If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, +and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for +I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you. + +42:11 Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be +not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and +to deliver you from his hand. + +42:12 And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon +you, and cause you to return to your own land. + +42:13 But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the +voice of the LORD your God, 42:14 Saying, No; but we will go into the +land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the +trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: 42:15 And +now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus +saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your +faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; 42:16 Then it +shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake +you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were +afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye +shall die. + +42:17 So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into +Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, +and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from +the evil that I will bring upon them. + +42:18 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine +anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of +Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall +enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, +and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more. + +42:19 The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye +not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day. + +42:20 For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD +your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according +unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we +will do it. + +42:21 And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not +obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he +hath sent me unto you. + +42:22 Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by +the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to +go and to sojourn. + +43:1 And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of +speaking unto all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for +which the LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these words, +43:2 Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of +Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest +falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt +to sojourn there: 43:3 But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on +against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that +they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon. + +43:4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, +and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the +land of Judah. + +43:5 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the +forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all +nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah; +43:6 Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and +every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with +Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the +prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah. + +43:7 So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the +voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes. + +43:8 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, +saying, 43:9 Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the +clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in +Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; 43:10 And say unto them, +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send +and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set +his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his +royal pavilion over them. + +43:11 And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and +deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity +to captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword. + +43:12 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and +he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array +himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; +and he shall go forth from thence in peace. + +43:13 He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the +land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he +burn with fire. + +44:1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which +dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, +and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying, 44:2 Thus saith +the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I +have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, +behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein, +44:3 Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke +me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other +gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers. + +44:4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising +early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that +I hate. + +44:5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their +wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. + +44:6 Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was +kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and +they are wasted and desolate, as at this day. + +44:7 Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of +Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut +off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave +you none to remain; 44:8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the +works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of +Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, +and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of +the earth? 44:9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and +the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their +wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, +which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of +Jerusalem? 44:10 They are not humbled even unto this day, neither +have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set +before you and before your fathers. + +44:11 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; +Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all +Judah. + +44:12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces +to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be +consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed +by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even +unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be +an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach. + +44:13 For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I +have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the +pestilence: 44:14 So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone +into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that +they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a +desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as +shall escape. + +44:15 Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense +unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, +even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, +answered Jeremiah, saying, 44:16 As for the word that thou hast spoken +unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. + +44:17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our +own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out +drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our +kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of +Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw +no evil. + +44:18 But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, +and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, +and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. + +44:19 And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured +out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, +and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men? 44:20 Then +Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and +to all the people which had given him that answer, saying, 44:21 The +incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of +Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the +people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not +into his mind? 44:22 So that the LORD could no longer bear, because +of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye +have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an +astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day. + +44:23 Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned +against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor +walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; +therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day. + +44:24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the +women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of +Egypt: 44:25 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; +Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled +with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have +vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink +offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely +perform your vows. + +44:26 Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in +the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the +LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of +Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth. + +44:27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and +all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed +by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them. + +44:28 Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the +land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, +that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know +whose words shall stand, mine, or their's. + +44:29 And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will +punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely +stand against you for evil: 44:30 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will +give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and +into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of +Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and +that sought his life. + +45:1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of +Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of +Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of +Judah, saying, 45:2 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, +O Baruch: 45:3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added +grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. + +45:4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that +which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I +will pluck up, even this whole land. + +45:5 And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, +behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life +will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest. + +46:1 The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against +the Gentiles; 46:2 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho +king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which +Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim +the son of Josiah king of Judah. + +46:3 Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. + +46:4 Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with +your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines. + +46:5 Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and +their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not +back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD. + +46:6 Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they +shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates. + +46:7 Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as +the rivers? 46:8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are +moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the +earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof. + +46:9 Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men +come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; +and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow. + +46:10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of +vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword +shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: +for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the +river Euphrates. + +46:11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of +Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be +cured. + +46:12 The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the +land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they +are fallen both together. + +46:13 The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how +Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of +Egypt. + +46:14 Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph +and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword +shall devour round about thee. + +46:15 Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the +LORD did drive them. + +46:16 He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, +Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our +nativity, from the oppressing sword. + +46:17 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he +hath passed the time appointed. + +46:18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, +Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so +shall he come. + +46:19 O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into +captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant. + +46:20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it +cometh out of the north. + +46:21 Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; +for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did +not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and +the time of their visitation. + +46:22 The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march +with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. + +46:23 They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot +be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are +innumerable. + +46:24 The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be +delivered into the hand of the people of the north. + +46:25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will +punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, +and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him: 46:26 +And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, +and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand +of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days +of old, saith the LORD. + +46:27 But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O +Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from +the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest +and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. + +46:28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with +thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have +driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee +in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished. + +47:1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against +the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. + +47:2 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and +shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all +that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men +shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl. + +47:3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, +at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the +fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands; +47:4 Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and +to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the +LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of +Caphtor. + +47:5 Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant +of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? 47:6 O thou sword of +the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into +thy scabbard, rest, and be still. + +47:7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge +against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed +it. + +48:1 Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe +unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: +Misgab is confounded and dismayed. + +48:2 There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have +devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a +nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue +thee. + +48:3 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great +destruction. + +48:4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard. + +48:5 For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for +in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of +destruction. + +48:6 Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness. + +48:7 For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, +thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity +with his priests and his princes together. + +48:8 And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall +escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be +destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken. + +48:9 Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the +cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein. + +48:10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and +cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood. + +48:11 Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on +his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither +hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and +his scent is not changed. + +48:12 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will +send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall +empty his vessels, and break their bottles. + +48:13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was +ashamed of Bethel their confidence. + +48:14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war? 48:15 +Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young +men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the +LORD of hosts. + +48:16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth +fast. + +48:17 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his +name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod! +48:18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, +and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and +he shall destroy thy strong holds. + +48:19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that +fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done? 48:20 Moab is +confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, +that Moab is spoiled, 48:21 And judgment is come upon the plain +country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, 48:22 And +upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim, 48:23 And upon +Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon, 48:24 And upon +Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, +far or near. + +48:25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the +LORD. + +48:26 Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: +Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. + +48:27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among +thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy. + +48:28 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the +rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the +hole's mouth. + +48:29 We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his +loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of +his heart. + +48:30 I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his +lies shall not so effect it. + +48:31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; +mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres. + +48:32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of +Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of +Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy +vintage. + +48:33 And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from +the land of Moab, and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: +none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting. + +48:34 From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, +have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an +heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be +desolate. + +48:35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that +offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods. + +48:36 Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine +heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the +riches that he hath gotten are perished. + +48:37 For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all +the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth. + +48:38 There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of +Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel +wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD. + +48:39 They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab +turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a +dismaying to all them about him. + +48:40 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and +shall spread his wings over Moab. + +48:41 Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the +mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a +woman in her pangs. + +48:42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath +magnified himself against the LORD. + +48:43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O +inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD. + +48:44 He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he +that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will +bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the +LORD. + +48:45 They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the +force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from +the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown +of the head of the tumultuous ones. + +48:46 Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for +thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives. + +48:47 Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, +saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab. + +49:1 Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no +sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his +people dwell in his cities? 49:2 Therefore, behold, the days come, +saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in +Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her +daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto +them that were his heirs, saith the LORD. + +49:3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, +gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for +their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes +together. + +49:4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O +backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall +come unto me? 49:5 Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the +Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be +driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that +wandereth. + +49:6 And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of +Ammon, saith the LORD. + +49:7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more +in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom +vanished? 49:8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of +Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I +will visit him. + +49:9 If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some +gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have +enough. + +49:10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, +and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his +brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not. + +49:11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and +let thy widows trust in me. + +49:12 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to +drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall +altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt +surely drink of it. + +49:13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall +become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the +cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. + +49:14 I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent +unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, +and rise up to the battle. + +49:15 For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised +among men. + +49:16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine +heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest +the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as +the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD. + +49:17 Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it +shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. + +49:18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour +cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither +shall a son of man dwell in it. + +49:19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan +against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run +away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? +for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that +shepherd that will stand before me? 49:20 Therefore hear the counsel +of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that +he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of +the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations +desolate with them. + +49:21 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the +noise thereof was heard in the Red sea. + +49:22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his +wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men +of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. + +49:23 Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they +have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the +sea; it cannot be quiet. + +49:24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear +hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in +travail. + +49:25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! 49:26 +Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of +war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts. + +49:27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall +consume the palaces of Benhadad. + +49:28 Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which +Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise +ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east. + +49:29 Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall +take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their +camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side. + +49:30 Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, +saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel +against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you. + +49:31 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without +care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell +alone. + +49:32 And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their +cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the +utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides +thereof, saith the LORD. + +49:33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for +ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it. + +49:34 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against +Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, +49:35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of +Elam, the chief of their might. + +49:36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters +of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there +shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come. + +49:37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and +before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, +even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after +them, till I have consumed them: 49:38 And I will set my throne in +Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the +LORD. + +49:39 But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring +again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD. + +50:1 The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land +of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. + +50:2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; +publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, +Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are +broken in pieces. + +50:3 For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which +shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall +remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. + +50:4 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of +Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and +weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. + +50:5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, +saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual +covenant that shall not be forgotten. + +50:6 My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them +to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have +gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace. + +50:7 All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries +said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the +habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers. + +50:8 Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land +of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks. + +50:9 For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an +assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set +themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their +arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain. + +50:10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be +satisfied, saith the LORD. + +50:11 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of +mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and +bellow as bulls; 50:12 Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that +bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall +be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. + +50:13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but +it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be +astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. + +50:14 Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that +bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned +against the LORD. + +50:15 Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her +foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the +vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do +unto her. + +50:16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle +in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall +turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own +land. + +50:17 Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: +first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this +Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. + +50:18 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; +Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have +punished the king of Assyria. + +50:19 And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall +feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount +Ephraim and Gilead. + +50:20 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of +Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of +Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I +reserve. + +50:21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and +against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after +them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded +thee. + +50:22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. + +50:23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how +is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! 50:24 I have laid a +snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not +aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven +against the LORD. + +50:25 The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the +weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of +hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. + +50:26 Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: +cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be +left. + +50:27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe +unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. + +50:28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of +Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the +vengeance of his temple. + +50:29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the +bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense +her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do +unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy +One of Israel. + +50:30 Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her +men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD. + +50:31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD +of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee. + +50:32 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise +him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour +all round about him. + +50:33 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the +children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them +captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. + +50:34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he +shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, +and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. + +50:35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the +inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men. + +50:36 A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon +her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. + +50:37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon +all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall +become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be +robbed. + +50:38 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it +is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. + +50:39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of +the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and +it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in +from generation to generation. + +50:40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities +thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall +any son of man dwell therein. + +50:41 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, +and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. + +50:42 They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will +not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall +ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, +against thee, O daughter of Babylon. + +50:43 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands +waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in +travail. + +50:44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan +unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run +away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? +for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that +shepherd that will stand before me? 50:45 Therefore hear ye the +counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his +purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: +Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall +make their habitation desolate with them. + +50:46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and +the cry is heard among the nations. + +51:1 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and +against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, +a destroying wind; 51:2 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall +fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they +shall be against her round about. + +51:3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against +him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her +young men; destroy ye utterly all her host. + +51:4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they +that are thrust through in her streets. + +51:5 For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the +LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy +One of Israel. + +51:6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: +be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's +vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence. + +51:7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all +the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the +nations are mad. + +51:8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm +for her pain, if so be she may be healed. + +51:9 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, +and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment +reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. + +51:10 The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us +declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God. + +51:11 Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised +up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against +Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the +vengeance of his temple. + +51:12 Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch +strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath +both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of +Babylon. + +51:13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, +thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. + +51:14 The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will +fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a +shout against thee. + +51:15 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the +world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his +understanding. + +51:16 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in +the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the +earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out +of his treasures. + +51:17 Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is +confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and +there is no breath in them. + +51:18 They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their +visitation they shall perish. + +51:19 The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of +all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of +hosts is his name. + +51:20 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I +break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; +51:21 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; +and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; 51:22 +With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee +will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in +pieces the young man and the maid; 51:23 I will also break in pieces +with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in +pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break +in pieces captains and rulers. + +51:24 And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of +Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, +saith the LORD. + +51:25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the +LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand +upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a +burnt mountain. + +51:26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a +stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the +LORD. + +51:27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the +nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her +the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain +against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers. + +51:28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the +captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his +dominion. + +51:29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the +LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a +desolation without an inhabitant. + +51:30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have +remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as +women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken. + +51:31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet +another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one +end, 51:32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have +burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted. + +51:33 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The +daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh +her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come. + +51:34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath +crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up +like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath +cast me out. + +51:35 The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall +the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of +Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. + +51:36 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, +and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her +springs dry. + +51:37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an +astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant. + +51:38 They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' +whelps. + +51:39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them +drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not +wake, saith the LORD. + +51:40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams +with he goats. + +51:41 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth +surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations! +51:42 The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the +multitude of the waves thereof. + +51:43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a +land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass +thereby. + +51:44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of +his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not +flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall. + +51:45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every +man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD. + +51:46 And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall +be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after +that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, +ruler against ruler. + +51:47 Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon +the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, +and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. + +51:48 Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall +sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, +saith the LORD. + +51:49 As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at +Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. + +51:50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: +remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. + +51:51 We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath +covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the +LORD's house. + +51:52 Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do +judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded +shall groan. + +51:53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should +fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come +unto her, saith the LORD. + +51:54 A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from +the land of the Chaldeans: 51:55 Because the LORD hath spoiled +Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do +roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered: 51:56 +Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her +mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD +God of recompences shall surely requite. + +51:57 And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her +captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a +perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD +of hosts. + +51:58 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall +be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and +the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they +shall be weary. + +51:59 The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of +Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of +Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah +was a quiet prince. + +51:60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon +Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon. + +51:61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and +shalt see, and shalt read all these words; 51:62 Then shalt thou say, +O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none +shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be +desolate for ever. + +51:63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this +book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst +of Euphrates: 51:64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and +shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they +shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. + +52:1 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and +he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was +Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. + +52:2 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according +to all that Jehoiakim had done. + +52:3 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem +and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah +rebelled against the king of Babylon. + +52:4 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth +month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of +Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched +against it, and built forts against it round about. + +52:5 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. + +52:6 And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the +famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people +of the land. + +52:7 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and +went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the +two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by +the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain. + +52:8 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and +overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was +scattered from him. + +52:9 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of +Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon +him. + +52:10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his +eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. + +52:11 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon +bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison +till the day of his death. + +52:12 Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was +the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came +Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, +into Jerusalem, 52:13 And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's +house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the +great men, burned he with fire: 52:14 And all the army of the +Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the +walls of Jerusalem round about. + +52:15 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive +certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that +remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king +of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude. + +52:16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the +poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen. + +52:17 Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, +and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, +the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon. + +52:18 The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the +bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they +ministered, took they away. + +52:19 And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the +caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that +which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, +took the captain of the guard away. + +52:20 The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were +under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: +the brass of all these vessels was without weight. + +52:21 And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was +eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the +thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow. + +52:22 And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one +chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the +chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the +pomegranates were like unto these. + +52:23 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all +the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about. + +52:24 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and +Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: 52:25 +He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the +men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, +which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, +who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people +of the land, that were found in the midst of the city. + +52:26 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought +them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. + +52:27 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in +Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out +of his own land. + +52:28 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in +the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty: 52:29 In +the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from +Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons: 52:30 In the three and +twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard +carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: +all the persons were four thousand and six hundred. + +52:31 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the +captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the +five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon +in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king +of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison. + +52:32 And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne +of the kings that were with him in Babylon, 52:33 And changed his +prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the +days of his life. + +52:34 And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the +king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all +the days of his life. + + + + +The Lamentations of Jeremiah + + +1:1 How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is +she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and +princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary! 1:2 She +weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all +her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt +treacherously with her, they are become her enemies. + +1:3 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of +great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: +all her persecutors overtook her between the straits. + +1:4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: +all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are +afflicted, and she is in bitterness. + +1:5 Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD +hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her +children are gone into captivity before the enemy. + +1:6 And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her +princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone +without strength before the pursuer. + +1:7 Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her +miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when +her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the +adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths. + +1:8 Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all +that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: +yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward. + +1:9 Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; +therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, +behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself. + +1:10 The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant +things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, +whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy +congregation. + +1:11 All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their +pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and +consider; for I am become vile. + +1:12 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if +there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, +wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. + +1:13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth +against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me +back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day. + +1:14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are +wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, +the LORD hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able +to rise up. + +1:15 The LORD hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst +of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: +the LORD hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a +winepress. + +1:16 For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with +water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from +me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed. + +1:17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: +the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should +be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them. + +1:18 The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his +commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my +virgins and my young men are gone into captivity. + +1:19 I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine +elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to +relieve their souls. + +1:20 Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; +mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad +the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death. + +1:21 They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all +mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast +done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall +be like unto me. + +1:22 Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as +thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are +many, and my heart is faint. + +2:1 How hath the LORD covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his +anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, +and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger! 2:2 The +LORD hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not +pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the +daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath +polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof. + +2:3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he +hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned +against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about. + +2:4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand +as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the +tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire. + +2:5 The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath +swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and +hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation. + +2:6 And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of +a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath +caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and +hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest. + +2:7 The LORD hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, +he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; +they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a +solemn feast. + +2:8 The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of +Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand +from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; +they languished together. + +2:9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken +her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is +no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD. + +2:10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep +silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded +themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their +heads to the ground. + +2:11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is +poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my +people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of +the city. + +2:12 They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they +swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was +poured out into their mothers' bosom. + +2:13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I +liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, +that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is +great like the sea: who can heal thee? 2:14 Thy prophets have seen +vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine +iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false +burdens and causes of banishment. + +2:15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag +their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that +men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? 2:16 +All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and +gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is +the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it. + +2:17 The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled +his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown +down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice +over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries. + +2:18 Their heart cried unto the LORD, O wall of the daughter of Zion, +let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; +let not the apple of thine eye cease. + +2:19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour +out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy +hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for +hunger in the top of every street. + +2:20 Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall +the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the +priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord? 2:21 +The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and +my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day +of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied. + +2:22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so +that in the day of the LORD's anger none escaped nor remained: those +that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed. + +3:1 I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. + +3:2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. + +3:3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all +the day. + +3:4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. + +3:5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and +travail. + +3:6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. + +3:7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my +chain heavy. + +3:8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. + +3:9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths +crooked. + +3:10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret +places. + +3:11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath +made me desolate. + +3:12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. + +3:13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. + +3:14 I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day. + +3:15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with +wormwood. + +3:16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered +me with ashes. + +3:17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat +prosperity. + +3:18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: +3:19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the +gall. + +3:20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. + +3:21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. + +3:22 It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his +compassions fail not. + +3:23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. + +3:24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in +him. + +3:25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that +seeketh him. + +3:26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the +salvation of the LORD. + +3:27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke of his youth. + +3:28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it +upon him. + +3:29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. + +3:30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full +with reproach. + +3:31 For the LORD will not cast off for ever: 3:32 But though he cause +grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his +mercies. + +3:33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. + +3:34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth. + +3:35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most +High, 3:36 To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not. + +3:37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord +commandeth it not? 3:38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth +not evil and good? 3:39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man +for the punishment of his sins? 3:40 Let us search and try our ways, +and turn again to the LORD. + +3:41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. + +3:42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. + +3:43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, +thou hast not pitied. + +3:44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should +not pass through. + +3:45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of +the people. + +3:46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. + +3:47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction. + +3:48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of +the daughter of my people. + +3:49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any +intermission. + +3:50 Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven. + +3:51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my +city. + +3:52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. + +3:53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon +me. + +3:54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off. + +3:55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon. + +3:56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at +my cry. + +3:57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou +saidst, Fear not. + +3:58 O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast +redeemed my life. + +3:59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause. + +3:60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations +against me. + +3:61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their +imaginations against me; 3:62 The lips of those that rose up against +me, and their device against me all the day. + +3:63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their +musick. + +3:64 Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of +their hands. + +3:65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them. + +3:66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the +LORD. + +4:1 How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the +stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. + +4:2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they +esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! +4:3 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their +young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the +ostriches in the wilderness. + +4:4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth +for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto +them. + +4:5 They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they +that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. + +4:6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is +greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown +as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her. + +4:7 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, +they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of +sapphire: 4:8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known +in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it +is become like a stick. + +4:9 They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be +slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of +the fruits of the field. + +4:10 The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: +they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people. + +4:11 The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his +fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured +the foundations thereof. + +4:12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, +would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have +entered into the gates of Jerusalem. + +4:13 For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, +that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, 4:14 They +have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted +themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. + +4:15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, +touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the +heathen, They shall no more sojourn there. + +4:16 The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard +them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not +the elders. + +4:17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our +watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us. + +4:18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is +near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come. + +4:19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they +pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the +wilderness. + +4:20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken +in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among +the heathen. + +4:21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the +land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be +drunken, and shalt make thyself naked. + +4:22 The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of +Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit +thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins. + +5:1 Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our +reproach. + +5:2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. + +5:3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. + +5:4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. + +5:5 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest. + +5:6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to +be satisfied with bread. + +5:7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their +iniquities. + +5:8 Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us +out of their hand. + +5:9 We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword +of the wilderness. + +5:10 Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. + +5:11 They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of +Judah. + +5:12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not +honoured. + +5:13 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the +wood. + +5:14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their +musick. + +5:15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into +mourning. + +5:16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have +sinned! 5:17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes +are dim. + +5:18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes +walk upon it. + +5:19 Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to +generation. + +5:20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long +time? 5:21 Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; +renew our days as of old. + +5:22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us. + + + + +The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel + + +1:1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, +in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river +of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. + +1:2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king +Jehoiachin's captivity, 1:3 The word of the LORD came expressly unto +Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by +the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him. + +1:4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a +great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about +it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the +midst of the fire. + +1:5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living +creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a +man. + +1:6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. + +1:7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was +like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of +burnished brass. + +1:8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four +sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. + +1:9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they +went; they went every one straight forward. + +1:10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a +man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the +face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an +eagle. + +1:11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two +wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their +bodies. + +1:12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was +to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. + +1:13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was +like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went +up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and +out of the fire went forth lightning. + +1:14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a +flash of lightning. + +1:15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the +earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. + +1:16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the +colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their +appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a +wheel. + +1:17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned +not when they went. + +1:18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; +and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. + +1:19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and +when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels +were lifted up. + +1:20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their +spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the +spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. + +1:21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; +and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted +up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the +wheels. + +1:22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living +creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth +over their heads above. + +1:23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward +the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every +one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies. + +1:24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the +noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of +speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their +wings. + +1:25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their +heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings. + +1:26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the +likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon +the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man +above upon it. + +1:27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round +about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and +from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the +appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. + +1:28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of +rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was +the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I +saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake. + +2:1 And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will +speak unto thee. + +2:2 And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me +upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. + +2:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of +Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and +their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day. + +2:4 For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee +unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. + +2:5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, +(for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been +a prophet among them. + +2:6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of +their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost +dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed +at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. + +2:7 And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, +or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious. + +2:8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou +rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I +give thee. + +2:9 And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a +roll of a book was therein; 2:10 And he spread it before me; and it +was written within and without: and there was written therein +lamentations, and mourning, and woe. + +3:1 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat +this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. + +3:2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll. + +3:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill +thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it +was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. + +3:4 And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of +Israel, and speak with my words unto them. + +3:5 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an +hard language, but to the house of Israel; 3:6 Not to many people of a +strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not +understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened +unto thee. + +3:7 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will +not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and +hardhearted. + +3:8 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy +forehead strong against their foreheads. + +3:9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear +them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a +rebellious house. + +3:10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall +speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears. + +3:11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of +thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord +GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear. + +3:12 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a +great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his +place. + +3:13 I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that +touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, +and a noise of a great rushing. + +3:14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in +bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was +strong upon me. + +3:15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by +the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there +astonished among them seven days. + +3:16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of +the LORD came unto me, saying, 3:17 Son of man, I have made thee a +watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my +mouth, and give them warning from me. + +3:18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou +givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his +wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his +iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. + +3:19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, +nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast +delivered thy soul. + +3:20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and +commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: +because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and +his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his +blood will I require at thine hand. + +3:21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous +sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is +warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul. + +3:22 And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, +Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee. + +3:23 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the +glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river +of Chebar: and I fell on my face. + +3:24 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and +spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house. + +3:25 But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, +and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them: +3:26 And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that +thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are +a rebellious house. + +3:27 But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt +say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; +and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious +house. + +4:1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, +and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: 4:2 And lay siege +against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; +set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round +about. + +4:3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of +iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it +shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be +a sign to the house of Israel. + +4:4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the +house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou +shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. + +4:5 For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according +to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt +thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. + +4:6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, +and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I +have appointed thee each day for a year. + +4:7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, +and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it. + +4:8 And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn +thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy +siege. + +4:9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and +lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and +make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou +shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat +thereof. + +4:10 And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty +shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. + +4:11 Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: +from time to time shalt thou drink. + +4:12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it +with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. + +4:13 And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat +their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them. + +4:14 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: +for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which +dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable +flesh into my mouth. + +4:15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's +dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith. + +4:16 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the +staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and +with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with +astonishment: 4:17 That they may want bread and water, and be astonied +one with another, and consume away for their iniquity. + +5:1 And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a +barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy +beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair. + +5:2 Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, +when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third +part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt +scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them. + +5:3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy +skirts. + +5:4 Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, +and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into +all the house of Israel. + +5:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the +midst of the nations and countries that are round about her. + +5:6 And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the +nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about +her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not +walked in them. + +5:7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than +the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my +statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according +to the judgments of the nations that are round about you; 5:8 +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, +and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the +nations. + +5:9 And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I +will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations. + +5:10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, +and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in +thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds. + +5:11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou +hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all +thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall +mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity. + +5:12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with +famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part +shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third +part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. + +5:13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury +to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I +the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury +in them. + +5:14 Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations +that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by. + +5:15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an +astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall +execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. +I the LORD have spoken it. + +5:16 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which +shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: +and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of +bread: 5:17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they +shall bereave thee: and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; +and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it. + +6:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 6:2 Son of man, set +thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, +6:3 And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; +Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the +rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon +you, and I will destroy your high places. + +6:4 And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be +broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols. + +6:5 And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before +their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars. + +6:6 In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the +high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and +made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images +may be cut down, and your works may be abolished. + +6:7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know +that I am the LORD. + +6:8 Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall +escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through +the countries. + +6:9 And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations +whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their +whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which +go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for +the evils which they have committed in all their abominations. + +6:10 And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said +in vain that I would do this evil unto them. + +6:11 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with +thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of +Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the +pestilence. + +6:12 He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is +near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged +shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them. + +6:13 Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall +be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, +in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and +under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to +all their idols. + +6:14 So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land +desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in +all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD. + +7:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 7:2 Also, thou +son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, +the end is come upon the four corners of the land. + +7:3 Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon +thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense +upon thee all thine abominations. + +7:4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I +will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in +the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. + +7:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. + +7:6 An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it +is come. + +7:7 The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: +the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding +again of the mountains. + +7:8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine +anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will +recompense thee for all thine abominations. + +7:9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will +recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are +in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that +smiteth. + +7:10 Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; +the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded. + +7:11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall +remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of their's: neither shall +there be wailing for them. + +7:12 The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer +rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude +thereof. + +7:13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although +they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude +thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself +in the iniquity of his life. + +7:14 They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none +goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. + +7:15 The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: +he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in +the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him. + +7:16 But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the +mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one +for his iniquity. + +7:17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water. + +7:18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall +cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all +their heads. + +7:19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall +be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver +them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their +souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of +their iniquity. + +7:20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they +made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things +therein: therefore have I set it far from them. + +7:21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, +and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it. + +7:22 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my +secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it. + +7:23 Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city +is full of violence. + +7:24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall +possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to +cease; and their holy places shall be defiled. + +7:25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be +none. + +7:26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon +rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law +shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients. + +7:27 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with +desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: +I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts +will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. + +8:1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the +fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of +Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me. + +8:2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from +the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins +even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber. + +8:3 And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of +mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the +heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door +of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of +the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy. + +8:4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according +to the vision that I saw in the plain. + +8:5 Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way +toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, +and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy +in the entry. + +8:6 He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? +even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, +that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, +and thou shalt see greater abominations. + +8:7 And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, +behold a hole in the wall. + +8:8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I +had digged in the wall, behold a door. + +8:9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations +that they do here. + +8:10 So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, +and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, +pourtrayed upon the wall round about. + +8:11 And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the +house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of +Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of +incense went up. + +8:12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the +ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the +chambers of his imagery? for they say, the LORD seeth us not; the LORD +hath forsaken the earth. + +8:13 He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see +greater abominations that they do. + +8:14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD's house +which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for +Tammuz. + +8:15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn +thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. + +8:16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and, +behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and +the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the +temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they +worshipped the sun toward the east. + +8:17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a +light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations +which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, +and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch +to their nose. + +8:18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, +neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud +voice, yet will I not hear them. + +9:1 He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them +that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his +destroying weapon in his hand. + +9:2 And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which +lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; +and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn +by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar. + +9:3 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, +whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the +man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side; +9:4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, +through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of +the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done +in the midst thereof. + +9:5 And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through +the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: 9:6 +Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and +women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at +my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the +house. + +9:7 And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with +the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city. + +9:8 And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, +that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou +destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon +Jerusalem? 9:9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of +Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, +and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath +forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not. + +9:10 And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have +pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head. + +9:11 And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by +his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast +commanded me. + +10:1 Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the +head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire +stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. + +10:2 And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in +between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with +coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the +city. And he went in in my sight. + +10:3 Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the +man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. + +10:4 Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood +over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the +cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD's glory. + +10:5 And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer +court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh. + +10:6 And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed +with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between +the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels. + +10:7 And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the +cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took +thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: +who took it, and went out. + +10:8 And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's hand +under their wings. + +10:9 And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one +wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the +appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone. + +10:10 And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if +a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. + +10:11 When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not +as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed +it; they turned not as they went. + +10:12 And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and +their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the +wheels that they four had. + +10:13 As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O +wheel. + +10:14 And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a +cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the +face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. + +10:15 And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature +that I saw by the river of Chebar. + +10:16 And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when +the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the +same wheels also turned not from beside them. + +10:17 When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, +these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature +was in them. + +10:18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of +the house, and stood over the cherubims. + +10:19 And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the +earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside +them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD's +house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. + +10:20 This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel +by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims. + +10:21 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and +the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. + +10:22 And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw +by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went +every one straight forward. + +11:1 Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east +gate of the LORD's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the +door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the +son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. + +11:2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise +mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: 11:3 Which say, It is +not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the +flesh. + +11:4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man. + +11:5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; +Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know +the things that come into your mind, every one of them. + +11:6 Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled +the streets thereof with the slain. + +11:7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid +in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: +but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it. + +11:8 Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, +saith the Lord GOD. + +11:9 And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you +into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you. + +11:10 Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of +Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. + +11:11 This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the +flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of +Israel: 11:12 And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not +walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done +after the manners of the heathen that are round about you. + +11:13 And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of +Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud +voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant +of Israel? 11:14 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, +11:15 Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy +kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the +inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us +is this land given in possession. + +11:16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast +them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them +among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in +the countries where they shall come. + +11:17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you +from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have +been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. + +11:18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the +detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from +thence. + +11:19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit +within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and +will give them an heart of flesh: 11:20 That they may walk in my +statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my +people, and I will be their God. + +11:21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their +detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way +upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD. + +11:22 Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels +beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. + +11:23 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, +and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city. + +11:24 Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by +the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the +vision that I had seen went up from me. + +11:25 Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the +LORD had shewed me. + +12:1 The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying, 12:2 Son of man, +thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to +see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a +rebellious house. + +12:3 Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and +remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to +another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though +they be a rebellious house. + +12:4 Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as +stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as +they that go forth into captivity. + +12:5 Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby. + +12:6 In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry +it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not +the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel. + +12:7 And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, +as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with +mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my +shoulder in their sight. + +12:8 And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, +12:9 Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, +said unto thee, What doest thou? 12:10 Say thou unto them, Thus saith +the Lord GOD; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all +the house of Israel that are among them. + +12:11 Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done +unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity. + +12:12 And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder +in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall +to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the +ground with his eyes. + +12:13 My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my +snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; +yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there. + +12:14 And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to +help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them. + +12:15 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter +them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries. + +12:16 But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the +famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their +abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know +that I am the LORD. + +12:17 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 12:18 Son of +man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling +and with carefulness; 12:19 And say unto the people of the land, Thus +saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of +Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their +water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that +is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein. + +12:20 And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the +land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. + +12:21 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 12:22 Son of man, +what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The +days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? 12:23 Tell them +therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, +and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto +them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. + +12:24 For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering +divination within the house of Israel. + +12:25 For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak +shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O +rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the +Lord GOD. + +12:26 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying. + +12:27 Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision +that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the +times that are far off. + +12:28 Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall +none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have +spoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD. + +13:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 13:2 Son of man, +prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou +unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of +the LORD; 13:3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, +that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! 13:4 O Israel, +thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. + +13:5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for +the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD. + +13:6 They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD +saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to +hope that they would confirm the word. + +13:7 Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying +divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not +spoken? 13:8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have +spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, +saith the Lord GOD. + +13:9 And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and +that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, +neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, +neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know +that I am the Lord GOD. + +13:10 Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, +Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, +others daubed it with untempered morter: 13:11 Say unto them which +daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an +overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a +stormy wind shall rend it. + +13:12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, +Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it? 13:13 Therefore +thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my +fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and +great hailstones in my fury to consume it. + +13:14 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with +untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the +foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye +shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am +the LORD. + +13:15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them +that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The +wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; 13:16 To wit, the +prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see +visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD. + +13:17 Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of +thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou +against them, 13:18 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women +that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of +every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and +will ye save the souls alive that come unto you? 13:19 And will ye +pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of +bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls +alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your +lies? 13:20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against +your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and +I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the +souls that ye hunt to make them fly. + +13:21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of +your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye +shall know that I am the LORD. + +13:22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, +whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, +that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life: +13:23 Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: +for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that +I am the LORD. + +14:1 Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before +me. + +14:2 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 14:3 Son of man, +these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the +stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be +enquired of at all by them? 14:4 Therefore speak unto them, and say +unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel +that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock +of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD +will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols; +14:5 That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because +they are all estranged from me through their idols. + +14:6 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; +Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces +from all your abominations. + +14:7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that +sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up +his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity +before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning +me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: 14:8 And I will set my face +against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will +cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am +the LORD. + +14:9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the +LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon +him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. + +14:10 And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the +punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that +seeketh unto him; 14:11 That the house of Israel may go no more astray +from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; +but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord +GOD. + +14:12 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, 14:13 Son of man, +when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will +I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread +thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast +from it: 14:14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in +it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, +saith the Lord GOD. + +14:15 If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they +spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because +of the beasts: 14:16 Though these three men were in it, as I live, +saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; +they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate. + +14:17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through +the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it: 14:18 Though these +three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall +deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered +themselves. + +14:19 Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury +upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast: 14:20 Though Noah, +Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall +deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own +souls by their righteousness. + +14:21 For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four +sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the +noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? +14:22 Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be +brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth +unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be +comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even +concerning all that I have brought upon it. + +14:23 And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their +doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that +I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD. + +15:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 15:2 Son of man, +what is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is +among the trees of the forest? 15:3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do +any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? +15:4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth +both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any +work? 15:5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how +much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath +devoured it, and it is burned? 15:6 Therefore thus saith the Lord +GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have +given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of +Jerusalem. + +15:7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one +fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am +the LORD, when I set my face against them. + +15:8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a +trespass, saith the Lord GOD. + +16:1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 16:2 Son of man, +cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, 16:3 And say, Thus saith the +Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of +Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. + +16:4 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was +not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast +not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. + +16:5 None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have +compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the +lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. + +16:6 And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own +blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said +unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. + +16:7 I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou +hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent +ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas +thou wast naked and bare. + +16:8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time +was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy +nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with +thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine. + +16:9 Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy +blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. + +16:10 I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with +badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered +thee with silk. + +16:11 I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy +hands, and a chain on thy neck. + +16:12 And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, +and a beautiful crown upon thine head. + +16:13 Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was +of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine +flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou +didst prosper into a kingdom. + +16:14 And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for +it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith +the Lord GOD. + +16:15 But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the +harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on +every one that passed by; his it was. + +16:16 And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high +places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the +like things shall not come, neither shall it be so. + +16:17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my +silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, +and didst commit whoredom with them, 16:18 And tookest thy broidered +garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine +incense before them. + +16:19 My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, +wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet +savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD. + +16:20 Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou +hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be +devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, 16:21 That thou +hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass +through the fire for them? 16:22 And in all thine abominations and +thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when +thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood. + +16:23 And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto +thee! saith the LORD GOD;) 16:24 That thou hast also built unto thee +an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street. + +16:25 Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and +hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every +one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms. + +16:26 Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy +neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to +provoke me to anger. + +16:27 Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and +have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will +of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are +ashamed of thy lewd way. + +16:28 Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou +wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet +couldest not be satisfied. + +16:29 Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of +Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied therewith. + +16:30 How weak is thine heart, saith the LORD GOD, seeing thou doest +all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman; 16:31 In +that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and +makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an +harlot, in that thou scornest hire; 16:32 But as a wife that +committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband! +16:33 They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all +thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every +side for thy whoredom. + +16:34 And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, +whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou +givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art +contrary. + +16:35 Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD: 16:36 Thus saith +the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness +discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the +idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which +thou didst give unto them; 16:37 Behold, therefore I will gather all +thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou +hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather +them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto +them, that they may see all thy nakedness. + +16:38 And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed +blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy. + +16:39 And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw +down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they +shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, +and leave thee naked and bare. + +16:40 They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall +stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords. + +16:41 And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute +judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee +to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any +more. + +16:42 So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy +shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more +angry. + +16:43 Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast +fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will +recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt +not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations. + +16:44 Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb +against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. + +16:45 Thou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her +children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their +husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your +father an Amorite. + +16:46 And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that +dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy +right hand, is Sodom and her daughters. + +16:47 Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their +abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast +corrupted more than they in all thy ways. + +16:48 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, +she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. + +16:49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, +fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her +daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. + +16:50 And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: +therefore I took them away as I saw good. + +16:51 Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast +multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy +sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done. + +16:52 Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame +for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they +are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear +thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters. + +16:53 When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom +and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, +then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of +them: 16:54 That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be +confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto +them. + +16:55 When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their +former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their +former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former +estate. + +16:56 For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day +of thy pride, 16:57 Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the +time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round +about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round +about. + +16:58 Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the +LORD. + +16:59 For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou +hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant. + +16:60 Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days +of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. + +16:61 Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou +shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will +give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant. + +16:62 And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know +that I am the LORD: 16:63 That thou mayest remember, and be +confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, +when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the +Lord GOD. + +17:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 17:2 Son of man, +put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel; 17:3 +And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, +longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto +Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: 17:4 He cropped off +the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he +set it in a city of merchants. + +17:5 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a +fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow +tree. + +17:6 And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose +branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so +it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. + +17:7 There was also another great eagle with great wings and many +feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and +shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the +furrows of her plantation. + +17:8 It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might +bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a +goodly vine. + +17:9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not +pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it +wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without +great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof. + +17:10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not +utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the +furrows where it grew. + +17:11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 17:12 Say +now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell +them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken +the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to +Babylon; 17:13 And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant +with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty +of the land: 17:14 That the kingdom might be base, that it might not +lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand. + +17:15 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into +Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he +prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the +covenant, and be delivered? 17:16 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, +surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose +oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the +midst of Babylon he shall die. + +17:17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company +make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to +cut off many persons: 17:18 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking +the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these +things, he shall not escape. + +17:19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath +that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it +will I recompense upon his own head. + +17:20 And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my +snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there +for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me. + +17:21 And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the +sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and +ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it. + +17:22 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch +of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of +his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain +and eminent: 17:23 In the mountain of the height of Israel will I +plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a +goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the +shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell. + +17:24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have +brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up +the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD +have spoken and have done it. + +18:1 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, 18:2 What mean +ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, +The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set +on edge? 18:3 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have +occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. + +18:4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also +the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. + +18:5 But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right, 18:6 +And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes +to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his +neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman, 18:7 +And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his +pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the +hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment; 18:8 He that hath +not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath +withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between +man and man, 18:9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my +judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the +Lord GOD. + +18:10 If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that +doeth the like to any one of these things, 18:11 And that doeth not +any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and +defiled his neighbour's wife, 18:12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, +hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath +lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination, 18:13 +Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then +live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall +surely die; his blood shall be upon him. + +18:14 Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins +which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like, 18:15 +That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his +eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his +neighbour's wife, 18:16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not +withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath +given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a +garment, 18:17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath +not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath +walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his +father, he shall surely live. + +18:18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his +brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, +lo, even he shall die in his iniquity. + +18:19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the +father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and +hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live. + +18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the +iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of +the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the +wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. + +18:21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath +committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and +right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. + +18:22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be +mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall +live. + +18:23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the +Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live? +18:24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and +committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that +the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he +hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath +trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die. + +18:25 Yet ye say, The way of the LORD is not equal. Hear now, O house +of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? 18:26 When +a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth +iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall +he die. + +18:27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that +he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall +save his soul alive. + +18:28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his +transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall +not die. + +18:29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the LORD is not equal. +O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal? +18:30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one +according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves +from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. + +18:31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have +transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will +ye die, O house of Israel? 18:32 For I have no pleasure in the death +of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and +live ye. + +19:1 Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, +19:2 And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, +she nourished her whelps among young lions. + +19:3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and +it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. + +19:4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and +they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt. + +19:5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then +she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. + +19:6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, +and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men. + +19:7 And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their +cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the +noise of his roaring. + +19:8 Then the nations set against him on every side from the +provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit. + +19:9 And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king +of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more +be heard upon the mountains of Israel. + +19:10 Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: +she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. + +19:11 And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, +and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared +in her height with the multitude of her branches. + +19:12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, +and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and +withered; the fire consumed them. + +19:13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty +ground. + +19:14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath +devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to +rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation. + +20:1 And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the +tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to +enquire of the LORD, and sat before me. + +20:2 Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, 20:3 Son of man, +speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the +Lord GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, +I will not be enquired of by you. + +20:4 Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause +them to know the abominations of their fathers: 20:5 And say unto +them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and +lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made +myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine +hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God; 20:6 In the day that I +lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of +Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and +honey, which is the glory of all lands: 20:7 Then said I unto them, +Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not +yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. + +20:8 But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they +did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither +did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my +fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of +the land of Egypt. + +20:9 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted +before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself +known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt. + +20:10 Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, +and brought them into the wilderness. + +20:11 And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which +if a man do, he shall even live in them. + +20:12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me +and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them. + +20:13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: +they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which +if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly +polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the +wilderness, to consume them. + +20:14 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted +before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out. + +20:15 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I +would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing +with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; 20:16 Because +they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but +polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. + +20:17 Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither +did I make an end of them in the wilderness. + +20:18 But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in +the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor +defile yourselves with their idols: 20:19 I am the LORD your God; walk +in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; 20:20 And hallow +my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may +know that I am the LORD your God. + +20:21 Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked +not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a +man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I +said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger +against them in the wilderness. + +20:22 Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name's +sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in +whose sight I brought them forth. + +20:23 I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I +would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the +countries; 20:24 Because they had not executed my judgments, but had +despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes +were after their fathers' idols. + +20:25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and +judgments whereby they should not live; 20:26 And I polluted them in +their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that +openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that +they might know that I am the LORD. + +20:27 Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say +unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have +blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me. + +20:28 For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I +lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, +and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and +there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also +they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink +offerings. + +20:29 Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? +And the name whereof is called Bamah unto this day. + +20:30 Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; +Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye +whoredom after their abominations? 20:31 For when ye offer your +gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute +yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be +enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, +I will not be enquired of by you. + +20:32 And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that +ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, +to serve wood and stone. + +20:33 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and +with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over +you: 20:34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather +you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, +and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. + +20:35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and +there will I plead with you face to face. + +20:36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the +land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD. + +20:37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you +into the bond of the covenant: 20:38 And I will purge out from among +you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them +forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter +into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. + +20:39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, +serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not +hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, +and with your idols. + +20:40 For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of +Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all +of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there +will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, +with all your holy things. + +20:41 I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out +from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have +been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. + +20:42 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you +into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up +mine hand to give it to your fathers. + +20:43 And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, +wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your +own sight for all your evils that ye have committed. + +20:44 And ye shall know that I am the LORD when I have wrought with +you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor +according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord +GOD. + +20:45 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 20:46 Son of +man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the +south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; 20:47 And +say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith +the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall +devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame +shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall +be burned therein. + +20:48 And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it +shall not be quenched. + +20:49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak +parables? 21:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 21:2 +Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward +the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, 21:3 And say +to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, +and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from +thee the righteous and the wicked. + +21:4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the +wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against +all flesh from the south to the north: 21:5 That all flesh may know +that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall +not return any more. + +21:6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; +and with bitterness sigh before their eyes. + +21:7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? +that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every +heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit +shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, +and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD. + +21:8 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 21:9 Son of man, +prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is +sharpened, and also furbished: 21:10 It is sharpened to make a sore +slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make +mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree. + +21:11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: +this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand +of the slayer. + +21:12 Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it +shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the +sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh. + +21:13 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the +rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD. + +21:14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands +together. and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of +the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which +entereth into their privy chambers. + +21:15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that +their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made +bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter. + +21:16 Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the +left, whithersoever thy face is set. + +21:17 I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury +to rest: I the LORD have said it. + +21:18 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, 21:19 Also, +thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of +Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and +choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city. + +21:20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the +Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced. + +21:21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the +head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he +consulted with images, he looked in the liver. + +21:22 At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint +captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice +with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a +mount, and to build a fort. + +21:23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, +to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the +iniquity, that they may be taken. + +21:24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your +iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, +so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that +ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand. + +21:25 And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, +when iniquity shall have an end, 21:26 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove +the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt +him that is low, and abase him that is high. + +21:27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no +more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him. + +21:28 And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD +concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say +thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is +furbished, to consume because of the glittering: 21:29 Whiles they see +vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee +upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is +come, when their iniquity shall have an end. + +21:30 Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in +the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity. + +21:31 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow +against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand +of brutish men, and skilful to destroy. + +21:32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the +midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD +have spoken it. + +22:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 22:2 Now, +thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? +yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations. + +22:3 Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood +in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against +herself to defile herself. + +22:4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast +defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast +caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: +therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking +to all countries. + +22:5 Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock +thee, which art infamous and much vexed. + +22:6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their +power to shed blood. + +22:7 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of +thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have +they vexed the fatherless and the widow. + +22:8 Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my +sabbaths. + +22:9 In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they +eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness. + +22:10 In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee +have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution. + +22:11 And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; +and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in +thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter. + +22:12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken +usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by +extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD. + +22:13 Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain +which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of +thee. + +22:14 Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the +days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will +do it. + +22:15 And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in +the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee. + +22:16 And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of +the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. + +22:17 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 22:18 Son of man, +the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and +tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even +the dross of silver. + +22:19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become +dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of +Jerusalem. + +22:20 As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, +into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; +so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave +you there, and melt you. + +22:21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my +wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst therof. + +22:22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be +melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have +poured out my fury upon you. + +22:23 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 22:24 Son of man, +say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon +in the day of indignation. + +22:25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like +a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have +taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows +in the midst thereof. + +22:26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy +things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, +neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, +and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among +them. + +22:27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the +prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. + +22:28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing +vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, +when the LORD hath not spoken. + +22:29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised +robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed +the stranger wrongfully. + +22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the +hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not +destroy it: but I found none. + +22:31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have +consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I +recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD. + +23:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 23:2 Son of man, +there were two women, the daughters of one mother: 23:3 And they +committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: +there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of +their virginity. + +23:4 And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her +sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus +were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah. + +23:5 And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on +her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours, 23:6 Which were clothed +with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, +horsemen riding upon horses. + +23:7 Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that +were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with +all their idols she defiled herself. + +23:8 Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her +youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her +virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her. + +23:9 Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into +the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted. + +23:10 These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her +daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among +women; for they had executed judgment upon her. + +23:11 And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in +her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her +sister in her whoredoms. + +23:12 She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers +clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them +desirable young men. + +23:13 Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way, +23:14 And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men +pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with +vermilion, 23:15 Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in +dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after +the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity: +23:16 And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, +and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea. + +23:17 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they +defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and +her mind was alienated from them. + +23:18 So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: +then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated +from her sister. + +23:19 Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the +days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of +Egypt. + +23:20 For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh +of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses. + +23:21 Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in +bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth. + +23:22 Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will +raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and +I will bring them against thee on every side; 23:23 The Babylonians, +and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians +with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great +lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses. + +23:24 And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and +wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee +buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment +before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments. + +23:25 And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal +furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and +thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy +daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire. + +23:26 They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy +fair jewels. + +23:27 Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy +whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift +up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more. + +23:28 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into +the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy +mind is alienated: 23:29 And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and +shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: +and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy +lewdness and thy whoredoms. + +23:30 I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a +whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their +idols. + +23:31 Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give +her cup into thine hand. + +23:32 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup +deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it +containeth much. + +23:33 Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup +of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria. + +23:34 Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break +the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken +it, saith the Lord GOD. + +23:35 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten +me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness +and thy whoredoms. + +23:36 The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge +Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations; 23:37 +That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and +with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused +their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, +to devour them. + +23:38 Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my +sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths. + +23:39 For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they +came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have +they done in the midst of mine house. + +23:40 And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, +unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou +didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with +ornaments, 23:41 And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared +before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil. + +23:42 And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with +the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, +which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their +heads. + +23:43 Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now +commit whoredoms with her, and she with them? 23:44 Yet they went in +unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went +they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women. + +23:45 And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of +adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because +they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. + +23:46 For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon +them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled. + +23:47 And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them +with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and +burn up their houses with fire. + +23:48 Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all +women may be taught not to do after your lewdness. + +23:49 And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall +bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD. + +24:1 Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of +the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24:2 Son of man, +write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of +Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day. + +24:3 And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water +into it: 24:4 Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good +piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones. + +24:5 Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, +and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein. + +24:6 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the +pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring +it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it. + +24:7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of +a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust; 24:8 +That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her +blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered. + +24:9 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will +even make the pile for fire great. + +24:10 Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it +well, and let the bones be burned. + +24:11 Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it +may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten +in it, that the scum of it may be consumed. + +24:12 She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not +forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire. + +24:13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and +thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any +more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee. + +24:14 I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do +it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; +according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge +thee, saith the Lord GOD. + +24:15 Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24:16 Son of +man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a +stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears +run down. + +24:17 Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of +thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover +not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men. + +24:18 So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife +died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded. + +24:19 And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these +things are to us, that thou doest so? 24:20 Then I answered them, The +word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24:21 Speak unto the house of +Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, +the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that +which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have +left shall fall by the sword. + +24:22 And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, +nor eat the bread of men. + +24:23 And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon +your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for +your iniquities, and mourn one toward another. + +24:24 Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath +done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the +Lord GOD. + +24:25 Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take +from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their +eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their +daughters, 24:26 That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto +thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears? 24:27 In that day +shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt +speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and +they shall know that I am the LORD. + +25:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 25:2 Son of man, +set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them; 25:3 +And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith +the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it +was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; +and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity; 25:4 +Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a +possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their +dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy +milk. + +25:5 And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a +couching place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. + +25:6 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine +hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy +despite against the land of Israel; 25:7 Behold, therefore I will +stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to +the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause +thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou +shalt know that I am the LORD. + +25:8 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, +Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen; 25:9 +Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from +his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, +Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim, 25:10 Unto the men of the +east with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the +Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations. + +25:11 And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that +I am the LORD. + +25:12 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against +the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and +revenged himself upon them; 25:13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I +will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and +beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of +Dedan shall fall by the sword. + +25:14 And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people +Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and +according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord +GOD. + +25:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by +revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy +it for the old hatred; 25:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; +Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will +cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast. + +25:17 And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious +rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my +vengeance upon them. + +26:1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the +month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 26:2 Son of +man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is +broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I +shall be replenished, now she is laid waste: 26:3 Therefore thus saith +the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many +nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come +up. + +26:4 And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her +towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the +top of a rock. + +26:5 It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the +sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become a +spoil to the nations. + +26:6 And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the +sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD. + +26:7 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus +Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with +horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much +people. + +26:8 He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he +shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and +lift up the buckler against thee. + +26:9 And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his +axes he shall break down thy towers. + +26:10 By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover +thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the +wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as +men enter into a city wherein is made a breach. + +26:11 With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy +streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong +garrisons shall go down to the ground. + +26:12 And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of +thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy +pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy +dust in the midst of the water. + +26:13 And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound +of thy harps shall be no more heard. + +26:14 And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a +place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORD +have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. + +26:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at +the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is +made in the midst of thee? 26:16 Then all the princes of the sea +shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put +off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with +trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every +moment, and be astonished at thee. + +26:17 And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, +How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the +renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, +which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it! 26:18 Now shall +the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in +the sea shall be troubled at thy departure. + +26:19 For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate +city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up +the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee; 26:20 When I +shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the +people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, +in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that +thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the +living; 26:21 I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: +though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith +the Lord GOD. + +27:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 27:2 Now, thou +son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus; 27:3 And say unto Tyrus, +O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant +of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou +hast said, I am of perfect beauty. + +27:4 Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have +perfected thy beauty. + +27:5 They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they +have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee. + +27:6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of +the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles +of Chittim. + +27:7 Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou +spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of +Elishah was that which covered thee. + +27:8 The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise +men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots. + +27:9 The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy +calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to +occupy thy merchandise. + +27:10 They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy +men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth +thy comeliness. + +27:11 The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round +about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields +upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect. + +27:12 Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind +of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs. + +27:13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded +the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market. + +27:14 They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses +and horsemen and mules. + +27:15 The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the +merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of +ivory and ebony. + +27:16 Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares +of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and +broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. + +27:17 Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they +traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, +and balm. + +27:18 Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy +making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and +white wool. + +27:19 Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: +bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market. + +27:20 Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots. + +27:21 Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in +lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants. + +27:22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they +occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious +stones, and gold. + +27:23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and +Chilmad, were thy merchants. + +27:24 These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue +clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with +cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise. + +27:25 The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou +wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas. + +27:26 Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind +hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. + +27:27 Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and +thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all +thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in +the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of +thy ruin. + +27:28 The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. + +27:29 And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of +the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the +land; 27:30 And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and +shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they +shall wallow themselves in the ashes: 27:31 And they shall make +themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and +they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. + +27:32 And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, +and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the +destroyed in the midst of the sea? 27:33 When thy wares went forth +out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the +kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy +merchandise. + +27:34 In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths +of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee +shall fall. + +27:35 All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, +and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their +countenance. + +27:36 The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be +a terror, and never shalt be any more. + +28:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 28:2 Son of man, +say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine +heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat +of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, +though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: 28:3 Behold, thou art +wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee: +28:4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten +thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: 28:5 +By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy +riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: 28:6 +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart +as the heart of God; 28:7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers +upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their +swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy +brightness. + +28:8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the +deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas. + +28:9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but +thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee. + +28:10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of +strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. + +28:11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 28:12 Son of +man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and +perfect in beauty. + +28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone +was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the +onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, +and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared +in thee in the day that thou wast created. + +28:14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee +so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and +down in the midst of the stones of fire. + +28:15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast +created, till iniquity was found in thee. + +28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst +of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast +thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O +covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. + +28:17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast +corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to +the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. + +28:18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine +iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring +forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will +bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that +behold thee. + +28:19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at +thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more. + +28:20 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 28:21 Son of +man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it, 28:22 And +say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and +I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I +am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be +sanctified in her. + +28:23 For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; +and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon +her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD. + +28:24 And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of +Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that +despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. + +28:25 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of +Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be +sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell +in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob. + +28:26 And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and +plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have +executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; +and they shall know that I am the LORD their God. + +29:1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the +month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 29:2 Son of man, set +thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and +against all Egypt: 29:3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; +Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon +that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is +mine own, and I have made it for myself. + +29:4 But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of +thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of +the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick +unto thy scales. + +29:5 And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all +the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou +shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for +meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven. + +29:6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, +because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. + +29:7 When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and +rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, +and madest all their loins to be at a stand. + +29:8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword +upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee. + +29:9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall +know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and +I have made it. + +29:10 Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and +I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the +tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia. + +29:11 No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall +pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years. + +29:12 And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the +countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are +laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the +Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the +countries. + +29:13 Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I +gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered: +29:14 And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause +them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their +habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom. + +29:15 It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt +itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they +shall no more rule over the nations. + +29:16 And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, +which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look +after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. + +29:17 And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the +first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came +unto me, saying, 29:18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon +caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was +made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his +army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it: 29:19 +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of +Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her +multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the +wages for his army. + +29:20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he +served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD. + +29:21 In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud +forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of +them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. + +30:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 30:2 Son of man, +prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! +30:3 For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy +day; it shall be the time of the heathen. + +30:4 And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in +Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away +her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down. + +30:5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and +Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them +by the sword. + +30:6 Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and +the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall +they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. + +30:7 And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are +desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are +wasted. + +30:8 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in +Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed. + +30:9 In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make +the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, +as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh. + +30:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt +to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. + +30:11 He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall +be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords +against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain. + +30:12 And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand +of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is +therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it. + +30:13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I +will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no +more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land +of Egypt. + +30:14 And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and +will execute judgments in No. + +30:15 And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I +will cut off the multitude of No. + +30:16 And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No +shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily. + +30:17 The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: +and these cities shall go into captivity. + +30:18 At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall +break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall +cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters +shall go into captivity. + +30:19 Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that +I am the LORD. + +30:20 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in +the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, +saying, 30:21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of +Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller +to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. + +30:22 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh +king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was +broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. + +30:23 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will +disperse them through the countries. + +30:24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put +my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall +groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. + +30:25 But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the +arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the +LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, +and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt. + +30:26 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse +them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD. + +31:1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in +the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, +saying, 31:2 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his +multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness? 31:3 Behold, the +Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a +shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the +thick boughs. + +31:4 The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her +rivers running round about his plants, and sent her little rivers unto +all the trees of the field. + +31:5 Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the +field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long +because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth. + +31:6 All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under +his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, +and under his shadow dwelt all great nations. + +31:7 Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: +for his root was by great waters. + +31:8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees +were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his +branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his +beauty. + +31:9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that +all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him. + +31:10 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up +thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, +and his heart is lifted up in his height; 31:11 I have therefore +delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall +surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness. + +31:12 And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, +and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his +branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of +the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his +shadow, and have left him. + +31:13 Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all +the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches: 31:14 To the end +that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their +height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither +their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they +are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the +midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit. + +31:15 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the +grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I +restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I +caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field +fainted for him. + +31:16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I +cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the +trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, +shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth. + +31:17 They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain +with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his +shadow in the midst of the heathen. + +31:18 To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the +trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden +unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the +uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh +and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD. + +32:1 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in +the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, +saying, 32:2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of +Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, +and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy +rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their +rivers. + +32:3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over +thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my +net. + +32:4 Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon +the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain +upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee. + +32:5 And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys +with thy height. + +32:6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, +even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee. + +32:7 And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make +the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the +moon shall not give her light. + +32:8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and +set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD. + +32:9 I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy +destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not +known. + +32:10 Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings +shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword +before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his +own life, in the day of thy fall. + +32:11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon +shall come upon thee. + +32:12 By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, +the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the +pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed. + +32:13 I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great +waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the +hoofs of beasts trouble them. + +32:14 Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to +run like oil, saith the Lord GOD. + +32:15 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country +shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all +them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD. + +32:16 This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the +daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, +even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD. + +32:17 It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day +of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 32:18 +Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even +her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of +the earth, with them that go down into the pit. + +32:19 Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with +the uncircumcised. + +32:20 They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the +sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes. + +32:21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst +of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie +uncircumcised, slain by the sword. + +32:22 Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: +all of them slain, fallen by the sword: 32:23 Whose graves are set in +the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of +them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of +the living. + +32:24 There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all +of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised +into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the +land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go +down to the pit. + +32:25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her +multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, +slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the +living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the +pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain. + +32:26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are +round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though +they caused their terror in the land of the living. + +32:27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the +uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: +and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their +iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of +the mighty in the land of the living. + +32:28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and +shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword. + +32:29 There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their +might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie +with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit. + +32:30 There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the +Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they +are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that +be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to +the pit. + +32:31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his +multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the +Lord GOD. + +32:32 For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he +shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are +slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the +Lord GOD. + +33:1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 33:2 Son of man, +speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring +the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their +coasts, and set him for their watchman: 33:3 If when he seeth the +sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; +33:4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not +warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon +his own head. + +33:5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his +blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his +soul. + +33:6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, +and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person +from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will +I require at the watchman's hand. + +33:7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house +of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn +them from me. + +33:8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; +if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked +man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine +hand. + +33:9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; +if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou +hast delivered thy soul. + +33:10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; +Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, +and we pine away in them, how should we then live? 33:11 Say unto +them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death +of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn +ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of +Israel? 33:12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of +thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him +in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, +he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his +wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his +righteousness in the day that he sinneth. + +33:13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if +he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his +righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he +hath committed, he shall die for it. + +33:14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he +turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; 33:15 If the +wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the +statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, +he shall not die. + +33:16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto +him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely +live. + +33:17 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not +equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. + +33:18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and +committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby. + +33:19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is +lawful and right, he shall live thereby. + +33:20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of +Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways. + +33:21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the +tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped +out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten. + +33:22 Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he +that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in +the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb. + +33:23 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 33:24 Son of +man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, +saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; +the land is given us for inheritance. + +33:25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with +the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: +and shall ye possess the land? 33:26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye +work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and +shall ye possess the land? 33:27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith +the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall +by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the +beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves +shall die of the pestilence. + +33:28 For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her +strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, +that none shall pass through. + +33:29 Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the +land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have +committed. + +33:30 Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are +talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and +speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray +you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD. + +33:31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit +before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not +do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart +goeth after their covetousness. + +33:32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that +hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they +hear thy words, but they do them not. + +33:33 And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall +they know that a prophet hath been among them. + +34:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 34:2 Son of man, +prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, +Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of +Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the +flocks? 34:3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill +them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock. + +34:4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed +that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, +neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have +ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye +ruled them. + +34:5 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they +became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. + +34:6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high +hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and +none did search or seek after them. + +34:7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; 34:8 As I +live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and +my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no +shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the +shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock; 34:9 Therefore, O ye +shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; 34:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; +Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at +their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither +shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my +flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them. + +34:11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search +my sheep, and seek them out. + +34:12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among +his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will +deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the +cloudy and dark day. + +34:13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from +the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them +upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited +places of the country. + +34:14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains +of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, +and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. + +34:15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith +the Lord GOD. + +34:16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was +driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will +strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the +strong; I will feed them with judgment. + +34:17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I +judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats. + +34:18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good +pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your +pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the +residue with your feet? 34:19 And as for my flock, they eat that +which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye +have fouled with your feet. + +34:20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, +will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle. + +34:21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed +all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; +34:22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a +prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle. + +34:23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed +them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their +shepherd. + +34:24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince +among them; I the LORD have spoken it. + +34:25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause +the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely +in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. + +34:26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a +blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; +there shall be showers of blessing. + +34:27 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth +shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and +shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their +yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served +themselves of them. + +34:28 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall +the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and +none shall make them afraid. + +34:29 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall +be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of +the heathen any more. + +34:30 Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and +that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord +GOD. + +34:31 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your +God, saith the Lord GOD. + +35:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 35:2 Son of +man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, 35:3 +And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am +against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I +will make thee most desolate. + +35:4 I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou +shalt know that I am the LORD. + +35:5 Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood +of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of +their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end: 35:6 +Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto +blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, +even blood shall pursue thee. + +35:7 Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it +him that passeth out and him that returneth. + +35:8 And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, +and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are +slain with the sword. + +35:9 I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not +return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. + +35:10 Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two +countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was +there: 35:11 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do +according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast +used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known +among them, when I have judged thee. + +35:12 And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard +all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of +Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume. + +35:13 Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have +multiplied your words against me: I have heard them. + +35:14 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will +make thee desolate. + +35:15 As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, +because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be +desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall +know that I am the LORD. + +36:1 Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and +say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD: 36:2 Thus +saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even +the ancient high places are ours in possession: 36:3 Therefore +prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you +desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a +possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the +lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people: 36:4 Therefore, ye +mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the +Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the +valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, +which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that +are round about; 36:5 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the +fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, +and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their +possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to +cast it out for a prey. + +36:6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto +the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in +my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen: 36:7 +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely +the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame. + +36:8 But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your +branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at +hand to come. + +36:9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall +be tilled and sown: 36:10 And I will multiply men upon you, all the +house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, +and the wastes shall be builded: 36:11 And I will multiply upon you +man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will +settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at +your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. + +36:12 Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; +and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and +thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men. + +36:13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land +devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations: 36:14 Therefore thou +shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith +the Lord GOD. + +36:15 Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the +heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people +any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith +the Lord GOD. + +36:16 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 36:17 Son of +man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it +by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the +uncleanness of a removed woman. + +36:18 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had +shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted +it: 36:19 And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were +dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according +to their doings I judged them. + +36:20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they +profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of +the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land. + +36:21 But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had +profaned among the heathen, whither they went. + +36:22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; +I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy +name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye +went. + +36:23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the +heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen +shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be +sanctified in you before their eyes. + +36:24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out +of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. + +36:25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be +clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I +cleanse you. + +36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put +within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, +and I will give you an heart of flesh. + +36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my +statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. + +36:28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and +ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. + +36:29 I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will +call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you. + +36:30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of +the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the +heathen. + +36:31 Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that +were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your +iniquities and for your abominations. + +36:32 Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known +unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of +Israel. + +36:33 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed +you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the +cities, and the wastes shall be builded. + +36:34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate +in the sight of all that passed by. + +36:35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like +the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are +become fenced, and are inhabited. + +36:36 Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I +the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I +the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it. + +36:37 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by +the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men +like a flock. + +36:38 As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn +feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and +they shall know that I am the LORD. + +37:1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the +spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which +was full of bones, 37:2 And caused me to pass by them round about: +and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they +were very dry. + +37:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I +answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. + +37:4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto +them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. + +37:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause +breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: 37:6 And I will lay +sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with +skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that +I am the LORD. + +37:7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there +was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone +to his bone. + +37:8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon +them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in +them. + +37:9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of +man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four +winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. + +37:10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into +them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great +army. + +37:11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole +house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope +is lost: we are cut off for our parts. + +37:12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; +Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up +out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. + +37:13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your +graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, 37:14 And +shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you +in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, +and performed it, saith the LORD. + +37:15 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 37:16 Moreover, +thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, +and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another +stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and for all +the house of Israel his companions: 37:17 And join them one to another +into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand. + +37:18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, +saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these? 37:19 Say +unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of +Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his +fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and +make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand. + +37:20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand +before their eyes. + +37:21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take +the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, +and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own +land: 37:22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the +mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they +shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two +kingdoms any more at all. + +37:23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, +nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their +transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, +wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my +people, and I will be their God. + +37:24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall +have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe +my statutes, and do them. + +37:25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my +servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell +therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children +for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever. + +37:26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be +an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply +them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. + +37:27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, +and they shall be my people. + +37:28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, +when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore. + +38:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 38:2 Son of man, +set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of +Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 38:3 And say, Thus saith +the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of +Meshech and Tubal: 38:4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into +thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and +horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great +company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: 38:5 +Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and +helmet: 38:6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the +north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. + +38:7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy +company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. + +38:8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou +shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is +gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which +have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, +and they shall dwell safely all of them. + +38:9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a +cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with +thee. + +38:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the +same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an +evil thought: 38:11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of +unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell +safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars +nor gates, 38:12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine +hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the +people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle +and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land. + +38:13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the +young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a +spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away +silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? +38:14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the +Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt +thou not know it? 38:15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the +north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon +horses, a great company, and a mighty army: 38:16 And thou shalt come +up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall +be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the +heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before +their eyes. + +38:17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in +old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in +those days many years that I would bring thee against them? 38:18 And +it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the +land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my +face. + +38:19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, +Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of +Israel; 38:20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the +heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that +creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the +earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown +down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to +the ground. + +38:21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my +mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his +brother. + +38:22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and +I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people +that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, +and brimstone. + +38:23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be +known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the +LORD. + +39:1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus +saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince +of Meshech and Tubal: 39:2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but +the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north +parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel: 39:3 And I +will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows +to fall out of thy right hand. + +39:4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy +bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the +ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be +devoured. + +39:5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith +the Lord GOD. + +39:6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell +carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD. + +39:7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people +Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the +heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. + +39:8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is +the day whereof I have spoken. + +39:9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and +shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the +bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, +and they shall burn them with fire seven years: 39:10 So that they +shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the +forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall +spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith +the Lord GOD. + +39:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog +a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the +east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and +there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call +it The valley of Hamongog. + +39:12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, +that they may cleanse the land. + +39:13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be +to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord +GOD. + +39:14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing +through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon +the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months +shall they search. + +39:15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a +man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have +buried it in the valley of Hamongog. + +39:16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they +cleanse the land. + +39:17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every +feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, +and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do +sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of +Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. + +39:18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the +princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, +all of them fatlings of Bashan. + +39:19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be +drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. + +39:20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, +with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD. + +39:21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen +shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have +laid upon them. + +39:22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God +from that day and forward. + +39:23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into +captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, +therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of +their enemies: so fell they all by the sword. + +39:24 According to their uncleanness and according to their +transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them. + +39:25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the +captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and +will be jealous for my holy name; 39:26 After that they have borne +their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed +against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them +afraid. + +39:27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered +them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the +sight of many nations; 39:28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD +their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the +heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left +none of them any more there. + +39:29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have +poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. + +40:1 In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning +of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year +after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the +LORD was upon me, and brought me thither. + +40:2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and +set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city +on the south. + +40:3 And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose +appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in +his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate. + +40:4 And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and +hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew +thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou +brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel. + +40:5 And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in +the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an +hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; +and the height, one reed. + +40:6 Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and +went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, +which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which +was one reed broad. + +40:7 And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; +and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of +the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed. + +40:8 He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed. + +40:9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the +posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward. + +40:10 And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this +side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the +posts had one measure on this side and on that side. + +40:11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten +cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. + +40:12 The space also before the little chambers was one cubit on this +side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the little +chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side. + +40:13 He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to +the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door +against door. + +40:14 He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of +the court round about the gate. + +40:15 And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of +the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits. + +40:16 And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to +their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: +and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm +trees. + +40:17 Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were +chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty +chambers were upon the pavement. + +40:18 And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the +length of the gates was the lower pavement. + +40:19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower +gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits +eastward and northward. + +40:20 And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, +he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof. + +40:21 And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and +three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were +after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty +cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. + +40:22 And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were +after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they +went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before +them. + +40:23 And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward +the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an +hundred cubits. + +40:24 After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate +toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches +thereof according to these measures. + +40:25 And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round +about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the +breadth five and twenty cubits. + +40:26 And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches +thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and +another on that side, upon the posts thereof. + +40:27 And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he +measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits. + +40:28 And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he +measured the south gate according to these measures; 40:29 And the +little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches +thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and +in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five +and twenty cubits broad. + +40:30 And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and +five cubits broad. + +40:31 And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm +trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight +steps. + +40:32 And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he +measured the gate according to these measures. + +40:33 And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the +arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were +windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty +cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad. + +40:34 And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm +trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and +the going up to it had eight steps. + +40:35 And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according +to these measures; 40:36 The little chambers thereof, the posts +thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: +the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. + +40:37 And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm +trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and +the going up to it had eight steps. + +40:38 And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of +the gates, where they washed the burnt offering. + +40:39 And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and +two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the +sin offering and the trespass offering. + +40:40 And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the +north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the +porch of the gate, were two tables. + +40:41 Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by +the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their +sacrifices. + +40:42 And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, +of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one +cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they +slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice. + +40:43 And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and +upon the tables was the flesh of the offering. + +40:44 And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in +the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their +prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having +the prospect toward the north. + +40:45 And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the +south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house. + +40:46 And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the +priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of +Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister +unto him. + +40:47 So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred +cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house. + +40:48 And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each +post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that +side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and +three cubits on that side. + +40:49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth +eleven cubits, and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to +it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another +on that side. + +41:1 Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, +six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other +side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle. + +41:2 And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the +door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other +side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the +breadth, twenty cubits. + +41:3 Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two +cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven +cubits. + +41:4 So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the +breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This +is the most holy place. + +41:5 After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the +breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on +every side. + +41:6 And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in +order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the +side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not +hold in the wall of the house. + +41:7 And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to +the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still +upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was +still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest +by the midst. + +41:8 I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations +of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits. + +41:9 The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber +without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the +side chambers that were within. + +41:10 And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round +about the house on every side. + +41:11 And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that +was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the +south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits +round about. + +41:12 Now the building that was before the separate place at the end +toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building +was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety +cubits. + +41:13 So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the +separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred +cubits long; 41:14 Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of +the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits. + +41:15 And he measured the length of the building over against the +separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the +one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner +temple, and the porches of the court; 41:16 The door posts, and the +narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, +over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the +ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered; 41:17 To that +above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the +wall round about within and without, by measure. + +41:18 And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm +tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two +faces; 41:19 So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the +one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the +other side: it was made through all the house round about. + +41:20 From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm +trees made, and on the wall of the temple. + +41:21 The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the +sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other. + +41:22 The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof +two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the +walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table +that is before the LORD. + +41:23 And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors. + +41:24 And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two +leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door. + +41:25 And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, +cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there +were thick planks upon the face of the porch without. + +41:26 And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and +on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side +chambers of the house, and thick planks. + +42:1 Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the +north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the +separate place, and which was before the building toward the north. + +42:2 Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and +the breadth was fifty cubits. + +42:3 Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, +and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was +gallery against gallery in three stories. + +42:4 And before the chambers was a walk to ten cubits breadth inward, +a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north. + +42:5 Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were +higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the +building. + +42:6 For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the +pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than +the lowest and the middlemost from the ground. + +42:7 And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward +the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof +was fifty cubits. + +42:8 For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was +fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits. + +42:9 And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as +one goeth into them from the utter court. + +42:10 The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court +toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the +building. + +42:11 And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers +which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: +and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and +according to their doors. + +42:12 And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the +south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before +the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them. + +42:13 Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, +which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the +priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: +there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and +the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy. + +42:14 When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of +the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their +garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on +other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the +people. + +42:15 Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he +brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, +and measured it round about. + +42:16 He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred +reeds, with the measuring reed round about. + +42:17 He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the +measuring reed round about. + +42:18 He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the +measuring reed. + +42:19 He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred +reeds with the measuring reed. + +42:20 He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, +five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation +between the sanctuary and the profane place. + +43:1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh +toward the east: 43:2 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came +from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many +waters: and the earth shined with his glory. + +43:3 And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, +even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the +city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river +Chebar; and I fell upon my face. + +43:4 And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the +gate whose prospect is toward the east. + +43:5 So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; +and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house. + +43:6 And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man +stood by me. + +43:7 And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the +place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the +children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of +Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their +whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places. + +43:8 In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their +post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even +defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: +wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. + +43:9 Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their +kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever. + +43:10 Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that +they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the +pattern. + +43:11 And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the +form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out +thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and +all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the +laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the +whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them. + +43:12 This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the +whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is +the law of the house. + +43:13 And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The +cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a +cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge +thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher +place of the altar. + +43:14 And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle +shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser +settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the +breadth one cubit. + +43:15 So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward +shall be four horns. + +43:16 And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square +in the four squares thereof. + +43:17 And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad +in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a +cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs +shall look toward the east. + +43:18 And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; These +are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to +offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon. + +43:19 And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the +seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the +Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering. + +43:20 And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four +horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the +border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it. + +43:21 Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he +shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the +sanctuary. + +43:22 And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats +without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, +as they did cleanse it with the bullock. + +43:23 When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a +young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without +blemish. + +43:24 And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall +cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering +unto the LORD. + +43:25 Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin +offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of +the flock, without blemish. + +43:26 Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they +shall consecrate themselves. + +43:27 And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the +eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt +offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept +you, saith the Lord GOD. + +44:1 Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward +sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut. + +44:2 Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not +be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God +of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut. + +44:3 It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread +before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, +and shall go out by the way of the same. + +44:4 Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: +and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of +the LORD: and I fell upon my face. + +44:5 And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with +thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee +concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the +laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every +going forth of the sanctuary. + +44:6 And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of +Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice +you of all your abominations, 44:7 In that ye have brought into my +sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in +flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye +offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my +covenant because of all your abominations. + +44:8 And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have +set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves. + +44:9 Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor +uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger +that is among the children of Israel. + +44:10 And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went +astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall +even bear their iniquity. + +44:11 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at +the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay +the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall +stand before them to minister unto them. + +44:12 Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused +the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up +mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their +iniquity. + +44:13 And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a +priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most +holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations +which they have committed. + +44:14 But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all +the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein. + +44:15 But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the +charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from +me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall +stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord +GOD: 44:16 They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come +near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge. + +44:17 And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates +of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no +wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the +inner court, and within. + +44:18 They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have +linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with +any thing that causeth sweat. + +44:19 And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter +court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they +ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on +other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their +garments. + +44:20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to +grow long; they shall only poll their heads. + +44:21 Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the +inner court. + +44:22 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is +put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of +Israel, or a widow that had a priest before. + +44:23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy +and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the +clean. + +44:24 And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall +judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my +statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths. + +44:25 And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but +for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, +or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves. + +44:26 And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days. + +44:27 And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner +court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, +saith the Lord GOD. + +44:28 And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their +inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am +their possession. + +44:29 They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the +trespass offering: and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be +theirs. + +44:30 And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every +oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the +priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, +that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house. + +44:31 The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, +or torn, whether it be fowl or beast. + +45:1 Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, +ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: +the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and +the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the +borders thereof round about. + +45:2 Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, +with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits +round about for the suburbs thereof. + +45:3 And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and +twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be +the sanctuary and the most holy place. + +45:4 The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the +ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the +LORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for +the sanctuary. + +45:5 And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand +of breadth shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have +for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers. + +45:6 And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand +broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of +the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel. + +45:7 And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the +other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession +of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the +possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east +side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the +portions, from the west border unto the east border. + +45:8 In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes +shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they +give to the house of Israel according to their tribes. + +45:9 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: +remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away +your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD. + +45:10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. + +45:11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath +may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part +of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. + +45:12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and +twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. + +45:13 This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an +ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an +ephah of an homer of barley: 45:14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, +the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the +cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer: 45:15 +And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat +pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and +for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord +GOD. + +45:16 All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the +prince in Israel. + +45:17 And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and +meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new +moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: +he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the +burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for +the house of Israel. + +45:18 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day of +the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and +cleanse the sanctuary: 45:19 And the priest shall take of the blood of +the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the +four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the +gate of the inner court. + +45:20 And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one +that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the +house. + +45:21 In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall +have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be +eaten. + +45:22 And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for +all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering. + +45:23 And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to +the LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the +seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering. + +45:24 And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, +and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah. + +45:25 In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall +he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin +offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat +offering, and according to the oil. + +46:1 Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh +toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath +it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened. + +46:2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate +without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests +shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall +worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the +gate shall not be shut until the evening. + +46:3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this +gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons. + +46:4 And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD +in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram +without blemish. + +46:5 And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat +offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil +to an ephah. + +46:6 And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock +without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without +blemish. + +46:7 And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and +an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall +attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah. + +46:8 And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the +porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof. + +46:9 But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the +solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to +worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that +entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the +north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came +in, but shall go forth over against it. + +46:10 And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go +in; and when they go forth, shall go forth. + +46:11 And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall +be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as +he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah. + +46:12 Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or +peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open him the +gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt +offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then +he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate. + +46:13 Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the LORD of a +lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every +morning. + +46:14 And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the +sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper +with the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual +ordinance unto the LORD. + +46:15 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and the +oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering. + +46:16 Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any of +his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be +their possession by inheritance. + +46:17 But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, +then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to +the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them. + +46:18 Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance +by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall +give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be +not scattered every man from his possession. + +46:19 After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of +the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward +the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward. + +46:20 Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall +boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake +the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, +to sanctify the people. + +46:21 Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to +pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of +the court there was a court. + +46:22 In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of +forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one +measure. + +46:23 And there was a row of building round about in them, round about +them four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows round +about. + +46:24 Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, +where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the +people. + +47:1 Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, +behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house +eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and +the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at +the south side of the altar. + +47:2 Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led +me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh +eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side. + +47:3 And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth +eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the +waters; the waters were to the ankles. + +47:4 Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; +the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and +brought me through; the waters were to the loins. + +47:5 Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could +not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river +that could not be passed over. + +47:6 And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he +brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river. + +47:7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were +very many trees on the one side and on the other. + +47:8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east +country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being +brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. + +47:9 And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which +moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there +shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall +come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live +whither the river cometh. + +47:10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it +from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth +nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the +great sea, exceeding many. + +47:11 But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not +be healed; they shall be given to salt. + +47:12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that +side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, +neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new +fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of +the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf +thereof for medicine. + +47:13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye +shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: +Joseph shall have two portions. + +47:14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the +which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this +land shall fall unto you for inheritance. + +47:15 And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, +from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad; 47:16 +Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and +the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran. + +47:17 And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of +Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this +is the north side. + +47:18 And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from +Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from +the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side. + +47:19 And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of +strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south +side southward. + +47:20 The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till +a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side. + +47:21 So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of +Israel. + +47:22 And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an +inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, +which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as +born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have +inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. + +47:23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger +sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord +GOD. + +48:1 Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the +coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the +border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are +his sides east and west; a portion for Dan. + +48:2 And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, +a portion for Asher. + +48:3 And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west +side, a portion for Naphtali. + +48:4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west +side, a portion for Manasseh. + +48:5 And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west +side, a portion for Ephraim. + +48:6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the +west side, a portion for Reuben. + +48:7 And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west +side, a portion for Judah. + +48:8 And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west +side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty +thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, +from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in +the midst of it. + +48:9 The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five +and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth. + +48:10 And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; +toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the +west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in +breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and +the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof. + +48:11 It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of +Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the +children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray. + +48:12 And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them +a thing most holy by the border of the Levites. + +48:13 And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall +have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: +all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten +thousand. + +48:14 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate +the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD. + +48:15 And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against +the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, +for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst +thereof. + +48:16 And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four +thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five +hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the +west side four thousand and five hundred. + +48:17 And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two +hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and +toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred +and fifty. + +48:18 And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy +portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and +it shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the +increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city. + +48:19 And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the +tribes of Israel. + +48:20 All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and +twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the +possession of the city. + +48:21 And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on +the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, +over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the +east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand +toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and +it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be +in the midst thereof. + +48:22 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the +possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the +prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, +shall be for the prince. + +48:23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west +side, Benjamin shall have a portion. + +48:24 And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west +side, Simeon shall have a portion. + +48:25 And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west +side, Issachar a portion. + +48:26 And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west +side, Zebulun a portion. + +48:27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west +side, Gad a portion. + +48:28 And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the +border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, +and to the river toward the great sea. + +48:29 This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of +Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord +GOD. + +48:30 And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four +thousand and five hundred measures. + +48:31 And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes +of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of +Judah, one gate of Levi. + +48:32 And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three +gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan. + +48:33 And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: +and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of +Zebulun. + +48:34 At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their +three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali. + +48:35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of +the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there. + + + + +The Book of Daniel + + +1:1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came +Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. + +1:2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part +of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of +Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the +treasure house of his god. + +1:3 And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that +he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's +seed, and of the princes; 1:4 Children in whom was no blemish, but +well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, +and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in +the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the +tongue of the Chaldeans. + +1:5 And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, +and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that +at the end thereof they might stand before the king. + +1:6 Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, +Mishael, and Azariah: 1:7 Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave +names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to +Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of +Abednego. + +1:8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself +with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: +therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not +defile himself. + +1:9 Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the +prince of the eunuchs. + +1:10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord +the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should +he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your +sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king. + +1:11 Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had +set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, 1:12 Prove thy +servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, +and water to drink. + +1:13 Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the +countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's +meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants. + +1:14 So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. + +1:15 And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and +fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the +king's meat. + +1:16 Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine +that they should drink; and gave them pulse. + +1:17 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in +all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions +and dreams. + +1:18 Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring +them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before +Nebuchadnezzar. + +1:19 And the king communed with them; and among them all was found +none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they +before the king. + +1:20 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king +enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the +magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm. + +1:21 And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus. + +2:1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar +Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and +his sleep brake from him. + +2:2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the +astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the +king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. + +2:3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit +was troubled to know the dream. + +2:4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for +ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the +interpretation. + +2:5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone +from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the +interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses +shall be made a dunghill. + +2:6 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall +receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me +the dream, and the interpretation thereof. + +2:7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the +dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it. + +2:8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain +the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. + +2:9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one +decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak +before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and +I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof. + +2:10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a +man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is +no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or +astrologer, or Chaldean. + +2:11 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none +other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose +dwelling is not with flesh. + +2:12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded +to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. + +2:13 And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and +they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain. + +2:14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the +captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men +of Babylon: 2:15 He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, +Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing +known to Daniel. + +2:16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give +him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation. + +2:17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to +Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: 2:18 That they would +desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that +Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men +of Babylon. + +2:19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then +Daniel blessed the God of heaven. + +2:20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and +ever: for wisdom and might are his: 2:21 And he changeth the times and +the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom +unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: 2:22 He +revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the +darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. + +2:23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast +given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we +desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's +matter. + +2:24 Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained +to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; +Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and +I will shew unto the king the interpretation. + +2:25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said +thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will +make known unto the king the interpretation. + +2:26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was +Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I +have seen, and the interpretation thereof? 2:27 Daniel answered in +the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath +demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the +soothsayers, shew unto the king; 2:28 But there is a God in heaven +that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar +what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy +head upon thy bed, are these; 2:29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts +came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: +and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to +pass. + +2:30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom +that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make +known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the +thoughts of thy heart. + +2:31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, +whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form +thereof was terrible. + +2:32 This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of +silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, 2:33 His legs of iron, his +feet part of iron and part of clay. + +2:34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which +smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake +them to pieces. + +2:35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, +broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer +threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was +found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great +mountain, and filled the whole earth. + +2:36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof +before the king. + +2:37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath +given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. + +2:38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the +field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and +hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. + +2:39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and +another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the +earth. + +2:40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron +breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh +all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. + +2:41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, +and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in +it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron +mixed with miry clay. + +2:42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, +so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. + +2:43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall +mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one +to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. + +2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a +kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be +left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all +these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. + +2:45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the +mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the +brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made +known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is +certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. + +2:46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped +Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet +odours unto him. + +2:47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that +your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of +secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret. + +2:48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great +gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and +chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. + +2:49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, +and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel +sat in the gate of the king. + +3:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was +threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in +the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. + +3:2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, +the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the +counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to +come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had +set up. + +3:3 Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the +treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the +provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image +that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the +image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. + +3:4 Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, +nations, and languages, 3:5 That at what time ye hear the sound of the +cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of +musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar +the king hath set up: 3:6 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth +shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. + +3:7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the +cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all +the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped +the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. + +3:8 Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused +the Jews. + +3:9 They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for +ever. + +3:10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear +the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, +and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image: +3:11 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be +cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. + +3:12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the +province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O +king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the +golden image which thou hast set up. + +3:13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring +Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before +the king. + +3:14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, +Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden +image which I have set up? 3:15 Now if ye be ready that at what time +ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and +dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image +which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the +same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that +God that shall deliver you out of my hands? 3:16 Shadrach, Meshach, +and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are +not careful to answer thee in this matter. + +3:17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the +burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O +king. + +3:18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve +thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. + +3:19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage +was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he +spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times +more than it was wont to be heated. + +3:20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to +bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the +burning fiery furnace. + +3:21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their +hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the +burning fiery furnace. + +3:22 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the +furnace exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew those men that took +up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. + +3:23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down +bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. + +3:24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, +and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men +bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the +king, True, O king. + +3:25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the +midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth +is like the Son of God. + +3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery +furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye +servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then +Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire. + +3:27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's +counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies +the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither +were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. + +3:28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of +Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and +delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the +king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor +worship any god, except their own God. + +3:29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and +language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, +Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall +be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver +after this sort. + +3:30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the +province of Babylon. + +4:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, +that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. + +4:2 I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God +hath wrought toward me. + +4:3 How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his +kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation +to generation. + +4:4 I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my +palace: 4:5 I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon +my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. + +4:6 Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon +before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of +the dream. + +4:7 Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and +the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not +make known unto me the interpretation thereof. + +4:8 But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was +Belteshazzar, according to the name of my God, and in whom is the +spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying, 4:9 +O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the +spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell +me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation +thereof. + +4:10 Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a +tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great. + +4:11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached +unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth: 4:12 +The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it +was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the +fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed +of it. + +4:13 I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a +watcher and an holy one came down from heaven; 4:14 He cried aloud, +and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off +his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under +it, and the fowls from his branches: 4:15 Nevertheless leave the stump +of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the +tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, +and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth: 4:16 +Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given +unto him; and let seven times pass over him. + +4:17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by +the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that +the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to +whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. + +4:18 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O +Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the +wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the +interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is +in thee. + +4:19 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one +hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, +Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, +trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to +them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies. + +4:20 The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose +height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the +earth; 4:21 Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in +it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and +upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation: 4:22 +It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy +greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the +end of the earth. + +4:23 And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down +from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave +the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron +and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with +the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the +field, till seven times pass over him; 4:24 This is the +interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which +is come upon my lord the king: 4:25 That they shall drive thee from +men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they +shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the +dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know +that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to +whomsoever he will. + +4:26 And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; +thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known +that the heavens do rule. + +4:27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and +break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing +mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. + +4:28 All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. + +4:29 At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the +kingdom of Babylon. + +4:30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have +built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for +the honour of my majesty? 4:31 While the word was in the king's +mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, +to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee. + +4:32 And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be +with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as +oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the +most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he +will. + +4:33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he +was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet +with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' +feathers, and his nails like birds' claws. + +4:34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes +unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed +the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, +whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from +generation to generation: 4:35 And all the inhabitants of the earth +are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army +of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay +his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? 4:36 At the same time my +reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour +and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords +sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent +majesty was added unto me. + +4:37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of +heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those +that walk in pride he is able to abase. + +5:1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, +and drank wine before the thousand. + +5:2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the +golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken +out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his +princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. + +5:3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the +temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and +his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. + +5:4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of +brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. + +5:5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote +over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the +king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. + +5:6 Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled +him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote +one against another. + +5:7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, +and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of +Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the +interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a +chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the +kingdom. + +5:8 Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the +writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof. + +5:9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was +changed in him, and his lords were astonied. + +5:10 Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords +came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, +live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy +countenance be changed: 5:11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is +the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and +understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in +him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy +father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and +soothsayers; 5:12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and +understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, +and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king +named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the +interpretation. + +5:13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake +and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children +of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of +Jewry? 5:14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is +in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is +found in thee. + +5:15 And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in +before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me +the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation +of the thing: 5:16 And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make +interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the +writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt +be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and +shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom. + +5:17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be +to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the +writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation. + +5:18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a +kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: 5:19 And for the majesty +that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and +feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept +alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down. + +5:20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, +he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from +him: 5:21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was +made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they +fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of +heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of +men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. + +5:22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, +though thou knewest all this; 5:23 But hast lifted up thyself against +the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house +before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, +have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and +gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor +know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy +ways, hast thou not glorified: 5:24 Then was the part of the hand sent +from him; and this writing was written. + +5:25 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, +UPHARSIN. + +5:26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered +thy kingdom, and finished it. + +5:27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. + +5:28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and +Persians. + +5:29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, +and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation +concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. + +5:30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. + +5:31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore +and two years old. + +6:1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty +princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; 6:2 And over these +three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might +give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage. + +6:3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, +because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set +him over the whole realm. + +6:4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against +Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor +fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or +fault found in him. + +6:5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this +Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. + +6:6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, +and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. + +6:7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, +the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to +establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever +shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, +O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. + +6:8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it +be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which +altereth not. + +6:9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. + +6:10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into +his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, +he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave +thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. + +6:11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making +supplication before his God. + +6:12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the +king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that +shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of +thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered +and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and +Persians, which altereth not. + +6:13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which +is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O +king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition +three times a day. + +6:14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased +with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he +laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him. + +6:15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, +Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no +decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed. + +6:16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him +into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy +God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. + +6:17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and +the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his +lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel. + +6:18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: +neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep +went from him. + +6:19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste +unto the den of lions. + +6:20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice +unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant +of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to +deliver thee from the lions? 6:21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O +king, live for ever. + +6:22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that +they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in +me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. + +6:23 Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that +they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out +of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he +believed in his God. + +6:24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had +accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their +children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and +brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the +den. + +6:25 Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, +that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. + +6:26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble +and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and +stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, +and his dominion shall be even unto the end. + +6:27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in +heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the +lions. + +6:28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign +of Cyrus the Persian. + +7:1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream +and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and +told the sum of the matters. + +7:2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, +the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. + +7:3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from +another. + +7:4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till +the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, +and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to +it. + +7:5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised +up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it +between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour +much flesh. + +7:6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had +upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four +heads; and dominion was given to it. + +7:7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, +dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron +teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with +the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were +before it; and it had ten horns. + +7:8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them +another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns +plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the +eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. + +7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days +did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head +like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his +wheels as burning fire. + +7:10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand +thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand +stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. + +7:11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the +horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body +destroyed, and given to the burning flame. + +7:12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion +taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. + +7:13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man +came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and +they brought him near before him. + +7:14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that +all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is +an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom +that which shall not be destroyed. + +7:15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and +the visions of my head troubled me. + +7:16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the +truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation +of the things. + +7:17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall +arise out of the earth. + +7:18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and +possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. + +7:19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was +diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of +iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and +stamped the residue with his feet; 7:20 And of the ten horns that were +in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three +fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very +great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. + +7:21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and +prevailed against them; 7:22 Until the Ancient of days came, and +judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came +that the saints possessed the kingdom. + +7:23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon +earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the +whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. + +7:24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall +arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from +the first, and he shall subdue three kings. + +7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall +wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and +laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and +the dividing of time. + +7:26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his +dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. + +7:27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom +under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of +the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all +dominions shall serve and obey him. + +7:28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my +cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I +kept the matter in my heart. + +8:1 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision +appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto +me at the first. + +8:2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was +at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw +in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai. + +8:3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood +before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were +high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. + +8:4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so +that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that +could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and +became great. + +8:5 And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on +the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat +had a notable horn between his eyes. + +8:6 And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen +standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. + +8:7 And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with +choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and +there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him +down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that +could deliver the ram out of his hand. + +8:8 Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, +the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward +the four winds of heaven. + +8:9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed +exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the +pleasant land. + +8:10 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down +some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon +them. + +8:11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by +him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of the sanctuary +was cast down. + +8:12 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason +of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it +practised, and prospered. + +8:13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that +certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the +daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the +sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? 8:14 And he said +unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the +sanctuary be cleansed. + +8:15 And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, +and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the +appearance of a man. + +8:16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which +called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision. + +8:17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, +and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: +for at the time of the end shall be the vision. + +8:18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face +toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright. + +8:19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the +last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall +be. + +8:20 The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media +and Persia. + +8:21 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that +is between his eyes is the first king. + +8:22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four +kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. + +8:23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors +are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding +dark sentences, shall stand up. + +8:24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he +shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall +destroy the mighty and the holy people. + +8:25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in +his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace +shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of +princes; but he shall be broken without hand. + +8:26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is +true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many +days. + +8:27 And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose +up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, +but none understood it. + +9:1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of +the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; 9:2 In +the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of +the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, +that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of +Jerusalem. + +9:3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and +supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: 9:4 And I +prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, +the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them +that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; 9:5 We have +sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have +rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: +9:6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which +spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to +all the people of the land. + +9:7 O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion +of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants +of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far +off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because +of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. + +9:8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our +princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. + +9:9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we +have rebelled against him; 9:10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of +the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his +servants the prophets. + +9:11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, +that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon +us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of +God, because we have sinned against him. + +9:12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and +against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: +for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon +Jerusalem. + +9:13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon +us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might +turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth. + +9:14 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it +upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he +doeth: for we obeyed not his voice. + +9:15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out +of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, +as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. + +9:16 O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let +thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy +holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our +fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that +are about us. + +9:17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his +supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is +desolate, for the Lord's sake. + +9:18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and +behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for +we do not present our supplications before thee for our +righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. + +9:19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, +for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called +by thy name. + +9:20 And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and +the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the +LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God; 9:21 Yea, whiles I was +speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the +vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about +the time of the evening oblation. + +9:22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am +now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. + +9:23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, +and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore +understand the matter, and consider the vision. + +9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy +city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to +make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting +righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint +the most Holy. + +9:25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the +commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the +Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street +shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. + +9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but +not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall +destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with +a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. + +9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in +the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to +cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it +desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be +poured upon the desolate. + +10:1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed +unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was +true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, +and had understanding of the vision. + +10:2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. + +10:3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, +neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were +fulfilled. + +10:4 And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by +the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel; 10:5 Then I lifted up +mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, +whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz: 10:6 His body also +was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and +his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to +polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a +multitude. + +10:7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me +saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they +fled to hide themselves. + +10:8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there +remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into +corruption, and I retained no strength. + +10:9 Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of +his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward +the ground. + +10:10 And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and +upon the palms of my hands. + +10:11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand +the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am +I now sent. + +And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling. + +10:12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day +that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself +before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. + +10:13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and +twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help +me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. + +10:14 Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy +people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days. + +10:15 And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward +the ground, and I became dumb. + +10:16 And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched +my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that +stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon +me, and I have retained no strength. + +10:17 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? +for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither +is there breath left in me. + +10:18 Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of +a man, and he strengthened me, 10:19 And said, O man greatly beloved, +fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he +had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; +for thou hast strengthened me. + +10:20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now +will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone +forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. + +10:21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of +truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but +Michael your prince. + +11:1 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to +confirm and to strengthen him. + +11:2 And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up +yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than +they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all +against the realm of Grecia. + +11:3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great +dominion, and do according to his will. + +11:4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and +shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his +posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his +kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those. + +11:5 And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his +princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his +dominion shall be a great dominion. + +11:6 And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for +the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north +to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; +neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and +they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened +her in these times. + +11:7 But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his +estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the +fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and +shall prevail: 11:8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt their +gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver +and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the +north. + +11:9 So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall +return into his own land. + +11:10 But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude +of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass +through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his +fortress. + +11:11 And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall +come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he +shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given +into his hand. + +11:12 And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be +lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not +be strengthened by it. + +11:13 For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a +multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after +certain years with a great army and with much riches. + +11:14 And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of +the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to +establish the vision; but they shall fall. + +11:15 So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and +take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not +withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any +strength to withstand. + +11:16 But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own +will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the +glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed. + +11:17 He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his +whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he +shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall +not stand on his side, neither be for him. + +11:18 After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take +many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered +by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn +upon him. + +11:19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but +he shall stumble and fall, and not be found. + +11:20 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory +of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in +anger, nor in battle. + +11:21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they +shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in +peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. + +11:22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before +him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant. + +11:23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: +for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people. + +11:24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the +province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor +his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, +and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong +holds, even for a time. + +11:25 And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king +of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be +stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall +not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him. + +11:26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy +him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain. + +11:27 And both of these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and +they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet +the end shall be at the time appointed. + +11:28 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his +heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, +and return to his own land. + +11:29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the +south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter. + +11:30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he +shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy +covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence +with them that forsake the holy covenant. + +11:31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the +sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and +they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. + +11:32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by +flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and +do exploits. + +11:33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: +yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by +spoil, many days. + +11:34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little +help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries. + +11:35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and +to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because +it is yet for a time appointed. + +11:36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt +himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak +marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the +indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be +done. + +11:37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire +of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. + +11:38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god +whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and +with precious stones, and pleasant things. + +11:39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, +whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause +them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain. + +11:40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at +him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a +whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and +he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. + +11:41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries +shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even +Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. + +11:42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the +land of Egypt shall not escape. + +11:43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of +silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and +the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. + +11:44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble +him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and +utterly to make away many. + +11:45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the +seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and +none shall help him. + +12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which +standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of +trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same +time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that +shall be found written in the book. + +12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, +some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. + +12:3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the +firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for +ever and ever. + +12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to +the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be +increased. + +12:5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one +on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of +the bank of the river. + +12:6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the +waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? +12:7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters +of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto +heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a +time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to +scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be +finished. + +12:8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what +shall be the end of these things? 12:9 And he said, Go thy way, +Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the +end. + +12:10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the +wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but +the wise shall understand. + +12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, +and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a +thousand two hundred and ninety days. + +12:12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three +hundred and five and thirty days. + +12:13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, +and stand in thy lot at the end of the days. + + + + +Hosea + + +1:1 The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in +the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in +the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. + +1:2 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said +to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of +whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from +the LORD. + +1:3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which +conceived, and bare him a son. + +1:4 And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a +little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of +Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. + +1:5 And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow +of Israel, in the valley of Jezreel. + +1:6 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto +him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the +house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. + +1:7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them +by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, +nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen. + +1:8 Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son. + +1:9 Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and +I will not be your God. + +1:10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of +the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to +pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my +people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the +living God. + +1:11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be +gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall +come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel. + +2:1 Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah. + +2:2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am +I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her +sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts; 2:3 Lest I strip +her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her +as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with +thirst. + +2:4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the +children of whoredoms. + +2:5 For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them +hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that +give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my +drink. + +2:6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a +wall, that she shall not find her paths. + +2:7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake +them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she +say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better +with me than now. + +2:8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and +multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. + +2:9 Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time +thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool +and my flax given to cover her nakedness. + +2:10 And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, +and none shall deliver her out of mine hand. + +2:11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new +moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts. + +2:12 And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath +said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will +make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them. + +2:13 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned +incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her +jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD. + +2:14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the +wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. + +2:15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of +Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of +her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of +Egypt. + +2:16 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call +me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali. + +2:17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and +they shall no more be remembered by their name. + +2:18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts +of the field and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping +things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the +battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely. + +2:19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth +thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, +and in mercies. + +2:20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt +know the LORD. + +2:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the +LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; 2:22 And +the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they +shall hear Jezreel. + +2:23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy +upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which +were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art +my God. + +3:1 Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her +friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward +the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of +wine. + +3:2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an +homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: 3:3 And I said unto her, +Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and +thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee. + +3:4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, +and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, +and without an ephod, and without teraphim: 3:5 Afterward shall the +children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David +their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter +days. + +4:1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD +hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is +no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. + +4:2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing +adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. + +4:3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth +therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the +fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. + +4:4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as +they that strive with the priest. + +4:5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall +fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother. + +4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast +rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no +priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will +also forget thy children. + +4:7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will +I change their glory into shame. + +4:8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on +their iniquity. + +4:9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish +them for their ways, and reward them their doings. + +4:10 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit +whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take +heed to the LORD. + +4:11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. + +4:12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth +unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and +they have gone a whoring from under their God. + +4:13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense +upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow +thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and +your spouses shall commit adultery. + +4:14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor +your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated +with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people +that doth not understand shall fall. + +4:15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; +and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, +The LORD liveth. + +4:16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD +will feed them as a lamb in a large place. + +4:17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. + +4:18 Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: +her rulers with shame do love, Give ye. + +4:19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be +ashamed because of their sacrifices. + +5:1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give +ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye +have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. + +5:2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have +been a rebuker of them all. + +5:3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, +thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. + +5:4 They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the +spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known +the LORD. + +5:5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall +Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with +them. + +5:6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the +LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from +them. + +5:7 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have +begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their +portions. + +5:8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud +at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin. + +5:9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes +of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be. + +5:10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: +therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. + +5:11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly +walked after the commandment. + +5:12 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of +Judah as rottenness. + +5:13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went +Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal +you, nor cure you of your wound. + +5:14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the +house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, +and none shall rescue him. + +5:15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their +offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me +early. + +6:1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he +will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. + +6:2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise +us up, and we shall live in his sight. + +6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going +forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the +rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. + +6:4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do +unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early +dew it goeth away. + +6:5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by +the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth +forth. + +6:6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God +more than burnt offerings. + +6:7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they +dealt treacherously against me. + +6:8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with +blood. + +6:9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests +murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. + +6:10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is +the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled. + +6:11 Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned +the captivity of my people. + +7:1 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was +discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; +and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without. + +7:2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their +wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are +before my face. + +7:3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes +with their lies. + +7:4 They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who +ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be +leavened. + +7:5 In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles +of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. + +7:6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie +in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth +as a flaming fire. + +7:7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all +their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me. + +7:8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake +not turned. + +7:9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, +gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not. + +7:10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not +return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this. + +7:11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to +Egypt, they go to Assyria. + +7:12 When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring +them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their +congregation hath heard. + +7:13 Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! +because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed +them, yet they have spoken lies against me. + +7:14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they +howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, +and they rebel against me. + +7:15 Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they +imagine mischief against me. + +7:16 They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful +bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their +tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. + +8:1 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against +the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and +trespassed against my law. + +8:2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. + +8:3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall +pursue him. + +8:4 They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and +I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them +idols, that they may be cut off. + +8:5 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled +against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? 8:6 +For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not +God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. + +8:7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it +hath no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the +strangers shall swallow it up. + +8:8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a +vessel wherein is no pleasure. + +8:9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: +Ephraim hath hired lovers. + +8:10 Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather +them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of +princes. + +8:11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be +unto him to sin. + +8:12 I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were +counted as a strange thing. + +8:13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and +eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their +iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt. + +8:14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and +Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his +cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. + +9:1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast +gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every +cornfloor. + +9:2 The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine +shall fail in her. + +9:3 They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return +to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. + +9:4 They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall +they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the +bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their +bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD. + +9:5 What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of +the LORD? 9:6 For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt +shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for +their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their +tabernacles. + +9:7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; +Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, +for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred. + +9:8 The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a +snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God. + +9:9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: +therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins. + +9:10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers +as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to +Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their +abominations were according as they loved. + +9:11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the +birth, and from the womb, and from the conception. + +9:12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, +that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I +depart from them! 9:13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a +pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the +murderer. + +9:14 Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying +womb and dry breasts. + +9:15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for +the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I +will love them no more: all their princes are revolters. + +9:16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no +fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved +fruit of their womb. + +9:17 My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto +him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations. + +10:1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: +according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; +according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images. + +10:2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall +break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. + +10:3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not +the LORD; what then should a king do to us? 10:4 They have spoken +words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth +up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. + +10:5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of +Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests +thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is +departed from it. + +10:6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king +Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his +own counsel. + +10:7 As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water. + +10:8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be +destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; +and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall +on us. + +10:9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they +stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not +overtake them. + +10:10 It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people +shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in +their two furrows. + +10:11 And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread +out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make +Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods. + +10:12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your +fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain +righteousness upon you. + +10:13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have +eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the +multitude of thy mighty men. + +10:14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy +fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day +of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children. + +10:15 So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in +a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off. + +11:1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out +of Egypt. + +11:2 As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto +Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. + +11:3 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they +knew not that I healed them. + +11:4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to +them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat +unto them. + +11:5 He shall not return into the land of Egypt, and the Assyrian +shall be his king, because they refused to return. + +11:6 And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his +branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels. + +11:7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called +them to the most High, none at all would exalt him. + +11:8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, +Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as +Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled +together. + +11:9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not +return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in +the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city. + +11:10 They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when +he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west. + +11:11 They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of +the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the +LORD. + +11:12 Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel +with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the +saints. + +12:1 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he +daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with +the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. + +12:2 The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish +Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he +recompense him. + +12:3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength +he had power with God: 12:4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and +prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in +Bethel, and there he spake with us; 12:5 Even the LORD God of hosts; +the LORD is his memorial. + +12:6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment and wait +on thy God continually. + +12:7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he +loveth to oppress. + +12:8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out +substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that +were sin. + +12:9 And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet +make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast. + +12:10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied +visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. + +12:11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they +sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the +furrows of the fields. + +12:12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for +a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. + +12:13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a +prophet was he preserved. + +12:14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he +leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his LORD return unto +him. + +13:1 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but +when he offended in Baal, he died. + +13:2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images +of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all +of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that +sacrifice kiss the calves. + +13:3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew +that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out +of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney. + +13:4 Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt +know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me. + +13:5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. + +13:6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were +filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me. + +13:7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way +will I observe them: 13:8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved +of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I +devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them. + +13:9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. + +13:10 I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all +thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and +princes? 13:11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in +my wrath. + +13:12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid. + +13:13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an +unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking +forth of children. + +13:14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem +them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be +thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. + +13:15 Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall +come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his +spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall +spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels. + +13:16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her +God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in +pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. + +14:1 O israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by +thine iniquity. + +14:2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take +away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the +calves of our lips. + +14:3 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither +will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in +thee the fatherless findeth mercy. + +14:4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine +anger is turned away from him. + +14:5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and +cast forth his roots as Lebanon. + +14:6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive +tree, and his smell as Lebanon. + +14:7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive +as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the +wine of Lebanon. + +14:8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have +heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is +thy fruit found. + +14:9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and +he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just +shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein. + + + + +Joel + + +1:1 The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. + +1:2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. + +Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? 1:3 +Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their +children, and their children another generation. + +1:4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and +that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that +which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten. + +1:5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, +because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. + +1:6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, +whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a +great lion. + +1:7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made +it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white. + +1:8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her +youth. + +1:9 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house +of the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn. + +1:10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: +the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. + +1:11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the +wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is +perished. + +1:12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the +pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the +trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from +the sons of men. + +1:13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of +the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: +for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the +house of your God. + +1:14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and +all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, +and cry unto the LORD, 1:15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD +is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. + +1:16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness +from the house of our God? 1:17 The seed is rotten under their clods, +the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn +is withered. + +1:18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, +because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made +desolate. + +1:19 O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the +pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of +the field. + +1:20 The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of +waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the +wilderness. + +2:1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy +mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of +the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; 2:2 A day of darkness and of +gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning +spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not +been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the +years of many generations. + +2:3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the +land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate +wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. + +2:4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as +horsemen, so shall they run. + +2:5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they +leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as +a strong people set in battle array. + +2:6 Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall +gather blackness. + +2:7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men +of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not +break their ranks: 2:8 Neither shall one thrust another; they shall +walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they +shall not be wounded. + +2:9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the +wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the +windows like a thief. + +2:10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the +sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their +shining: 2:11 And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for +his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for +the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it? +2:12 Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all +your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: +2:13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the +LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of +great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. + +2:14 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing +behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD +your God? 2:15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a +solemn assembly: 2:16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, +assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the +breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out +of her closet. + +2:17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the +porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and +give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over +them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? +2:18 Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. + +2:19 Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will +send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: +and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen: 2:20 But I +will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him +into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, +and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come +up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great +things. + +2:21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great +things. + +2:22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the +wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and +the vine do yield their strength. + +2:23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your +God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will +cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter +rain in the first month. + +2:24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall +overflow with wine and oil. + +2:25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, +the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army +which I sent among you. + +2:26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name +of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my +people shall never be ashamed. + +2:27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am +the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be +ashamed. + +2:28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my +spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall +prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see +visions: 2:29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in +those days will I pour out my spirit. + +2:30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, +and fire, and pillars of smoke. + +2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, +before the great and terrible day of the LORD come. + +2:32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name +of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem +shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom +the LORD shall call. + +3:1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring +again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 3:2 I will also gather all +nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and +will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, +whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. + +3:3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an +harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. + +3:4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all +the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye +recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon +your own head; 3:5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and +have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: 3:6 The +children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto +the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. + +3:7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold +them, and will return your recompence upon your own head: 3:8 And I +will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children +of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far +off: for the LORD hath spoken it. + +3:9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the +mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: 3:10 +Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: +let the weak say, I am strong. + +3:11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather +yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come +down, O LORD. + +3:12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of +Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round +about. + +3:13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you +down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness +is great. + +3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of +the LORD is near in the valley of decision. + +3:15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall +withdraw their shining. + +3:16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from +Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD +will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of +Israel. + +3:17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my +holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no +strangers pass through her any more. + +3:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall +drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the +rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come +forth out of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of +Shittim. + +3:19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate +wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because +they have shed innocent blood in their land. + +3:20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to +generation. + +3:21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the +LORD dwelleth in Zion. + + + + +Amos + + +1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he +saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the +days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the +earthquake. + +1:2 And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice +from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and +the top of Carmel shall wither. + +1:3 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for +four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have +threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron: 1:4 But I will +send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces +of Benhadad. + +1:5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant +from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the +house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto +Kir, saith the LORD. + +1:6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for +four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they +carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom: +1:7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the +palaces thereof: 1:8 And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, +and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine +hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, +saith the Lord GOD. + +1:9 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for +four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they +delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the +brotherly covenant: 1:10 But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, +which shall devour the palaces thereof. + +1:11 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for +four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did +pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his +anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever: 1:12 But I +will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. + +1:13 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of +Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; +because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they +might enlarge their border: 1:14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall +of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in +the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: 1:15 +And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, +saith the LORD. + +2:1 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for +four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned +the bones of the king of Edom into lime: 2:2 But I will send a fire +upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall +die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: 2:3 +And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all +the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD. + +2:4 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for +four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have +despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and +their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have +walked: 2:5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the +palaces of Jerusalem. + +2:6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for +four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold +the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; 2:7 That +pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn +aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto +the same maid, to profane my holy name: 2:8 And they lay themselves +down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the +wine of the condemned in the house of their god. + +2:9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the +height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed +his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. + +2:10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty +years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. + +2:11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men +for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the +LORD. + +2:12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the +prophets, saying, Prophesy not. + +2:13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full +of sheaves. + +2:14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong +shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver +himself: 2:15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he +that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that +rideth the horse deliver himself. + +2:16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked +in that day, saith the LORD. + +3:1 Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children +of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land +of Egypt, saying, 3:2 You only have I known of all the families of the +earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. + +3:3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed? 3:4 Will a lion +roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of +his den, if he have taken nothing? 3:5 Can a bird fall in a snare +upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare +from the earth, and have taken nothing at all? 3:6 Shall a trumpet be +blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil +in a city, and the LORD hath not done it? 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD +will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the +prophets. + +3:8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, +who can but prophesy? 3:9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in +the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon +the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst +thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof. + +3:10 For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up +violence and robbery in their palaces. + +3:11 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be +even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from +thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled. + +3:12 Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of +the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of +Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and +in Damascus in a couch. + +3:13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, +the God of hosts, 3:14 That in the day that I shall visit the +transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of +Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the +ground. + +3:15 And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the +houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, +saith the LORD. + +4:1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of +Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to +their masters, Bring, and let us drink. + +4:2 The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall +come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your +posterity with fishhooks. + +4:3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is +before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD. + +4:4 Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; +and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three +years: 4:5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and +proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye +children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. + +4:6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, +and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto +me, saith the LORD. + +4:7 And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet +three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, +and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained +upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered. + +4:8 So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but +they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the +LORD. + +4:9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and +your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the +palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the +LORD. + +4:10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: +your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your +horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your +nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. + +4:11 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and +Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet +have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. + +4:12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will +do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. + +4:13 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, +and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning +darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, +The God of hosts, is his name. + +5:1 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, +O house of Israel. + +5:2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is +forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up. + +5:3 For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand +shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall +leave ten, to the house of Israel. + +5:4 For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and +ye shall live: 5:5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and +pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and +Bethel shall come to nought. + +5:6 Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in +the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in +Bethel. + +5:7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in +the earth, 5:8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and +turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark +with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them +out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: 5:9 That +strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled +shall come against the fortress. + +5:10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that +speaketh uprightly. + +5:11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye +take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, +but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, +but ye shall not drink wine of them. + +5:12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: +they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor +in the gate from their right. + +5:13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is +an evil time. + +5:14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the +God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. + +5:15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the +gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the +remnant of Joseph. + +5:16 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus; +Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the +highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, +and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing. + +5:17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through +thee, saith the LORD. + +5:18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it +for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. + +5:19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went +into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit +him. + +5:20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even +very dark, and no brightness in it? 5:21 I hate, I despise your feast +days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. + +5:22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I +will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of +your fat beasts. + +5:23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not +hear the melody of thy viols. + +5:24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a +mighty stream. + +5:25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the +wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? 5:26 But ye have borne the +tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, +which ye made to yourselves. + +5:27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, +saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts. + +6:1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of +Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of +Israel came! 6:2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye +to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they +better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border? +6:3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence +to come near; 6:4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves +upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves +out of the midst of the stall; 6:5 That chant to the sound of the +viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; 6:6 +That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief +ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. + +6:7 Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go +captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be +removed. + +6:8 The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of +hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: +therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. + +6:9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, +that they shall die. + +6:10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to +bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is +by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall +say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make +mention of the name of the LORD. + +6:11 For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great +house with breaches, and the little house with clefts. + +6:12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? +for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness +into hemlock: 6:13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, +Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? 6:14 But, behold, +I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the +LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in +of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness. + +7:1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed +grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; +and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings. + +7:2 And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the +grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: +by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. + +7:3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD. + +7:4 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD +called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat +up a part. + +7:5 Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall +Jacob arise? for he is small. + +7:6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord +GOD. + +7:7 Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the LORD stood upon a wall made by +a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. + +7:8 And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A +plumbline. Then said the LORD, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the +midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more: 7:9 +And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of +Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of +Jeroboam with the sword. + +7:10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of +Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the +house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. + +7:11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel +shall surely be led away captive out of their own land. + +7:12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into +the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: 7:13 But +prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, +and it is the king's court. + +7:14 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, +neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of +sycomore fruit: 7:15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and +the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. + +7:16 Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, +Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house +of Isaac. + +7:17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the +city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy +land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: +and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land. + +8:1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of +summer fruit. + +8:2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer +fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of +Israel; I will not again pass by them any more. + +8:3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith +the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they +shall cast them forth with silence. + +8:4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor +of the land to fail, 8:5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that +we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making +the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by +deceit? 8:6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a +pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat? 8:7 The LORD +hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any +of their works. + +8:8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that +dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall +be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. + +8:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I +will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in +the clear day: 8:10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all +your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all +loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the +mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day. + +8:11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a +famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but +of hearing the words of the LORD: 8:12 And they shall wander from sea +to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro +to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it. + +8:13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for +thirst. + +8:14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, +liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and +never rise up again. + +9:1 I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the +lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the +head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he +that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them +shall not be delivered. + +9:2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; +though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: 9:3 And +though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and +take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the +bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall +bite them: 9:4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, +thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will +set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. + +9:5 And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it +shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise +up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of +Egypt. + +9:6 It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded +his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and +poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name. + +9:7 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of +Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land +of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir? +9:8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and +I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will +not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD. + +9:9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among +all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the +least grain fall upon the earth. + +9:10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, +The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us. + +9:11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is +fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his +ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: 9:12 That they may +possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called +by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this. + +9:13 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall +overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; +and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. + +9:14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and +they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall +plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make +gardens, and eat the fruit of them. + +9:15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be +pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD +thy God. + + + + +Obadiah + + +1:1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; +We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among +the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. + +1:2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly +despised. + +1:3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in +the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his +heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? 1:4 Though thou exalt +thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, +thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD. + +1:5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut +off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the +grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes? 1:6 +How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things +sought up! 1:7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even +to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived +thee, and prevailed against thee; that they eat thy bread have laid a +wound under thee: there is none understanding in him. + +1:8 Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men +out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? 1:9 And thy +mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of +the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. + +1:10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover +thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. + +1:11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that +the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered +into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of +them. + +1:12 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in +the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have +rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; +neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. + +1:13 Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the +day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their +affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their +substance in the day of their calamity; 1:14 Neither shouldest thou +have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; +neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain +in the day of distress. + +1:15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou +hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon +thine own head. + +1:16 For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the +heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall +swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been. + +1:17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be +holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. + +1:18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a +flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in +them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the +house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it. + +1:19 And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they +of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of +Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. + +1:20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall +possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity +of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the +south. + +1:21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of +Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD's. + + + + +Jonah + + +1:1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, +saying, 1:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; +for their wickedness is come up before me. + +1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the +LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: +so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them +unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. + +1:4 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a +mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. + +1:5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, +and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to +lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the +ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. + +1:6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest +thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will +think upon us, that we perish not. + +1:7 And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, +that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast +lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. + +1:8 Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause +this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest +thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou? 1:9 And he +said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of +heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land. + +1:10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him. Why hast +thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the +LORD, because he had told them. + +1:11 Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea +may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous. + +1:12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the +sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake +this great tempest is upon you. + +1:13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they +could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them. + +1:14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O +LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay +not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased +thee. + +1:15 So they look up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the +sea ceased from her raging. + +1:16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice +unto the LORD, and made vows. + +1:17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And +Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. + +2:1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly, +2:2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and +he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my +voice. + +2:3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; +and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves +passed over me. + +2:4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again +toward thy holy temple. + +2:5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed +me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. + +2:6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her +bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from +corruption, O LORD my God. + +2:7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my +prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. + +2:8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. + +2:9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I +will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD. + +2:10 And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon +the dry land. + +3:1 And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, +3:2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the +preaching that I bid thee. + +3:3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of +the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' +journey. + +3:4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he +cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. + +3:5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and +put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. + +3:6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his +throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, +and sat in ashes. + +3:7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by +the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor +beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink +water: 3:8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry +mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and +from the violence that is in their hands. + +3:9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his +fierce anger, that we perish not? 3:10 And God saw their works, that +they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he +had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. + +4:1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. + +4:2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was +not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled +before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and +merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of +the evil. + +4:3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for +it is better for me to die than to live. + +4:4 Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? 4:5 So Jonah +went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there +made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see +what would become of the city. + +4:6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over +Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from +his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. + +4:7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it +smote the gourd that it withered. + +4:8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a +vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he +fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me +to die than to live. + +4:9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? +And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death. + +4:10 Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the +which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in +a night, and perished in a night: 4:11 And should not I spare Nineveh, +that great city, wherein are more then sixscore thousand persons that +cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also +much cattle? + + + + +Micah + + +1:1 The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the +days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw +concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. + +1:2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: +and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the LORD from his holy +temple. + +1:3 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come +down, and tread upon the high places of the earth. + +1:4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall +be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured +down a steep place. + +1:5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of +the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not +Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not +Jerusalem? 1:6 Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, +and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones +thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof. + +1:7 And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and +all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols +thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an +harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot. + +1:8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I +will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls. + +1:9 For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come +unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. + +1:10 Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of +Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. + +1:11 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: +the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; +he shall receive of you his standing. + +1:12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil +came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem. + +1:13 O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift +beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for +the transgressions of Israel were found in thee. + +1:14 Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses +of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel. + +1:15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he +shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel. + +1:16 Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge +thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee. + +2:1 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! +when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the +power of their hand. + +2:2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and +take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and +his heritage. + +2:3 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I +devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither +shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil. + +2:4 In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament +with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath +changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! +turning away he hath divided our fields. + +2:5 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in +the congregation of the LORD. + +2:6 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not +prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame. + +2:7 O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the +LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him +that walketh uprightly? 2:8 Even of late my people is risen up as an +enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by +securely as men averse from war. + +2:9 The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant +houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever. + +2:10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is +polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction. + +2:11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I +will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be +the prophet of this people. + +2:12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely +gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of +Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great +noise by reason of the multitude of men. + +2:13 The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have +passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall +pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them. + +3:1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of +the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment? 3:2 Who hate +the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, +and their flesh from off their bones; 3:3 Who also eat the flesh of my +people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, +and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the +caldron. + +3:4 Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he +will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved +themselves ill in their doings. + +3:5 Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people +err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth +not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him. + +3:6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a +vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and +the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark +over them. + +3:7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, +they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God. + +3:8 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of +judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and +to Israel his sin. + +3:9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes +of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. + +3:10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. + +3:11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach +for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they +lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can +come upon us. + +3:12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and +Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the +high places of the forest. + +4:1 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of +the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the +mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall +flow unto it. + +4:2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to +the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he +will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law +shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. + +4:3 And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations +afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their +spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against +nation, neither shall they learn war any more. + +4:4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig +tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of +hosts hath spoken it. + +4:5 For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we +will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever. + +4:6 In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and +I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted; +4:7 And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast +far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount +Zion from henceforth, even for ever. + +4:8 And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of +Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom +shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. + +4:9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy +counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail. + +4:10 Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a +woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and +thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; +there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from +the hand of thine enemies. + +4:11 Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let +her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion. + +4:12 But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand +they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the +floor. + +4:13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn +iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces +many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their +substance unto the Lord of the whole earth. + +5:1 Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid +siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon +the cheek. + +5:2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the +thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that +is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, +from everlasting. + +5:3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which +travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall +return unto the children of Israel. + +5:4 And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the +majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now +shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. + +5:5 And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into +our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise +against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. + +5:6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the +land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from +the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth +within our borders. + +5:7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a +dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not +for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. + +5:8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst +of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young +lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth +down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. + +5:9 Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all +thine enemies shall be cut off. + +5:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I +will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy +thy chariots: 5:11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and +throw down all thy strong holds: 5:12 And I will cut off witchcrafts +out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers: 5:13 Thy +graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the +midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands. + +5:14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will +I destroy thy cities. + +5:15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, +such as they have not heard. + +6:1 Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the +mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. + +6:2 Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD's controversy, and ye strong +foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his +people, and he will plead with Israel. + +6:3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I +wearied thee? testify against me. + +6:4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee +out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and +Miriam. + +6:5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and +what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; +that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD. + +6:6 Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the +high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of +a year old? 6:7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or +with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my +transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 6:8 He +hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require +of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with +thy God? 6:9 The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of +wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. + +6:10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the +wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? 6:11 Shall I count +them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful +weights? 6:12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the +inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in +their mouth. + +6:13 Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making +thee desolate because of thy sins. + +6:14 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall +be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not +deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword. + +6:15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the +olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but +shalt not drink wine. + +6:16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house +of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a +desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall +bear the reproach of my people. + +7:1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, +as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my +soul desired the firstripe fruit. + +7:2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none +upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man +his brother with a net. + +7:3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince +asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he +uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. + +7:4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a +thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now +shall be their perplexity. + +7:5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep +the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. + +7:6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up +against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a +man's enemies are the men of his own house. + +7:7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my +salvation: my God will hear me. + +7:8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; +when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me. + +7:9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned +against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he +will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his +righteousness. + +7:10 Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover +her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall +behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. + +7:11 In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the +decree be far removed. + +7:12 In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and +from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, +and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain. + +7:13 Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that +dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. + +7:14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which +dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in +Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. + +7:15 According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will +I shew unto him marvellous things. + +7:16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they +shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf. + +7:17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of +their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD +our God, and shall fear because of thee. + +7:18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth +by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not +his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. + +7:19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will +subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the +depths of the sea. + +7:20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, +which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. + + + + +Nahum + + +1:1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. + +1:2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is +furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he +reserveth wrath for his enemies. + +1:3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all +acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the +storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. + +1:4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the +rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon +languisheth. + +1:5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is +burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. + +1:6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the +fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the +rocks are thrown down by him. + +1:7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he +knoweth them that trust in him. + +1:8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the +place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. + +1:9 What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: +affliction shall not rise up the second time. + +1:10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are +drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. + +1:11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the +LORD, a wicked counsellor. + +1:12 Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet +thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have +afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. + +1:13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy +bonds in sunder. + +1:14 And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no +more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off +the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou +art vile. + +1:15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good +tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, +perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he +is utterly cut off. + +2:1 He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the +munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power +mightily. + +2:2 For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the +excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and +marred their vine branches. + +2:3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in +scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his +preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken. + +2:4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one +against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they +shall run like the lightnings. + +2:5 He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; +they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be +prepared. + +2:6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be +dissolved. + +2:7 And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and +her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon +their breasts. + +2:8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee +away. + +Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back. + +2:9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is +none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture. + +2:10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the +knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of +them all gather blackness. + +2:11 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the +young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's +whelp, and none made them afraid? 2:12 The lion did tear in pieces +enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his +holes with prey, and his dens with ravin. + +2:13 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will +burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young +lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of +thy messengers shall no more be heard. + +3:1 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the +prey departeth not; 3:2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the +rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping +chariots. + +3:3 The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering +spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of +carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon +their corpses: 3:4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the +wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations +through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. + +3:5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will +discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy +nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. + +3:6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, +and will set thee as a gazingstock. + +3:7 And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall +flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? +whence shall I seek comforters for thee? 3:8 Art thou better than +populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters +round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the +sea? 3:9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; +Put and Lubim were thy helpers. + +3:10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young +children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and +they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were +bound in chains. + +3:11 Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt +seek strength because of the enemy. + +3:12 All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe +figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the +eater. + +3:13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of +thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall +devour thy bars. + +3:14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into +clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln. + +3:15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, +it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the +cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts. + +3:16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the +cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away. + +3:17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great +grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the +sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they +are. + +3:18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell +in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man +gathereth them. + +3:19 There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all +that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon +whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually? + + + + +Habakkuk + + +1:1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. + +1:2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out +unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! 1:3 Why dost thou shew +me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and +violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and +contention. + +1:4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: +for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong +judgment proceedeth. + +1:5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: +for I will work a work in your days which ye will not believe, though +it be told you. + +1:6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, +which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the +dwellingplaces that are not their's. + +1:7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity +shall proceed of themselves. + +1:8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more +fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread +themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as +the eagle that hasteth to eat. + +1:9 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the +east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. + +1:10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a +scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall +heap dust, and take it. + +1:11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, +imputing this his power unto his god. + +1:12 Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we +shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O +mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. + +1:13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on +iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, +and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more +righteous than he? 1:14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as +the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? 1:15 They take up +all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather +them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. + +1:16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto +their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat +plenteous. + +1:17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually +to slay the nations? 2:1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon +the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I +shall answer when I am reproved. + +2:2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it +plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. + +2:3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it +shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it +will surely come, it will not tarry. + +2:4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the +just shall live by his faith. + +2:5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, +neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as +death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, +and heapeth unto him all people: 2:6 Shall not all these take up a +parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe +to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him +that ladeth himself with thick clay! 2:7 Shall they not rise up +suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou +shalt be for booties unto them? 2:8 Because thou hast spoiled many +nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of +men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all +that dwell therein. + +2:9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that +he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power +of evil! 2:10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off +many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. + +2:11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the +timber shall answer it. + +2:12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a +city by iniquity! 2:13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that +the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary +themselves for very vanity? 2:14 For the earth shall be filled with +the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. + +2:15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy +bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on +their nakedness! 2:16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink +thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD's +right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on +thy glory. + +2:17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of +beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the +violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. + +2:18 What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath +graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of +his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? 2:19 Woe unto him that +saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! +Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath +at all in the midst of it. + +2:20 But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep +silence before him. + +3:1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. + +3:2 O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive +thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make +known; in wrath remember mercy. + +3:3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His +glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. + +3:4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of +his hand: and there was the hiding of his power. + +3:5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at +his feet. + +3:6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the +nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual +hills did bow: his ways are everlasting. + +3:7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the +land of Midian did tremble. + +3:8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger +against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst +ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation? 3:9 Thy bow was +made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. +Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. + +3:10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the +water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands +on high. + +3:11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of +thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear. + +3:12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst +thresh the heathen in anger. + +3:13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for +salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the +house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. +Selah. + +3:14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his +villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing +was as to devour the poor secretly. + +3:15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the +heap of great waters. + +3:16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: +rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I +might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, +he will invade them with his troops. + +3:17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be +in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall +yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there +shall be no herd in the stalls: 3:18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I +will joy in the God of my salvation. + +3:19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' +feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief +singer on my stringed instruments. + + + + +Zephaniah + + +1:1 The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, +the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the +days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. + +1:2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the +LORD. + +1:3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the +heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the +wicked: and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD. + +1:4 I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the +inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from +this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; 1:5 And +them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that +worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; 1:6 And +them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not +sought the LORD, nor enquired for him. + +1:7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the +LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid +his guests. + +1:8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD's sacrifice, that +I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as +are clothed with strange apparel. + +1:9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the +threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit. + +1:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there +shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from +the second, and a great crashing from the hills. + +1:11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are +cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off. + +1:12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search +Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their +lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will +he do evil. + +1:13 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a +desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and +they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof. + +1:14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth +greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall +cry there bitterly. + +1:15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day +of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day +of clouds and thick darkness, 1:16 A day of the trumpet and alarm +against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. + +1:17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like +blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood +shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. + +1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them +in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured +by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance +of all them that dwell in the land. + +2:1 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not +desired; 2:2 Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the +chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the +day of the LORD's anger come upon you. + +2:3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his +judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid +in the day of the LORD's anger. + +2:4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall +drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. + +2:5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the +Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land +of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no +inhabitant. + +2:6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, +and folds for flocks. + +2:7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they +shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in +the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away +their captivity. + +2:8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the +children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and +magnified themselves against their border. + +2:9 Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, +Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, +even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual +desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant +of my people shall possess them. + +2:10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have +reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of +hosts. + +2:11 The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the +gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his +place, even all the isles of the heathen. + +2:12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. + +2:13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy +Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a +wilderness. + +2:14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of +the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the +upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation +shall be in the thresholds; for he shall uncover the cedar work. + +2:15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in +her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a +desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth +by her shall hiss, and wag his hand. + +3:1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! +3:2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted +not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God. + +3:3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening +wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. + +3:4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have +polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. + +3:5 The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: +every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but +the unjust knoweth no shame. + +3:6 I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made +their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, +so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant. + +3:7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; +so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: +but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings. + +3:8 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I +rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, +that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, +even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the +fire of my jealousy. + +3:9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may +all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. + +3:10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the +daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. + +3:11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein +thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of +the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no +more be haughty because of my holy mountain. + +3:12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor +people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD. + +3:13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; +neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they +shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. + +3:14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice +with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. + +3:15 The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine +enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: +thou shalt not see evil any more. + +3:16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to +Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. + +3:17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he +will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy +over thee with singing. + +3:18 I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, +who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. + +3:19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I +will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I +will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put +to shame. + +3:20 At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I +gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people +of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, +saith the LORD. + + + + +Haggai + + +1:1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the +first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the +prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and +to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, 1:2 Thus +speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not +come, the time that the LORD's house should be built. + +1:3 Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, 1:4 +Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this +house lie waste? 1:5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; +Consider your ways. + +1:6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not +enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but +there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it +into a bag with holes. + +1:7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. + +1:8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I +will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD. + +1:9 Ye looked for much, and, lo it came to little; and when ye brought +it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of +mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. + +1:10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth +is stayed from her fruit. + +1:11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, +and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon +that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, +and upon all the labour of the hands. + +1:12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of +Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed +the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, +as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the +LORD. + +1:13 Then spake Haggai the LORD's messenger in the LORD's message unto +the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD. + +1:14 And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of +Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of +Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the +people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, +their God, 1:15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in +the second year of Darius the king. + +2:1 In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, +came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying, 2:2 Speak now +to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua +the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the +people, saying, 2:3 Who is left among you that saw this house in her +first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in +comparison of it as nothing? 2:4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, +saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high +priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and +work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts: 2:5 According to the +word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my +spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not. + +2:6 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, +and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry +land; 2:7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations +shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of +hosts. + +2:8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. + +2:9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the +former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, +saith the LORD of hosts. + +2:10 In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second +year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, +saying, 2:11 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests +concerning the law, saying, 2:12 If one bear holy flesh in the skirt +of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or +wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered +and said, No. + +2:13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any +of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It +shall be unclean. + +2:14 Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this +nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; +and that which they offer there is unclean. + +2:15 And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from +before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD: 2:16 +Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, +there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out +fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty. + +2:17 I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all +the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD. + +2:18 Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and +twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the +foundation of the LORD's temple was laid, consider it. + +2:19 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig +tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: +from this day will I bless you. + +2:20 And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and +twentieth day of the month, saying, 2:21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor +of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; 2:22 And I +will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength +of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and +those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come +down, every one by the sword of his brother. + +2:23 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O +Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will +make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts. + + + + +Zechariah + + +1:1 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word +of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the +prophet, saying, 1:2 The LORD hath been sore displeased with your +fathers. + +1:3 Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn +ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith +the LORD of hosts. + +1:4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have +cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your +evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor +hearken unto me, saith the LORD. + +1:5 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for +ever? 1:6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants +the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they +returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, +according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt +with us. + +1:7 Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is +the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the +LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the +prophet, saying, 1:8 I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a +red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the +bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white. + +1:9 Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked +with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be. + +1:10 And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, +These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the +earth. + +1:11 And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the +myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, +and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest. + +1:12 Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, +how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of +Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and +ten years? 1:13 And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me +with good words and comfortable words. + +1:14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, +saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and +for Zion with a great jealousy. + +1:15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: +for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the +affliction. + +1:16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with +mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a +line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. + +1:17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through +prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort +Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. + +1:18 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. + +1:19 And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And +he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, +Israel, and Jerusalem. + +1:20 And the LORD shewed me four carpenters. + +1:21 Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These +are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up +his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of +the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to +scatter it. + +2:1 I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a +measuring line in his hand. + +2:2 Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure +Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length +thereof. + +2:3 And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another +angel went out to meet him, 2:4 And said unto him, Run, speak to this +young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls +for the multitude of men and cattle therein: 2:5 For I, saith the +LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the +glory in the midst of her. + +2:6 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the +LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, +saith the LORD. + +2:7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of +Babylon. + +2:8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me +unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth +the apple of his eye. + +2:9 For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a +spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath +sent me. + +2:10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will +dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. + +2:11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and +shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou +shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee. + +2:12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, +and shall choose Jerusalem again. + +2:13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out +of his holy habitation. + +3:1 And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel +of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. + +3:2 And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even +the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand +plucked out of the fire? 3:3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy +garments, and stood before the angel. + +3:4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, +saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, +Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will +clothe thee with change of raiment. + +3:5 And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a +fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel +of the LORD stood by. + +3:6 And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying, 3:7 Thus +saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou +wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt +also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these +that stand by. + +3:8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit +before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring +forth my servant the BRANCH. + +3:9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one +stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, +saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land +in one day. + +3:10 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his +neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree. + +4:1 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a +man that is wakened out of his sleep. + +4:2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and +behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and +his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are +upon the top thereof: 4:3 And two olive trees by it, one upon the +right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. + +4:4 So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, +What are these, my lord? 4:5 Then the angel that talked with me +answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, +No, my lord. + +4:6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of +the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by +my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. + +4:7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt +become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with +shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it. + +4:8 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 4:9 The hands +of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall +also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent +me unto you. + +4:10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall +rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with +those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro +through the whole earth. + +4:11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive +trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side +thereof? 4:12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these +two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden +oil out of themselves? 4:13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou +not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. + +4:14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the +LORD of the whole earth. + +5:1 Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a +flying roll. + +5:2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a +flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth +thereof ten cubits. + +5:3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the +face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off +as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be +cut off as on that side according to it. + +5:4 I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter +into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth +falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and +shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof. + +5:5 Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, +Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth. + +5:6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth +forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the +earth. + +5:7 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a +woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. + +5:8 And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of +the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. + +5:9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came +out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings +like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the +earth and the heaven. + +5:10 Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these +bear the ephah? 5:11 And he said unto me, To build it an house in the +land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her +own base. + +6:1 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, +there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the +mountains were mountains of brass. + +6:2 In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot +black horses; 6:3 And in the third chariot white horses; and in the +fourth chariot grisled and bay horses. + +6:4 Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What +are these, my lord? 6:5 And the angel answered and said unto me, +These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from +standing before the LORD of all the earth. + +6:6 The black horses which are therein go forth into the north +country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth +toward the south country. + +6:7 And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to +and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro +through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth. + +6:8 Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these +that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north +country. + +6:9 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 6:10 Take of them +of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which +are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the +house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah; 6:11 Then take silver and gold, +and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of +Josedech, the high priest; 6:12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus +speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The +BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the +temple of the LORD: 6:13 Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; +and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; +and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace +shall be between them both. + +6:14 And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, +and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the +LORD. + +6:15 And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of +the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto +you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice +of the LORD your God. + +7:1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the +word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth +month, even in Chisleu; 7:2 When they had sent unto the house of God +Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD, 7:3 +And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of +hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, +separating myself, as I have done these so many years? 7:4 Then came +the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying, 7:5 Speak unto all the +people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and +mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did +ye at all fast unto me, even to me? 7:6 And when ye did eat, and when +ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? +7:7 Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the +former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and +the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and +the plain? 7:8 And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying, +7:9 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, +and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: 7:10 And +oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; +and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. + +7:11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and +stopped their ears, that they should not hear. + +7:12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should +hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his +spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the +LORD of hosts. + +7:13 Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would +not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of +hosts: 7:14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the +nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, +that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant +land desolate. + +8:1 Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, 8:2 Thus +saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, +and I was jealous for her with great fury. + +8:3 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in +the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; +and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain. + +8:4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old +women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff +in his hand for very age. + +8:5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls +playing in the streets thereof. + +8:6 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of +the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous +in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts. + +8:7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from +the east country, and from the west country; 8:8 And I will bring +them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall +be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness. + +8:9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that +hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which +were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts +was laid, that the temple might be built. + +8:10 For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for +beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in +because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his +neighbour. + +8:11 But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the +former days, saith the LORD of hosts. + +8:12 For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, +and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give +their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all +these things. + +8:13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the +heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, +and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong. + +8:14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, +when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I +repented not: 8:15 So again have I thought in these days to do well +unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not. + +8:16 These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the +truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in +your gates: 8:17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts +against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are +things that I hate, saith the LORD. + +8:18 And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, 8:19 Thus +saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of +the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, +shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; +therefore love the truth and peace. + +8:20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that +there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: 8:21 And +the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go +speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I +will go also. + +8:22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD +of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. + +8:23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to +pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the +nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, +saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you. + +9:1 The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and +Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all +the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD. + +9:2 And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it +be very wise. + +9:3 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as +the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. + +9:4 Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her power in +the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. + +9:5 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be +very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and +the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. + +9:6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride +of the Philistines. + +9:7 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his +abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, +shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and +Ekron as a Jebusite. + +9:8 And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of +him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no +oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with +mine eyes. + +9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of +Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having +salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of +an ass. + +9:10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from +Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak +peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to +sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth. + +9:11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth +thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. + +9:12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do +I declare that I will render double unto thee; 9:13 When I have bent +Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O +Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a +mighty man. + +9:14 And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go +forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and +shall go with whirlwinds of the south. + +9:15 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and +subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as +through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners +of the altar. + +9:16 And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock +of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up +as an ensign upon his land. + +9:17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn +shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids. + +10:1 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the +LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every +one grass in the field. + +10:2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a +lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they +went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no +shepherd. + +10:3 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the +goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of +Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle. + +10:4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him +the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together. + +10:5 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies +in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, +because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be +confounded. + +10:6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the +house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have +mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: +for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them. + +10:7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart +shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and +be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD. + +10:8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: +and they shall increase as they have increased. + +10:9 And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me +in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn +again. + +10:10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and +gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of +Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them. + +10:11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall +smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry +up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of +Egypt shall depart away. + +10:12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up +and down in his name, saith the LORD. + +11:1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. + +11:2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are +spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is +come down. + +11:3 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory +is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of +Jordan is spoiled. + +11:4 Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; 11:5 +Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they +that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own +shepherds pity them not. + +11:6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the +LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's +hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, +and out of their hand I will not deliver them. + +11:7 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the +flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the +other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. + +11:8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed +them, and their soul also abhorred me. + +11:9 Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; +and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest +eat every one the flesh of another. + +11:10 And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I +might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. + +11:11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that +waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD. + +11:12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if +not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. + +11:13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly +price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of +silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD. + +11:14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might +break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. + +11:15 And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of +a foolish shepherd. + +11:16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not +visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor +heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he +shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces. + +11:17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall +be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried +up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened. + +12:1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, +which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the +earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. + +12:2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the +people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah +and against Jerusalem. + +12:3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all +people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, +though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. + +12:4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with +astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes +upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with +blindness. + +12:5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The +inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts +their God. + +12:6 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of +fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they +shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the +left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in +Jerusalem. + +12:7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory +of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do +not magnify themselves against Judah. + +12:8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; +and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and +the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before +them. + +12:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to +destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. + +12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the +inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: +and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall +mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in +bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. + +12:11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the +mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. + +12:12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the +house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house +of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; 12:13 The family of the house +of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and +their wives apart; 12:14 All the families that remain, every family +apart, and their wives apart. + +13:1 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of +David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness. + +13:2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, +that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they +shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and +the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. + +13:3 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then +his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou +shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and +his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when +he prophesieth. + +13:4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be +ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither +shall they wear a rough garment to deceive: 13:5 But he shall say, I +am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle +from my youth. + +13:6 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? +Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of +my friends. + +13:7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is +my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep +shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. + +13:8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, +two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be +left therein. + +13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine +them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they +shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my +people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God. + +14:1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be +divided in the midst of thee. + +14:2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and +the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women +ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the +residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. + +14:3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as +when he fought in the day of battle. + +14:4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, +which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall +cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and +there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall +remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. + +14:5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley +of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye +fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: +and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. + +14:6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not +be clear, nor dark: 14:7 But it shall be one day which shall be known +to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at +evening time it shall be light. + +14:8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from +Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward +the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. + +14:9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall +there be one LORD, and his name one. + +14:10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon +south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her +place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the +corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's +winepresses. + +14:11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter +destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited. + +14:12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all +the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall +consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall +consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in +their mouth. + +14:13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from +the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the +hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of +his neighbour. + +14:14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all +the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, +and apparel, in great abundance. + +14:15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the +camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these +tents, as this plague. + +14:16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all +the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to +year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of +tabernacles. + +14:17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families +of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, +even upon them shall be no rain. + +14:18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no +rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the +heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. + +14:19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all +nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. + +14:20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, +HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD's house shall be like +the bowls before the altar. + +14:21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto +the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of +them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the +Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts. + + + + +Malachi + + +1:1 The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. + +1:2 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou +loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved +Jacob, 1:3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage +waste for the dragons of the wilderness. + +1:4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and +build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall +build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of +wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for +ever. + +1:5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be +magnified from the border of Israel. + +1:6 A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be +a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my +fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my +name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? 1:7 Ye offer +polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted +thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. + +1:8 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye +offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy +governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith +the LORD of hosts. + +1:9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: +this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the +LORD of hosts. + +1:10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? +neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure +in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at +your hand. + +1:11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the +same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place +incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my +name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. + +1:12 But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is +polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. + +1:13 Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed +at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, +and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I +accept this of your hand? saith the LORD. + +1:14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and +voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a +great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the +heathen. + +2:1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. + +2:2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give +glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse +upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them +already, because ye do not lay it to heart. + +2:3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, +even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with +it. + +2:4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that +my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. + +2:5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him +for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name. + +2:6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in +his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many +away from iniquity. + +2:7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek +the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. + +2:8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble +at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of +hosts. + +2:9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all +the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been +partial in the law. + +2:10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do +we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the +covenant of our fathers? 2:11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an +abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath +profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the +daughter of a strange god. + +2:12 The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the +scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an +offering unto the LORD of hosts. + +2:13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with +tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth +not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your +hand. + +2:14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between +thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt +treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. + +2:15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. +And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take +heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife +of his youth. + +2:16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting +away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of +hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not +treacherously. + +2:17 Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein +have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in +the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God +of judgment? 3:1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall +prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly +come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye +delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. + +3:2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when +he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: +3:3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall +purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they +may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. + +3:4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto +the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years. + +3:5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift +witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against +false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his +wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger +from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts. + +3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are +not consumed. + +3:7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine +ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return +unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we +return? 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, +Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. + +3:9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole +nation. + +3:10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be +meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of +hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out +a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. + +3:11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not +destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her +fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts. + +3:12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a +delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts. + +3:13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye +say, What have we spoken so much against thee? 3:14 Ye have said, It +is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his +ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of +hosts? 3:15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work +wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered. + +3:16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and +the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was +written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought +upon his name. + +3:17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when +I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own +son that serveth him. + +3:18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the +wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not. + +4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all +the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the +day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it +shall leave them neither root nor branch. + +4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness +arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as +calves of the stall. + +4:3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under +the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD +of hosts. + +4:4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto +him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. + +4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of +the great and dreadful day of the LORD: 4:6 And he shall turn the +heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to +their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. + + +*** + + + + +The New Testament of the King James Bible + + + + +The Gospel According to Saint Matthew + + +1:1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the +son of Abraham. + +1:2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas +and his brethren; 1:3 And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and +Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; 1:4 And Aram begat Aminadab; +and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; 1:5 And Salmon +begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat +Jesse; 1:6 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat +Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias; 1:7 And Solomon begat +Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; 1:8 And Asa begat +Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; 1:9 And +Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; +1:10 And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon +begat Josias; 1:11 And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about +the time they were carried away to Babylon: 1:12 And after they were +brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat +Zorobabel; 1:13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; +and Eliakim begat Azor; 1:14 And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat +Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; 1:15 And Eliud begat Eleazar; and +Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; 1:16 And Jacob begat +Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called +Christ. + +1:17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen +generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are +fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto +Christ are fourteen generations. + +1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his +mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was +found with child of the Holy Ghost. + +1:19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to +make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. + +1:20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the +LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, +fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived +in her is of the Holy Ghost. + +1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name +JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. + +1:22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was +spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall +be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his +name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. + +1:24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord +had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: 1:25 And knew her not till +she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS. + +2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of +Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to +Jerusalem, 2:2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for +we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. + +2:3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and +all Jerusalem with him. + +2:4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the +people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. + +2:5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is +written by the prophet, 2:6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, +art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall +come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. + +2:7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of +them diligently what time the star appeared. + +2:8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently +for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, +that I may come and worship him also. + +2:9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, +which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood +over where the young child was. + +2:10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. + +2:11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child +with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they +had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and +frankincense and myrrh. + +2:12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to +Herod, they departed into their own country another way. + +2:13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord +appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young +child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I +bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. + +2:14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, +and departed into Egypt: 2:15 And was there until the death of Herod: +that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the +prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son. + +2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was +exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were +in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and +under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the +wise men. + +2:17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, +saying, 2:18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and +weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and +would not be comforted, because they are not. + +2:19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth +in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 2:20 Saying, Arise, and take the young +child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are +dead which sought the young child's life. + +2:21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came +into the land of Israel. + +2:22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room +of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, +being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of +Galilee: 2:23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it +might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be +called a Nazarene. + +3:1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness +of Judaea, 3:2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at +hand. + +3:3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, +The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the +Lord, make his paths straight. + +3:4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern +girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. + +3:5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region +round about Jordan, 3:6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing +their sins. + +3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his +baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned +you to flee from the wrath to come? 3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits +meet for repentance: 3:9 And think not to say within yourselves, We +have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of +these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. + +3:10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: +therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, +and cast into the fire. + +3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but he that +cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to +bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: 3:12 +Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and +gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with +unquenchable fire. + +3:13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be +baptized of him. + +3:14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, +and comest thou to me? 3:15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer +it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. +Then he suffered him. + +3:16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the +water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the +Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 3:17 And +lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am +well pleased. + +4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be +tempted of the devil. + +4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was +afterward an hungred. + +4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of +God, command that these stones be made bread. + +4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by +bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of +God. + +4:5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him +on a pinnacle of the temple, 4:6 And saith unto him, If thou be the +Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his +angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee +up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. + +4:7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the +Lord thy God. + +4:8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, +and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; +4:9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou +wilt fall down and worship me. + +4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is +written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou +serve. + +4:11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and +ministered unto him. + +4:12 Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he +departed into Galilee; 4:13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in +Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and +Nephthalim: 4:14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias +the prophet, saying, 4:15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of +Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the +Gentiles; 4:16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and +to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung +up. + +4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the +kingdom of heaven is at hand. + +4:18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon +called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for +they were fishers. + +4:19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of +men. + +4:20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. + +4:21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the +son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their +father, mending their nets; and he called them. + +4:22 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed +him. + +4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, +and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of +sickness and all manner of disease among the people. + +4:24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him +all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and +those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, +and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. + +4:25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, +and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from +beyond Jordan. + +5:1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he +was set, his disciples came unto him: 5:2 And he opened his mouth, and +taught them, saying, 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is +the kingdom of heaven. + +5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. + +5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. + +5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: +for they shall be filled. + +5:7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. + +5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. + +5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children +of God. + +5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: +for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. + +5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and +shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. + +5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in +heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. + +5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his +savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for +nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. + +5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill +cannot be hid. + +5:15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on +a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. + +5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good +works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. + +5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I +am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. + +5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or +one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. + +5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, +and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of +heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be +called great in the kingdom of heaven. + +5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed +the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case +enter into the kingdom of heaven. + +5:21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt +not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: +5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother +without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever +shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but +whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. + +5:23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there +rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; 5:24 Leave there +thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy +brother, and then come and offer thy gift. + +5:25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way +with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, +and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into +prison. + +5:26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, +till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. + +5:27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt +not commit adultery: 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh +on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already +in his heart. + +5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from +thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should +perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. + +5:30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from +thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should +perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. + +5:31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him +give her a writing of divorcement: 5:32 But I say unto you, That +whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of +fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry +her that is divorced committeth adultery. + +5:33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, +Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine +oaths: 5:34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; +for it is God's throne: 5:35 Nor by the earth; for it is his +footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. + +5:36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make +one hair white or black. + +5:37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever +is more than these cometh of evil. + +5:38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a +tooth for a tooth: 5:39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: +but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the +other also. + +5:40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, +let him have thy cloak also. + +5:41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. + +5:42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of +thee turn not thou away. + +5:43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy +neighbour, and hate thine enemy. + +5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, +do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully +use you, and persecute you; 5:45 That ye may be the children of your +Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil +and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. + +5:46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not +even the publicans the same? 5:47 And if ye salute your brethren +only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? 5:48 +Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is +perfect. + +6:1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: +otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. + +6:2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet +before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the +streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They +have their reward. + +6:3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy +right hand doeth: 6:4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father +which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. + +6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: +for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of +the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They +have their reward. + +6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou +hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy +Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. + +6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for +they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. + +6:8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what +things ye have need of, before ye ask him. + +6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in +heaven, Hallowed be thy name. + +6:10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. + +6:11 Give us this day our daily bread. + +6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. + +6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For +thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. + +6:14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will +also forgive you: 6:15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, +neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. + +6:16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad +countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto +men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. + +6:17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy +face; 6:18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father +which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall +reward thee openly. + +6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and +rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 6:20 But +lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust +doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 6:21 +For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. + +6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be +single, thy whole body shall be full of light. + +6:23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of +darkness. + +If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that +darkness! 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate +the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and +despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. + +6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye +shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye +shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than +raiment? 6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither +do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth +them. Are ye not much better than they? 6:27 Which of you by taking +thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 6:28 And why take ye +thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; +they toil not, neither do they spin: 6:29 And yet I say unto you, That +even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. + +6:30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day +is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe +you, O ye of little faith? 6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, +What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we +be clothed? 6:32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) +for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these +things. + +6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and +all these things shall be added unto you. + +6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall +take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the +evil thereof. + +7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. + +7:2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what +measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. + +7:3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but +considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 7:4 Or how wilt +thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; +and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 7:5 Thou hypocrite, first +cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see +clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. + +7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your +pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn +again and rend you. + +7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, +and it shall be opened unto you: 7:8 For every one that asketh +receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it +shall be opened. + +7:9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he +give him a stone? 7:10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a +serpent? 7:11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts +unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven +give good things to them that ask him? 7:12 Therefore all things +whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: +for this is the law and the prophets. + +7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad +is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in +thereat: 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which +leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. + +7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, +but inwardly they are ravening wolves. + +7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of +thorns, or figs of thistles? 7:17 Even so every good tree bringeth +forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. + +7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt +tree bring forth good fruit. + +7:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and +cast into the fire. + +7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. + +7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into +the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which +is in heaven. + +7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not +prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in +thy name done many wonderful works? 7:23 And then will I profess unto +them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. + +7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth +them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a +rock: 7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds +blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded +upon a rock. + +7:26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them +not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon +the sand: 7:27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the +winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the +fall of it. + +7:28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the +people were astonished at his doctrine: 7:29 For he taught them as one +having authority, and not as the scribes. + +8:1 When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed +him. + +8:2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, +if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. + +8:3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be +thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. + +8:4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, +shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, +for a testimony unto them. + +8:5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a +centurion, beseeching him, 8:6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at +home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. + +8:7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. + +8:8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou +shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant +shall be healed. + +8:9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I +say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he +cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. + +8:10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that +followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, +not in Israel. + +8:11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, +and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom +of heaven. + +8:12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer +darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. + +8:13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast +believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the +selfsame hour. + +8:14 And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's +mother laid, and sick of a fever. + +8:15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, +and ministered unto them. + +8:16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were +possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and +healed all that were sick: 8:17 That it might be fulfilled which was +spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, +and bare our sicknesses. + +8:18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave +commandment to depart unto the other side. + +8:19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will +follow thee whithersoever thou goest. + +8:20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of +the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. + +8:21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first +to go and bury my father. + +8:22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their +dead. + +8:23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. + +8:24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch +that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. + +8:25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save +us: we perish. + +8:26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? +Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a +great calm. + +8:27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that +even the winds and the sea obey him! 8:28 And when he was come to the +other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two +possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so +that no man might pass by that way. + +8:29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with +thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us +before the time? 8:30 And there was a good way off from them an herd +of many swine feeding. + +8:31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer +us to go away into the herd of swine. + +8:32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went +into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran +violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters. + +8:33 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, +and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the +devils. + +8:34 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they +saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts. + +9:1 And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own +city. + +9:2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on +a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; +Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. + +9:3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This +man blasphemeth. + +9:4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in +your hearts? 9:5 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven +thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? 9:6 But that ye may know that the +Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the +sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. + +9:7 And he arose, and departed to his house. + +9:8 But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, +which had given such power unto men. + +9:9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named +Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, +Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. + +9:10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, +many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his +disciples. + +9:11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why +eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? 9:12 But when Jesus +heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a +physician, but they that are sick. + +9:13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not +sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to +repentance. + +9:14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the +Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? 9:15 And Jesus said +unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the +bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom +shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast. + +9:16 No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that +which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is +made worse. + +9:17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles +break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put +new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved. + +9:18 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a +certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now +dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. + +9:19 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. + +9:20 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood +twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: +9:21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I +shall be whole. + +9:22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, +Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the +woman was made whole from that hour. + +9:23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels +and the people making a noise, 9:24 He said unto them, Give place: for +the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. + +9:25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by +the hand, and the maid arose. + +9:26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. + +9:27 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, +crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us. + +9:28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: +and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They +said unto him, Yea, Lord. + +9:29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it +unto you. + +9:30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, +saying, See that no man know it. + +9:31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all +that country. + +9:32 As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man +possessed with a devil. + +9:33 And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the +multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. + +9:34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince +of the devils. + +9:35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in +their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing +every sickness and every disease among the people. + +9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on +them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having +no shepherd. + +9:37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, +but the labourers are few; 9:38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the +harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. + +10:1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave +them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all +manner of sickness and all manner of disease. + +10:2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, +who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, +and John his brother; 10:3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and +Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose +surname was Thaddaeus; 10:4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, +who also betrayed him. + +10:5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not +into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans +enter ye not: 10:6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of +Israel. + +10:7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. + +10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out +devils: freely ye have received, freely give. + +10:9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, 10:10 +Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet +staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat. + +10:11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in +it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence. + +10:12 And when ye come into an house, salute it. + +10:13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if +it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. + +10:14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when +ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. + +10:15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land +of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. + +10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye +therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. + +10:17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, +and they will scourge you in their synagogues; 10:18 And ye shall be +brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony +against them and the Gentiles. + +10:19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye +shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall +speak. + +10:20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which +speaketh in you. + +10:21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the +father the child: and the children shall rise up against their +parents, and cause them to be put to death. + +10:22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that +endureth to the end shall be saved. + +10:23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: +for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of +Israel, till the Son of man be come. + +10:24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his +lord. + +10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the +servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house +Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? 10:26 +Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not +be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. + +10:27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye +hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. + +10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill +the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and +body in hell. + +10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall +not fall on the ground without your Father. + +10:30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. + +10:31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. + +10:32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I +confess also before my Father which is in heaven. + +10:33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny +before my Father which is in heaven. + +10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to +send peace, but a sword. + +10:35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and +the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her +mother in law. + +10:36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. + +10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of +me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of +me. + +10:38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not +worthy of me. + +10:39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his +life for my sake shall find it. + +10:40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me +receiveth him that sent me. + +10:41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall +receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in +the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. + +10:42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones +a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto +you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. + +11:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his +twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their +cities. + +11:2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he +sent two of his disciples, 11:3 And said unto him, Art thou he that +should come, or do we look for another? 11:4 Jesus answered and said +unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and +see: 11:5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers +are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor +have the gospel preached to them. + +11:6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. + +11:7 And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes +concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed +shaken with the wind? 11:8 But what went ye out for to see? A man +clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in +kings' houses. + +11:9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, +and more than a prophet. + +11:10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my +messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. + +11:11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there +hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he +that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. + +11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of +heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. + +11:13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. + +11:14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. + +11:15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. + +11:16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto +children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, 11:17 +And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have +mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. + +11:18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath +a devil. + +11:19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a +man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. +But wisdom is justified of her children. + +11:20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty +works were done, because they repented not: 11:21 Woe unto thee, +Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which +were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have +repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. + +11:22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and +Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. + +11:23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be +brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in +thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. + +11:24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land +of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee. + +11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, +Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the +wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. + +11:26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight. + +11:27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man +knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, +save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. + +11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will +give you rest. + +11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly +in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. + +11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. + +12:1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and +his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn and +to eat. + +12:2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy +disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. + +12:3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he +was an hungred, and they that were with him; 12:4 How he entered into +the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for +him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the +priests? 12:5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath +days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? +12:6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the +temple. + +12:7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not +sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. + +12:8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. + +12:9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue: +12:10 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And +they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that +they might accuse him. + +12:11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that +shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, +will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? 12:12 How much then is a +man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the +sabbath days. + +12:13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he +stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other. + +12:14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how +they might destroy him. + +12:15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and +great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; 12:16 And +charged them that they should not make him known: 12:17 That it might +be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 12:18 +Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is +well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew +judgment to the Gentiles. + +12:19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his +voice in the streets. + +12:20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not +quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. + +12:21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. + +12:22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and +dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake +and saw. + +12:23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of +David? 12:24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow +doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. + +12:25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom +divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or +house divided against itself shall not stand: 12:26 And if Satan cast +out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom +stand? 12:27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your +children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. + +12:28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom +of God is come unto you. + +12:29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil +his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil +his house. + +12:30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not +with me scattereth abroad. + +12:31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall +be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall +not be forgiven unto men. + +12:32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall +be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it +shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world +to come. + +12:33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the +tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his +fruit. + +12:34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good +things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. + +12:35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth +good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth +evil things. + +12:36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, +they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. + +12:37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou +shalt be condemned. + +12:38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, +saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. + +12:39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous +generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to +it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 12:40 For as Jonas was three +days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be +three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. + +12:41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, +and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; +and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. + +12:42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this +generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost +parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a +greater than Solomon is here. + +12:43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through +dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. + +12:44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came +out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. + +12:45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more +wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last +state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also +unto this wicked generation. + +12:46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his +brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. + +12:47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren +stand without, desiring to speak with thee. + +12:48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my +mother? and who are my brethren? 12:49 And he stretched forth his +hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! +12:50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, +the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. + +13:1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea +side. + +13:2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he +went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. + +13:3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a +sower went forth to sow; 13:4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by +the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: 13:5 Some fell +upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they +sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: 13:6 And when the +sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they +withered away. + +13:7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked +them: 13:8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, +some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. + +13:9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. + +13:10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou +unto them in parables? 13:11 He answered and said unto them, Because +it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, +but to them it is not given. + +13:12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have +more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away +even that he hath. + +13:13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see +not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. + +13:14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By +hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall +see, and shall not perceive: 13:15 For this people's heart is waxed +gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have +closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with +their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be +converted, and I should heal them. + +13:16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they +hear. + +13:17 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men +have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; +and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. + +13:18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. + +13:19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth +it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was +sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. + +13:20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he +that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; 13:21 Yet hath +he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation +or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. + +13:22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth +the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, +choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. + +13:23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that +heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and +bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. + +13:24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of +heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 13:25 +But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, +and went his way. + +13:26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then +appeared the tares also. + +13:27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, +didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it +tares? 13:28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants +said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 13:29 +But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also +the wheat with them. + +13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of +harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, +and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my +barn. + +13:31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of +heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed +in his field: 13:32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when +it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so +that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. + +13:33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is +like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of +meal, till the whole was leavened. + +13:34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and +without a parable spake he not unto them: 13:35 That it might be +fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my +mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret +from the foundation of the world. + +13:36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and +his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of +the tares of the field. + +13:37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is +the Son of man; 13:38 The field is the world; the good seed are the +children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked +one; 13:39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the +end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. + +13:40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so +shall it be in the end of this world. + +13:41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall +gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do +iniquity; 13:42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there +shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. + +13:43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom +of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. + +13:44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a +field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof +goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. + +13:45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, +seeking goodly pearls: 13:46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great +price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. + +13:47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast +into the sea, and gathered of every kind: 13:48 Which, when it was +full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into +vessels, but cast the bad away. + +13:49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come +forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, 13:50 And shall cast +them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of +teeth. + +13:51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They +say unto him, Yea, Lord. + +13:52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is +instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an +householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and +old. + +13:53 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these +parables, he departed thence. + +13:54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in +their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence +hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? 13:55 Is not this +the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, +James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? 13:56 And his sisters, are +they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things? +13:57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A +prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own +house. + +13:58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their +unbelief. + +14:1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, 14:2 +And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from +the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. + +14:3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in +prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. + +14:4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. + +14:5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, +because they counted him as a prophet. + +14:6 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias +danced before them, and pleased Herod. + +14:7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she +would ask. + +14:8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me +here John Baptist's head in a charger. + +14:9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and +them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her. + +14:10 And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. + +14:11 And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: +and she brought it to her mother. + +14:12 And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and +went and told Jesus. + +14:13 When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert +place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him +on foot out of the cities. + +14:14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved +with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. + +14:15 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This +is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, +that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. + +14:16 But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to +eat. + +14:17 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two +fishes. + +14:18 He said, Bring them hither to me. + +14:19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and +took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he +blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the +disciples to the multitude. + +14:20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the +fragments that remained twelve baskets full. + +14:21 And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside +women and children. + +14:22 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a +ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the +multitudes away. + +14:23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a +mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there +alone. + +14:24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: +for the wind was contrary. + +14:25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, +walking on the sea. + +14:26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were +troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. + +14:27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; +it is I; be not afraid. + +14:28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me +come unto thee on the water. + +14:29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, +he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. + +14:30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and +beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. + +14:31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, +and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? +14:32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. + +14:33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, +Of a truth thou art the Son of God. + +14:34 And when they were gone over, they came into the land of +Gennesaret. + +14:35 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent +out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that +were diseased; 14:36 And besought him that they might only touch the +hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole. + +15:1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of +Jerusalem, saying, 15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition +of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. + +15:3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the +commandment of God by your tradition? 15:4 For God commanded, saying, +Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, +let him die the death. + +15:5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It +is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; 15:6 And +honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye +made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. + +15:7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, 15:8 This +people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with +their lips; but their heart is far from me. + +15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the +commandments of men. + +15:10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and +understand: 15:11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; +but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. + +15:12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that +the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? 15:13 But +he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not +planted, shall be rooted up. + +15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the +blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. + +15:15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this +parable. + +15:16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? 15:17 Do +not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth +into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? 15:18 But those +things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and +they defile the man. + +15:19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, +fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: 15:20 These are the +things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not +a man. + +15:21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and +Sidon. + +15:22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and +cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; +my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. + +15:23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and +besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. + +15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep +of the house of Israel. + +15:25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. + +15:26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's +bread, and to cast it to dogs. + +15:27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which +fall from their masters' table. + +15:28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy +faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made +whole from that very hour. + +15:29 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of +Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. + +15:30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that +were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at +Jesus' feet; and he healed them: 15:31 Insomuch that the multitude +wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the +lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of +Israel. + +15:32 Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have +compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three +days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, +lest they faint in the way. + +15:33 And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much +bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? 15:34 And +Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, +and a few little fishes. + +15:35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. + +15:36 And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, +and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the +multitude. + +15:37 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the +broken meat that was left seven baskets full. + +15:38 And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and +children. + +15:39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the +coasts of Magdala. + +16:1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired +him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. + +16:2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It +will be fair weather: for the sky is red. + +16:3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky +is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the +sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? 16:4 A wicked and +adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be +given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, +and departed. + +16:5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had +forgotten to take bread. + +16:6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of +the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. + +16:7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have +taken no bread. + +16:8 Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little +faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no +bread? 16:9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five +loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? 16:10 +Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye +took up? 16:11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it +not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of +the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? 16:12 Then understood they how +that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the +doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. + +16:13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked +his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? +16:14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, +Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. + +16:15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16:16 And Simon +Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living +God. + +16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon +Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my +Father which is in heaven. + +16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this +rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail +against it. + +16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and +whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and +whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. + +16:20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that +he was Jesus the Christ. + +16:21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how +that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders +and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the +third day. + +16:22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far +from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. + +16:23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: +thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be +of God, but those that be of men. + +16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after +me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. + +16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever +will lose his life for my sake shall find it. + +16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, +and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his +soul? 16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father +with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his +works. + +16:28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall +not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his +kingdom. + +17:1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his +brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, 17:2 And +was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and +his raiment was white as the light. + +17:3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking +with him. + +17:4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us +to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for +thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. + +17:5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and +behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, +in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. + +17:6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and +were sore afraid. + +17:7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not +afraid. + +17:8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save +Jesus only. + +17:9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, +saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again +from the dead. + +17:10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes +that Elias must first come? 17:11 And Jesus answered and said unto +them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. + +17:12 But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew +him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall +also the Son of man suffer of them. + +17:13 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John +the Baptist. + +17:14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a +certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, 17:15 Lord, have mercy +on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth +into the fire, and oft into the water. + +17:16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. + +17:17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse +generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? +bring him hither to me. + +17:18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the +child was cured from that very hour. + +17:19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not +we cast him out? 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your +unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of +mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder +place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. + +17:21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. + +17:22 And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son +of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: 17:23 And they shall +kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. + +And they were exceeding sorry. + +17:24 And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute +money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? +17:25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus +prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings +of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of +strangers? 17:26 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto +him, Then are the children free. + +17:27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, +and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when +thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that +take, and give unto them for me and thee. + +18:1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is +the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? 18:2 And Jesus called a little +child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, 18:3 And said, +Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little +children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. + +18:4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, +the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. + +18:5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name +receiveth me. + +18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in +me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his +neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. + +18:7 Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that +offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! 18:8 +Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast +them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or +maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into +everlasting fire. + +18:9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from +thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather +than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. + +18:10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I +say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of +my Father which is in heaven. + +18:11 For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. + +18:12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be +gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the +mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray? 18:13 And if so be +that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that +sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray. + +18:14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, +that one of these little ones should perish. + +18:15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell +him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou +hast gained thy brother. + +18:16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two +more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be +established. + +18:17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: +but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an +heathen man and a publican. + +18:18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall +be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be +loosed in heaven. + +18:19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as +touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of +my Father which is in heaven. + +18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there +am I in the midst of them. + +18:21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother +sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? 18:22 Jesus +saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until +seventy times seven. + +18:23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, +which would take account of his servants. + +18:24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which +owed him ten thousand talents. + +18:25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be +sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to +be made. + +18:26 The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, +Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. + +18:27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and +loosed him, and forgave him the debt. + +18:28 But the same servant went out, and found one of his +fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on +him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. + +18:29 And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, +saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. + +18:30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he +should pay the debt. + +18:31 So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very +sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. + +18:32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O +thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou +desiredst me: 18:33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy +fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? 18:34 And his lord was +wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all +that was due unto him. + +18:35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye +from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. + +19:1 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, +he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond +Jordan; 19:2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them +there. + +19:3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto +him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? +19:4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he +which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 19:5 And +said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall +cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 19:6 Wherefore +they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined +together, let not man put asunder. + +19:7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing +of divorcement, and to put her away? 19:8 He saith unto them, Moses +because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your +wives: but from the beginning it was not so. + +19:9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it +be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and +whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery. + +19:10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with +his wife, it is not good to marry. + +19:11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save +they to whom it is given. + +19:12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their +mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of +men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the +kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him +receive it. + +19:13 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should +put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. + +19:14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to +come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. + +19:15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence. + +19:16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good +thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? 19:17 And he said +unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that +is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. + +19:18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, +Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not +bear false witness, 19:19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou +shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. + +19:20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from +my youth up: what lack I yet? 19:21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt +be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou +shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. + +19:22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away +sorrowful: for he had great possessions. + +19:23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That +a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. + +19:24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through +the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of +God. + +19:25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, +saying, Who then can be saved? 19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and said +unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are +possible. + +19:27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken +all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore? 19:28 And Jesus +said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, +in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his +glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve +tribes of Israel. + +19:29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or +sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my +name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit +everlasting life. + +19:30 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be +first. + +20:1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an +householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers +into his vineyard. + +20:2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he +sent them into his vineyard. + +20:3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing +idle in the marketplace, 20:4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the +vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their +way. + +20:5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did +likewise. + +20:6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others +standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day +idle? 20:7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith +unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that +shall ye receive. + +20:8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his +steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from +the last unto the first. + +20:9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they +received every man a penny. + +20:10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have +received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. + +20:11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman +of the house, 20:12 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and +thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and +heat of the day. + +20:13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no +wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? 20:14 Take that +thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto +thee. + +20:15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is +thine eye evil, because I am good? 20:16 So the last shall be first, +and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. + +20:17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart +in the way, and said unto them, 20:18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; +and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto +the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, 20:19 And shall +deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify +him: and the third day he shall rise again. + +20:20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons, +worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. + +20:21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant +that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the +other on the left, in thy kingdom. + +20:22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye +able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized +with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are +able. + +20:23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be +baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my +right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given +to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. + +20:24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation +against the two brethren. + +20:25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the +princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are +great exercise authority upon them. + +20:26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great +among you, let him be your minister; 20:27 And whosoever will be chief +among you, let him be your servant: 20:28 Even as the Son of man came +not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a +ransom for many. + +20:29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed +him. + +20:30 And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they +heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O +Lord, thou son of David. + +20:31 And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their +peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou +son of David. + +20:32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye +that I shall do unto you? 20:33 They say unto him, Lord, that our +eyes may be opened. + +20:34 So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and +immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him. + +21:1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to +Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, +21:2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and +straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose +them, and bring them unto me. + +21:3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath +need of them; and straightway he will send them. + +21:4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by +the prophet, saying, 21:5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy +King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the +foal of an ass. + +21:6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, 21:7 And +brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they +set him thereon. + +21:8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; +others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. + +21:9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, +saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the +name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. + +21:10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, +saying, Who is this? 21:11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the +prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. + +21:12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them +that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the +moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, 21:13 And said +unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of +prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. + +21:14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he +healed them. + +21:15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things +that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, +Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased, 21:16 And said +unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; +have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast +perfected praise? 21:17 And he left them, and went out of the city +into Bethany; and he lodged there. + +21:18 Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered. + +21:19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found +nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow +on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered +away. + +21:20 And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon +is the fig tree withered away! 21:21 Jesus answered and said unto +them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall +not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall +say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the +sea; it shall be done. + +21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye +shall receive. + +21:23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the +elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By +what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this +authority? 21:24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will +ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you +by what authority I do these things. + +21:25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And +they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; +he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? 21:26 But if we +shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet. + +21:27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said +unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. + +21:28 But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to +the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. + +21:29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and +went. + +21:30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered +and said, I go, sir: and went not. + +21:31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto +him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the +publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. + +21:32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye +believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and +ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe +him. + +21:33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which +planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress +in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into +a far country: 21:34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent +his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of +it. + +21:35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed +another, and stoned another. + +21:36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did +unto them likewise. + +21:37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will +reverence my son. + +21:38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, +This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his +inheritance. + +21:39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew +him. + +21:40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do +unto those husbandmen? 21:41 They say unto him, He will miserably +destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other +husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. + +21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The +stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the +corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? +21:43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from +you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. + +21:44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on +whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. + +21:45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, +they perceived that he spake of them. + +21:46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the +multitude, because they took him for a prophet. + +22:1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and +said, 22:2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which +made a marriage for his son, 22:3 And sent forth his servants to call +them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. + +22:4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are +bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are +killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. + +22:5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, +another to his merchandise: 22:6 And the remnant took his servants, +and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. + +22:7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth +his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. + +22:8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they +which were bidden were not worthy. + +22:9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, +bid to the marriage. + +22:10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered +together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding +was furnished with guests. + +22:11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man +which had not on a wedding garment: 22:12 And he saith unto him, +Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he +was speechless. + +22:13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and +take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be +weeping and gnashing of teeth. + +22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen. + +22:15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might +entangle him in his talk. + +22:16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, +saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of +God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not +the person of men. + +22:17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give +tribute unto Caesar, or not? 22:18 But Jesus perceived their +wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? 22:19 Shew me +the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. + +22:20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? +22:21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render +therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the +things that are God's. + +22:22 When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, +and went their way. + +22:23 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is +no resurrection, and asked him, 22:24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a +man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and +raise up seed unto his brother. + +22:25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he +had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto +his brother: 22:26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the +seventh. + +22:27 And last of all the woman died also. + +22:28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the +seven? for they all had her. + +22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the +scriptures, nor the power of God. + +22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in +marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. + +22:31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read +that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, 22:32 I am the God of +Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the +God of the dead, but of the living. + +22:33 And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his +doctrine. + +22:34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees +to silence, they were gathered together. + +22:35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, +tempting him, and saying, 22:36 Master, which is the great commandment +in the law? 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy +God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. + +22:38 This is the first and great commandment. + +22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as +thyself. + +22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. + +22:41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, +22:42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto +him, The son of David. + +22:43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, +saying, 22:44 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, +till I make thine enemies thy footstool? 22:45 If David then call him +Lord, how is he his son? 22:46 And no man was able to answer him a +word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more +questions. + +23:1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 23:2 +Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 23:3 All +therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do +not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. + +23:4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay +them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with +one of their fingers. + +23:5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make +broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, +23:6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in +the synagogues, 23:7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of +men, Rabbi, Rabbi. + +23:8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; +and all ye are brethren. + +23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your +Father, which is in heaven. + +23:10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even +Christ. + +23:11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. + +23:12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that +shall humble himself shall be exalted. + +23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut +up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, +neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. + +23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour +widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye +shall receive the greater damnation. + +23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass +sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him +twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. + +23:16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear +by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of +the temple, he is a debtor! 23:17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is +greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? 23:18 +And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever +sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. + +23:19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the +altar that sanctifieth the gift? 23:20 Whoso therefore shall swear by +the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. + +23:21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him +that dwelleth therein. + +23:22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of +God, and by him that sitteth thereon. + +23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay +tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier +matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have +done, and not to leave the other undone. + +23:24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. + +23:25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make +clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are +full of extortion and excess. + +23:26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup +and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. + +23:27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like +unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are +within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. + +23:28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within +ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. + +23:29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye +build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the +righteous, 23:30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, +we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the +prophets. + +23:31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the +children of them which killed the prophets. + +23:32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. + +23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the +damnation of hell? 23:34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, +and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; +and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute +them from city to city: 23:35 That upon you may come all the righteous +blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the +blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple +and the altar. + +23:36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this +generation. + +23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and +stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered +thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her +wings, and ye would not! 23:38 Behold, your house is left unto you +desolate. + +23:39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye +shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. + +24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his +disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. + +24:2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I +say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, +that shall not be thrown down. + +24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto +him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what +shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 24:4 +And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive +you. + +24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall +deceive many. + +24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not +troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not +yet. + +24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against +kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, +in divers places. + +24:8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. + +24:9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill +you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. + +24:10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, +and shall hate one another. + +24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. + +24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax +cold. + +24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. + +24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the +world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. + +24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, +spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso +readeth, let him understand:) 24:16 Then let them which be in Judaea +flee into the mountains: 24:17 Let him which is on the housetop not +come down to take any thing out of his house: 24:18 Neither let him +which is in the field return back to take his clothes. + +24:19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give +suck in those days! 24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the +winter, neither on the sabbath day: 24:21 For then shall be great +tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this +time, no, nor ever shall be. + +24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh +be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. + +24:23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or +there; believe it not. + +24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and +shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were +possible, they shall deceive the very elect. + +24:25 Behold, I have told you before. + +24:26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the +desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it +not. + +24:27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even +unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. + +24:28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be +gathered together. + +24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be +darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall +fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 24:30 +And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then +shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of +man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. + +24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, +and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one +end of heaven to the other. + +24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet +tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 24:33 +So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is +near, even at the doors. + +24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all +these things be fulfilled. + +24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass +away. + +24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of +heaven, but my Father only. + +24:37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son +of man be. + +24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating +and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe +entered into the ark, 24:39 And knew not until the flood came, and +took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. + +24:40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the +other left. + +24:41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, +and the other left. + +24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. + +24:43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in +what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not +have suffered his house to be broken up. + +24:44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not +the Son of man cometh. + +24:45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made +ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? 24:46 +Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so +doing. + +24:47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his +goods. + +24:48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord +delayeth his coming; 24:49 And shall begin to smite his +fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 24:50 The lord +of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and +in an hour that he is not aware of, 24:51 And shall cut him asunder, +and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be +weeping and gnashing of teeth. + +25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, +which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. + +25:2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. + +25:3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with +them: 25:4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. + +25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. + +25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom +cometh; go ye out to meet him. + +25:7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. + +25:8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our +lamps are gone out. + +25:9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough +for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for +yourselves. + +25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that +were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. + +25:11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open +to us. + +25:12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. + +25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour +wherein the Son of man cometh. + +25:14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far +country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his +goods. + +25:15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to +another one; to every man according to his several ability; and +straightway took his journey. + +25:16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with +the same, and made them other five talents. + +25:17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. + +25:18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and +hid his lord's money. + +25:19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and +reckoneth with them. + +25:20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other +five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: +behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. + +25:21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful +servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee +ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. + +25:22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou +deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other +talents beside them. + +25:23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; +thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over +many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. + +25:24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I +knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, +and gathering where thou hast not strawed: 25:25 And I was afraid, and +went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is +thine. + +25:26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful +servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where +I have not strawed: 25:27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money +to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine +own with usury. + +25:28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which +hath ten talents. + +25:29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have +abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that +which he hath. + +25:30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there +shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. + +25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy +angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 25:32 +And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate +them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the +goats: 25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the +goats on the left. + +25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye +blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the +foundation of the world: 25:35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me +meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye +took me in: 25:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited +me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. + +25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we +thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 25:38 +When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed +thee? 25:39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto +thee? 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say +unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these +my brethren, ye have done it unto me. + +25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from +me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his +angels: 25:42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was +thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 25:43 I was a stranger, and ye took +me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye +visited me not. + +25:44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee +an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in +prison, and did not minister unto thee? 25:45 Then shall he answer +them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one +of the least of these, ye did it not to me. + +25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the +righteous into life eternal. + +26:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, +he said unto his disciples, 26:2 Ye know that after two days is the +feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. + +26:3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and +the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was +called Caiaphas, 26:4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by +subtilty, and kill him. + +26:5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar +among the people. + +26:6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, +26:7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very +precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. + +26:8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To +what purpose is this waste? 26:9 For this ointment might have been +sold for much, and given to the poor. + +26:10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the +woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. + +26:11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. + +26:12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it +for my burial. + +26:13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached +in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, +be told for a memorial of her. + +26:14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the +chief priests, 26:15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I +will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty +pieces of silver. + +26:16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. + +26:17 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples +came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for +thee to eat the passover? 26:18 And he said, Go into the city to such +a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will +keep the passover at thy house with my disciples. + +26:19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made +ready the passover. + +26:20 Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. + +26:21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of +you shall betray me. + +26:22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them +to say unto him, Lord, is it I? 26:23 And he answered and said, He +that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. + +26:24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that +man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man +if he had not been born. + +26:25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it +I? He said unto him, Thou hast said. + +26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and +brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is +my body. + +26:27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, +saying, Drink ye all of it; 26:28 For this is my blood of the new +testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. + +26:29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of +the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's +kingdom. + +26:30 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of +Olives. + +26:31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of +me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the +sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. + +26:32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. + +26:33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be +offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended. + +26:34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, +before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. + +26:35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I +not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples. + +26:36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and +saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. + +26:37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and +began to be sorrowful and very heavy. + +26:38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even +unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. + +26:39 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, +saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: +nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. + +26:40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and +saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? 26:41 +Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed +is willing, but the flesh is weak. + +26:42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my +Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy +will be done. + +26:43 And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were +heavy. + +26:44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third +time, saying the same words. + +26:45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on +now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of +man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. + +26:46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray +me. + +26:47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and +with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief +priests and elders of the people. + +26:48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I +shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast. + +26:49 And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and +kissed him. + +26:50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then +came they, and laid hands on Jesus and took him. + +26:51 And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his +hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, +and smote off his ear. + +26:52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: +for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. + +26:53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall +presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? 26:54 But how +then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? 26:55 +In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as +against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily +with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me. + +26:56 But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might +be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled. + +26:57 And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas +the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. + +26:58 But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, +and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. + +26:59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought +false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; 26:60 But found +none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At +the last came two false witnesses, 26:61 And said, This fellow said, I +am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. + +26:62 And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou +nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? 26:63 But Jesus +held his peace, And the high priest answered and said unto him, I +adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the +Christ, the Son of God. + +26:64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto +you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand +of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. + +26:65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken +blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have +heard his blasphemy. + +26:66 What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death. + +26:67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others +smote him with the palms of their hands, 26:68 Saying, Prophesy unto +us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee? 26:69 Now Peter sat +without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also +wast with Jesus of Galilee. + +26:70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou +sayest. + +26:71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, +and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of +Nazareth. + +26:72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. + +26:73 And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to +Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth +thee. + +26:74 Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. +And immediately the cock crew. + +26:75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, +Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and +wept bitterly. + +27:1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of +the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: 27:2 And +when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to +Pontius Pilate the governor. + +27:3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was +condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of +silver to the chief priests and elders, 27:4 Saying, I have sinned in +that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that +to us? see thou to that. + +27:5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and +departed, and went and hanged himself. + +27:6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not +lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of +blood. + +27:7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, +to bury strangers in. + +27:8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this +day. + +27:9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, +saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him +that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; 27:10 +And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me. + +27:11 And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, +saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou +sayest. + +27:12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he +answered nothing. + +27:13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they +witness against thee? 27:14 And he answered him to never a word; +insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly. + +27:15 Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the +people a prisoner, whom they would. + +27:16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. + +27:17 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto +them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which +is called Christ? 27:18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered +him. + +27:19 When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto +him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have +suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. + +27:20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that +they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. + +27:21 The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain +will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. + +27:22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is +called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified. + +27:23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they +cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. + +27:24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a +tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the +multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see +ye to it. + +27:25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and +on our children. + +27:26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged +Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. + +27:27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common +hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. + +27:28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. + +27:29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon +his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before +him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! 27:30 And they +spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. + +27:31 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from +him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. + +27:32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: +him they compelled to bear his cross. + +27:33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to +say, a place of a skull, 27:34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled +with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. + +27:35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: +that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They +parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. + +27:36 And sitting down they watched him there; 27:37 And set up over +his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. + +27:38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right +hand, and another on the left. + +27:39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, 27:40 +And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three +days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the +cross. + +27:41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes +and elders, said, 27:42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he +be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we +will believe him. + +27:43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: +for he said, I am the Son of God. + +27:44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same +in his teeth. + +27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land +unto the ninth hour. + +27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, +Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast +thou forsaken me? 27:47 Some of them that stood there, when they +heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. + +27:48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled +it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. + +27:49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to +save him. + +27:50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the +ghost. + +27:51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the +top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 27:52 +And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept +arose, 27:53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and +went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. + +27:54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching +Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they +feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. + +27:55 And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed +Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: 27:56 Among which was Mary +Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of +Zebedees children. + +27:57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, +named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: 27:58 He went to +Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body +to be delivered. + +27:59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean +linen cloth, 27:60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn +out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the +sepulchre, and departed. + +27:61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over +against the sepulchre. + +27:62 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the +chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, 27:63 Saying, +Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, +After three days I will rise again. + +27:64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the +third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and +say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error +shall be worse than the first. + +27:65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as +sure as ye can. + +27:66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, +and setting a watch. + +28:1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first +day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the +sepulchre. + +28:2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the +Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from +the door, and sat upon it. + +28:3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as +snow: 28:4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as +dead men. + +28:5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for +I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. + +28:6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place +where the Lord lay. + +28:7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the +dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye +see him: lo, I have told you. + +28:8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great +joy; and did run to bring his disciples word. + +28:9 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, +saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and +worshipped him. + +28:10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren +that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me. + +28:11 Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into +the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were +done. + +28:12 And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken +counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, 28:13 Saying, Say +ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. + +28:14 And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, +and secure you. + +28:15 So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this +saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day. + +28:16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a +mountain where Jesus had appointed them. + +28:17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. + +28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given +unto me in heaven and in earth. + +28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the +name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 28:20 +Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: +and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. + + + + +The Gospel According to Saint Mark + + +1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; 1:2 +As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before +thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. + +1:3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of +the Lord, make his paths straight. + +1:4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of +repentance for the remission of sins. + +1:5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of +Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, +confessing their sins. + +1:6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a +skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; 1:7 And +preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the +latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. + +1:8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you +with the Holy Ghost. + +1:9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth +of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. + +1:10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens +opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: 1:11 And there +came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I +am well pleased. + +1:12 And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness. + +1:13 And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; +and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him. + +1:14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, +preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 1:15 And saying, The time +is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and +believe the gospel. + +1:16 Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew +his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. + +1:17 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you +to become fishers of men. + +1:18 And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him. + +1:19 And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw James the +son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship +mending their nets. + +1:20 And straightway he called them: and they left their father +Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him. + +1:21 And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day +he entered into the synagogue, and taught. + +1:22 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as +one that had authority, and not as the scribes. + +1:23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; +and he cried out, 1:24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with +thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee +who thou art, the Holy One of God. + +1:25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of +him. + +1:26 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud +voice, he came out of him. + +1:27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among +themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for +with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do +obey him. + +1:28 And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region +round about Galilee. + +1:29 And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they +entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. + +1:30 But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell +him of her. + +1:31 And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and +immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. + +1:32 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that +were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils. + +1:33 And all the city was gathered together at the door. + +1:34 And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast +out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they +knew him. + +1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went +out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. + +1:36 And Simon and they that were with him followed after him. + +1:37 And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for +thee. + +1:38 And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may +preach there also: for therefore came I forth. + +1:39 And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and +cast out devils. + +1:40 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down +to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. + +1:41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched +him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. + +1:42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed +from him, and he was cleansed. + +1:43 And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away; 1:44 +And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, +shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things +which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. + +1:45 But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze +abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into +the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from +every quarter. + +2:1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was +noised that he was in the house. + +2:2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there +was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he +preached the word unto them. + +2:3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was +borne of four. + +2:4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they +uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they +let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. + +2:5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, +Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. + +2:6 But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning +in their hearts, 2:7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can +forgive sins but God only? 2:8 And immediately when Jesus perceived +in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto +them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts? 2:9 Whether is it +easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or +to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? 2:10 But that ye may +know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he +saith to the sick of the palsy,) 2:11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take +up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house. + +2:12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before +them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, +saying, We never saw it on this fashion. + +2:13 And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude +resorted unto him, and he taught them. + +2:14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at +the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and +followed him. + +2:15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, +many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his +disciples: for there were many, and they followed him. + +2:16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and +sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and +drinketh with publicans and sinners? 2:17 When Jesus heard it, he +saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, +but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners +to repentance. + +2:18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and +they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the +Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? 2:19 And Jesus said unto +them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom +is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they +cannot fast. + +2:20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away +from them, and then shall they fast in those days. + +2:21 No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else +the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent +is made worse. + +2:22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine +doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will +be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles. + +2:23 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the +sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears +of corn. + +2:24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the +sabbath day that which is not lawful? 2:25 And he said unto them, +Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an +hungred, he, and they that were with him? 2:26 How he went into the +house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the +shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave +also to them which were with him? 2:27 And he said unto them, The +sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: 2:28 Therefore +the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. + +3:1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there +which had a withered hand. + +3:2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath +day; that they might accuse him. + +3:3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand +forth. + +3:4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath +days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their +peace. + +3:5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being +grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, +Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was +restored whole as the other. + +3:6 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with +the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. + +3:7 But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a +great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea, 3:8 And +from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they +about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what +great things he did, came unto him. + +3:9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on +him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. + +3:10 For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for +to touch him, as many as had plagues. + +3:11 And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and +cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God. + +3:12 And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known. + +3:13 And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he +would: and they came unto him. + +3:14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he +might send them forth to preach, 3:15 And to have power to heal +sicknesses, and to cast out devils: 3:16 And Simon he surnamed Peter; +3:17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and +he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: 3:18 And +Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and +James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite, +3:19 And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into +an house. + +3:20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not +so much as eat bread. + +3:21 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on +him: for they said, He is beside himself. + +3:22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath +Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils. + +3:23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How +can Satan cast out Satan? 3:24 And if a kingdom be divided against +itself, that kingdom cannot stand. + +3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot +stand. + +3:26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot +stand, but hath an end. + +3:27 No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, +except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his +house. + +3:28 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons +of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: 3:29 +But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never +forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation. + +3:30 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit. + +3:31 There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing +without, sent unto him, calling him. + +3:32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, +thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee. + +3:33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren? +3:34 And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, +Behold my mother and my brethren! 3:35 For whosoever shall do the +will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother. + +4:1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was +gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, +and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the +land. + +4:2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in +his doctrine, 4:3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4:4 +And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the +fowls of the air came and devoured it up. + +4:5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and +immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: 4:6 But +when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it +withered away. + +4:7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, +and it yielded no fruit. + +4:8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up +and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and +some an hundred. + +4:9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. + +4:10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve +asked of him the parable. + +4:11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery +of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these +things are done in parables: 4:12 That seeing they may see, and not +perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any +time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. + +4:13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then +will ye know all parables? 4:14 The sower soweth the word. + +4:15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but +when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the +word that was sown in their hearts. + +4:16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, +when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; +4:17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: +afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, +immediately they are offended. + +4:18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the +word, 4:19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of +riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and +it becometh unfruitful. + +4:20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear +the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some +sixty, and some an hundred. + +4:21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a +bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? 4:22 For +there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any +thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. + +4:23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. + +4:24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure +ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall +more be given. + +4:25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, +from him shall be taken even that which he hath. + +4:26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast +seed into the ground; 4:27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, +and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. + +4:28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, +then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. + +4:29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in +the sickle, because the harvest is come. + +4:30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with +what comparison shall we compare it? 4:31 It is like a grain of +mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all +the seeds that be in the earth: 4:32 But when it is sown, it groweth +up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great +branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of +it. + +4:33 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they +were able to hear it. + +4:34 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were +alone, he expounded all things to his disciples. + +4:35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let +us pass over unto the other side. + +4:36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as +he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. + +4:37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into +the ship, so that it was now full. + +4:38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: +and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we +perish? 4:39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the +sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. + +4:40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye +have no faith? 4:41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to +another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea +obey him? 5:1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into +the country of the Gadarenes. + +5:2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him +out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 5:3 Who had his +dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with +chains: 5:4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters and +chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the +fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. + +5:5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the +tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. + +5:6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, 5:7 And +cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, +thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment +me not. + +5:8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. + +5:9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My +name is Legion: for we are many. + +5:10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of +the country. + +5:11 Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine +feeding. + +5:12 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, +that we may enter into them. + +5:13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went +out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a +steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were +choked in the sea. + +5:14 And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in +the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done. + +5:15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the +devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right +mind: and they were afraid. + +5:16 And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was +possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine. + +5:17 And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts. + +5:18 And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed +with the devil prayed him that he might be with him. + +5:19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to +thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for +thee, and hath had compassion on thee. + +5:20 And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great +things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel. + +5:21 And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, +much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea. + +5:22 And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, +Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, 5:23 And +besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of +death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be +healed; and she shall live. + +5:24 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and +thronged him. + +5:25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, +5:26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent +all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, +5:27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and +touched his garment. + +5:28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. + +5:29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she +felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. + +5:30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone +out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my +clothes? 5:31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the +multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? 5:32 And +he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. + +5:33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in +her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. + +5:34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; +go in peace, and be whole of thy plague. + +5:35 While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's +house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the +Master any further? 5:36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was +spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only +believe. + +5:37 And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and +John the brother of James. + +5:38 And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and +seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly. + +5:39 And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this +ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. + +5:40 And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, +he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were +with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying. + +5:41 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha +cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise. + +5:42 And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the +age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great +astonishment. + +5:43 And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and +commanded that something should be given her to eat. + +6:1 And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and +his disciples follow him. + +6:2 And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the +synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence +hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given +unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands? 6:3 +Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and +Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? +And they were offended at him. + +6:4 But Jesus, said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in +his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. + +6:5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands +upon a few sick folk, and healed them. + +6:6 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round +about the villages, teaching. + +6:7 And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by +two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits; 6:8 And +commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a +staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse: 6:9 But be +shod with sandals; and not put on two coats. + +6:10 And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an +house, there abide till ye depart from that place. + +6:11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart +thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against +them. + +Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and +Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. + +6:12 And they went out, and preached that men should repent. + +6:13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that +were sick, and healed them. + +6:14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) +and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and +therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. + +6:15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a +prophet, or as one of the prophets. + +6:16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I +beheaded: he is risen from the dead. + +6:17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and +bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for +he had married her. + +6:18 For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have +thy brother's wife. + +6:19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have +killed him; but she could not: 6:20 For Herod feared John, knowing +that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he +heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly. + +6:21 And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday +made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of +Galilee; 6:22 And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and +danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said +unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it +thee. + +6:23 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will +give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom. + +6:24 And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? +And she said, The head of John the Baptist. + +6:25 And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, +saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of +John the Baptist. + +6:26 And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and +for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her. + +6:27 And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his +head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison, 6:28 +And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the +damsel gave it to her mother. + +6:29 And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his +corpse, and laid it in a tomb. + +6:30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and +told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had +taught. + +6:31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert +place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and +they had no leisure so much as to eat. + +6:32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. + +6:33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran +afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together +unto him. + +6:34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with +compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a +shepherd: and he began to teach them many things. + +6:35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, +and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: 6:36 +Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and +into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to +eat. + +6:37 He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say +unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and +give them to eat? 6:38 He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? +go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes. + +6:39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the +green grass. + +6:40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. + +6:41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he +looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them +to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he +among them all. + +6:42 And they did all eat, and were filled. + +6:43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the +fishes. + +6:44 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men. + +6:45 And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the +ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent +away the people. + +6:46 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to +pray. + +6:47 And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and +he alone on the land. + +6:48 And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto +them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, +walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them. + +6:49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had +been a spirit, and cried out: 6:50 For they all saw him, and were +troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be +of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. + +6:51 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and +they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered. + +6:52 For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their +heart was hardened. + +6:53 And when they had passed over, they came into the land of +Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. + +6:54 And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew +him, 6:55 And ran through that whole region round about, and began to +carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was. + +6:56 And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or +country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they +might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as +touched him were made whole. + +7:1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the +scribes, which came from Jerusalem. + +7:2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, +that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. + +7:3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands +oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. + +7:4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat +not. + +And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as +the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables. + +7:5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy +disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with +unwashen hands? 7:6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias +prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth +me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. + +7:7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the +commandments of men. + +7:8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of +men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things +ye do. + +7:9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, +that ye may keep your own tradition. + +7:10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso +curseth father or mother, let him die the death: 7:11 But ye say, If a +man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a +gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. + +7:12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his +mother; 7:13 Making the word of God of none effect through your +tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. + +7:14 And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto +them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: 7:15 There is +nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but +the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. + +7:16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. + +7:17 And when he was entered into the house from the people, his +disciples asked him concerning the parable. + +7:18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do +ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the +man, it cannot defile him; 7:19 Because it entereth not into his +heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all +meats? 7:20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that +defileth the man. + +7:21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, +adulteries, fornications, murders, 7:22 Thefts, covetousness, +wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, +foolishness: 7:23 All these evil things come from within, and defile +the man. + +7:24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and +Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but +he could not be hid. + +7:25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, +heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: 7:26 The woman was a +Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would +cast forth the devil out of her daughter. + +7:27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it +is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the +dogs. + +7:28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under +the table eat of the children's crumbs. + +7:29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is +gone out of thy daughter. + +7:30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, +and her daughter laid upon the bed. + +7:31 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came +unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. + +7:32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment +in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. + +7:33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers +into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; 7:34 And looking +up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be +opened. + +7:35 And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his +tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. + +7:36 And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he +charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; 7:37 +And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things +well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. + +8:1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing +to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, 8:2 +I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me +three days, and have nothing to eat: 8:3 And if I send them away +fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of +them came from far. + +8:4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy +these men with bread here in the wilderness? 8:5 And he asked them, +How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. + +8:6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took +the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his +disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people. + +8:7 And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to +set them also before them. + +8:8 So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken +meat that was left seven baskets. + +8:9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them +away. + +8:10 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and +came into the parts of Dalmanutha. + +8:11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, +seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. + +8:12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this +generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no +sign be given unto this generation. + +8:13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to +the other side. + +8:14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they +in the ship with them more than one loaf. + +8:15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of +the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. + +8:16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have +no bread. + +8:17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, +because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? +have ye your heart yet hardened? 8:18 Having eyes, see ye not? and +having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? 8:19 When I brake +the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of +fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. + +8:20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of +fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. + +8:21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand? 8:22 +And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and +besought him to touch him. + +8:23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the +town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he +asked him if he saw ought. + +8:24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. + +8:25 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him +look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. + +8:26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the +town, nor tell it to any in the town. + +8:27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea +Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, +Whom do men say that I am? 8:28 And they answered, John the Baptist; +but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. + +8:29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter +answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. + +8:30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. + +8:31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many +things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and +scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. + +8:32 And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to +rebuke him. + +8:33 But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he +rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest +not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. + +8:34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples +also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny +himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. + +8:35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever +shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save +it. + +8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, +and lose his own soul? 8:37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for +his soul? 8:38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my +words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the +Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with +the holy angels. + +9:1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some +of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they +have seen the kingdom of God come with power. + +9:2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and +John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: +and he was transfigured before them. + +9:3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no +fuller on earth can white them. + +9:4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were +talking with Jesus. + +9:5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to +be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for +Moses, and one for Elias. + +9:6 For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid. + +9:7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out +of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. + +9:8 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man +any more, save Jesus only with themselves. + +9:9 And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they +should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were +risen from the dead. + +9:10 And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with +another what the rising from the dead should mean. + +9:11 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must +first come? 9:12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh +first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of +man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. + +9:13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done +unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him. + +9:14 And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about +them, and the scribes questioning with them. + +9:15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were +greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. + +9:16 And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? 9:17 And +one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto +thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; 9:18 And wheresoever he taketh +him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and +pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him +out; and they could not. + +9:19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long +shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. + +9:20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway +the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. + +9:21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto +him? And he said, Of a child. + +9:22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, +to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, +and help us. + +9:23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are +possible to him that believeth. + +9:24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with +tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. + +9:25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked +the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge +thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. + +9:26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and +he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. + +9:27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose. + +9:28 And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him +privately, Why could not we cast him out? 9:29 And he said unto them, +This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting. + +9:30 And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he +would not that any man should know it. + +9:31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man +is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after +that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. + +9:32 But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him. + +9:33 And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, +What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way? 9:34 But +they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among +themselves, who should be the greatest. + +9:35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If +any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant +of all. + +9:36 And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when +he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, 9:37 Whosoever shall +receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever +shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me. + +9:38 And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out +devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, +because he followeth not us. + +9:39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall +do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. + +9:40 For he that is not against us is on our part. + +9:41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, +because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose +his reward. + +9:42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe +in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his +neck, and he were cast into the sea. + +9:43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to +enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into +the fire that never shall be quenched: 9:44 Where their worm dieth +not, and the fire is not quenched. + +9:45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to +enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into +the fire that never shall be quenched: 9:46 Where their worm dieth +not, and the fire is not quenched. + +9:47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee +to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to +be cast into hell fire: 9:48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire +is not quenched. + +9:49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice +shall be salted with salt. + +9:50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith +will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with +another. + +10:1 And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by +the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, +as he was wont, he taught them again. + +10:2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a +man to put away his wife? tempting him. + +10:3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? +10:4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and +to put her away. + +10:5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your +heart he wrote you this precept. + +10:6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and +female. + +10:7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and +cleave to his wife; 10:8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then +they are no more twain, but one flesh. + +10:9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. + +10:10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same +matter. + +10:11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and +marry another, committeth adultery against her. + +10:12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to +another, she committeth adultery. + +10:13 And they brought young children to him, that he should touch +them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. + +10:14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto +them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: +for of such is the kingdom of God. + +10:15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom +of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. + +10:16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and +blessed them. + +10:17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, +and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I +may inherit eternal life? 10:18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest +thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. + +10:19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not +kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy +father and mother. 10:20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, +all these have I observed from my youth. + +10:21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing +thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the +poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the +cross, and follow me. + +10:22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had +great possessions. + +10:23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How +hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! +10:24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus +answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for +them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! 10:25 It +is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a +rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. + +10:26 And they were astonished out of measure, saying among +themselves, Who then can be saved? 10:27 And Jesus looking upon them +saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all +things are possible. + +10:28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have +followed thee. + +10:29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no +man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or +mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, +10:30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, +and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with +persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life. + +10:31 But many that are first shall be last; and the last first. + +10:32 And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went +before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were +afraid. + +And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things +should happen unto him, 10:33 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; +and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto +the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver +him to the Gentiles: 10:34 And they shall mock him, and shall scourge +him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he +shall rise again. + +10:35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, +Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall +desire. + +10:36 And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you? +10:37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy +right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. + +10:38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink +of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am +baptized with? 10:39 And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said +unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with +the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized: 10:40 But +to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but +it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared. + +10:41 And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with +James and John. + +10:42 But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that +they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship +over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. + +10:43 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great +among you, shall be your minister: 10:44 And whosoever of you will be +the chiefest, shall be servant of all. + +10:45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to +minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. + +10:46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his +disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of +Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. + +10:47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry +out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. + +10:48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried +the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me. + +10:49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they +call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he +calleth thee. + +10:50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus. + +10:51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I +should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might +receive my sight. + +10:52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee +whole. + +And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way. + +11:1 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, +at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, 11:2 +And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: +and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, +whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him. + +11:3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord +hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither. + +11:4 And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door +without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him. + +11:5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, +loosing the colt? 11:6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had +commanded: and they let them go. + +11:7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on +him; and he sat upon him. + +11:8 And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down +branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way. + +11:9 And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, +Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: 11:10 +Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of +the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. + +11:11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when +he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was +come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve. + +11:12 And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was +hungry: 11:13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, +if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he +found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. + +11:14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee +hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it. + +11:15 And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and +began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and +overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that +sold doves; 11:16 And would not suffer that any man should carry any +vessel through the temple. + +11:17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house +shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made +it a den of thieves. + +11:18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they +might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was +astonished at his doctrine. + +11:19 And when even was come, he went out of the city. + +11:20 And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree +dried up from the roots. + +11:21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, +the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. + +11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. + +11:23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this +mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall +not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he +saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. + +11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye +pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. + +11:25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against +any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your +trespasses. + +11:26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in +heaven forgive your trespasses. + +11:27 And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the +temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the +elders, 11:28 And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these +things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things? 11:29 +And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one +question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do +these things. + +11:30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me. + +11:31 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From +heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him? 11:32 But if we +shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, +that he was a prophet indeed. + +11:33 And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus +answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I +do these things. + +12:1 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man +planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for +the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went +into a far country. + +12:2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he +might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. + +12:3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. + +12:4 And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast +stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully +handled. + +12:5 And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; +beating some, and killing some. + +12:6 Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also +last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son. + +12:7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; +come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our's. + +12:8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the +vineyard. + +12:9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come +and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. + +12:10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the +builders rejected is become the head of the corner: 12:11 This was the +Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? 12:12 And they sought +to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had +spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their +way. + +12:13 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the +Herodians, to catch him in his words. + +12:14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that +thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the +person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to +give tribute to Caesar, or not? 12:15 Shall we give, or shall we not +give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye +me? bring me a penny, that I may see it. + +12:16 And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image +and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's. + +12:17 And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things +that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they +marvelled at him. + +12:18 Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no +resurrection; and they asked him, saying, 12:19 Master, Moses wrote +unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and +leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up +seed unto his brother. + +12:20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and +dying left no seed. + +12:21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and +the third likewise. + +12:22 And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman +died also. + +12:23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife +shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife. + +12:24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, +because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? 12:25 +For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are +given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven. + +12:26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in +the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am +the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? 12:27 +He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore +do greatly err. + +12:28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning +together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, +Which is the first commandment of all? 12:29 And Jesus answered him, +The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God +is one Lord: 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy +heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy +strength: this is the first commandment. + +12:31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy +neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than +these. + +12:32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the +truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: 12:33 And +to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and +with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his +neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and +sacrifices. + +12:34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto +him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that +durst ask him any question. + +12:35 And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How +say the scribes that Christ is the son of David? 12:36 For David +himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on +my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. + +12:37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then +his son? And the common people heard him gladly. + +12:38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, +which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the +marketplaces, 12:39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the +uppermost rooms at feasts: 12:40 Which devour widows' houses, and for +a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. + +12:41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the +people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in +much. + +12:42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, +which make a farthing. + +12:43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, +Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than +all they which have cast into the treasury: 12:44 For all they did +cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that +she had, even all her living. + +13:1 And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto +him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! +13:2 And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great +buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall +not be thrown down. + +13:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, +Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, 13:4 Tell us, +when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these +things shall be fulfilled? 13:5 And Jesus answering them began to +say, Take heed lest any man deceive you: 13:6 For many shall come in +my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. + +13:7 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not +troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. + +13:8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against +kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there +shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows. + +13:9 But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to +councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be +brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against +them. + +13:10 And the gospel must first be published among all nations. + +13:11 But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no +thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but +whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is +not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. + +13:12 Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the +father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and +shall cause them to be put to death. + +13:13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that +shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. + +13:14 But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of +by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that +readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the +mountains: 13:15 And let him that is on the housetop not go down into +the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house: +13:16 And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take +up his garment. + +13:17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck +in those days! 13:18 And pray ye that your flight be not in the +winter. + +13:19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the +beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither +shall be. + +13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh +should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he +hath shortened the days. + +13:21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, +lo, he is there; believe him not: 13:22 For false Christs and false +prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if +it were possible, even the elect. + +13:23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things. + +13:24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be +darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 13:25 And the stars +of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be +shaken. + +13:26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with +great power and glory. + +13:27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his +elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the +uttermost part of heaven. + +13:28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet +tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: 13:29 +So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, +know that it is nigh, even at the doors. + +13:30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till +all these things be done. + +13:31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass +away. + +13:32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels +which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. + +13:33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. + +13:34 For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left +his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his +work, and commanded the porter to watch. + +13:35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house +cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the +morning: 13:36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. + +13:37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch. + +14:1 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened +bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might +take him by craft, and put him to death. + +14:2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of +the people. + +14:3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat +at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of +spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his +head. + +14:4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and +said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? 14:5 For it might have +been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to +the poor. And they murmured against her. + +14:6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath +wrought a good work on me. + +14:7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye +may do them good: but me ye have not always. + +14:8 She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my +body to the burying. + +14:9 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached +throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be +spoken of for a memorial of her. + +14:10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief +priests, to betray him unto them. + +14:11 And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him +money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him. + +14:12 And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the +passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and +prepare that thou mayest eat the passover? 14:13 And he sendeth forth +two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and +there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him. + +14:14 And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the +house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat +the passover with my disciples? 14:15 And he will shew you a large +upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. + +14:16 And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found +as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. + +14:17 And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. + +14:18 And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, +One of you which eateth with me shall betray me. + +14:19 And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, +Is it I? and another said, Is it I? 14:20 And he answered and said +unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish. + +14:21 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to +that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man +if he had never been born. + +14:22 And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake +it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. + +14:23 And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to +them: and they all drank of it. + +14:24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, +which is shed for many. + +14:25 Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the +vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. + +14:26 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of +Olives. + +14:27 And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of +me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the +sheep shall be scattered. + +14:28 But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. + +14:29 But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet +will not I. + +14:30 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, +even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me +thrice. + +14:31 But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I +will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all. + +14:32 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he +saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. + +14:33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be +sore amazed, and to be very heavy; 14:34 And saith unto them, My soul +is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. + +14:35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed +that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. + +14:36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; +take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what +thou wilt. + +14:37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, +Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? 14:38 Watch +ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, +but the flesh is weak. + +14:39 And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words. + +14:40 And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their +eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him. + +14:41 And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, +and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of +man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. + +14:42 Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand. + +14:43 And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the +twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from +the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. + +14:44 And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, +Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away +safely. + +14:45 And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and +saith, Master, master; and kissed him. + +14:46 And they laid their hands on him, and took him. + +14:47 And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant +of the high priest, and cut off his ear. + +14:48 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as +against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me? 14:49 I was +daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the +scriptures must be fulfilled. + +14:50 And they all forsook him, and fled. + +14:51 And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth +cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him: 14:52 +And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. + +14:53 And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were +assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. + +14:54 And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the +high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the +fire. + +14:55 And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness +against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. + +14:56 For many bare false witness against him, but their witness +agreed not together. + +14:57 And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, +saying, 14:58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is +made with hands, and within three days I will build another made +without hands. + +14:59 But neither so did their witness agree together. + +14:60 And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, +saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against +thee? 14:61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the +high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son +of the Blessed? 14:62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son +of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of +heaven. + +14:63 Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we +any further witnesses? 14:64 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think +ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. + +14:65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to +buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike +him with the palms of their hands. + +14:66 And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the +maids of the high priest: 14:67 And when she saw Peter warming +himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus +of Nazareth. + +14:68 But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what +thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew. + +14:69 And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood +by, This is one of them. + +14:70 And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by +said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a +Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto. + +14:71 But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man +of whom ye speak. + +14:72 And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the +word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt +deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept. + +15:1 And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a +consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and +bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate. + +15:2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he +answering said unto them, Thou sayest it. + +15:3 And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered +nothing. + +15:4 And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? +behold how many things they witness against thee. + +15:5 But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled. + +15:6 Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever +they desired. + +15:7 And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that +had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the +insurrection. + +15:8 And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he +had ever done unto them. + +15:9 But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you +the King of the Jews? 15:10 For he knew that the chief priests had +delivered him for envy. + +15:11 But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather +release Barabbas unto them. + +15:12 And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then +that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews? 15:13 And +they cried out again, Crucify him. + +15:14 Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And +they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him. + +15:15 And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas +unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be +crucified. + +15:16 And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; +and they call together the whole band. + +15:17 And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, +and put it about his head, 15:18 And began to salute him, Hail, King +of the Jews! 15:19 And they smote him on the head with a reed, and +did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him. + +15:20 And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, +and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him. + +15:21 And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out +of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. + +15:22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being +interpreted, The place of a skull. + +15:23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he +received it not. + +15:24 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, +casting lots upon them, what every man should take. + +15:25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. + +15:26 And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE +KING OF THE JEWS. + +15:27 And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right +hand, and the other on his left. + +15:28 And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was +numbered with the transgressors. + +15:29 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and +saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three +days, 15:30 Save thyself, and come down from the cross. + +15:31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves +with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save. + +15:32 Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that +we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled +him. + +15:33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the +whole land until the ninth hour. + +15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, +Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my +God, why hast thou forsaken me? 15:35 And some of them that stood by, +when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias. + +15:36 And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a +reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether +Elias will come to take him down. + +15:37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. + +15:38 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the +bottom. + +15:39 And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that +he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was +the Son of God. + +15:40 There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary +Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and +Salome; 15:41 (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and +ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto +Jerusalem. + +15:42 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, +that is, the day before the sabbath, 15:43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an +honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, +and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. + +15:44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto +him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. + +15:45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to +Joseph. + +15:46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in +the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, +and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre. + +15:47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he +was laid. + +16:1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the +mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might +come and anoint him. + +16:2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they +came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. + +16:3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone +from the door of the sepulchre? 16:4 And when they looked, they saw +that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. + +16:5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on +the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were +affrighted. + +16:6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of +Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the +place where they laid him. + +16:7 But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth +before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you. + +16:8 And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they +trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for +they were afraid. + +16:9 Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he +appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven +devils. + +16:10 And she went and told them that had been with him, as they +mourned and wept. + +16:11 And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been +seen of her, believed not. + +16:12 After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they +walked, and went into the country. + +16:13 And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed +they them. + +16:14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and +upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they +believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. + +16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the +gospel to every creature. + +16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that +believeth not shall be damned. + +16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall +they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 16:18 They +shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall +not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall +recover. + +16:19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up +into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. + +16:20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working +with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen. + + + + +The Gospel According to Saint Luke + + +1:1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a +declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, +1:2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were +eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; 1:3 It seemed good to me +also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very +first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, 1:4 +That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou +hast been instructed. + +1:5 THERE was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain +priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the +daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. + +1:6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the +commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. + +1:7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they +both were now well stricken in years. + +1:8 And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office +before God in the order of his course, 1:9 According to the custom of +the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the +temple of the Lord. + +1:10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the +time of incense. + +1:11 And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the +right side of the altar of incense. + +1:12 And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon +him. + +1:13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer +is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt +call his name John. + +1:14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at +his birth. + +1:15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink +neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy +Ghost, even from his mother's womb. + +1:16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord +their God. + +1:17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to +turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to +the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. + +1:18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for +I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. + +1:19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand +in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew +thee these glad tidings. + +1:20 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the +day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not +my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season. + +1:21 And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he +tarried so long in the temple. + +1:22 And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they +perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned +unto them, and remained speechless. + +1:23 And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his +ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house. + +1:24 And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid +herself five months, saying, 1:25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in +the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men. + +1:26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a +city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 1:27 To a virgin espoused to a man +whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name +was Mary. + +1:28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art +highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. + +1:29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in +her mind what manner of salutation this should be. + +1:30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found +favour with God. + +1:31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a +son, and shalt call his name JESUS. + +1:32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: +and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: +1:33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his +kingdom there shall be no end. + +1:34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know +not a man? 1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy +Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall +overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of +thee shall be called the Son of God. + +1:36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son +in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called +barren. + +1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible. + +1:38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me +according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. + +1:39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with +haste, into a city of Juda; 1:40 And entered into the house of +Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. + +1:41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of +Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the +Holy Ghost: 1:42 And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, +Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. + +1:43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come +to me? 1:44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded +in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. + +1:45 And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a +performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. + +1:46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 1:47 And my spirit +hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. + +1:48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, +behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. + +1:49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is +his name. + +1:50 And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to +generation. + +1:51 He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud +in the imagination of their hearts. + +1:52 He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of +low degree. + +1:53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath +sent empty away. + +1:54 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; +1:55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever. + +1:56 And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her +own house. + +1:57 Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and +she brought forth a son. + +1:58 And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed +great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her. + +1:59 And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to +circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of +his father. + +1:60 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called +John. + +1:61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is +called by this name. + +1:62 And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. + +1:63 And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is +John. And they marvelled all. + +1:64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and +he spake, and praised God. + +1:65 And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these +sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea. + +1:66 And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, +saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord +was with him. + +1:67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and +prophesied, saying, 1:68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he +hath visited and redeemed his people, 1:69 And hath raised up an horn +of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; 1:70 As he +spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the +world began: 1:71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from +the hand of all that hate us; 1:72 To perform the mercy promised to +our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; 1:73 The oath which he +sware to our father Abraham, 1:74 That he would grant unto us, that we +being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without +fear, 1:75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of +our life. + +1:76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for +thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; 1:77 To +give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their +sins, 1:78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring +from on high hath visited us, 1:79 To give light to them that sit in +darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of +peace. + +1:80 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the +deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel. + +2:1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree +from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. + +2:2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of +Syria.) 2:3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. + +2:4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, +into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; +(because he was of the house and lineage of David:) 2:5 To be taxed +with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. + +2:6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were +accomplished that she should be delivered. + +2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in +swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room +for them in the inn. + +2:8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, +keeping watch over their flock by night. + +2:9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of +the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. + +2:10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you +good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. + +2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, +which is Christ the Lord. + +2:12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped +in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. + +2:13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly +host praising God, and saying, 2:14 Glory to God in the highest, and +on earth peace, good will toward men. + +2:15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into +heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto +Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord +hath made known unto us. + +2:16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the +babe lying in a manger. + +2:17 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying +which was told them concerning this child. + +2:18 And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were +told them by the shepherds. + +2:19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. + +2:20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all +the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. + +2:21 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the +child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel +before he was conceived in the womb. + +2:22 And when the days of her purification according to the law of +Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him +to the Lord; 2:23 (As it is written in the law of the LORD, Every male +that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) 2:24 And to +offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the +Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons. + +2:25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; +and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of +Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. + +2:26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should +not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. + +2:27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents +brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, +2:28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, 2:29 +Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy +word: 2:30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, 2:31 Which thou hast +prepared before the face of all people; 2:32 A light to lighten the +Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. + +2:33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were +spoken of him. + +2:34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, +this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and +for a sign which shall be spoken against; 2:35 (Yea, a sword shall +pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts +may be revealed. + +2:36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of +the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an +husband seven years from her virginity; 2:37 And she was a widow of +about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, +but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. + +2:38 And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the +Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in +Jerusalem. + +2:39 And when they had performed all things according to the law of +the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. + +2:40 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with +wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him. + +2:41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the +passover. + +2:42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after +the custom of the feast. + +2:43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child +Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not +of it. + +2:44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's +journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. + +2:45 And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, +seeking him. + +2:46 And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the +temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and +asking them questions. + +2:47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and +answers. + +2:48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto +him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I +have sought thee sorrowing. + +2:49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not +that I must be about my Father's business? 2:50 And they understood +not the saying which he spake unto them. + +2:51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject +unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. + +2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God +and man. + +3:1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius +Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, +and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of +Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, 3:2 Annas and +Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the +son of Zacharias in the wilderness. + +3:3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the +baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; 3:4 As it is written +in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of +one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his +paths straight. + +3:5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be +brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough +ways shall be made smooth; 3:6 And all flesh shall see the salvation +of God. + +3:7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of +him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the +wrath to come? 3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, +and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: +for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up +children unto Abraham. + +3:9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every +tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and +cast into the fire. + +3:10 And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? 3:11 He +answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart +to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise. + +3:12 Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, +Master, what shall we do? 3:13 And he said unto them, Exact no more +than that which is appointed you. + +3:14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall +we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse +any falsely; and be content with your wages. + +3:15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their +hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; 3:16 John +answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but +one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy +to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: +3:17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, +and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn +with fire unquenchable. + +3:18 And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the +people. + +3:19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his +brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, +3:20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison. + +3:21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that +Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, 3:22 +And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, +and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in +thee I am well pleased. + +3:23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being +(as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli, 3:24 +Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the +son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of +Joseph, 3:25 Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of +Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was +the son of Nagge, 3:26 Which was the son of Maath, which was the son +of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of +Joseph, which was the son of Juda, 3:27 Which was the son of Joanna, +which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was +the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri, 3:28 Which was the +son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, +which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er, 3:29 Which was +the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of +Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, 3:30 +Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the +son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of +Eliakim, 3:31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, +which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was +the son of David, 3:32 Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son +of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which +was the son of Naasson, 3:33 Which was the son of Aminadab, which was +the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of +Phares, which was the son of Juda, 3:34 Which was the son of Jacob, +which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was +the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor, 3:35 Which was the son +of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, +which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala, 3:36 Which was +the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of +Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech, 3:37 Which +was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the +son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of +Cainan, 3:38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, +which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God. + +4:1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and +was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 4:2 Being forty days +tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when +they were ended, he afterward hungered. + +4:3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command +this stone that it be made bread. + +4:4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not +live by bread alone, but by every word of God. + +4:5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto +him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. + +4:6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and +the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I +will I give it. + +4:7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. + +4:8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: +for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only +shalt thou serve. + +4:9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the +temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself +down from hence: 4:10 For it is written, He shall give his angels +charge over thee, to keep thee: 4:11 And in their hands they shall +bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. + +4:12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not +tempt the Lord thy God. + +4:13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from +him for a season. + +4:14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and +there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. + +4:15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. + +4:16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as +his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and +stood up for to read. + +4:17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. +And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was +written, 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath +anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal +the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and +recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are +bruised, 4:19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. + +4:20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and +sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were +fastened on him. + +4:21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture +fulfilled in your ears. + +4:22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words +which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's +son? 4:23 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this +proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in +Capernaum, do also here in thy country. + +4:24 And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his +own country. + +4:25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days +of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when +great famine was throughout all the land; 4:26 But unto none of them +was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that +was a widow. + +4:27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the +prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. + +4:28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were +filled with wrath, 4:29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, +and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, +that they might cast him down headlong. + +4:30 But he passing through the midst of them went his way, 4:31 And +came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the +sabbath days. + +4:32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with +power. + +4:33 And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an +unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, 4:34 Saying, Let us +alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou +come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God. + +4:35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of +him. + +And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, +and hurt him not. + +4:36 And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, +What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the +unclean spirits, and they come out. + +4:37 And the fame of him went out into every place of the country +round about. + +4:38 And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's +house. + +And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they +besought him for her. + +4:39 And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: +and immediately she arose and ministered unto them. + +4:40 Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with +divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every +one of them, and healed them. + +4:41 And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou +art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to +speak: for they knew that he was Christ. + +4:42 And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: +and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he +should not depart from them. + +4:43 And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other +cities also: for therefore am I sent. + +4:44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee. + +5:1 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear +the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, 5:2 And saw two +ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, +and were washing their nets. + +5:3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and +prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat +down, and taught the people out of the ship. + +5:4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into +the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. + +5:5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the +night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let +down the net. + +5:6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of +fishes: and their net brake. + +5:7 And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other +ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled +both the ships, so that they began to sink. + +5:8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, +Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. + +5:9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught +of the fishes which they had taken: 5:10 And so was also James, and +John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus +said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. + +5:11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, +and followed him. + +5:12 And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man +full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, +saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. + +5:13 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be +thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. + +5:14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to +the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, +for a testimony unto them. + +5:15 But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great +multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their +infirmities. + +5:16 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. + +5:17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that +there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were +come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the +power of the Lord was present to heal them. + +5:18 And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a +palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before +him. + +5:19 And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in +because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him +down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus. + +5:20 And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are +forgiven thee. + +5:21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is +this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone? +5:22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto +them, What reason ye in your hearts? 5:23 Whether is easier, to say, +Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk? 5:24 But that +ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, +(he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take +up thy couch, and go into thine house. + +5:25 And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon +he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God. + +5:26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled +with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day. + +5:27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named +Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow +me. + +5:28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him. + +5:29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a +great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them. + +5:30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, +saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? 5:31 And +Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a +physician; but they that are sick. + +5:32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. + +5:33 And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, +and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but +thine eat and drink? 5:34 And he said unto them, Can ye make the +children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? +5:35 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away +from them, and then shall they fast in those days. + +5:36 And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of +a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a +rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the +old. + +5:37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine +will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. + +5:38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are +preserved. + +5:39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for +he saith, The old is better. + +6:1 And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he +went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of +corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. + +6:2 And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which +is not lawful to do on the sabbath days? 6:3 And Jesus answering them +said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself +was an hungred, and they which were with him; 6:4 How he went into the +house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to +them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the +priests alone? 6:5 And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord +also of the sabbath. + +6:6 And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into +the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was +withered. + +6:7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal +on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him. + +6:8 But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the +withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and +stood forth. + +6:9 Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful +on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to +destroy it? 6:10 And looking round about upon them all, he said unto +the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was +restored whole as the other. + +6:11 And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another +what they might do to Jesus. + +6:12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a +mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. + +6:13 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of +them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; 6:14 Simon, (whom +he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip +and Bartholomew, 6:15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, +and Simon called Zelotes, 6:16 And Judas the brother of James, and +Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor. + +6:17 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the +company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all +Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which +came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases; 6:18 And they +that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed. + +6:19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went +virtue out of him, and healed them all. + +6:20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be +ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. + +6:21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed +are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. + +6:22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall +separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out +your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. + +6:23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your +reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers +unto the prophets. + +6:24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your +consolation. + +6:25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you +that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. + +6:26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did +their fathers to the false prophets. + +6:27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them +which hate you, 6:28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them +which despitefully use you. + +6:29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the +other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat +also. + +6:30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh +away thy goods ask them not again. + +6:31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them +likewise. + +6:32 For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for +sinners also love those that love them. + +6:33 And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have +ye? for sinners also do even the same. + +6:34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank +have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. + +6:35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for +nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the +children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the +evil. + +6:36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. + +6:37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall +not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: 6:38 Give, and it +shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken +together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with +the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you +again. + +6:39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? +shall they not both fall into the ditch? 6:40 The disciple is not +above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his +master. + +6:41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but +perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 6:42 Either how +canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that +is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in +thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine +own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is +in thy brother's eye. + +6:43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a +corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. + +6:44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do +not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. + +6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth +that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his +heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the +heart his mouth speaketh. + +6:46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I +say? 6:47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth +them, I will shew you to whom he is like: 6:48 He is like a man which +built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: +and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, +and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. + +6:49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a +foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did +beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house +was great. + +7:1 Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the +people, he entered into Capernaum. + +7:2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was +sick, and ready to die. + +7:3 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the +Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant. + +7:4 And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, +That he was worthy for whom he should do this: 7:5 For he loveth our +nation, and he hath built us a synagogue. + +7:6 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the +house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, +trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter +under my roof: 7:7 Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come +unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed. + +7:8 For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, +and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he +cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. + +7:9 When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him +about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I +have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. + +7:10 And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the +servant whole that had been sick. + +7:11 And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city +called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. + +7:12 Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was +a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a +widow: and much people of the city was with her. + +7:13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said +unto her, Weep not. + +7:14 And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood +still. + +And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. + +7:15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered +him to his mother. + +7:16 And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, +That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited +his people. + +7:17 And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and +throughout all the region round about. + +7:18 And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things. + +7:19 And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to +Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? +7:20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath +sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we +for another? 7:21 And in that same hour he cured many of their +infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were +blind he gave sight. + +7:22 Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John +what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame +walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to +the poor the gospel is preached. + +7:23 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. + +7:24 And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak +unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness +for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? 7:25 But what went ye out +for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are +gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. + +7:26 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, +and much more than a prophet. + +7:27 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger +before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. + +7:28 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is +not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in +the kingdom of God is greater than he. + +7:29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified +God, being baptized with the baptism of John. + +7:30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against +themselves, being not baptized of him. + +7:31 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this +generation? and to what are they like? 7:32 They are like unto +children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and +saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have +mourned to you, and ye have not wept. + +7:33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; +and ye say, He hath a devil. + +7:34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a +gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! +7:35 But wisdom is justified of all her children. + +7:36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. +And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat. + +7:37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she +knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an +alabaster box of ointment, 7:38 And stood at his feet behind him +weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with +the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the +ointment. + +7:39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake +within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have +known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she +is a sinner. + +7:40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say +unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on. + +7:41 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed +five hundred pence, and the other fifty. + +7:42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. +Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? 7:43 Simon +answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. + +And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. + +7:44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this +woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my +feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the +hairs of her head. + +7:45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in +hath not ceased to kiss my feet. + +7:46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath +anointed my feet with ointment. + +7:47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are +forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same +loveth little. + +7:48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. + +7:49 And they that sat at meat with him began to say within +themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? 7:50 And he said to +the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace. + +8:1 And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city +and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of +God: and the twelve were with him, 8:2 And certain women, which had +been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, +out of whom went seven devils, 8:3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza +Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto +him of their substance. + +8:4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him +out of every city, he spake by a parable: 8:5 A sower went out to sow +his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was +trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. + +8:6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it +withered away, because it lacked moisture. + +8:7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and +choked it. + +8:8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an +hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath +ears to hear, let him hear. + +8:9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? +8:10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the +kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not +see, and hearing they might not understand. + +8:11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. + +8:12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, +and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe +and be saved. + +8:13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the +word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and +in time of temptation fall away. + +8:14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have +heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of +this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. + +8:15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good +heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with +patience. + +8:16 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, +or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they +which enter in may see the light. + +8:17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither +any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. + +8:18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall +be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that +which he seemeth to have. + +8:19 Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come +at him for the press. + +8:20 And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy +brethren stand without, desiring to see thee. + +8:21 And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are +these which hear the word of God, and do it. + +8:22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship +with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the +other side of the lake. And they launched forth. + +8:23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of +wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in +jeopardy. + +8:24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we +perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the +water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. + +8:25 And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid +wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he +commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him. + +8:26 And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over +against Galilee. + +8:27 And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a +certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither +abode in any house, but in the tombs. + +8:28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and +with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son +of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not. + +8:29 (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. +For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains +and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil +into the wilderness.) 8:30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy +name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him. + +8:31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go out +into the deep. + +8:32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the +mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter +into them. And he suffered them. + +8:33 Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: +and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were +choked. + +8:34 When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went +and told it in the city and in the country. + +8:35 Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and +found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the +feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. + +8:36 They also which saw it told them by what means he that was +possessed of the devils was healed. + +8:37 Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round +about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great +fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again. + +8:38 Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him +that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying, 8:39 +Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done +unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole +city how great things Jesus had done unto him. + +8:40 And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people +gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him. + +8:41 And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of +the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that +he would come into his house: 8:42 For he had one only daughter, about +twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people +thronged him. + +8:43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had +spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, +8:44 Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and +immediately her issue of blood stanched. + +8:45 And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they +that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press +thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? 8:46 And Jesus said, Somebody +hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me. + +8:47 And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, +and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the +people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed +immediately. + +8:48 And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith +hath made thee whole; go in peace. + +8:49 While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the +synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not +the Master. + +8:50 But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: +believe only, and she shall be made whole. + +8:51 And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, +save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the +maiden. + +8:52 And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not +dead, but sleepeth. + +8:53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. + +8:54 And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, +saying, Maid, arise. + +8:55 And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he +commanded to give her meat. + +8:56 And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they +should tell no man what was done. + +9:1 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power +and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. + +9:2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the +sick. + +9:3 And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither +staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two +coats apiece. + +9:4 And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence +depart. + +9:5 And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, +shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them. + +9:6 And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the +gospel, and healing every where. + +9:7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he +was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen +from the dead; 9:8 And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of +others, that one of the old prophets was risen again. + +9:9 And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I +hear such things? And he desired to see him. + +9:10 And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they +had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert +place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. + +9:11 And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received +them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that +had need of healing. + +9:12 And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and +said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the +towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are +here in a desert place. + +9:13 But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We +have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and +buy meat for all this people. + +9:14 For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his +disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company. + +9:15 And they did so, and made them all sit down. + +9:16 Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up +to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to +set before the multitude. + +9:17 And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of +fragments that remained to them twelve baskets. + +9:18 And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were +with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am? +9:19 They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and +others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again. + +9:20 He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering +said, The Christ of God. + +9:21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man +that thing; 9:22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and +be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, +and be raised the third day. + +9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him +deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. + +9:24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever +will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. + +9:25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and +lose himself, or be cast away? 9:26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of +me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he +shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy +angels. + +9:27 But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which +shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God. + +9:28 And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he +took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. + +9:29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and +his raiment was white and glistering. + +9:30 And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and +Elias: 9:31 Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he +should accomplish at Jerusalem. + +9:32 But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and +when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood +with him. + +9:33 And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto +Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three +tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not +knowing what he said. + +9:34 While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: +and they feared as they entered into the cloud. + +9:35 And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my +beloved Son: hear him. + +9:36 And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept +it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they +had seen. + +9:37 And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come +down from the hill, much people met him. + +9:38 And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I +beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child. + +9:39 And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it +teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth +from him. + +9:40 And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not. + +9:41 And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, +how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither. + +9:42 And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare +him. + +And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and +delivered him again to his father. + +9:43 And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while +they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto +his disciples, 9:44 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for +the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. + +9:45 But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, +that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying. + +9:46 Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be +greatest. + +9:47 And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, +and set him by him, 9:48 And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive +this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me +receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the +same shall be great. + +9:49 And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils +in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us. + +9:50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not +against us is for us. + +9:51 And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be +received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, 9:52 And +sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a +village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. + +9:53 And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he +would go to Jerusalem. + +9:54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, +wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume +them, even as Elias did? 9:55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and +said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. + +9:56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to +save them. And they went to another village. + +9:57 And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man +said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. + +9:58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air +have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. + +9:59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me +first to go and bury my father. + +9:60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou +and preach the kingdom of God. + +9:61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first +go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. + +9:62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the +plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. + +10:1 After these things the LORD appointed other seventy also, and +sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, +whither he himself would come. + +10:2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the +labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he +would send forth labourers into his harvest. + +10:3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. + +10:4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by +the way. + +10:5 And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this +house. + +10:6 And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: +if not, it shall turn to you again. + +10:7 And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as +they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house +to house. + +10:8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such +things as are set before you: 10:9 And heal the sick that are therein, +and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. + +10:10 But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go +your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, 10:11 Even the +very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against +you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is +come nigh unto you. + +10:12 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day +for Sodom, than for that city. + +10:13 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the +mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in +you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and +ashes. + +10:14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the +judgment, than for you. + +10:15 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be +thrust down to hell. + +10:16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you +despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me. + +10:17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the +devils are subject unto us through thy name. + +10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from +heaven. + +10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and +scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by +any means hurt you. + +10:20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are +subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written +in heaven. + +10:21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O +Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from +the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, +Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. + +10:22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth +who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, +and he to whom the Son will reveal him. + +10:23 And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, +Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: 10:24 For I +tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those +things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things +which ye hear, and have not heard them. + +10:25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, +Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 10:26 He said unto +him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? 10:27 And he +answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, +and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy +mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. + +10:28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and +thou shalt live. + +10:29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is +my neighbour? 10:30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down +from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him +of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. + +10:31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and +when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. + +10:32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked +on him, and passed by on the other side. + +10:33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and +when he saw him, he had compassion on him, 10:34 And went to him, and +bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own +beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. + +10:35 And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and +gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and +whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. + +10:36 Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him +that fell among the thieves? 10:37 And he said, He that shewed mercy +on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. + +10:38 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a +certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into +her house. + +10:39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, +and heard his word. + +10:40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and +said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve +alone? bid her therefore that she help me. + +10:41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art +careful and troubled about many things: 10:42 But one thing is +needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken +away from her. + +11:1 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, +when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to +pray, as John also taught his disciples. + +11:2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in +heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as +in heaven, so in earth. + +11:3 Give us day by day our daily bread. + +11:4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is +indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from +evil. + +11:5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and +shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three +loaves; 11:6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I +have nothing to set before him? 11:7 And he from within shall answer +and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are +with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. + +11:8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he +is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give +him as many as he needeth. + +11:9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye +shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. + +11:10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh +findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. + +11:11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he +give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a +serpent? 11:12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a +scorpion? 11:13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts +unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the +Holy Spirit to them that ask him? 11:14 And he was casting out a +devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone +out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered. + +11:15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub +the chief of the devils. + +11:16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. + +11:17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom +divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided +against a house falleth. + +11:18 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom +stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. + +11:19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast +them out? therefore shall they be your judges. + +11:20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the +kingdom of God is come upon you. + +11:21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in +peace: 11:22 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and +overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, +and divideth his spoils. + +11:23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not +with me scattereth. + +11:24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through +dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return +unto my house whence I came out. + +11:25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. + +11:26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked +than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state +of that man is worse than the first. + +11:27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman +of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the +womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. + +11:28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of +God, and keep it. + +11:29 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to +say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no +sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. + +11:30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the +Son of man be to this generation. + +11:31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the +men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost +parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a +greater than Solomon is here. + +11:32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this +generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching +of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. + +11:33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret +place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which +come in may see the light. + +11:34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is +single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is +evil, thy body also is full of darkness. + +11:35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not +darkness. + +11:36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part +dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of +a candle doth give thee light. + +11:37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with +him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. + +11:38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first +washed before dinner. + +11:39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the +outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of +ravening and wickedness. + +11:40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that +which is within also? 11:41 But rather give alms of such things as ye +have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. + +11:42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all +manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these +ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. + +11:43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the +synagogues, and greetings in the markets. + +11:44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as +graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware +of them. + +11:45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, +thus saying thou reproachest us also. + +11:46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with +burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens +with one of your fingers. + +11:47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and +your fathers killed them. + +11:48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: +for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. + +11:49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets +and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: 11:50 +That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation +of the world, may be required of this generation; 11:51 From the blood +of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias which perished between the altar +and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this +generation. + +11:52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of +knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering +in ye hindered. + +11:53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the +Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of +many things: 11:54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something +out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. + +12:1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an +innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon +another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of +the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. + +12:2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither +hid, that shall not be known. + +12:3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in +the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall +be proclaimed upon the housetops. + +12:4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill +the body, and after that have no more that they can do. + +12:5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after +he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear +him. + +12:6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them +is forgotten before God? 12:7 But even the very hairs of your head +are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many +sparrows. + +12:8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him +shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: 12:9 But +he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of +God. + +12:10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it +shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy +Ghost it shall not be forgiven. + +12:11 And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto +magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall +answer, or what ye shall say: 12:12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you +in the same hour what ye ought to say. + +12:13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my +brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. + +12:14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over +you? 12:15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of +covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the +things which he possesseth. + +12:16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a +certain rich man brought forth plentifully: 12:17 And he thought +within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where +to bestow my fruits? 12:18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull +down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my +fruits and my goods. + +12:19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up +for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. + +12:20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be +required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast +provided? 12:21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is +not rich toward God. + +12:22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take +no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, +what ye shall put on. + +12:23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. + +12:24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which +neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more +are ye better than the fowls? 12:25 And which of you with taking +thought can add to his stature one cubit? 12:26 If ye then be not +able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the +rest? 12:27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they +spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was +not arrayed like one of these. + +12:28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, +and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, +O ye of little faith? 12:29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or +what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. + +12:30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and +your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. + +12:31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things +shall be added unto you. + +12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to +give you the kingdom. + +12:33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which +wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no +thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. + +12:34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. + +12:35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; 12:36 +And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will +return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may +open unto him immediately. + +12:37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall +find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and +make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. + +12:38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third +watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. + +12:39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what +hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have +suffered his house to be broken through. + +12:40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour +when ye think not. + +12:41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto +us, or even to all? 12:42 And the Lord said, Who then is that +faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his +household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? 12:43 +Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so +doing. + +12:44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all +that he hath. + +12:45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his +coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to +eat and drink, and to be drunken; 12:46 The lord of that servant will +come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is +not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his +portion with the unbelievers. + +12:47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not +himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many +stripes. + +12:48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, +shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, +of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of +him they will ask the more. + +12:49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be +already kindled? 12:50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and +how am I straitened till it be accomplished! 12:51 Suppose ye that I +am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: +12:52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, +three against two, and two against three. + +12:53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against +the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against +the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the +daughter in law against her mother in law. + +12:54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of +the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. + +12:55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; +and it cometh to pass. + +12:56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the +earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? 12:57 Yea, and +why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? 12:58 When thou +goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, +give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale +thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the +officer cast thee into prison. + +12:59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid +the very last mite. + +13:1 There were present at that season some that told him of the +Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. + +13:2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these +Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they +suffered such things? 13:3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye +shall all likewise perish. + +13:4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew +them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in +Jerusalem? 13:5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all +likewise perish. + +13:6 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted +in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. + +13:7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these +three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut +it down; why cumbereth it the ground? 13:8 And he answering said unto +him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and +dung it: 13:9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that +thou shalt cut it down. + +13:10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. + +13:11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity +eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up +herself. + +13:12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, +Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. + +13:13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made +straight, and glorified God. + +13:14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, +because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the +people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them +therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. + +13:15 The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not +each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, +and lead him away to watering? 13:16 And ought not this woman, being +a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen +years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? 13:17 And when he +had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the +people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him. + +13:18 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and +whereunto shall I resemble it? 13:19 It is like a grain of mustard +seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and +waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of +it. + +13:20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? +13:21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures +of meal, till the whole was leavened. + +13:22 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and +journeying toward Jerusalem. + +13:23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And +he said unto them, 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for +many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. + +13:25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to +the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, +saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto +you, I know you not whence ye are: 13:26 Then shall ye begin to say, +We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our +streets. + +13:27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; +depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. + +13:28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see +Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of +God, and you yourselves thrust out. + +13:29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from +the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of +God. + +13:30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are +first which shall be last. + +13:31 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto +him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee. + +13:32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast +out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I +shall be perfected. + +13:33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day +following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. + +13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest +them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy +children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and +ye would not! 13:35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and +verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when +ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. + +14:1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the +chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched +him. + +14:2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the +dropsy. + +14:3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, +Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? 14:4 And they held their +peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go; 14:5 And +answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen +into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day? +14:6 And they could not answer him again to these things. + +14:7 And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he +marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them. + +14:8 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the +highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him; +14:9 And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man +place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. + +14:10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; +that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go +up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that +sit at meat with thee. + +14:11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that +humbleth himself shall be exalted. + +14:12 Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a +dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither +thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, +and a recompence be made thee. + +14:13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the +lame, the blind: 14:14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot +recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of +the just. + +14:15 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these +things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the +kingdom of God. + +14:16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and +bade many: 14:17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them +that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. + +14:18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first +said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go +and see it: I pray thee have me excused. + +14:19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to +prove them: I pray thee have me excused. + +14:20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot +come. + +14:21 So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the +master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly +into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, +and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. + +14:22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, +and yet there is room. + +14:23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and +hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. + +14:24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden +shall taste of my supper. + +14:25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and +said unto them, 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, +and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, +and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. + +14:27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot +be my disciple. + +14:28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down +first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? +14:29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able +to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, 14:30 Saying, This +man began to build, and was not able to finish. + +14:31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth +not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to +meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? 14:32 Or else, +while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and +desireth conditions of peace. + +14:33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that +he hath, he cannot be my disciple. + +14:34 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith +shall it be seasoned? 14:35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet +for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let +him hear. + +15:1 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear +him. + +15:2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man +receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. + +15:3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying, 15:4 What man of +you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave +the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is +lost, until he find it? 15:5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it +on his shoulders, rejoicing. + +15:6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and +neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my +sheep which was lost. + +15:7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one +sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, +which need no repentance. + +15:8 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one +piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek +diligently till she find it? 15:9 And when she hath found it, she +calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with +me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. + +15:10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the +angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. + +15:11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 15:12 And the younger +of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that +falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. + +15:13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, +and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his +substance with riotous living. + +15:14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that +land; and he began to be in want. + +15:15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and +he sent him into his fields to feed swine. + +15:16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the +swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. + +15:17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of +my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! +15:18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, +I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 15:19 And am no more +worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. + +15:20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a +great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and +fell on his neck, and kissed him. + +15:21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, +and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. + +15:22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, +and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: +15:23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, +and be merry: 15:24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he +was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. + +15:25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh +to the house, he heard musick and dancing. + +15:26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things +meant. + +15:27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath +killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. + +15:28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father +out, and intreated him. + +15:29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I +serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and +yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my +friends: 15:30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath +devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted +calf. + +15:31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I +have is thine. + +15:32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy +brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. + +16:1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich +man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he +had wasted his goods. + +16:2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this +of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no +longer steward. + +16:3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my +lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am +ashamed. + +16:4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the +stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. + +16:5 So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said +unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? 16:6 And he said, +An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and +sit down quickly, and write fifty. + +16:7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An +hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and +write fourscore. + +16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done +wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser +than the children of light. + +16:9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of +unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into +everlasting habitations. + +16:10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in +much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. + +16:11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous +mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? 16:12 And if +ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall +give you that which is your own? 16:13 No servant can serve two +masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else +he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God +and mammon. + +16:14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these +things: and they derided him. + +16:15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves +before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly +esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. + +16:16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the +kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. + +16:17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle +of the law to fail. + +16:18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, +committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from +her husband committeth adultery. + +16:19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and +fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 16:20 And there was a +certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of +sores, 16:21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from +the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. + +16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by +the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was +buried; 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and +seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. + +16:24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and +send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool +my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. + +16:25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime +receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now +he is comforted, and thou art tormented. + +16:26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf +fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither +can they pass to us, that would come from thence. + +16:27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest +send him to my father's house: 16:28 For I have five brethren; that he +may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. + +16:29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let +them hear them. + +16:30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from +the dead, they will repent. + +16:31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, +neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. + +17:1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that +offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! 17:2 It +were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and +he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little +ones. + +17:3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, +rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. + +17:4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven +times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt +forgive him. + +17:5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. + +17:6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye +might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and +be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. + +17:7 But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, +will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and +sit down to meat? 17:8 And will not rather say unto him, Make ready +wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten +and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink? 17:9 Doth he +thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? +I trow not. + +17:10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which +are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done +that which was our duty to do. + +17:11 And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed +through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. + +17:12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men +that were lepers, which stood afar off: 17:13 And they lifted up their +voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. + +17:14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto +the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were +cleansed. + +17:15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, +and with a loud voice glorified God, 17:16 And fell down on his face +at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. + +17:17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where +are the nine? 17:18 There are not found that returned to give glory +to God, save this stranger. + +17:19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made +thee whole. + +17:20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of +God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh +not with observation: 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo +there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. + +17:22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye +shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall +not see it. + +17:23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after +them, nor follow them. + +17:24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under +heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the +Son of man be in his day. + +17:25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this +generation. + +17:26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the +days of the Son of man. + +17:27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in +marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood +came, and destroyed them all. + +17:28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they +drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 17:29 But +the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone +from heaven, and destroyed them all. + +17:30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is +revealed. + +17:31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff +in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in +the field, let him likewise not return back. + +17:32 Remember Lot's wife. + +17:33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and +whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. + +17:34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the +one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. + +17:35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, +and the other left. + +17:36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the +other left. + +17:37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said +unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be +gathered together. + +18:1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought +always to pray, and not to faint; 18:2 Saying, There was in a city a +judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 18:3 And there was +a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine +adversary. + +18:4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within +himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 18:5 Yet because this +widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming +she weary me. + +18:6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. + +18:7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night +unto him, though he bear long with them? 18:8 I tell you that he will +avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall +he find faith on the earth? 18:9 And he spake this parable unto +certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and +despised others: 18:10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the +one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. + +18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank +thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, +adulterers, or even as this publican. + +18:12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. + +18:13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much +as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be +merciful to me a sinner. + +18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather +than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; +and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. + +18:15 And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch +them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them. + +18:16 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children +to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of +God. + +18:17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom +of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein. + +18:18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I +do to inherit eternal life? 18:19 And Jesus said unto him, Why +callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. + +18:20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not +kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and +thy mother. + +18:21 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up. + +18:22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest +thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, +and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. + +18:23 And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very +rich. + +18:24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How +hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! +18:25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than +for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. + +18:26 And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved? 18:27 And +he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with +God. + +18:28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee. + +18:29 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man +that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, +for the kingdom of God's sake, 18:30 Who shall not receive manifold +more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting. + +18:31 Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we +go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets +concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. + +18:32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be +mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: 18:33 And they shall +scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise +again. + +18:34 And they understood none of these things: and this saying was +hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken. + +18:35 And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a +certain blind man sat by the way side begging: 18:36 And hearing the +multitude pass by, he asked what it meant. + +18:37 And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. + +18:38 And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on +me. + +18:39 And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his +peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy on +me. + +18:40 And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and +when he was come near, he asked him, 18:41 Saying, What wilt thou that +I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. + +18:42 And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved +thee. + +18:43 And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, +glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto +God. + +19:1 And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. + +19:2 And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief +among the publicans, and he was rich. + +19:3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the +press, because he was little of stature. + +19:4 And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see +him: for he was to pass that way. + +19:5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and +said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must +abide at thy house. + +19:6 And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. + +19:7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone +to be guest with a man that is a sinner. + +19:8 And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord: Behold, Lord, the +half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing +from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. + +19:9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this +house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. + +19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was +lost. + +19:11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, +because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the +kingdom of God should immediately appear. + +19:12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to +receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. + +19:13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, +and said unto them, Occupy till I come. + +19:14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, +saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. + +19:15 And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received +the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, +to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man +had gained by trading. + +19:16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten +pounds. + +19:17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast +been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. + +19:18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five +pounds. + +19:19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities. + +19:20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which +I have kept laid up in a napkin: 19:21 For I feared thee, because thou +art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and +reapest that thou didst not sow. + +19:22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, +thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up +that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: 19:23 Wherefore +then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might +have required mine own with usury? 19:24 And he said unto them that +stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten +pounds. + +19:25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) 19:26 For I +say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from +him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. + +19:27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over +them, bring hither, and slay them before me. + +19:28 And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to +Jerusalem. + +19:29 And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and +Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his +disciples, 19:30 Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in +the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet +never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither. + +19:31 And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say +unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him. + +19:32 And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had +said unto them. + +19:33 And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto +them, Why loose ye the colt? 19:34 And they said, The Lord hath need +of him. + +19:35 And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon +the colt, and they set Jesus thereon. + +19:36 And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way. + +19:37 And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount +of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and +praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had +seen; 19:38 Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the +Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. + +19:39 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto +him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. + +19:40 And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these +should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. + +19:41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, +19:42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy +day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from +thine eyes. + +19:43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast +a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every +side, 19:44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children +within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; +because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. + +19:45 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that +sold therein, and them that bought; 19:46 Saying unto them, It is +written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of +thieves. + +19:47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the +scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him, 19:48 And +could not find what they might do: for all the people were very +attentive to hear him. + +20:1 And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the +people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and +the scribes came upon him with the elders, 20:2 And spake unto him, +saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is +he that gave thee this authority? 20:3 And he answered and said unto +them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me: 20:4 The baptism +of John, was it from heaven, or of men? 20:5 And they reasoned with +themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why +then believed ye him not? 20:6 But and if we say, Of men; all the +people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet. + +20:7 And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was. + +20:8 And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I +do these things. + +20:9 Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man +planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a +far country for a long time. + +20:10 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they +should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat +him, and sent him away empty. + +20:11 And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and +entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. + +20:12 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast +him out. + +20:13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send +my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him. + +20:14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, +saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance +may be ours. + +20:15 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What +therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them? 20:16 He shall +come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to +others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid. + +20:17 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, +The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of +the corner? 20:18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be +broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. + +20:19 And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to +lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that +he had spoken this parable against them. + +20:20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign +themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so +they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. + +20:21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and +teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but +teachest the way of God truly: 20:22 Is it lawful for us to give +tribute unto Caesar, or no? 20:23 But he perceived their craftiness, +and said unto them, Why tempt ye me? 20:24 Shew me a penny. Whose +image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's. + +20:25 And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things +which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's. + +20:26 And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and +they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace. + +20:27 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there +is any resurrection; and they asked him, 20:28 Saying, Master, Moses +wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die +without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up +seed unto his brother. + +20:29 There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, +and died without children. + +20:30 And the second took her to wife, and he died childless. + +20:31 And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and +they left no children, and died. + +20:32 Last of all the woman died also. + +20:33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for +seven had her to wife. + +20:34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world +marry, and are given in marriage: 20:35 But they which shall be +accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the +dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: 20:36 Neither can they +die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children +of God, being the children of the resurrection. + +20:37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, +when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and +the God of Jacob. + +20:38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live +unto him. + +20:39 Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast +well said. + +20:40 And after that they durst not ask him any question at all. + +20:41 And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son? +20:42 And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said +unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 20:43 Till I make thine +enemies thy footstool. + +20:44 David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son? 20:45 +Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples, +20:46 Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and +love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the +synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; 20:47 Which devour widows' +houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive +greater damnation. + +21:1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into +the treasury. + +21:2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two +mites. + +21:3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath +cast in more than they all: 21:4 For all these have of their abundance +cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in +all the living that she had. + +21:5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly +stones and gifts, he said, 21:6 As for these things which ye behold, +the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone +upon another, that shall not be thrown down. + +21:7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things +be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass? +21:8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall +come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye +not therefore after them. + +21:9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: +for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and +by. + +21:10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and +kingdom against kingdom: 21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in +divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and +great signs shall there be from heaven. + +21:12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and +persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, +being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. + +21:13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony. + +21:14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what +ye shall answer: 21:15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which +all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. + +21:16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and +kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to +death. + +21:17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. + +21:18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish. + +21:19 In your patience possess ye your souls. + +21:20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know +that the desolation thereof is nigh. + +21:21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let +them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that +are in the countries enter thereinto. + +21:22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are +written may be fulfilled. + +21:23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give +suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, +and wrath upon this people. + +21:24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led +away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of +the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. + +21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the +stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the +sea and the waves roaring; 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, +and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for +the powers of heaven shall be shaken. + +21:27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with +power and great glory. + +21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and +lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. + +21:29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the +trees; 21:30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own +selves that summer is now nigh at hand. + +21:31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye +that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. + +21:32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till +all be fulfilled. + +21:33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass +away. + +21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be +overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, +and so that day come upon you unawares. + +21:35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face +of the whole earth. + +21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted +worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to +stand before the Son of man. + +21:37 And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night +he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of +Olives. + +21:38 And all the people came early in the morning to him in the +temple, for to hear him. + +22:1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the +Passover. + +22:2 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; +for they feared the people. + +22:3 Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the +number of the twelve. + +22:4 And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and +captains, how he might betray him unto them. + +22:5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. + +22:6 And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them +in the absence of the multitude. + +22:7 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be +killed. + +22:8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the +passover, that we may eat. + +22:9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? 22:10 +And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, +there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him +into the house where he entereth in. + +22:11 And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith +unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover +with my disciples? 22:12 And he shall shew you a large upper room +furnished: there make ready. + +22:13 And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made +ready the passover. + +22:14 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles +with him. + +22:15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this +passover with you before I suffer: 22:16 For I say unto you, I will +not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. + +22:17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and +divide it among yourselves: 22:18 For I say unto you, I will not drink +of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. + +22:19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto +them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in +remembrance of me. + +22:20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new +testament in my blood, which is shed for you. + +22:21 But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the +table. + +22:22 And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe +unto that man by whom he is betrayed! 22:23 And they began to enquire +among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing. + +22:24 And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be +accounted the greatest. + +22:25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise +lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are +called benefactors. + +22:26 But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let +him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. + +22:27 For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that +serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he +that serveth. + +22:28 Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. + +22:29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed +unto me; 22:30 That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, +and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. + +22:31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to +have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 22:32 But I have prayed for +thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen +thy brethren. + +22:33 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both +into prison, and to death. + +22:34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this +day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me. + +22:35 And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, +and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing. + +22:36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him +take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him +sell his garment, and buy one. + +22:37 For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be +accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for +the things concerning me have an end. + +22:38 And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said +unto them, It is enough. + +22:39 And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of +Olives; and his disciples also followed him. + +22:40 And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye +enter not into temptation. + +22:41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled +down, and prayed, 22:42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove +this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. + +22:43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening +him. + +22:44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat +was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. + +22:45 And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, +he found them sleeping for sorrow, 22:46 And said unto them, Why sleep +ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. + +22:47 And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was +called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto +Jesus to kiss him. + +22:48 But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man +with a kiss? 22:49 When they which were about him saw what would +follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword? +22:50 And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut +off his right ear. + +22:51 And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched +his ear, and healed him. + +22:52 Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the +temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as +against a thief, with swords and staves? 22:53 When I was daily with +you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is +your hour, and the power of darkness. + +22:54 Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high +priest's house. And Peter followed afar off. + +22:55 And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and +were set down together, Peter sat down among them. + +22:56 But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and +earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him. + +22:57 And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not. + +22:58 And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art +also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not. + +22:59 And about the space of one hour after another confidently +affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is +a Galilaean. + +22:60 And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And +immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew. + +22:61 And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered +the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, +thou shalt deny me thrice. + +22:62 And Peter went out, and wept bitterly. + +22:63 And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him. + +22:64 And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, +and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee? 22:65 And +many other things blasphemously spake they against him. + +22:66 And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the +chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their +council, saying, 22:67 Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto +them, If I tell you, ye will not believe: 22:68 And if I also ask you, +ye will not answer me, nor let me go. + +22:69 Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the +power of God. + +22:70 Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said +unto them, Ye say that I am. + +22:71 And they said, What need we any further witness? for we +ourselves have heard of his own mouth. + +23:1 And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. + +23:2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow +perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, +saying that he himself is Christ a King. + +23:3 And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And +he answered him and said, Thou sayest it. + +23:4 Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find +no fault in this man. + +23:5 And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, +teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place. + +23:6 When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a +Galilaean. + +23:7 And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's +jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem +at that time. + +23:8 And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was +desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things +of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him. + +23:9 Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him +nothing. + +23:10 And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused +him. + +23:11 And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, +and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate. + +23:12 And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: +for before they were at enmity between themselves. + +23:13 And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and +the rulers and the people, 23:14 Said unto them, Ye have brought this +man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having +examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching +those things whereof ye accuse him: 23:15 No, nor yet Herod: for I +sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. + +23:16 I will therefore chastise him, and release him. + +23:17 (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.) +23:18 And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and +release unto us Barabbas: 23:19 (Who for a certain sedition made in +the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.) 23:20 Pilate +therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them. + +23:21 But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. + +23:22 And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he +done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise +him, and let him go. + +23:23 And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might +be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests +prevailed. + +23:24 And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. + +23:25 And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was +cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to +their will. + +23:26 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a +Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, +that he might bear it after Jesus. + +23:27 And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, +which also bewailed and lamented him. + +23:28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep +not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. + +23:29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, +Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps +which never gave suck. + +23:30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and +to the hills, Cover us. + +23:31 For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done +in the dry? 23:32 And there were also two other, malefactors, led +with him to be put to death. + +23:33 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, +there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, +and the other on the left. + +23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what +they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. + +23:35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them +derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be +Christ, the chosen of God. + +23:36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering +him vinegar, 23:37 And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save +thyself. + +23:38 And a superscription also was written over him in letters of +Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. + +23:39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, +saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. + +23:40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear +God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? 23:41 And we indeed +justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath +done nothing amiss. + +23:42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into +thy kingdom. + +23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt +thou be with me in paradise. + +23:44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over +all the earth until the ninth hour. + +23:45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in +the midst. + +23:46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, +into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up +the ghost. + +23:47 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, +saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. + +23:48 And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding +the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned. + +23:49 And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from +Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things. + +23:50 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he +was a good man, and a just: 23:51 (The same had not consented to the +counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: +who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. + +23:52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. + +23:53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a +sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. + +23:54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. + +23:55 And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed +after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. + +23:56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested +the sabbath day according to the commandment. + +24:1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, +they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had +prepared, and certain others with them. + +24:2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. + +24:3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. + +24:4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, +behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: 24:5 And as they +were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto +them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? 24:6 He is not here, but +is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, +24:7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful +men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. + +24:8 And they remembered his words, 24:9 And returned from the +sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the +rest. + +24:10 It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, +and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the +apostles. + +24:11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed +them not. + +24:12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, +he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, +wondering in himself at that which was come to pass. + +24:13 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called +Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. + +24:14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened. + +24:15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and +reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. + +24:16 But their eyes were holden that they should not know him. + +24:17 And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these +that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad? 24:18 And the +one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou +only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are +come to pass there in these days? 24:19 And he said unto them, What +things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which +was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: +24:20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be +condemned to death, and have crucified him. + +24:21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed +Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these +things were done. + +24:22 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, +which were early at the sepulchre; 24:23 And when they found not his +body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, +which said that he was alive. + +24:24 And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, +and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not. + +24:25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe +all that the prophets have spoken: 24:26 Ought not Christ to have +suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? 24:27 And +beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all +the scriptures the things concerning himself. + +24:28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he +made as though he would have gone further. + +24:29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is +toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with +them. + +24:30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, +and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. + +24:31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished +out of their sight. + +24:32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, +while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the +scriptures? 24:33 And they rose up the same hour, and returned to +Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were +with them, 24:34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared +to Simon. + +24:35 And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was +known of them in breaking of bread. + +24:36 And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of +them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. + +24:37 But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they +had seen a spirit. + +24:38 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts +arise in your hearts? 24:39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I +myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as +ye see me have. + +24:40 And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his +feet. + +24:41 And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said +unto them, Have ye here any meat? 24:42 And they gave him a piece of +a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. + +24:43 And he took it, and did eat before them. + +24:44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto +you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, +which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in +the psalms, concerning me. + +24:45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand +the scriptures, 24:46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus +it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: +24:47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in +his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. + +24:48 And ye are witnesses of these things. + +24:49 And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry +ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on +high. + +24:50 And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his +hands, and blessed them. + +24:51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from +them, and carried up into heaven. + +24:52 And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great +joy: 24:53 And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing +God. Amen. + + + + +The Gospel According to Saint John + + +1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the +Word was God. + +1:2 The same was in the beginning with God. + +1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing +made that was made. + +1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. + +1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended +it not. + +1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. + +1:7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that +all men through him might believe. + +1:8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. + +1:9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into +the world. + +1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world +knew him not. + +1:11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. + +1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the +sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 1:13 Which were +born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of +man, but of God. + +1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld +his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of +grace and truth. + +1:15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom +I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was +before me. + +1:16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. + +1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus +Christ. + +1:18 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is +in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. + +1:19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and +Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? 1:20 And he +confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. + +1:21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am +not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. + +1:22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer +to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? 1:23 He said, I am +the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of +the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. + +1:24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. + +1:25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, +if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? 1:26 +John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth +one among you, whom ye know not; 1:27 He it is, who coming after me is +preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. + +1:28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was +baptizing. + +1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold +the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. + +1:30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is +preferred before me: for he was before me. + +1:31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to +Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. + +1:32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from +heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. + +1:33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, +the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, +and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy +Ghost. + +1:34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. + +1:35 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; +1:36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of +God! 1:37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed +Jesus. + +1:38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, +What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being +interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou? 1:39 He saith unto them, +Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him +that day: for it was about the tenth hour. + +1:40 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was +Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. + +1:41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We +have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. + +1:42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, +Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is +by interpretation, A stone. + +1:43 The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth +Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. + +1:44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. + +1:45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, +of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of +Nazareth, the son of Joseph. + +1:46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of +Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. + +1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an +Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! 1:48 Nathanael saith unto him, +Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that +Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. + +1:49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of +God; thou art the King of Israel. + +1:50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw +thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things +than these. + +1:51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter +ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and +descending upon the Son of man. + +2:1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the +mother of Jesus was there: 2:2 And both Jesus was called, and his +disciples, to the marriage. + +2:3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, +They have no wine. + +2:4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine +hour is not yet come. + +2:5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, +do it. + +2:6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner +of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. + +2:7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they +filled them up to the brim. + +2:8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor +of the feast. And they bare it. + +2:9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made +wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the +water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, 2:10 And +saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; +and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast +kept the good wine until now. + +2:11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and +manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him. + +2:12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his +brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days. + +2:13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to +Jerusalem. + +2:14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, +and the changers of money sitting: 2:15 And when he had made a scourge +of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, +and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the +tables; 2:16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things +hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. + +2:17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of +thine house hath eaten me up. + +2:18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou +unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? 2:19 Jesus answered and +said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it +up. + +2:20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in +building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? 2:21 But he spake +of the temple of his body. + +2:22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples +remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the +scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. + +2:23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, +many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. + +2:24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all +men, 2:25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew +what was in man. + +3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the +Jews: 3:2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, +we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these +miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. + +3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, +Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. + +3:4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? +can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? 3:5 +Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born +of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. + +3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born +of the Spirit is spirit. + +3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. + +3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound +thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so +is every one that is born of the Spirit. + +3:9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? +3:10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, +and knowest not these things? 3:11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, +We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye +receive not our witness. + +3:12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall +ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? 3:13 And no man hath +ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son +of man which is in heaven. + +3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so +must the Son of man be lifted up: 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him +should not perish, but have eternal life. + +3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, +that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have +everlasting life. + +3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but +that the world through him might be saved. + +3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth +not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of +the only begotten Son of God. + +3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, +and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were +evil. + +3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to +the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. + +3:21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may +be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. + +3:22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of +Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. + +3:23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there +was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. + +3:24 For John was not yet cast into prison. + +3:25 Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and +the Jews about purifying. + +3:26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was +with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same +baptizeth, and all men come to him. + +3:27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be +given him from heaven. + +3:28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, +but that I am sent before him. + +3:29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the +bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because +of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. + +3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease. + +3:31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth +is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is +above all. + +3:32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man +receiveth his testimony. + +3:33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God +is true. + +3:34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God +giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. + +3:35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his +hand. + +3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that +believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth +on him. + +4:1 When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard that +Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, 4:2 (Though Jesus +himself baptized not, but his disciples,) 4:3 He left Judaea, and +departed again into Galilee. + +4:4 And he must needs go through Samaria. + +4:5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near +to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. + +4:6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with +his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. + +4:7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto +her, Give me to drink. + +4:8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) 4:9 +Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a +Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews +have no dealings with the Samaritans. + +4:10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of +God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest +have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. + +4:11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, +and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? +4:12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, +and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? 4:13 +Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water +shall thirst again: 4:14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I +shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him +shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. + +4:15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst +not, neither come hither to draw. + +4:16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. + +4:17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto +her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: 4:18 For thou hast had +five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that +saidst thou truly. + +4:19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a +prophet. + +4:20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in +Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. + +4:21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye +shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the +Father. + +4:22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for +salvation is of the Jews. + +4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall +worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such +to worship him. + +4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in +spirit and in truth. + +4:25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is +called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. + +4:26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. + +4:27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked +with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest +thou with her? 4:28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her +way into the city, and saith to the men, 4:29 Come, see a man, which +told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? 4:30 Then +they went out of the city, and came unto him. + +4:31 In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. + +4:32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. + +4:33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought +him ought to eat? 4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the +will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. + +4:35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? +behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for +they are white already to harvest. + +4:36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto +life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice +together. + +4:37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. + +4:38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men +laboured, and ye are entered into their labours. + +4:39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the +saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did. + +4:40 So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that +he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days. + +4:41 And many more believed because of his own word; 4:42 And said +unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have +heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the +Saviour of the world. + +4:43 Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee. + +4:44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his +own country. + +4:45 Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, +having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for +they also went unto the feast. + +4:46 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water +wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at +Capernaum. + +4:47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he +went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his +son: for he was at the point of death. + +4:48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye +will not believe. + +4:49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. + +4:50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man +believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. + +4:51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, +saying, Thy son liveth. + +4:52 Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And +they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. + +4:53 So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which +Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his +whole house. + +4:54 This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come +out of Judaea into Galilee. + +5:1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to +Jerusalem. + +5:2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is +called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. + +5:3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, +withered, waiting for the moving of the water. + +5:4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and +troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the +water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. + +5:5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and +eight years. + +5:6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time +in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? 5:7 The +impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is +troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another +steppeth down before me. + +5:8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. + +5:9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and +walked: and on the same day was the sabbath. + +5:10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the +sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. + +5:11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, +Take up thy bed, and walk. + +5:12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take +up thy bed, and walk? 5:13 And he that was healed wist not who it +was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that +place. + +5:14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, +Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto +thee. + +5:15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had +made him whole. + +5:16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay +him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. + +5:17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. + +5:18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not +only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, +making himself equal with God. + +5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say +unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the +Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son +likewise. + +5:20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that +himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye +may marvel. + +5:21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even +so the Son quickeneth whom he will. + +5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment +unto the Son: 5:23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they +honour the Father. + +He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent +him. + +5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and +believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not +come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. + +5:25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, +when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that +hear shall live. + +5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the +Son to have life in himself; 5:27 And hath given him authority to +execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. + +5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that +are in the graves shall hear his voice, 5:29 And shall come forth; +they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that +have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. + +5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my +judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of +the Father which hath sent me. + +5:31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. + +5:32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the +witness which he witnesseth of me is true. + +5:33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. + +5:34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, +that ye might be saved. + +5:35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a +season to rejoice in his light. + +5:36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which +the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear +witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. + +5:37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of +me. + +Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. + +5:38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, +him ye believe not. + +5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: +and they are they which testify of me. + +5:40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. + +5:41 I receive not honour from men. + +5:42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. + +5:43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another +shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. + +5:44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek +not the honour that cometh from God only? 5:45 Do not think that I +will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even +Moses, in whom ye trust. + +5:46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for he +wrote of me. + +5:47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my +words? 6:1 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, +which is the sea of Tiberias. + +6:2 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles +which he did on them that were diseased. + +6:3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his +disciples. + +6:4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. + +6:5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come +unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these +may eat? 6:6 And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what +he would do. + +6:7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not +sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. + +6:8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto +him, 6:9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two +small fishes: but what are they among so many? 6:10 And Jesus said, +Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the +men sat down, in number about five thousand. + +6:11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he +distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set +down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. + +6:12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the +fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. + +6:13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets +with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and +above unto them that had eaten. + +6:14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, +said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world. + +6:15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him +by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain +himself alone. + +6:16 And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea, +6:17 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. +And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them. + +6:18 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. + +6:19 So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, +they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and +they were afraid. + +6:20 But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid. + +6:21 Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately +the ship was at the land whither they went. + +6:22 The day following, when the people which stood on the other side +of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one +whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his +disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone; +6:23 (Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place +where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:) 6:24 +When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his +disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for +Jesus. + +6:25 And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they +said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither? 6:26 Jesus answered +them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because +ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were +filled. + +6:27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which +endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto +you: for him hath God the Father sealed. + +6:28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the +works of God? 6:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the +work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. + +6:30 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that +we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? 6:31 Our fathers +did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from +heaven to eat. + +6:32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses +gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true +bread from heaven. + +6:33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and +giveth life unto the world. + +6:34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. + +6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh +to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never +thirst. + +6:36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not. + +6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that +cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. + +6:38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the +will of him that sent me. + +6:39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all +which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up +again at the last day. + +6:40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which +seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I +will raise him up at the last day. + +6:41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread +which came down from heaven. + +6:42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father +and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from +heaven? 6:43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not +among yourselves. + +6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw +him: and I will raise him up at the last day. + +6:45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of +God. + +Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, +cometh unto me. + +6:46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, +he hath seen the Father. + +6:47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath +everlasting life. + +6:48 I am that bread of life. + +6:49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. + +6:50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may +eat thereof, and not die. + +6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat +of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give +is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. + +6:52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this +man give us his flesh to eat? 6:53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, +verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and +drink his blood, ye have no life in you. + +6:54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; +and I will raise him up at the last day. + +6:55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. + +6:56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, +and I in him. + +6:57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so +he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. + +6:58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your +fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread +shall live for ever. + +6:59 These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. + +6:60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, +This is an hard saying; who can hear it? 6:61 When Jesus knew in +himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth +this offend you? 6:62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend +up where he was before? 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the +flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are +spirit, and they are life. + +6:64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from +the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray +him. + +6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto +me, except it were given unto him of my Father. + +6:66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no +more with him. + +6:67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? 6:68 Then +Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the +words of eternal life. + +6:69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of +the living God. + +6:70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you +is a devil? 6:71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he +it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve. + +7:1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk +in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. + +7:2 Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand. + +7:3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into +Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest. + +7:4 For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself +seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to +the world. + +7:5 For neither did his brethren believe in him. + +7:6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time +is alway ready. + +7:7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of +it, that the works thereof are evil. + +7:8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for my +time is not yet full come. + +7:9 When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee. + +7:10 But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the +feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. + +7:11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? +7:12 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for +some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the +people. + +7:13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews. + +7:14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, +and taught. + +7:15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, +having never learned? 7:16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine +is not mine, but his that sent me. + +7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, +whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. + +7:18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that +seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no +unrighteousness is in him. + +7:19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the +law? Why go ye about to kill me? 7:20 The people answered and said, +Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee? 7:21 Jesus answered +and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel. + +7:22 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of +Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a +man. + +7:23 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of +Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a +man every whit whole on the sabbath day? 7:24 Judge not according to +the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. + +7:25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they +seek to kill? 7:26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing +unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? +7:27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no +man knoweth whence he is. + +7:28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know +me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that +sent me is true, whom ye know not. + +7:29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me. + +7:30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, +because his hour was not yet come. + +7:31 And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ +cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done? +7:32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things +concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers +to take him. + +7:33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and +then I go unto him that sent me. + +7:34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither +ye cannot come. + +7:35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we +shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, +and teach the Gentiles? 7:36 What manner of saying is this that he +said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither +ye cannot come? 7:37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, +Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto +me, and drink. + +7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his +belly shall flow rivers of living water. + +7:39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him +should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that +Jesus was not yet glorified.) 7:40 Many of the people therefore, when +they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. + +7:41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come +out of Galilee? 7:42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh +of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David +was? 7:43 So there was a division among the people because of him. + +7:44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on +him. + +7:45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and +they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? 7:46 The officers +answered, Never man spake like this man. + +7:47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? 7:48 +Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? 7:49 But +this people who knoweth not the law are cursed. + +7:50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being +one of them,) 7:51 Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and +know what he doeth? 7:52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou +also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no +prophet. + +7:53 And every man went unto his own house. + +8:1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. + +8:2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all +the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. + +8:3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in +adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, 8:4 They say unto +him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. + +8:5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but +what sayest thou? 8:6 This they said, tempting him, that they might +have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote +on the ground, as though he heard them not. + +8:7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said +unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a +stone at her. + +8:8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. + +8:9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, +went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and +Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. + +8:10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he +said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man +condemned thee? 8:11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, +Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. + +8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the +world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have +the light of life. + +8:13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of +thyself; thy record is not true. + +8:14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of +myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I +go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go. + +8:15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man. + +8:16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but +I and the Father that sent me. + +8:17 It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is +true. + +8:18 I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me +beareth witness of me. + +8:19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye +neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have +known my Father also. + +8:20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the +temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come. + +8:21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek +me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come. + +8:22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, +Whither I go, ye cannot come. + +8:23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye +are of this world; I am not of this world. + +8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if +ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. + +8:25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, +Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. + +8:26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent +me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard +of him. + +8:27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father. + +8:28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, +then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but +as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. + +8:29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me +alone; for I do always those things that please him. + +8:30 As he spake these words, many believed on him. + +8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye +continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 8:32 And ye +shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. + +8:33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in +bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? 8:34 +Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever +committeth sin is the servant of sin. + +8:35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son +abideth ever. + +8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free +indeed. + +8:37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, +because my word hath no place in you. + +8:38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that +which ye have seen with your father. + +8:39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus +saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works +of Abraham. + +8:40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, +which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. + +8:41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not +born of fornication; we have one Father, even God. + +8:42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: +for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but +he sent me. + +8:43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear +my word. + +8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye +will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the +truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he +speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. + +8:45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. + +8:46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do +ye not believe me? 8:47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye +therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. + +8:48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that +thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? 8:49 Jesus answered, I have +not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. + +8:50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and +judgeth. + +8:51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall +never see death. + +8:52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. + +Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my +saying, he shall never taste of death. + +8:53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the +prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? 8:54 Jesus answered, If +I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth +me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: 8:55 Yet ye have not known +him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a +liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. + +8:56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and +was glad. + +8:57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, +and hast thou seen Abraham? 8:58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, +verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. + +8:59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, +and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so +passed by. + +9:1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his +birth. + +9:2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this +man, or his parents, that he was born blind? 9:3 Jesus answered, +Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of +God should be made manifest in him. + +9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the +night cometh, when no man can work. + +9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. + +9:6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of +the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, +9:7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by +interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came +seeing. + +9:8 The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that +he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? 9:9 Some +said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he. + +9:10 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened? 9:11 +He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and +anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and +wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight. + +9:12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not. + +9:13 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. + +9:14 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened +his eyes. + +9:15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his +sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, +and do see. + +9:16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, +because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man +that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among +them. + +9:17 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that +he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet. + +9:18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been +blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him +that had received his sight. + +9:19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was +born blind? how then doth he now see? 9:20 His parents answered them +and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind: +9:21 But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened +his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for +himself. + +9:22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for +the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was +Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. + +9:23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him. + +9:24 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, +Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner. + +9:25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: +one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. + +9:26 Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he +thine eyes? 9:27 He answered them, I have told you already, and ye +did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his +disciples? 9:28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his +disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. + +9:29 We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know +not from whence he is. + +9:30 The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous +thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine +eyes. + +9:31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a +worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. + +9:32 Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the +eyes of one that was born blind. + +9:33 If this man were not of God, he could do nothing. + +9:34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in +sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. + +9:35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found +him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? 9:36 He +answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? 9:37 +And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that +talketh with thee. + +9:38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. + +9:39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they +which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. + +9:40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, +and said unto him, Are we blind also? 9:41 Jesus said unto them, If +ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; +therefore your sin remaineth. + +10:1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door +into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a +thief and a robber. + +10:2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. + +10:3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he +calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. + +10:4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, +and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. + +10:5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for +they know not the voice of strangers. + +10:6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what +things they were which he spake unto them. + +10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, +I am the door of the sheep. + +10:8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the +sheep did not hear them. + +10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and +shall go in and out, and find pasture. + +10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to +destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have +it more abundantly. + +10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for +the sheep. + +10:12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the +sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and +fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. + +10:13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not +for the sheep. + +10:14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. + +10:15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay +down my life for the sheep. + +10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I +must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, +and one shepherd. + +10:17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, +that I might take it again. + +10:18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have +power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This +commandment have I received of my Father. + +10:19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these +sayings. + +10:20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye +him? 10:21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a +devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? 10:22 And it was at +Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. + +10:23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. + +10:24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long +dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. + +10:25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works +that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. + +10:26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said +unto you. + +10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: +10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, +neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. + +10:29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man +is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. + +10:30 I and my Father are one. + +10:31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. + +10:32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my +Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? 10:33 The Jews +answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for +blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. + +10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye +are gods? 10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God +came, and the scripture cannot be broken; 10:36 Say ye of him, whom +the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; +because I said, I am the Son of God? 10:37 If I do not the works of +my Father, believe me not. + +10:38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that +ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. + +10:39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of +their hand, 10:40 And went away again beyond Jordan into the place +where John at first baptized; and there he abode. + +10:41 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but +all things that John spake of this man were true. + +10:42 And many believed on him there. + +11:1 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town +of Mary and her sister Martha. + +11:2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and +wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) 11:3 +Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom +thou lovest is sick. + +11:4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, +but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified +thereby. + +11:5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. + +11:6 When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days +still in the same place where he was. + +11:7 Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea +again. + +11:8 His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to +stone thee; and goest thou thither again? 11:9 Jesus answered, Are +there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he +stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. + +11:10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is +no light in him. + +11:11 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our +friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. + +11:12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. + +11:13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had +spoken of taking of rest in sleep. + +11:14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead. + +11:15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent +ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him. + +11:16 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his +fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. + +11:17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave +four days already. + +11:18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: +11:19 And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them +concerning their brother. + +11:20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went +and met him: but Mary sat still in the house. + +11:21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my +brother had not died. + +11:22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God +will give it thee. + +11:23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. + +11:24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the +resurrection at the last day. + +11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he +that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 11:26 +And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest +thou this? 11:27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou +art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world. + +11:28 And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her +sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee. + +11:29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him. + +11:30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place +where Martha met him. + +11:31 The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted +her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, +followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there. + +11:32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell +down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my +brother had not died. + +11:33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping +which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled. + +11:34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come +and see. + +11:35 Jesus wept. + +11:36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! 11:37 And some of +them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, +have caused that even this man should not have died? 11:38 Jesus +therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a +cave, and a stone lay upon it. + +11:39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him +that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he +hath been dead four days. + +11:40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou +wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? 11:41 Then +they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And +Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou +hast heard me. + +11:42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the +people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast +sent me. + +11:43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, +Lazarus, come forth. + +11:44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with +graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith +unto them, Loose him, and let him go. + +11:45 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the +things which Jesus did, believed on him. + +11:46 But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them +what things Jesus had done. + +11:47 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and +said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. + +11:48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the +Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation. + +11:49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same +year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, 11:50 Nor consider that +it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and +that the whole nation perish not. + +11:51 And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that +year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; 11:52 And +not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in +one the children of God that were scattered abroad. + +11:53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put +him to death. + +11:54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went +thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called +Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples. + +11:55 And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of +the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves. + +11:56 Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they +stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the +feast? 11:57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a +commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, +that they might take him. + +12:1 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where +Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. + +12:2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was +one of them that sat at the table with him. + +12:3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and +anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the +house was filled with the odour of the ointment. + +12:4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, +which should betray him, 12:5 Why was not this ointment sold for three +hundred pence, and given to the poor? 12:6 This he said, not that he +cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and +bare what was put therein. + +12:7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying +hath she kept this. + +12:8 For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always. + +12:9 Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and +they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus +also, whom he had raised from the dead. + +12:10 But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also +to death; 12:11 Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went +away, and believed on Jesus. + +12:12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when +they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 12:13 Took branches of +palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is +the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. + +12:14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is +written, 12:15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, +sitting on an ass's colt. + +12:16 These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when +Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were +written of him, and that they had done these things unto him. + +12:17 The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus +out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record. + +12:18 For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that +he had done this miracle. + +12:19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how +ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him. + +12:20 And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship +at the feast: 12:21 The same came therefore to Philip, which was of +Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see +Jesus. + +12:22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip +tell Jesus. + +12:23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son +of man should be glorified. + +12:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into +the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth +much fruit. + +12:25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his +life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. + +12:26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there +shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father +honour. + +12:27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me +from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. + +12:28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, +saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. + +12:29 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it +thundered: others said, An angel spake to him. + +12:30 Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but +for your sakes. + +12:31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this +world be cast out. + +12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto +me. + +12:33 This he said, signifying what death he should die. + +12:34 The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that +Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be +lifted up? who is this Son of man? 12:35 Then Jesus said unto them, +Yet a little while is the light with you. + +Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that +walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. + +12:36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the +children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did +hide himself from them. + +12:37 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they +believed not on him: 12:38 That the saying of Esaias the prophet might +be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and +to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? 12:39 Therefore they +could not believe, because that Esaias said again, 12:40 He hath +blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see +with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, +and I should heal them. + +12:41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of +him. + +12:42 Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; +but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they +should be put out of the synagogue: 12:43 For they loved the praise of +men more than the praise of God. + +12:44 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on +me, but on him that sent me. + +12:45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. + +12:46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me +should not abide in darkness. + +12:47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: +for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. + +12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that +judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in +the last day. + +12:49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, +he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. + +12:50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever +I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak. + +13:1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his +hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, +having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the +end. + +13:2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart +of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; 13:3 Jesus knowing that +the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come +from God, and went to God; 13:4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside +his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. + +13:5 After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the +disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was +girded. + +13:6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, +dost thou wash my feet? 13:7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I +do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. + +13:8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus +answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. + +13:9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my +hands and my head. + +13:10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash +his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. + +13:11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not +all clean. + +13:12 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, +and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to +you? 13:13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. + +13:14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also +ought to wash one another's feet. + +13:15 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have +done to you. + +13:16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than +his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. + +13:17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. + +13:18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the +scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted +up his heel against me. + +13:19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye +may believe that I am he. + +13:20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I +send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent +me. + +13:21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and +testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you +shall betray me. + +13:22 Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he +spake. + +13:23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom +Jesus loved. + +13:24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it +should be of whom he spake. + +13:25 He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it? +13:26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I +have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas +Iscariot, the son of Simon. + +13:27 And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto +him, That thou doest, do quickly. + +13:28 Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto +him. + +13:29 For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus +had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the +feast; or, that he should give something to the poor. + +13:30 He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was +night. + +13:31 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of +man glorified, and God is glorified in him. + +13:32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in +himself, and shall straightway glorify him. + +13:33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek +me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now +I say to you. + +13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as +I have loved you, that ye also love one another. + +13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have +love one to another. + +13:36 Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus +answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou +shalt follow me afterwards. + +13:37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will +lay down my life for thy sake. + +13:38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? +Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou +hast denied me thrice. + +14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also +in me. + +14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I +would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. + +14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and +receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. + +14:4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. + +14:5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and +how can we know the way? 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the +truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. + +14:7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from +henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. + +14:8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth +us. + +14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet +hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the +Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? 14:10 Believest +thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words +that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that +dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. + +14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or +else believe me for the very works' sake. + +14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the +works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall +he do; because I go unto my Father. + +14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the +Father may be glorified in the Son. + +14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. + +14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. + +14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another +Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 14:17 Even the Spirit +of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, +neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and +shall be in you. + +14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. + +14:19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see +me: because I live, ye shall live also. + +14:20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, +and I in you. + +14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that +loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I +will love him, and will manifest myself to him. + +14:22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou +wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? 14:23 Jesus +answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: +and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our +abode with him. + +14:24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which +ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. + +14:25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. + +14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will +send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things +to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. + +14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the +world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither +let it be afraid. + +14:28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again +unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto +the Father: for my Father is greater than I. + +14:29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is +come to pass, ye might believe. + +14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this +world cometh, and hath nothing in me. + +14:31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the +Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence. + +15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. + +15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and +every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring +forth more fruit. + +15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. + +15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of +itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide +in me. + +15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I +in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do +nothing. + +15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is +withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they +are burned. + +15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what +ye will, and it shall be done unto you. + +15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall +ye be my disciples. + +15:9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in +my love. + +15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I +have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. + +15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in +you, and that your joy might be full. + +15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have +loved you. + +15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life +for his friends. + +15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. + +15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not +what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things +that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. + +15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, +that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should +remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may +give it you. + +15:17 These things I command you, that ye love one another. + +15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated +you. + +15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but +because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the +world, therefore the world hateth you. + +15:20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not +greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also +persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. + +15:21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, +because they know not him that sent me. + +15:22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: +but now they have no cloak for their sin. + +15:23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also. + +15:24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, +they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me +and my Father. + +15:25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that +is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. + +15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from +the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the +Father, he shall testify of me: 15:27 And ye also shall bear witness, +because ye have been with me from the beginning. + +16:1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be +offended. + +16:2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, +that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. + +16:3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not +known the Father, nor me. + +16:4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, +ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not +unto you at the beginning, because I was with you. + +16:5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh +me, Whither goest thou? 16:6 But because I have said these things +unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart. + +16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I +go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; +but if I depart, I will send him unto you. + +16:8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of +righteousness, and of judgment: 16:9 Of sin, because they believe not +on me; 16:10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see +me no more; 16:11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is +judged. + +16:12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them +now. + +16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you +into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he +shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. + +16:14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall +shew it unto you. + +16:15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that +he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. + +16:16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little +while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. + +16:17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this +that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and +again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the +Father? 16:18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A +little while? we cannot tell what he saith. + +16:19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto +them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, +and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see +me? 16:20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and +lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but +your sorrow shall be turned into joy. + +16:21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is +come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no +more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. + +16:22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and +your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. + +16:23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say +unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give +it you. + +16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall +receive, that your joy may be full. + +16:25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time +cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall +shew you plainly of the Father. + +16:26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, +that I will pray the Father for you: 16:27 For the Father himself +loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came +out from God. + +16:28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, +I leave the world, and go to the Father. + +16:29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and +speakest no proverb. + +16:30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not +that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest +forth from God. + +16:31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? 16:32 Behold, the hour +cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his +own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the +Father is with me. + +16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have +peace. + +In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have +overcome the world. + +17:1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and +said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may +glorify thee: 17:2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that +he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. + +17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true +God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. + +17:4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work +which thou gavest me to do. + +17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the +glory which I had with thee before the world was. + +17:6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out +of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have +kept thy word. + +17:7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me +are of thee. + +17:8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and +they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from +thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. + +17:9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which +thou hast given me; for they are thine. + +17:10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified +in them. + +17:11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, +and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those +whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. + +17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: +those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but +the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. + +17:13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, +that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. + +17:14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, +because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. + +17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but +that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. + +17:16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. + +17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. + +17:18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent +them into the world. + +17:19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be +sanctified through the truth. + +17:20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall +believe on me through their word; 17:21 That they all may be one; as +thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in +us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. + +17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they +may be one, even as we are one: 17:23 I in them, and thou in me, that +they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou +hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. + +17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with +me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given +me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. + +17:25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have +known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. + +17:26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: +that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in +them. + +18:1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his +disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he +entered, and his disciples. + +18:2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus +ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. + +18:3 Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the +chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches +and weapons. + +18:4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, +went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? 18:5 They answered him, +Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. + +And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. + +18:6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went +backward, and fell to the ground. + +18:7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of +Nazareth. + +18:8 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye +seek me, let these go their way: 18:9 That the saying might be +fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost +none. + +18:10 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high +priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was +Malchus. + +18:11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: +the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? 18:12 +Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and +bound him, 18:13 And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in +law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year. + +18:14 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was +expedient that one man should die for the people. + +18:15 And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: +that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus +into the palace of the high priest. + +18:16 But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other +disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her +that kept the door, and brought in Peter. + +18:17 Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not +thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not. + +18:18 And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire +of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood +with them, and warmed himself. + +18:19 The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his +doctrine. + +18:20 Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught +in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; +and in secret have I said nothing. + +18:21 Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said +unto them: behold, they know what I said. + +18:22 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by +struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the +high priest so? 18:23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear +witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me? 18:24 Now +Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest. + +18:25 And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore +unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and +said, I am not. + +18:26 One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose +ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him? +18:27 Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew. + +18:28 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and +it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, +lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover. + +18:29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring +ye against this man? 18:30 They answered and said unto him, If he +were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. + +18:31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according +to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us +to put any man to death: 18:32 That the saying of Jesus might be +fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die. + +18:33 Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called +Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews? 18:34 Jesus +answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it +thee of me? 18:35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and +the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done? +18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom +were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be +delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. + +18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus +answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and +for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto +the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. + +18:38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, +he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no +fault at all. + +18:39 But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the +passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the +Jews? 18:40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but +Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber. + +19:1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. + +19:2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his +head, and they put on him a purple robe, 19:3 And said, Hail, King of +the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. + +19:4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I +bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. + +19:5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the +purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! 19:6 When +the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, +saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, +and crucify him: for I find no fault in him. + +19:7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to +die, because he made himself the Son of God. + +19:8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; +19:9 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, +Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. + +19:10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest +thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release +thee? 19:11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all +against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that +delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. + +19:12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews +cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's +friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar. + +19:13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, +and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the +Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. + +19:14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth +hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! 19:15 But they +cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. + +Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests +answered, We have no king but Caesar. + +19:16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And +they took Jesus, and led him away. + +19:17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the +place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: 19:18 Where +they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and +Jesus in the midst. + +19:19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the +writing was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. + +19:20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus +was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and +Greek, and Latin. + +19:21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, +The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. + +19:22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written. + +19:23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his +garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his +coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. + +19:24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but +cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be +fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my +vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did. + +19:25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his +mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. + +19:26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing +by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! +19:27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that +hour that disciple took her unto his own home. + +19:28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, +that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. + +19:29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a +spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. + +19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is +finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. + +19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the +bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that +sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be +broken, and that they might be taken away. + +19:32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of +the other which was crucified with him. + +19:33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, +they brake not his legs: 19:34 But one of the soldiers with a spear +pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. + +19:35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he +knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. + +19:36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be +fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. + +19:37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom +they pierced. + +19:38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, +but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take +away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, +and took the body of Jesus. + +19:39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus +by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred +pound weight. + +19:40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes +with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. + +19:41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and +in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. + +19:42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation +day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand. + +20:1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it +was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from +the sepulchre. + +20:2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other +disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away +the LORD out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid +him. + +20:3 Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to +the sepulchre. + +20:4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun +Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. + +20:5 And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes +lying; yet went he not in. + +20:6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the +sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, 20:7 And the napkin, that +was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped +together in a place by itself. + +20:8 Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the +sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. + +20:9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again +from the dead. + +20:10 Then the disciples went away again unto their own home. + +20:11 But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she +wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, 20:12 And seeth +two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the +feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. + +20:13 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto +them, Because they have taken away my LORD, and I know not where they +have laid him. + +20:14 And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw +Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. + +20:15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest +thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if +thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I +will take him away. + +20:16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto +him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. + +20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to +my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my +Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. + +20:18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the +LORD, and that he had spoken these things unto her. + +20:19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, +when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear +of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, +Peace be unto you. + +20:20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his +side. + +Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD. + +20:21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father +hath sent me, even so send I you. + +20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto +them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: 20:23 Whose soever sins ye remit, +they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are +retained. + +20:24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them +when Jesus came. + +20:25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the +LORD. + +But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of +the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust +my hand into his side, I will not believe. + +20:26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas +with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the +midst, and said, Peace be unto you. + +20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my +hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be +not faithless, but believing. + +20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God. + +20:29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou +hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have +believed. + +20:30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his +disciples, which are not written in this book: 20:31 But these are +written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of +God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. + +21:1 After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at +the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself. + +21:2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and +Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other +of his disciples. + +21:3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, +We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship +immediately; and that night they caught nothing. + +21:4 But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but +the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. + +21:5 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They +answered him, No. + +21:6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the +ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not +able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. + +21:7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is +the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his +fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into +the sea. + +21:8 And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not +far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net +with fishes. + +21:9 As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals +there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. + +21:10 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now +caught. + +21:11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great +fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so +many, yet was not the net broken. + +21:12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples +durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord. + +21:13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish +likewise. + +21:14 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his +disciples, after that he was risen from the dead. + +21:15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son +of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, +Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. + +21:16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, +lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love +thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. + +21:17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest +thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, +Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; +thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. + +21:18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou +girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou +shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall +gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. + +21:19 This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. +And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me. + +21:20 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved +following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, +which is he that betrayeth thee? 21:21 Peter seeing him saith to +Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? 21:22 Jesus saith unto him, +If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou +me. + +21:23 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that +disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not +die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? +21:24 This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote +these things: and we know that his testimony is true. + +21:25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, +if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world +itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen. + + + + +The Acts of the Apostles + + +1:1 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus +began both to do and teach, 1:2 Until the day in which he was taken +up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto +the apostles whom he had chosen: 1:3 To whom also he shewed himself +alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them +forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of +God: 1:4 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that +they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the +Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. + +1:5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with +the Holy Ghost not many days hence. + +1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, +Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? 1:7 +And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the +seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. + +1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon +you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all +Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. + +1:9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was +taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. + +1:10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, +behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; 1:11 Which also said, +Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same +Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like +manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. + +1:12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, +which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey. + +1:13 And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, +where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and +Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon +Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James. + +1:14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, +with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren. + +1:15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, +and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and +twenty,) 1:16 Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been +fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before +concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus. + +1:17 For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this +ministry. + +1:18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and +falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels +gushed out. + +1:19 And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as +that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, +The field of blood. + +1:20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be +desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another +take. + +1:21 Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time +that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, 1:22 Beginning from the +baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must +one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection. + +1:23 And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed +Justus, and Matthias. + +1:24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts +of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, 1:25 That he +may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by +transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. + +1:26 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; +and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. + +2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with +one accord in one place. + +2:2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty +wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. + +2:3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and +it sat upon each of them. + +2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak +with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. + +2:5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of +every nation under heaven. + +2:6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and +were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own +language. + +2:7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, +Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? 2:8 And how hear we +every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? 2:9 Parthians, and +Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, +and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, 2:10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in +Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, +Jews and proselytes, 2:11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak +in our tongues the wonderful works of God. + +2:12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to +another, What meaneth this? 2:13 Others mocking said, These men are +full of new wine. + +2:14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and +said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, +be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: 2:15 For these are +not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the +day. + +2:16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; 2:17 And +it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of +my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall +prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall +dream dreams: 2:18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will +pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: 2:19 And +I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; +blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: 2:20 The sun shall be turned +into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable +day of the Lord come: 2:21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever +shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. + +2:22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man +approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God +did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: 2:23 Him, +being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, +ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: 2:24 Whom +God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was +not possible that he should be holden of it. + +2:25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always +before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be +moved: 2:26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; +moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: 2:27 Because thou wilt not +leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see +corruption. + +2:28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me +full of joy with thy countenance. + +2:29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch +David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us +unto this day. + +2:30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an +oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, +he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; 2:31 He seeing this +before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left +in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. + +2:32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. + +2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having +received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed +forth this, which ye now see and hear. + +2:34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, +The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 2:35 Until I +make thy foes thy footstool. + +2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God +hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and +Christ. + +2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and +said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, +what shall we do? 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be +baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the +remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. + +2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all +that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call. + +2:40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save +yourselves from this untoward generation. + +2:41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the +same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. + +2:42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and +fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. + +2:43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were +done by the apostles. + +2:44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common; +2:45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, +as every man had need. + +2:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and +breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness +and singleness of heart, 2:47 Praising God, and having favour with all +the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be +saved. + +3:1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of +prayer, being the ninth hour. + +3:2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom +they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, +to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; 3:3 Who seeing Peter +and John about to go into the temple asked an alms. + +3:4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on +us. + +3:5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of +them. + +3:6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have +give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. + +3:7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and +immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. + +3:8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into +the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. + +3:9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God: 3:10 And they +knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the +temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which +had happened unto him. + +3:11 And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the +people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, +greatly wondering. + +3:12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of +Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as +though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? +3:13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our +fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and +denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let +him go. + +3:14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer +to be granted unto you; 3:15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God +hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. + +3:16 And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, +whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him +this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. + +3:17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did +also your rulers. + +3:18 But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all +his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. + +3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be +blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence +of the Lord. + +3:20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto +you: 3:21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution +of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy +prophets since the world began. + +3:22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord +your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall +ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. + +3:23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear +that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. + +3:24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow +after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days. + +3:25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which +God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall +all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. + +3:26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to +bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities. + +4:1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of +the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, 4:2 Being grieved that +they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection +from the dead. + +4:3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next +day: for it was now eventide. + +4:4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number +of the men was about five thousand. + +4:5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, +and scribes, 4:6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, +and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, +were gathered together at Jerusalem. + +4:7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what +power, or by what name, have ye done this? 4:8 Then Peter, filled +with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and +elders of Israel, 4:9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done +to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; 4:10 Be it known +unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of +Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the +dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. + +4:11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which +is become the head of the corner. + +4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other +name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. + +4:13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived +that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they +took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. + +4:14 And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they +could say nothing against it. + +4:15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, +they conferred among themselves, 4:16 Saying, What shall we do to +these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is +manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it. + +4:17 But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly +threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. + +4:18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor +teach in the name of Jesus. + +4:19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be +right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, +judge ye. + +4:20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. + +4:21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, +finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for +all men glorified God for that which was done. + +4:22 For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of +healing was shewed. + +4:23 And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported +all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. + +4:24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with +one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and +earth, and the sea, and all that in them is: 4:25 Who by the mouth of +thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people +imagine vain things? 4:26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the +rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his +Christ. + +4:27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast +anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the +people of Israel, were gathered together, 4:28 For to do whatsoever +thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. + +4:29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy +servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, 4:30 By +stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be +done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. + +4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were +assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and +they spake the word of God with boldness. + +4:32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of +one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he +possessed was his own; but they had all things common. + +4:33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the +resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. + +4:34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were +possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the +things that were sold, 4:35 And laid them down at the apostles' feet: +and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. + +4:36 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, +being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the +country of Cyprus, 4:37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money, +and laid it at the apostles' feet. + +5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a +possession, 5:2 And kept back part of the price, his wife also being +privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' +feet. + +5:3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie +to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? +5:4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, +was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in +thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. + +5:5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: +and great fear came on all them that heard these things. + +5:6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and +buried him. + +5:7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, +not knowing what was done, came in. + +5:8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for +so much? And she said, Yea, for so much. + +5:9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together +to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have +buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out. + +5:10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the +ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying +her forth, buried her by her husband. + +5:11 And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as +heard these things. + +5:12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders +wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in +Solomon's porch. + +5:13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people +magnified them. + +5:14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of +men and women.) 5:15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into +the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the +shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. + +5:16 There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto +Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean +spirits: and they were healed every one. + +5:17 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, +(which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with +indignation, 5:18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them +in the common prison. + +5:19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and +brought them forth, and said, 5:20 Go, stand and speak in the temple +to the people all the words of this life. + +5:21 And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in +the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were +with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the +children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. + +5:22 But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, +they returned and told, 5:23 Saying, The prison truly found we shut +with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: +but when we had opened, we found no man within. + +5:24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the +chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this +would grow. + +5:25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put +in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people. + +5:26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without +violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been +stoned. + +5:27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: +and the high priest asked them, 5:28 Saying, Did not we straitly +command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye +have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this +man's blood upon us. + +5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to +obey God rather than men. + +5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged +on a tree. + +5:31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a +Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. + +5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy +Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him. + +5:33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took +counsel to slay them. + +5:34 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named +Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, +and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space; 5:35 And said +unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to +do as touching these men. + +5:36 For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be +somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined +themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were +scattered, and brought to nought. + +5:37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the +taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and +all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed. + +5:38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them +alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to +nought: 5:39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply +ye be found even to fight against God. + +5:40 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, +and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name +of Jesus, and let them go. + +5:41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing +that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. + +5:42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to +teach and preach Jesus Christ. + +6:1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was +multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the +Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily +ministration. + +6:2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, +and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and +serve tables. + +6:3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest +report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over +this business. + +6:4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the +ministry of the word. + +6:5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose +Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and +Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a +proselyte of Antioch: 6:6 Whom they set before the apostles: and when +they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. + +6:7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples +multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests +were obedient to the faith. + +6:8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and +miracles among the people. + +6:9 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the +synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of +them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen. + +6:10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by +which he spake. + +6:11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak +blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. + +6:12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, +and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council, +6:13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to +speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: 6:14 For +we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this +place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us. + +6:15 And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw +his face as it had been the face of an angel. + +7:1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so? 7:2 And he said, +Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto +our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in +Charran, 7:3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from +thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee. + +7:4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in +Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him +into this land, wherein ye now dwell. + +7:5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set +his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a +possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child. + +7:6 And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a +strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and +entreat them evil four hundred years. + +7:7 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said +God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place. + +7:8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat +Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and +Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs. + +7:9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but +God was with him, 7:10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, +and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; +and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. + +7:11 Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, +and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance. + +7:12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out +our fathers first. + +7:13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and +Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh. + +7:14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his +kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. + +7:15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers, +7:16 And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that +Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of +Sychem. + +7:17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn +to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, 7:18 Till another +king arose, which knew not Joseph. + +7:19 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our +fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they +might not live. + +7:20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and +nourished up in his father's house three months: 7:21 And when he was +cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her +own son. + +7:22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was +mighty in words and in deeds. + +7:23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to +visit his brethren the children of Israel. + +7:24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged +him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian: 7:25 For he supposed +his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would +deliver them: but they understood not. + +7:26 And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and +would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why +do ye wrong one to another? 7:27 But he that did his neighbour wrong +thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? +7:28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday? 7:29 +Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of +Madian, where he begat two sons. + +7:30 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the +wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a +bush. + +7:31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near +to behold it, the voice of the LORD came unto him, 7:32 Saying, I am +the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and +the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold. + +7:33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for +the place where thou standest is holy ground. + +7:34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in +Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver +them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt. + +7:35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a +judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand +of the angel which appeared to him in the bush. + +7:36 He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs +in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty +years. + +7:37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A +prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, +like unto me; him shall ye hear. + +7:38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the +angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who +received the lively oracles to give unto us: 7:39 To whom our fathers +would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned +back again into Egypt, 7:40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go +before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of +Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. + +7:41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto +the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. + +7:42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; +as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, +have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of +forty years in the wilderness? 7:43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of +Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to +worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon. + +7:44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as +he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it +according to the fashion that he had seen. + +7:45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into +the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of +our fathers, unto the days of David; 7:46 Who found favour before God, +and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. + +7:47 But Solomon built him an house. + +7:48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as +saith the prophet, 7:49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my +footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the +place of my rest? 7:50 Hath not my hand made all these things? 7:51 +Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always +resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. + +7:52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they +have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of +whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: 7:53 Who have +received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. + +7:54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and +they gnashed on him with their teeth. + +7:55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into +heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand +of God, 7:56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son +of man standing on the right hand of God. + +7:57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, +and ran upon him with one accord, 7:58 And cast him out of the city, +and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young +man's feet, whose name was Saul. + +7:59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord +Jesus, receive my spirit. + +7:60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not +this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. + +8:1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was +a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and +they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and +Samaria, except the apostles. + +8:2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great +lamentation over him. + +8:3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every +house, and haling men and women committed them to prison. + +8:4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where +preaching the word. + +8:5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ +unto them. + +8:6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which +Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. + +8:7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that +were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were +lame, were healed. + +8:8 And there was great joy in that city. + +8:9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the +same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving +out that himself was some great one: 8:10 To whom they all gave heed, +from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of +God. + +8:11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had +bewitched them with sorceries. + +8:12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the +kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both +men and women. + +8:13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he +continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs +which were done. + +8:14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria +had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: 8:15 +Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might +receive the Holy Ghost: 8:16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of +them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 8:17 +Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. + +8:18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands +the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, 8:19 Saying, Give me +also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the +Holy Ghost. + +8:20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou +hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. + +8:21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is +not right in the sight of God. + +8:22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps +the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. + +8:23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in +the bond of iniquity. + +8:24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the LORD for me, that +none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me. + +8:25 And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the +Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages +of the Samaritans. + +8:26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and +go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto +Gaza, which is desert. + +8:27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch +of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the +charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, +8:28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the +prophet. + +8:29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to +this chariot. + +8:30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet +Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? 8:31 And he +said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired +Philip that he would come up and sit with him. + +8:32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as +a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so +opened he not his mouth: 8:33 In his humiliation his judgment was +taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is +taken from the earth. + +8:34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom +speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man? 8:35 +Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and +preached unto him Jesus. + +8:36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: +and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be +baptized? 8:37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine +heart, thou mayest. + +And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of +God. + +8:38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down +both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. + +8:39 And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the +Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went +on his way rejoicing. + +8:40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached +in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea. + +9:1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the +disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, 9:2 And desired of +him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of +this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound +unto Jerusalem. + +9:3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there +shined round about him a light from heaven: 9:4 And he fell to the +earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest +thou me? 9:5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am +Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the +pricks. + +9:6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me +to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it +shall be told thee what thou must do. + +9:7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a +voice, but seeing no man. + +9:8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he +saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into +Damascus. + +9:9 And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor +drink. + +9:10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and +to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am +here, Lord. + +9:11 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which +is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called +Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, 9:12 And hath seen in a +vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, +that he might receive his sight. + +9:13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, +how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: 9:14 And here +he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy +name. + +9:15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel +unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the +children of Israel: 9:16 For I will shew him how great things he must +suffer for my name's sake. + +9:17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting +his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that +appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou +mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. + +9:18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: +and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized. + +9:19 And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul +certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus. + +9:20 And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is +the Son of God. + +9:21 But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that +destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither +for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief +priests? 9:22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded +the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ. + +9:23 And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to +kill him: 9:24 But their laying await was known of Saul. And they +watched the gates day and night to kill him. + +9:25 Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the +wall in a basket. + +9:26 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself +to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not +that he was a disciple. + +9:27 But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and +declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he +had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the +name of Jesus. + +9:28 And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem. + +9:29 And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed +against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him. + +9:30 Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, +and sent him forth to Tarsus. + +9:31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and +Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in +the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. + +9:32 And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he +came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda. + +9:33 And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his +bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy. + +9:34 And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: +arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately. + +9:35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the +Lord. + +9:36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by +interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and +almsdeeds which she did. + +9:37 And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: +whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber. + +9:38 And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had +heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him +that he would not delay to come to them. + +9:39 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they +brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him +weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while +she was with them. + +9:40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and +turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: +and when she saw Peter, she sat up. + +9:41 And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had +called the saints and widows, presented her alive. + +9:42 And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the +Lord. + +9:43 And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one +Simon a tanner. + +10:1 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion +of the band called the Italian band, 10:2 A devout man, and one that +feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and +prayed to God alway. + +10:3 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an +angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. + +10:4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, +Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up +for a memorial before God. + +10:5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname +is Peter: 10:6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by +the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do. + +10:7 And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he +called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them +that waited on him continually; 10:8 And when he had declared all +these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa. + +10:9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto +the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth +hour: 10:10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while +they made ready, he fell into a trance, 10:11 And saw heaven opened, +and a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet +knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: 10:12 Wherein +were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, +and creeping things, and fowls of the air. + +10:13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. + +10:14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing +that is common or unclean. + +10:15 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God +hath cleansed, that call not thou common. + +10:16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into +heaven. + +10:17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had +seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had +made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate, 10:18 And +called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged +there. + +10:19 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, +Behold, three men seek thee. + +10:20 Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting +nothing: for I have sent them. + +10:21 Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from +Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause +wherefore ye are come? 10:22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, +a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the +nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for +thee into his house, and to hear words of thee. + +10:23 Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter +went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him. + +10:24 And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius +waited for them, and he had called together his kinsmen and near +friends. + +10:25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at +his feet, and worshipped him. + +10:26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man. + +10:27 And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were +come together. + +10:28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing +for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another +nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common +or unclean. + +10:29 Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was +sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me? 10:30 +And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and +at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood +before me in bright clothing, 10:31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is +heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God. + +10:32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is +Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea +side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee. + +10:33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done +that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, +to hear all things that are commanded thee of God. + +10:34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive +that God is no respecter of persons: 10:35 But in every nation he that +feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. + +10:36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching +peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) 10:37 That word, I say, ye +know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from +Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; 10:38 How God anointed +Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about +doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God +was with him. + +10:39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land +of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: +10:40 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; 10:41 +Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before God, even to +us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. + +10:42 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify +that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and +dead. + +10:43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name +whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. + +10:44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all +them which heard the word. + +10:45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as +many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured +out the gift of the Holy Ghost. + +10:46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then +answered Peter, 10:47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not +be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? 10:48 +And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then +prayed they him to tarry certain days. + +11:1 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the +Gentiles had also received the word of God. + +11:2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the +circumcision contended with him, 11:3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men +uncircumcised, and didst eat with them. + +11:4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded +it by order unto them, saying, 11:5 I was in the city of Joppa +praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as +it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and +it came even to me: 11:6 Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, +I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, +and creeping things, and fowls of the air. + +11:7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat. + +11:8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at +any time entered into my mouth. + +11:9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath +cleansed, that call not thou common. + +11:10 And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into +heaven. + +11:11 And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto +the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me. + +11:12 And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover +these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's +house: 11:13 And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, +which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, +whose surname is Peter; 11:14 Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou +and all thy house shall be saved. + +11:15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us +at the beginning. + +11:16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John +indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy +Ghost. + +11:17 Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, +who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could +withstand God? 11:18 When they heard these things, they held their +peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles +granted repentance unto life. + +11:19 Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that +arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and +Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. + +11:20 And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they +were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the LORD +Jesus. + +11:21 And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number +believed, and turned unto the Lord. + +11:22 Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church +which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should +go as far as Antioch. + +11:23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and +exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto +the Lord. + +11:24 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: +and much people was added unto the Lord. + +11:25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: 11:26 And +when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to +pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and +taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in +Antioch. + +11:27 And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. + +11:28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by +the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: +which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. + +11:29 Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, +determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea: +11:30 Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of +Barnabas and Saul. + +12:1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to +vex certain of the church. + +12:2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. + +12:3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to +take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) 12:4 And +when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him +to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to +bring him forth to the people. + +12:5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without +ceasing of the church unto God for him. + +12:6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter +was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the +keepers before the door kept the prison. + +12:7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light +shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him +up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. + +12:8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy +sandals. + +And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and +follow me. + +12:9 And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true +which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision. + +12:10 When they were past the first and the second ward, they came +unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of +his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; +and forthwith the angel departed from him. + +12:11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a +surety, that the LORD hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out +of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of +the Jews. + +12:12 And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of +Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were +gathered together praying. + +12:13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to +hearken, named Rhoda. + +12:14 And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for +gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate. + +12:15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly +affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel. + +12:16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, +and saw him, they were astonished. + +12:17 But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, +declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And +he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he +departed, and went into another place. + +12:18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the +soldiers, what was become of Peter. + +12:19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he +examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. +And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode. + +12:20 And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but +they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's +chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was +nourished by the king's country. + +12:21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his +throne, and made an oration unto them. + +12:22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, +and not of a man. + +12:23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave +not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. + +12:24 But the word of God grew and multiplied. + +12:25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had +fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was +Mark. + +13:1 Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets +and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and +Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the +tetrarch, and Saul. + +13:2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, +Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called +them. + +13:3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on +them, they sent them away. + +13:4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto +Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. + +13:5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in +the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister. + +13:6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a +certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus: +13:7 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a +prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the +word of God. + +13:8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) +withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. + +13:9 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, +set his eyes on him. + +13:10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of +the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to +pervert the right ways of the Lord? 13:11 And now, behold, the hand +of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun +for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; +and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. + +13:12 Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being +astonished at the doctrine of the Lord. + +13:13 Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to +Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to +Jerusalem. + +13:14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in +Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. + +13:15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of +the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have +any word of exhortation for the people, say on. + +13:16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of +Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience. + +13:17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted +the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with +an high arm brought he them out of it. + +13:18 And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in +the wilderness. + +13:19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, +he divided their land to them by lot. + +13:20 And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four +hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. + +13:21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul +the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty +years. + +13:22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be +their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I have +found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall +fulfil all my will. + +13:23 Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto +Israel a Saviour, Jesus: 13:24 When John had first preached before his +coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. + +13:25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I +am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes +of his feet I am not worthy to loose. + +13:26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and +whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation +sent. + +13:27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they +knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every +sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. + +13:28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they +Pilate that he should be slain. + +13:29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they +took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre. + +13:30 But God raised him from the dead: 13:31 And he was seen many +days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are +his witnesses unto the people. + +13:32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which +was made unto the fathers, 13:33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us +their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also +written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten +thee. + +13:34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no +more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you +the sure mercies of David. + +13:35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer +thine Holy One to see corruption. + +13:36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of +God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: +13:37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption. + +13:38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through +this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: 13:39 And by +him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye +could not be justified by the law of Moses. + +13:40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in +the prophets; 13:41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for +I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, +though a man declare it unto you. + +13:42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles +besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath. + +13:43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and +religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to +them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. + +13:44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to +hear the word of God. + +13:45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with +envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, +contradicting and blaspheming. + +13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary +that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing +ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, +lo, we turn to the Gentiles. + +13:47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be +a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the +ends of the earth. + +13:48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified +the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life +believed. + +13:49 And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the +region. + +13:50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the +chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and +Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts. + +13:51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came +unto Iconium. + +13:52 And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost. + +14:1 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into +the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both +of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed. + +14:2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their +minds evil affected against the brethren. + +14:3 Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which +gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and +wonders to be done by their hands. + +14:4 But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the +Jews, and part with the apostles. + +14:5 And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also +of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone +them, 14:6 They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, +cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about: 14:7 +And there they preached the gospel. + +14:8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, +being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: 14:9 The +same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving +that he had faith to be healed, 14:10 Said with a loud voice, Stand +upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. + +14:11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their +voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us +in the likeness of men. + +14:12 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because +he was the chief speaker. + +14:13 Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought +oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with +the people. + +14:14 Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent +their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out, 14:15 And +saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions +with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities +unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and +all things that are therein: 14:16 Who in times past suffered all +nations to walk in their own ways. + +14:17 Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did +good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our +hearts with food and gladness. + +14:18 And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that +they had not done sacrifice unto them. + +14:19 And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, +who persuaded the people, and having stoned Paul, drew him out of the +city, supposing he had been dead. + +14:20 Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and +came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to +Derbe. + +14:21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had +taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and +Antioch, 14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting +them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much +tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. + +14:23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had +prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they +believed. + +14:24 And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to +Pamphylia. + +14:25 And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down +into Attalia: 14:26 And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had +been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they +fulfilled. + +14:27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, +they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened +the door of faith unto the Gentiles. + +14:28 And there they abode long time with the disciples. + +15:1 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, +and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye +cannot be saved. + +15:2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and +disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and +certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and +elders about this question. + +15:3 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through +Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and +they caused great joy unto all the brethren. + +15:4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the +church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things +that God had done with them. + +15:5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which +believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to +command them to keep the law of Moses. + +15:6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this +matter. + +15:7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said +unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God +made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the +word of the gospel, and believe. + +15:8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them +the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; 15:9 And put no difference +between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. + +15:10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of +the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? +15:11 But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ +we shall be saved, even as they. + +15:12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to +Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought +among the Gentiles by them. + +15:13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men +and brethren, hearken unto me: 15:14 Simeon hath declared how God at +the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his +name. + +15:15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, +15:16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of +David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, +and I will set it up: 15:17 That the residue of men might seek after +the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the +Lord, who doeth all these things. + +15:18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the +world. + +15:19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from +among the Gentiles are turned to God: 15:20 But that we write unto +them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from +fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. + +15:21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, +being read in the synagogues every sabbath day. + +15:22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the whole church, +to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and +Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas, chief men among +the brethren: 15:23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner; +The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren +which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia. + +15:24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us +have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must +be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment: +15:25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send +chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, 15:26 Men that +have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. + +15:27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you +the same things by mouth. + +15:28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you +no greater burden than these necessary things; 15:29 That ye abstain +from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things +strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye +shall do well. Fare ye well. + +15:30 So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they +had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle: 15:31 +Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation. + +15:32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted +the brethren with many words, and confirmed them. + +15:33 And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in +peace from the brethren unto the apostles. + +15:34 Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still. + +15:35 Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and +preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also. + +15:36 And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and +visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of +the LORD, and see how they do. + +15:37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname +was Mark. + +15:38 But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed +from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. + +15:39 And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed +asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto +Cyprus; 15:40 And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by +the brethren unto the grace of God. + +15:41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches. + +16:1 Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple +was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a +Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: 16:2 Which was well +reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium. + +16:3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and +circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for +they knew all that his father was a Greek. + +16:4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the +decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders +which were at Jerusalem. + +16:5 And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased +in number daily. + +16:6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of +Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in +Asia, 16:7 After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into +Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not. + +16:8 And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas. + +16:9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of +Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help +us. + +16:10 And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to +go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for +to preach the gospel unto them. + +16:11 Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to +Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis; 16:12 And from thence to +Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a +colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days. + +16:13 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, +where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the +women which resorted thither. + +16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city +of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord +opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. + +16:15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, +saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my +house, and abide there. And she constrained us. + +16:16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel +possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her +masters much gain by soothsaying: 16:17 The same followed Paul and us, +and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, +which shew unto us the way of salvation. + +16:18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and +said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come +out of her. + +And he came out the same hour. + +16:19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, +they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto +the rulers, 16:20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These +men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, 16:21 And teach +customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, +being Romans. + +16:22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the +magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them. + +16:23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them +into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: 16:24 Who, +having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and +made their feet fast in the stocks. + +16:25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto +God: and the prisoners heard them. + +16:26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the +foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors +were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. + +16:27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and +seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have +killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. + +16:28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: +for we are all here. + +16:29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, +and fell down before Paul and Silas, 16:30 And brought them out, and +said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 16:31 And they said, Believe +on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. + +16:32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that +were in his house. + +16:33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their +stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. + +16:34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before +them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house. + +16:35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, +Let those men go. + +16:36 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The +magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in +peace. + +16:37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, +being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us +out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us +out. + +16:38 And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and +they feared, when they heard that they were Romans. + +16:39 And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and +desired them to depart out of the city. + +16:40 And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of +Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and +departed. + +17:1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they +came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: 17:2 And +Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days +reasoned with them out of the scriptures, 17:3 Opening and alleging, +that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; +and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ. + +17:4 And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and +of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a +few. + +17:5 But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them +certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and +set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and +sought to bring them out to the people. + +17:6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain +brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned +the world upside down are come hither also; 17:7 Whom Jason hath +received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying +that there is another king, one Jesus. + +17:8 And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when +they heard these things. + +17:9 And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they +let them go. + +17:10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night +unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. + +17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they +received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the +scriptures daily, whether those things were so. + +17:12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which +were Greeks, and of men, not a few. + +17:13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of +God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred +up the people. + +17:14 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it +were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still. + +17:15 And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and +receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him +with all speed, they departed. + +17:16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred +in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. + +17:17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with +the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with +him. + +17:18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, +encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other +some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he +preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. + +17:19 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May +we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 17:20 For +thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know +therefore what these things mean. + +17:21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent +their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new +thing.) 17:22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, +Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too +superstitious. + +17:23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar +with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye +ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. + +17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he +is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; +17:25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any +thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; 17:26 +And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the +face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and +the bounds of their habitation; 17:27 That they should seek the Lord, +if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far +from every one of us: 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our +being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also +his offspring. + +17:29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to +think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven +by art and man's device. + +17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now +commandeth all men every where to repent: 17:31 Because he hath +appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness +by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance +unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. + +17:32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some +mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter. + +17:33 So Paul departed from among them. + +17:34 Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the +which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and +others with them. + +18:1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to +Corinth; 18:2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, +lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that +Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto +them. + +18:3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and +wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. + +18:4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the +Jews and the Greeks. + +18:5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was +pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was +Christ. + +18:6 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his +raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am +clean; from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. + +18:7 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, +named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the +synagogue. + +18:8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the +Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, +and were baptized. + +18:9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not +afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: 18:10 For I am with thee, +and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in +this city. + +18:11 And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word +of God among them. + +18:12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made +insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the +judgment seat, 18:13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God +contrary to the law. + +18:14 And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto +the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, +reason would that I should bear with you: 18:15 But if it be a +question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I +will be no judge of such matters. + +18:16 And he drave them from the judgment seat. + +18:17 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the +synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for +none of those things. + +18:18 And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then +took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with +him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he +had a vow. + +18:19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself +entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. + +18:20 When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he +consented not; 18:21 But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all +means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return +again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus. + +18:22 And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the +church, he went down to Antioch. + +18:23 And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went +over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening +all the disciples. + +18:24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent +man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. + +18:25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being +fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of +the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. + +18:26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila +and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto +him the way of God more perfectly. + +18:27 And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren +wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, +helped them much which had believed through grace: 18:28 For he +mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the +scriptures that Jesus was Christ. + +19:1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul +having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding +certain disciples, 19:2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy +Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much +as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. + +19:3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they +said, Unto John's baptism. + +19:4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of +repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him +which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. + +19:5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord +Jesus. + +19:6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came +on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. + +19:7 And all the men were about twelve. + +19:8 And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of +three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the +kingdom of God. + +19:9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil +of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated +the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. + +19:10 And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they +which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and +Greeks. + +19:11 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: 19:12 So +that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, +and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of +them. + +19:13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to +call over them which had evil spirits the name of the LORD Jesus, +saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. + +19:14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the +priests, which did so. + +19:15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I +know; but who are ye? 19:16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was +leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that +they fled out of that house naked and wounded. + +19:17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at +Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was +magnified. + +19:18 And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their +deeds. + +19:19 Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books +together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price +of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. + +19:20 So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. + +19:21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when +he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, +saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome. + +19:22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, +Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season. + +19:23 And the same time there arose no small stir about that way. + +19:24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made +silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen; +19:25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and +said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth. + +19:26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost +throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much +people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands: 19:27 +So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but +also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, +and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world +worshippeth. + +19:28 And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and +cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. + +19:29 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught +Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, +they rushed with one accord into the theatre. + +19:30 And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the +disciples suffered him not. + +19:31 And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent +unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the +theatre. + +19:32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the +assembly was confused: and the more part knew not wherefore they were +come together. + +19:33 And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting +him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made +his defence unto the people. + +19:34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about +the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. + +19:35 And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men +of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of +the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the +image which fell down from Jupiter? 19:36 Seeing then that these +things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do +nothing rashly. + +19:37 For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers +of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. + +19:38 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, +have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are +deputies: let them implead one another. + +19:39 But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall +be determined in a lawful assembly. + +19:40 For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's +uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this +concourse. + +19:41 And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly. + +20:1 And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the +disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia. + +20:2 And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much +exhortation, he came into Greece, 20:3 And there abode three months. +And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into +Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia. + +20:4 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the +Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and +Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. + +20:5 These going before tarried for us at Troas. + +20:6 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened +bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven +days. + +20:7 And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came +together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on +the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. + +20:8 And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were +gathered together. + +20:9 And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, +being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he +sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken +up dead. + +20:10 And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, +Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him. + +20:11 When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and +eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he +departed. + +20:12 And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little +comforted. + +20:13 And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there +intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to +go afoot. + +20:14 And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to +Mitylene. + +20:15 And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; +and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and +the next day we came to Miletus. + +20:16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not +spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to +be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost. + +20:17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of +the church. + +20:18 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from +the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been +with you at all seasons, 20:19 Serving the LORD with all humility of +mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the +lying in wait of the Jews: 20:20 And how I kept back nothing that was +profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you +publickly, and from house to house, 20:21 Testifying both to the Jews, +and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our +Lord Jesus Christ. + +20:22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not +knowing the things that shall befall me there: 20:23 Save that the +Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions +abide me. + +20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear +unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the +ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the +gospel of the grace of God. + +20:25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone +preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. + +20:26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the +blood of all men. + +20:27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of +God. + +20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over +the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church +of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. + +20:29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves +enter in among you, not sparing the flock. + +20:30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse +things, to draw away disciples after them. + +20:31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years +I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. + +20:32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his +grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance +among all them which are sanctified. + +20:33 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. + +20:34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto +my necessities, and to them that were with me. + +20:35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to +support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he +said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. + +20:36 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with +them all. + +20:37 And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, +20:38 Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they +should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship. + +21:1 And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had +launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day +following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara: 21:2 And finding a +ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth. + +21:3 Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, +and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to +unlade her burden. + +21:4 And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to +Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. + +21:5 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our +way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till +we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed. + +21:6 And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and +they returned home again. + +21:7 And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to +Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day. + +21:8 And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and +came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the +evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him. + +21:9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy. + +21:10 And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a +certain prophet, named Agabus. + +21:11 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound +his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall +the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall +deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. + +21:12 And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, +besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. + +21:13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine +heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at +Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. + +21:14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will +of the Lord be done. + +21:15 And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to +Jerusalem. + +21:16 There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, +and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom +we should lodge. + +21:17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us +gladly. + +21:18 And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all +the elders were present. + +21:19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what +things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry. + +21:20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto +him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which +believe; and they are all zealous of the law: 21:21 And they are +informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the +Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise +their children, neither to walk after the customs. + +21:22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: +for they will hear that thou art come. + +21:23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which +have a vow on them; 21:24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and +be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may +know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, +are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest +the law. + +21:25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and +concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep +themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from +strangled, and from fornication. + +21:26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with +them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the +days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for +every one of them. + +21:27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were +of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, +and laid hands on him, 21:28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is +the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the +law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, +and hath polluted this holy place. + +21:29 (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an +Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.) +21:30 And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and +they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the +doors were shut. + +21:31 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief +captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. + +21:32 Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto +them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left +beating of Paul. + +21:33 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded +him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he +had done. + +21:34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and +when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him +to be carried into the castle. + +21:35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne +of the soldiers for the violence of the people. + +21:36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away +with him. + +21:37 And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the +chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak +Greek? 21:38 Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days +madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand +men that were murderers? 21:39 But Paul said, I am a man which am a +Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I +beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people. + +21:40 And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and +beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a +great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying, 22:1 +Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto +you. + +22:2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, +they kept the more silence: and he saith,) 22:3 I am verily a man +which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in +this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect +manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye +all are this day. + +22:4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering +into prisons both men and women. + +22:5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate +of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, +and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto +Jerusalem, for to be punished. + +22:6 And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come +nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a +great light round about me. + +22:7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, +Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 22:8 And I answered, Who art +thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou +persecutest. + +22:9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; +but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me. + +22:10 And I said, What shall I do, LORD? And the Lord said unto me, +Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all +things which are appointed for thee to do. + +22:11 And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led +by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus. + +22:12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a +good report of all the Jews which dwelt there, 22:13 Came unto me, and +stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same +hour I looked up upon him. + +22:14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou +shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the +voice of his mouth. + +22:15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast +seen and heard. + +22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away +thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. + +22:17 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, +even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance; 22:18 And saw +him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: +for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me. + +22:19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every +synagogue them that believed on thee: 22:20 And when the blood of thy +martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto +his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him. + +22:21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto +the Gentiles. + +22:22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up +their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it +is not fit that he should live. + +22:23 And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw +dust into the air, 22:24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought +into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; +that he might know wherefore they cried so against him. + +22:25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion +that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, +and uncondemned? 22:26 When the centurion heard that, he went and +told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this +man is a Roman. + +22:27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art +thou a Roman? He said, Yea. + +22:28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this +freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born. + +22:29 Then straightway they departed from him which should have +examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew +that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. + +22:30 On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty +wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, +and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and +brought Paul down, and set him before them. + +23:1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and +brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this +day. + +23:2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to +smite him on the mouth. + +23:3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: +for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be +smitten contrary to the law? 23:4 And they that stood by said, +Revilest thou God's high priest? 23:5 Then said Paul, I wist not, +brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt +not speak evil of the ruler of thy people. + +23:6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the +other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a +Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the +dead I am called in question. + +23:7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the +Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. + +23:8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither +angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both. + +23:9 And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the +Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this +man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight +against God. + +23:10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, +fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded +the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and +to bring him into the castle. + +23:11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of +good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so +must thou bear witness also at Rome. + +23:12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and +bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor +drink till they had killed Paul. + +23:13 And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. + +23:14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have +bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we +have slain Paul. + +23:15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain +that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire +something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, +are ready to kill him. + +23:16 And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he +went and entered into the castle, and told Paul. + +23:17 Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring +this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to +tell him. + +23:18 So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, +Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this +young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee. + +23:19 Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him +aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me? +23:20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou +wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they +would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly. + +23:21 But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him +of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, +that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and +now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee. + +23:22 So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged +him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me. + +23:23 And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two +hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, +and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night; 23:24 And +provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe +unto Felix the governor. + +23:25 And he wrote a letter after this manner: 23:26 Claudius Lysias +unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting. + +23:27 This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of +them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood +that he was a Roman. + +23:28 And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused +him, I brought him forth into their council: 23:29 Whom I perceived to +be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his +charge worthy of death or of bonds. + +23:30 And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, +I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also +to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell. + +23:31 Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and +brought him by night to Antipatris. + +23:32 On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and +returned to the castle: 23:33 Who, when they came to Caesarea and +delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him. + +23:34 And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what +province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia; 23:35 +I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he +commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall. + +24:1 And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the +elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the +governor against Paul. + +24:2 And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, +saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very +worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence, 24:3 We +accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all +thankfulness. + +24:4 Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray +thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words. + +24:5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of +sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of +the sect of the Nazarenes: 24:6 Who also hath gone about to profane +the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law. + +24:7 But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great +violence took him away out of our hands, 24:8 Commanding his accusers +to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge +of all these things, whereof we accuse him. + +24:9 And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so. + +24:10 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to +speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years +a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself: +24:11 Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but +twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship. + +24:12 And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, +neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the +city: 24:13 Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse +me. + +24:14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call +heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which +are written in the law and in the prophets: 24:15 And have hope toward +God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a +resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. + +24:16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience +void to offence toward God, and toward men. + +24:17 Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and +offerings. + +24:18 Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the +temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult. + +24:19 Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had +ought against me. + +24:20 Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil +doing in me, while I stood before the council, 24:21 Except it be for +this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the +resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day. + +24:22 And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge +of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain +shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter. + +24:23 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have +liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to +minister or come unto him. + +24:24 And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, +which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the +faith in Christ. + +24:25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to +come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I +have a convenient season, I will call for thee. + +24:26 He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, +that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and +communed with him. + +24:27 But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and +Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound. + +25:1 Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he +ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem. + +25:2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him +against Paul, and besought him, 25:3 And desired favour against him, +that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to +kill him. + +25:4 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and +that he himself would depart shortly thither. + +25:5 Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down +with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him. + +25:6 And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went +down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat +commanded Paul to be brought. + +25:7 And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem +stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, +which they could not prove. + +25:8 While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the +Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I +offended any thing at all. + +25:9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and +said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these +things before me? 25:10 Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment +seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as +thou very well knowest. + +25:11 For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of +death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things +whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal +unto Caesar. + +25:12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, +Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go. + +25:13 And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto +Caesarea to salute Festus. + +25:14 And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's +cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by +Felix: 25:15 About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests +and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment +against him. + +25:16 To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to +deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the +accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself +concerning the crime laid against him. + +25:17 Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the +morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought +forth. + +25:18 Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none +accusation of such things as I supposed: 25:19 But had certain +questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, +which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. + +25:20 And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him +whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these +matters. + +25:21 But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of +Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar. + +25:22 Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. +To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him. + +25:23 And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with +great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief +captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul +was brought forth. + +25:24 And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here +present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the +Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that +he ought not to live any longer. + +25:25 But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, +and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to +send him. + +25:26 Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore +I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king +Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write. + +25:27 For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not +withal to signify the crimes laid against him. + +26:1 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for +thyself. + +Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself: 26:2 I +think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself +this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of +the Jews: 26:3 Especially because I know thee to be expert in all +customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech +thee to hear me patiently. + +26:4 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among +mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; 26:5 Which knew me +from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most +straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. + +26:6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of +God, unto our fathers: 26:7 Unto which promise our twelve tribes, +instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's +sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. + +26:8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God +should raise the dead? 26:9 I verily thought with myself, that I +ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. + +26:10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did +I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; +and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them. + +26:11 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them +to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted +them even unto strange cities. + +26:12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission +from the chief priests, 26:13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a +light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round +about me and them which journeyed with me. + +26:14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice +speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why +persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. + +26:15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom +thou persecutest. + +26:16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee +for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these +things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will +appear unto thee; 26:17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the +Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, 26:18 To open their eyes, and to +turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto +God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among +them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. + +26:19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the +heavenly vision: 26:20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at +Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the +Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet +for repentance. + +26:21 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went +about to kill me. + +26:22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, +witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than +those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: 26:23 That +Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise +from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the +Gentiles. + +26:24 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, +Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. + +26:25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth +the words of truth and soberness. + +26:26 For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak +freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from +him; for this thing was not done in a corner. + +26:27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou +believest. + +26:28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a +Christian. + +26:29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all +that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, +except these bonds. + +26:30 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, +and Bernice, and they that sat with them: 26:31 And when they were +gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth +nothing worthy of death or of bonds. + +26:32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at +liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar. + +27:1 And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they +delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a +centurion of Augustus' band. + +27:2 And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to +sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of +Thessalonica, being with us. + +27:3 And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously +entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh +himself. + +27:4 And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, +because the winds were contrary. + +27:5 And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we +came to Myra, a city of Lycia. + +27:6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into +Italy; and he put us therein. + +27:7 And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come +over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, +over against Salmone; 27:8 And, hardly passing it, came unto a place +which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea. + +27:9 Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, +because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them, 27:10 And +said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt +and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our +lives. + +27:11 Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of +the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul. + +27:12 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more +part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain +to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth +toward the south west and north west. + +27:13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had +obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete. + +27:14 But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, +called Euroclydon. + +27:15 And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the +wind, we let her drive. + +27:16 And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we +had much work to come by the boat: 27:17 Which when they had taken up, +they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should +fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven. + +27:18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day +they lightened the ship; 27:19 And the third day we cast out with our +own hands the tackling of the ship. + +27:20 And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no +small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then +taken away. + +27:21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, +and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed +from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. + +27:22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no +loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship. + +27:23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, +and whom I serve, 27:24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought +before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with +thee. + +27:25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it +shall be even as it was told me. + +27:26 Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island. + +27:27 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and +down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near +to some country; 27:28 And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and +when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it +fifteen fathoms. + +27:29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast +four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. + +27:30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they +had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would +have cast anchors out of the foreship, 27:31 Paul said to the +centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye +cannot be saved. + +27:32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her +fall off. + +27:33 And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take +meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and +continued fasting, having taken nothing. + +27:34 Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your +health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you. + +27:35 And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to +God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to +eat. + +27:36 Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat. + +27:37 And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and +sixteen souls. + +27:38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and +cast out the wheat into the sea. + +27:39 And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered +a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it +were possible, to thrust in the ship. + +27:40 And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed +themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up +the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore. + +27:41 And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship +aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the +hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves. + +27:42 And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of +them should swim out, and escape. + +27:43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their +purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast +themselves first into the sea, and get to land: 27:44 And the rest, +some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. + +And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land. + +28:1 And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was +called Melita. + +28:2 And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they +kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present +rain, and because of the cold. + +28:3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on +the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his +hand. + +28:4 And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, +they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, +though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live. + +28:5 And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm. + +28:6 Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down +dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no +harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a +god. + +28:7 In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the +island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three +days courteously. + +28:8 And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a +fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and +laid his hands on him, and healed him. + +28:9 So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the +island, came, and were healed: 28:10 Who also honoured us with many +honours; and when we departed, they laded us with such things as were +necessary. + +28:11 And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, +which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. + +28:12 And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days. + +28:13 And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and +after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to +Puteoli: 28:14 Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with +them seven days: and so we went toward Rome. + +28:15 And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to +meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul +saw, he thanked God, and took courage. + +28:16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners +to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself +with a soldier that kept him. + +28:17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief +of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto +them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the +people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from +Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. + +28:18 Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because +there was no cause of death in me. + +28:19 But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal +unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of. + +28:20 For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and +to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with +this chain. + +28:21 And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of +Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed +or spake any harm of thee. + +28:22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as +concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against. + +28:23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him +into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of +God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, +and out of the prophets, from morning till evening. + +28:24 And some believed the things which were spoken, and some +believed not. + +28:25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after +that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the +prophet unto our fathers, 28:26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, +Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall +see, and not perceive: 28:27 For the heart of this people is waxed +gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they +closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their +ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I +should heal them. + +28:28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is +sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it. + +28:29 And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had +great reasoning among themselves. + +28:30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and +received all that came in unto him, 28:31 Preaching the kingdom of +God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, +with all confidence, no man forbidding him. + + + + +The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans + + +1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, +separated unto the gospel of God, 1:2 (Which he had promised afore by +his prophets in the holy scriptures,) 1:3 Concerning his Son Jesus +Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the +flesh; 1:4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to +the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: 1:5 By whom +we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith +among all nations, for his name: 1:6 Among whom are ye also the called +of Jesus Christ: 1:7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to +be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord +Jesus Christ. + +1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your +faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. + +1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel +of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my +prayers; 1:10 Making request, if by any means now at length I might +have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you. + +1:11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual +gift, to the end ye may be established; 1:12 That is, that I may be +comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me. + +1:13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I +purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have +some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. + +1:14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to +the wise, and to the unwise. + +1:15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you +that are at Rome also. + +1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power +of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, +and also to the Greek. + +1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to +faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. + +1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all +ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in +unrighteousness; 1:19 Because that which may be known of God is +manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. + +1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world +are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even +his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: 1:21 +Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, +neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and +their foolish heart was darkened. + +1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 1:23 And +changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to +corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping +things. + +1:24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts +of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: +1:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and +served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. +Amen. + +1:26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even +their women did change the natural use into that which is against +nature: 1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the +woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working +that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of +their error which was meet. + +1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, +God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are +not convenient; 1:29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, +fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, +murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 1:30 Backbiters, haters +of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, +disobedient to parents, 1:31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, +without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 1:32 Who knowing +the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of +death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. + +2:1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that +judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; +for thou that judgest doest the same things. + +2:2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth +against them which commit such things. + +2:3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such +things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of +God? 2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance +and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee +to repentance? 2:5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart +treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and +revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 2:6 Who will render to +every man according to his deeds: 2:7 To them who by patient +continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, +eternal life: 2:8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey +the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 2:9 +Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of +the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; 2:10 But glory, honour, and +peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to +the Gentile: 2:11 For there is no respect of persons with God. + +2:12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without +law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; +2:13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the +doers of the law shall be justified. + +2:14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the +things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto +themselves: 2:15 Which shew the work of the law written in their +hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the +mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) 2:16 In the day +when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to +my gospel. + +2:17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest +thy boast of God, 2:18 And knowest his will, and approvest the things +that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 2:19 And art +confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them +which are in darkness, 2:20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of +babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. + +2:21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? +thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? 2:22 +Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit +adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? 2:23 +Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law +dishonourest thou God? 2:24 For the name of God is blasphemed among +the Gentiles through you, as it is written. + +2:25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if +thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. + +2:26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the +law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? 2:27 +And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, +judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the +law? 2:28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is +that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 2:29 But he is a +Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in +the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of +God. + +3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of +circumcision? 3:2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them +were committed the oracles of God. + +3:3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the +faith of God without effect? 3:4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, +but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be +justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. + +3:5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what +shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a +man) 3:6 God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world? 3:7 For +if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; +why yet am I also judged as a sinner? 3:8 And not rather, (as we be +slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do +evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just. + +3:9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have +before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; +3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 3:11 +There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after +God. + +3:12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become +unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. + +3:13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have +used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: 3:14 Whose mouth +is full of cursing and bitterness: 3:15 Their feet are swift to shed +blood: 3:16 Destruction and misery are in their ways: 3:17 And the way +of peace have they not known: 3:18 There is no fear of God before +their eyes. + +3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to +them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all +the world may become guilty before God. + +3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be +justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. + +3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, +being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 3:22 Even the +righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and +upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 3:23 For all +have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 3:24 Being justified +freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: +3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his +blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are +past, through the forbearance of God; 3:26 To declare, I say, at this +time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of +him which believeth in Jesus. + +3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? +Nay: but by the law of faith. + +3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without +the deeds of the law. + +3:29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? +Yes, of the Gentiles also: 3:30 Seeing it is one God, which shall +justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. + +3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we +establish the law. + +4:1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to +the flesh, hath found? 4:2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he +hath whereof to glory; but not before God. + +4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was +counted unto him for righteousness. + +4:4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but +of debt. + +4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth +the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. + +4:6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto +whom God imputeth righteousness without works, 4:7 Saying, Blessed are +they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. + +4:8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. + +4:9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon +the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham +for righteousness. + +4:10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in +uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. + +4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the +righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that +he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not +circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: 4:12 +And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision +only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father +Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised. + +4:13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not +to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the +righteousness of faith. + +4:14 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, +and the promise made of none effect: 4:15 Because the law worketh +wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. + +4:16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end +the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is +of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is +the father of us all, 4:17 (As it is written, I have made thee a +father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who +quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though +they were. + +4:18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the +father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall +thy seed be. + +4:19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now +dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness +of Sarah's womb: 4:20 He staggered not at the promise of God through +unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; 4:21 And being +fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to +perform. + +4:22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. + +4:23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to +him; 4:24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe +on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; 4:25 Who was +delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our +justification. + +5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through +our Lord Jesus Christ: 5:2 By whom also we have access by faith into +this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. + +5:3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that +tribulation worketh patience; 5:4 And patience, experience; and +experience, hope: 5:5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of +God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto +us. + +5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for +the ungodly. + +5:7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure +for a good man some would even dare to die. + +5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet +sinners, Christ died for us. + +5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be +saved from wrath through him. + +5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the +death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by +his life. + +5:11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus +Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. + +5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by +sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: 5:13 +(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when +there is no law. + +5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them +that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who +is the figure of him that was to come. + +5:15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through +the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the +gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto +many. + +5:16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the +judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many +offences unto justification. + +5:17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they +which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness +shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) 5:18 Therefore as by the +offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by +the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto +justification of life. + +5:19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by +the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. + +5:20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But +where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: 5:21 That as sin hath +reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness +unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. + +6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may +abound? 6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any +longer therein? 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized +into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 6:4 Therefore we are +buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised +up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should +walk in newness of life. + +6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, +we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: 6:6 Knowing +this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin +might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. + +6:7 For he that is dead is freed from sin. + +6:8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live +with him: 6:9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no +more; death hath no more dominion over him. + +6:10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he +liveth, he liveth unto God. + +6:11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, +but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. + +6:12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should +obey it in the lusts thereof. + +6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness +unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from +the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. + +6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under +the law, but under grace. + +6:15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but +under grace? God forbid. + +6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, +his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of +obedience unto righteousness? 6:17 But God be thanked, that ye were +the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of +doctrine which was delivered you. + +6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of +righteousness. + +6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your +flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and +to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to +righteousness unto holiness. + +6:20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from +righteousness. + +6:21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now +ashamed? for the end of those things is death. + +6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye +have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. + +6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal +life through Jesus Christ our Lord. + +7:1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) +how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? 7:2 +For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband +so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from +the law of her husband. + +7:3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another +man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, +she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be +married to another man. + +7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the +body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who +is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. + +7:5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by +the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. + +7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we +were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the +oldness of the letter. + +7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not +known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law +had said, Thou shalt not covet. + +7:8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all +manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. + +7:9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment +came, sin revived, and I died. + +7:10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be +unto death. + +7:11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by +it slew me. + +7:12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, +and good. + +7:13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But +sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is +good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. + +7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold +under sin. + +7:15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; +but what I hate, that do I. + +7:16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that +it is good. + +7:17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. + +7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good +thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which +is good I find not. + +7:19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would +not, that I do. + +7:20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin +that dwelleth in me. + +7:21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present +with me. + +7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 7:23 But I +see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and +bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. + +7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of +this death? 7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then +with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the +law of sin. + +8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ +Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. + +8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me +free from the law of sin and death. + +8:3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the +flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and +for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 8:4 That the righteousness of the +law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after +the Spirit. + +8:5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; +but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. + +8:6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded +is life and peace. + +8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not +subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. + +8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. + +8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the +Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of +Christ, he is none of his. + +8:10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the +Spirit is life because of righteousness. + +8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell +in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your +mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. + +8:12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live +after the flesh. + +8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through +the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. + +8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of +God. + +8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but +ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. + +8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are +the children of God: 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, +and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we +may be also glorified together. + +8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not +worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. + +8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the +manifestation of the sons of God. + +8:20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but +by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, 8:21 Because the +creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption +into the glorious liberty of the children of God. + +8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in +pain together until now. + +8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits +of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for +the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. + +8:24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for +what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? 8:25 But if we hope for +that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. + +8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not +what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh +intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. + +8:27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the +Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the +will of God. + +8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that +love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. + +8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be +conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn +among many brethren. + +8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom +he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also +glorified. + +8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can +be against us? 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him +up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all +things? 8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It +is God that justifieth. + +8:34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, +that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also +maketh intercession for us. + +8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, +or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or +sword? 8:36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day +long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. + +8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him +that loved us. + +8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor +principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, +8:39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to +separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. + +9:1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing +me witness in the Holy Ghost, 9:2 That I have great heaviness and +continual sorrow in my heart. + +9:3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my +brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 9:4 Who are Israelites; +to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and +the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; 9:5 +Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ +came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. + +9:6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are +not all Israel, which are of Israel: 9:7 Neither, because they are the +seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed +be called. + +9:8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not +the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for +the seed. + +9:9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and +Sarah shall have a son. + +9:10 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, +even by our father Isaac; 9:11 (For the children being not yet born, +neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God +according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that +calleth;) 9:12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the +younger. + +9:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. + +9:14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God +forbid. + +9:15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have +mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. + +9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, +but of God that sheweth mercy. + +9:17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose +have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my +name might be declared throughout all the earth. + +9:18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he +will he hardeneth. + +9:19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who +hath resisted his will? 9:20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that +repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed +it, Why hast thou made me thus? 9:21 Hath not the potter power over +the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another +unto dishonour? 9:22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to +make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of +wrath fitted to destruction: 9:23 And that he might make known the +riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore +prepared unto glory, 9:24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the +Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? 9:25 As he saith also in Osee, I +will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, +which was not beloved. + +9:26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said +unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the +children of the living God. + +9:27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the +children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be +saved: 9:28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in +righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. + +9:29 And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us +a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha. + +9:30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not +after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the +righteousness which is of faith. + +9:31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath +not attained to the law of righteousness. + +9:32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by +the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; 9:33 +As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of +offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. + +10:1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that +they might be saved. + +10:2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not +according to knowledge. + +10:3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about +to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves +unto the righteousness of God. + +10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one +that believeth. + +10:5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That +the man which doeth those things shall live by them. + +10:6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, +Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to +bring Christ down from above:) 10:7 Or, Who shall descend into the +deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) 10:8 But +what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy +heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 10:9 That if thou +shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in +thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be +saved. + +10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with +the mouth confession is made unto salvation. + +10:11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be +ashamed. + +10:12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for +the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. + +10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be +saved. + +10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? +and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how +shall they hear without a preacher? 10:15 And how shall they preach, +except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of +them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good +things! 10:16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias +saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? 10:17 So then faith cometh +by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. + +10:18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went +into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. + +10:19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will +provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish +nation I will anger you. + +10:20 But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that +sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. + +10:21 But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my +hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. + +11:1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also +am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. + +11:2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not +what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God +against Israel saying, 11:3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and +digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. + +11:4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to +myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of +Baal. + +11:5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant +according to the election of grace. + +11:6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is +no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: +otherwise work is no more work. + +11:7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; +but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded. + +11:8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of +slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not +hear;) unto this day. + +11:9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and +a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: 11:10 Let their eyes be +darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway. + +11:11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God +forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the +Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. + +11:12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the +diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their +fulness? 11:13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the +apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: 11:14 If by any means +I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save +some of them. + +11:15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, +what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? 11:16 +For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root +be holy, so are the branches. + +11:17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a +wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest +of the root and fatness of the olive tree; 11:18 Boast not against the +branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root +thee. + +11:19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might +be graffed in. + +11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou +standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: 11:21 For if God +spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not +thee. + +11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which +fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his +goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. + +11:23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be +graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again. + +11:24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by +nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: +how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed +into their own olive tree? 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye +should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own +conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the +fulness of the Gentiles be come in. + +11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall +come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from +Jacob: 11:27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away +their sins. + +11:28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but +as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes. + +11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. + +11:30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now +obtained mercy through their unbelief: 11:31 Even so have these also +now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. + +11:32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have +mercy upon all. + +11:33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of +God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding +out! 11:34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been +his counsellor? 11:35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be +recompensed unto him again? 11:36 For of him, and through him, and to +him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. + +12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye +present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, +which is your reasonable service. + +12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the +renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and +acceptable, and perfect, will of God. + +12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is +among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; +but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the +measure of faith. + +12:4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not +the same office: 12:5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and +every one members one of another. + +12:6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given +to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion +of faith; 12:7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that +teacheth, on teaching; 12:8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he +that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with +diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. + +12:9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; +cleave to that which is good. + +12:10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in +honour preferring one another; 12:11 Not slothful in business; fervent +in spirit; serving the Lord; 12:12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in +tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; 12:13 Distributing to the +necessity of saints; given to hospitality. + +12:14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. + +12:15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. + +12:16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, +but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. + +12:17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the +sight of all men. + +12:18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with +all men. + +12:19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place +unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith +the Lord. + +12:20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give +him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. + +12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. + +13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no +power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. + +13:2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance +of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. + +13:3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt +thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou +shalt have praise of the same: 13:4 For he is the minister of God to +thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he +beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a +revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. + +13:5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also +for conscience sake. + +13:6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's +ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. + +13:7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is +due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. + +13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth +another hath fulfilled the law. + +13:9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, +Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt +not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly +comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as +thyself. + +13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the +fulfilling of the law. + +13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake +out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. + +13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore +cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. + +13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and +drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and +envying. + +13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for +the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. + +14:1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful +disputations. + +14:2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is +weak, eateth herbs. + +14:3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not +him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. + +14:4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own +master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is +able to make him stand. + +14:5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every +day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. + +14:6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he +that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that +eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that +eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. + +14:7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. + +14:8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, +we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the +Lord's. + +14:9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he +might be Lord both of the dead and living. + +14:10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at +nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of +Christ. + +14:11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall +bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. + +14:12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. + +14:13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this +rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his +brother's way. + +14:14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is +nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be +unclean, to him it is unclean. + +14:15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou +not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. + +14:16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of: 14:17 For the kingdom +of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in +the Holy Ghost. + +14:18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, +and approved of men. + +14:19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, +and things wherewith one may edify another. + +14:20 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are +pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. + +14:21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any +thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. + +14:22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that +condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. + +14:23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not +of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. + +15:1 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the +weak, and not to please ourselves. + +15:2 Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to +edification. + +15:3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The +reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me. + +15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our +learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might +have hope. + +15:5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be +likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: 15:6 That ye +may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our +Lord Jesus Christ. + +15:7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to +the glory of God. + +15:8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision +for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: +15:9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is +written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and +sing unto thy name. + +15:10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. + +15:11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all +ye people. + +15:12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he +that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles +trust. + +15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in +believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy +Ghost. + +15:14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also +are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish +one another. + +15:15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you +in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is +given to me of God, 15:16 That I should be the minister of Jesus +Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the +offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by +the Holy Ghost. + +15:17 I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in +those things which pertain to God. + +15:18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ +hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and +deed, 15:19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the +Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, +I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. + +15:20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ +was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation: 15:21 +But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: +and they that have not heard shall understand. + +15:22 For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to +you. + +15:23 But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great +desire these many years to come unto you; 15:24 Whensoever I take my +journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my +journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be +somewhat filled with your company. + +15:25 But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. + +15:26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a +certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem. + +15:27 It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if +the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their +duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things. + +15:28 When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them +this fruit, I will come by you into Spain. + +15:29 And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the +fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ. + +15:30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, +and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in +your prayers to God for me; 15:31 That I may be delivered from them +that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for +Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints; 15:32 That I may come unto +you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed. + +15:33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen. + +16:1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the +church which is at Cenchrea: 16:2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as +becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she +hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself +also. + +16:3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: 16:4 Who +have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give +thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. + +16:5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my +well-beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ. + +16:6 Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us. + +16:7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, +who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. + +16:8 Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord. + +16:9 Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. + +16:10 Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of +Aristobulus' household. + +16:11 Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household +of Narcissus, which are in the Lord. + +16:12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the +beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord. + +16:13 Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. + +16:14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the +brethren which are with them. + +16:15 Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and +Olympas, and all the saints which are with them. + +16:16 Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ +salute you. + +16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and +offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid +them. + +16:18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but +their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the +hearts of the simple. + +16:19 For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad +therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that +which is good, and simple concerning evil. + +16:20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. + +16:21 Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, +my kinsmen, salute you. + +16:22 I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord. + +16:23 Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus +the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother. + +16:24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. + +16:25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my +gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation +of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, 16:26 But +now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according +to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations +for the obedience of faith: 16:27 To God only wise, be glory through +Jesus Christ for ever. Amen. + + + + +The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians + + +1:1 Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of +God, and Sosthenes our brother, 1:2 Unto the church of God which is at +Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be +saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus +Christ our Lord, both their's and our's: 1:3 Grace be unto you, and +peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. + +1:4 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which +is given you by Jesus Christ; 1:5 That in every thing ye are enriched +by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; 1:6 Even as the +testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: 1:7 So that ye come behind +in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: 1:8 Who +shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the +day of our Lord Jesus Christ. + +1:9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his +Son Jesus Christ our Lord. + +1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus +Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no +divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the +same mind and in the same judgment. + +1:11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them +which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. + +1:12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I +of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. + +1:13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye +baptized in the name of Paul? 1:14 I thank God that I baptized none +of you, but Crispus and Gaius; 1:15 Lest any should say that I had +baptized in mine own name. + +1:16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know +not whether I baptized any other. + +1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not +with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none +effect. + +1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish +foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. + +1:19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and +will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. + +1:20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of +this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 1:21 +For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, +it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that +believe. + +1:22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: +1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, +and unto the Greeks foolishness; 1:24 But unto them which are called, +both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. + +1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the +weakness of God is stronger than men. + +1:26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men +after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: 1:27 But +God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; +and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the +things which are mighty; 1:28 And base things of the world, and things +which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to +bring to nought things that are: 1:29 That no flesh should glory in +his presence. + +1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us +wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: 1:31 +That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in +the Lord. + +2:1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of +speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. + +2:2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus +Christ, and him crucified. + +2:3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much +trembling. + +2:4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of +man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 2:5 +That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the +power of God. + +2:6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the +wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to +nought: 2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the +hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: 2:8 +Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, +they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. + +2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither +have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared +for them that love him. + +2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit +searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. + +2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man +which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the +Spirit of God. + +2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit +which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given +to us of God. + +2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom +teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual +things with spiritual. + +2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of +God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, +because they are spiritually discerned. + +2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is +judged of no man. + +2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct +him? But we have the mind of Christ. + +3:1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but +as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. + +3:2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were +not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. + +3:3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and +strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? 3:4 For +while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye +not carnal? 3:5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers +by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? 3:6 I have +planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. + +3:7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that +watereth; but God that giveth the increase. + +3:8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man +shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. + +3:9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye +are God's building. + +3:10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise +masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth +thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. + +3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is +Jesus Christ. + +3:12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious +stones, wood, hay, stubble; 3:13 Every man's work shall be made +manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed +by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. + +3:14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall +receive a reward. + +3:15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he +himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. + +3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of +God dwelleth in you? 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him +shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. + +3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be +wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. + +3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is +written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. + +3:20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they +are vain. + +3:21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's; +3:22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or +death, or things present, or things to come; all are your's; 3:23 And +ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's. + +4:1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and +stewards of the mysteries of God. + +4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. + +4:3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of +you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. + +4:4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but +he that judgeth me is the Lord. + +4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who +both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make +manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have +praise of God. + +4:6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to +myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to +think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed +up for one against another. + +4:7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou +that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost +thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? 4:8 Now ye are full, +now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to +God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you. + +4:9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it +were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, +and to angels, and to men. + +4:10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are +weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised. + +4:11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are +naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; 4:12 And +labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being +persecuted, we suffer it: 4:13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made +as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto +this day. + +4:14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I +warn you. + +4:15 For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have +ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through +the gospel. + +4:16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. + +4:17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved +son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of +my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church. + +4:18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. + +4:19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, +not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. + +4:20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. + +4:21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and +in the spirit of meekness? 5:1 It is reported commonly that there is +fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named +among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. + +5:2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that +hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. + +5:3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have +judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so +done this deed, 5:4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are +gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus +Christ, 5:5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of +the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. + +5:6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven +leaveneth the whole lump? 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, +that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our +passover is sacrificed for us: 5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast, +not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; +but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. + +5:9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: +5:10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with +the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye +needs go out of the world. + +5:11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man +that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, +or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not +to eat. + +5:12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not +ye judge them that are within? 5:13 But them that are without God +judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person. + +6:1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before +the unjust, and not before the saints? 6:2 Do ye not know that the +saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, +are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 6:3 Know ye not that +we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? +6:4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set +them to judge who are least esteemed in the church. + +6:5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man +among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his +brethren? 6:6 But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before +the unbelievers. + +6:7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to +law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not +rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? 6:8 Nay, ye do wrong, and +defraud, and that your brethren. + +6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of +God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor +adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, +6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor +extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. + +6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are +sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by +the Spirit of our God. + +6:12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: +all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the +power of any. + +6:13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall +destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for +the Lord; and the Lord for the body. + +6:14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us +by his own power. + +6:15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I +then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an +harlot? God forbid. + +6:16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one +body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. + +6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. + +6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; +but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. + +6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost +which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 6:20 +For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, +and in your spirit, which are God's. + +7:1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for +a man not to touch a woman. + +7:2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own +wife, and let every woman have her own husband. + +7:3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise +also the wife unto the husband. + +7:4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and +likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the +wife. + +7:5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a +time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come +together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. + +7:6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. + +7:7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath +his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. + +7:8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them +if they abide even as I. + +7:9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to +marry than to burn. + +7:10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not +the wife depart from her husband: 7:11 But and if she depart, let her +remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the +husband put away his wife. + +7:12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife +that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not +put her away. + +7:13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he +be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. + +7:14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the +unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children +unclean; but now are they holy. + +7:15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a +sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to +peace. + +7:16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy +husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy +wife? 7:17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath +called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. + +7:18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become +uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be +circumcised. + +7:19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the +keeping of the commandments of God. + +7:20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. + +7:21 Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou +mayest be made free, use it rather. + +7:22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's +freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's +servant. + +7:23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. + +7:24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with +God. + +7:25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I +give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be +faithful. + +7:26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I +say, that it is good for a man so to be. + +7:27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou +loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. + +7:28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin +marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in +the flesh: but I spare you. + +7:29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that +both they that have wives be as though they had none; 7:30 And they +that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though +they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; +7:31 And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion +of this world passeth away. + +7:32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried +careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the +Lord: 7:33 But he that is married careth for the things that are of +the world, how he may please his wife. + +7:34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The +unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be +holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for +the things of the world, how she may please her husband. + +7:35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare +upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon +the Lord without distraction. + +7:36 But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his +virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let +him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry. + +7:37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no +necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in +his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well. + +7:38 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that +giveth her not in marriage doeth better. + +7:39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but +if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she +will; only in the Lord. + +7:40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I +think also that I have the Spirit of God. + +8:1 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all +have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. + +8:2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing +yet as he ought to know. + +8:3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him. + +8:4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are +offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in +the world, and that there is none other God but one. + +8:5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in +earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) 8:6 But to us there is +but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and +one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. + +8:7 Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with +conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto +an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. + +8:8 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we +the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. + +8:9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of your's become a +stumblingblock to them that are weak. + +8:10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the +idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be +emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; 8:11 And +through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ +died? 8:12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their +weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. + +8:13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh +while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend. + +9:1 Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ +our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? 9:2 If I be not an apostle +unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine +apostleship are ye in the Lord. + +9:3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, 9:4 Have we not +power to eat and to drink? 9:5 Have we not power to lead about a +sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the +Lord, and Cephas? 9:6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to +forbear working? 9:7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? +who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who +feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? 9:8 Say I +these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? 9:9 For it +is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the +ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? 9:10 Or +saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is +written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that +thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. + +9:11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if +we shall reap your carnal things? 9:12 If others be partakers of this +power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this +power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of +Christ. + +9:13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of +the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are +partakers with the altar? 9:14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that +they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel. + +9:15 But I have used none of these things: neither have I written +these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better +for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void. + +9:16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for +necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the +gospel! 9:17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but +if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me. + +9:18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I +may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my +power in the gospel. + +9:19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant +unto all, that I might gain the more. + +9:20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; +to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain +them that are under the law; 9:21 To them that are without law, as +without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to +Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. + +9:22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am +made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. + +9:23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker +thereof with you. + +9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one +receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. + +9:25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all +things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an +incorruptible. + +9:26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one +that beateth the air: 9:27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into +subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I +myself should be a castaway. + +10:1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how +that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the +sea; 10:2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the +sea; 10:3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 10:4 And did all +drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock +that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. + +10:5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were +overthrown in the wilderness. + +10:6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not +lust after evil things, as they also lusted. + +10:7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, +The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. + +10:8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and +fell in one day three and twenty thousand. + +10:9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and +were destroyed of serpents. + +10:10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were +destroyed of the destroyer. + +10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they +are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are +come. + +10:12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he +fall. + +10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: +but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that +ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, +that ye may be able to bear it. + +10:14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. + +10:15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. + +10:16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of +the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion +of the body of Christ? 10:17 For we being many are one bread, and one +body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. + +10:18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the +sacrifices partakers of the altar? 10:19 What say I then? that the +idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is +any thing? 10:20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles +sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not +that ye should have fellowship with devils. + +10:21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye +cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. + +10:22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? +10:23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: +all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. + +10:24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. + +10:25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question +for conscience sake: 10:26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the +fulness thereof. + +10:27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be +disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question +for conscience sake. + +10:28 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto +idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: +for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: 10:29 +Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my +liberty judged of another man's conscience? 10:30 For if I by grace +be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give +thanks? 10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye +do, do all to the glory of God. + +10:32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor +to the church of God: 10:33 Even as I please all men in all things, +not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be +saved. + +11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. + +11:2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, +and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. + +11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; +and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. + +11:4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, +dishonoureth his head. + +11:5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head +uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she +were shaven. + +11:6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it +be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. + +11:7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is +the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. + +11:8 For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man. + +11:9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the +man. + +11:10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because +of the angels. + +11:11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the +woman without the man, in the Lord. + +11:12 For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the +woman; but all things of God. + +11:13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God +uncovered? 11:14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a +man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? 11:15 But if a woman have +long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a +covering. + +11:16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, +neither the churches of God. + +11:17 Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye +come together not for the better, but for the worse. + +11:18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear +that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. + +11:19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are +approved may be made manifest among you. + +11:20 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to +eat the Lord's supper. + +11:21 For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and +one is hungry, and another is drunken. + +11:22 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye +the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to +you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not. + +11:23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto +you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took +bread: 11:24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, +Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in +remembrance of me. + +11:25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, +saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft +as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. + +11:26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do +shew the Lord's death till he come. + +11:27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of +the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the +Lord. + +11:28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, +and drink of that cup. + +11:29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh +damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. + +11:30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many +sleep. + +11:31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. + +11:32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we +should not be condemned with the world. + +11:33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one +for another. + +11:34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not +together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I +come. + +12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you +ignorant. + +12:2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb +idols, even as ye were led. + +12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the +Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that +Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. + +12:4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. + +12:5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. + +12:6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God +which worketh all in all. + +12:7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to +profit withal. + +12:8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another +the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 12:9 To another faith by the +same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 12:10 +To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another +discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another +the interpretation of tongues: 12:11 But all these worketh that one +and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. + +12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the +members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. + +12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we +be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all +made to drink into one Spirit. + +12:14 For the body is not one member, but many. + +12:15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of +the body; is it therefore not of the body? 12:16 And if the ear shall +say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore +not of the body? 12:17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the +hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? 12:18 +But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it +hath pleased him. + +12:19 And if they were all one member, where were the body? 12:20 But +now are they many members, yet but one body. + +12:21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: +nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. + +12:22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more +feeble, are necessary: 12:23 And those members of the body, which we +think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant +honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. + +12:24 For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the +body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which +lacked. + +12:25 That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members +should have the same care one for another. + +12:26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; +or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. + +12:27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. + +12:28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily +prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of +healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. + +12:29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all +workers of miracles? 12:30 Have all the gifts of healing? do all +speak with tongues? do all interpret? 12:31 But covet earnestly the +best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. + +13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have +not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. + +13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all +mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I +could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. + +13:3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I +give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me +nothing. + +13:4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity +vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 13:5 Doth not behave itself +unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no +evil; 13:6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 13:7 +Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth +all things. + +13:8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they +shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there +be knowledge, it shall vanish away. + +13:9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. + +13:10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in +part shall be done away. + +13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, +I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish +things. + +13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: +now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. + +13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the +greatest of these is charity. + +14:1 Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that +ye may prophesy. + +14:2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, +but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he +speaketh mysteries. + +14:3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and +exhortation, and comfort. + +14:4 He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he +that prophesieth edifieth the church. + +14:5 I would that ye all spake with tongues but rather that ye +prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh +with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive +edifying. + +14:6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what +shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, +or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine? 14:7 And even +things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they +give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped +or harped? 14:8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall +prepare himself to the battle? 14:9 So likewise ye, except ye utter +by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what +is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air. + +14:10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and +none of them is without signification. + +14:11 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be +unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a +barbarian unto me. + +14:12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek +that ye may excel to the edifying of the church. + +14:13 Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that +he may interpret. + +14:14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my +understanding is unfruitful. + +14:15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray +with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will +sing with the understanding also. + +14:16 Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that +occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, +seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest? 14:17 For thou verily +givest thanks well, but the other is not edified. + +14:18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all: 14:19 Yet +in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, +that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in +an unknown tongue. + +14:20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be +ye children, but in understanding be men. + +14:21 In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other +lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not +hear me, saith the LORD. + +14:22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but +to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that +believe not, but for them which believe. + +14:23 If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, +and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are +unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad? 14:24 +But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one +unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all: 14:25 And thus +are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his +face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth. + +14:26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of +you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, +hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying. + +14:27 If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at +the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret. + +14:28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the +church; and let him speak to himself, and to God. + +14:29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge. + +14:30 If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the +first hold his peace. + +14:31 For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all +may be comforted. + +14:32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. + +14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all +churches of the saints. + +14:34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not +permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under +obedience as also saith the law. + +14:35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at +home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. + +14:36 What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you +only? 14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, +let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the +commandments of the Lord. + +14:38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. + +14:39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak +with tongues. + +14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order. + +15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I +preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; +15:2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached +unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. + +15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, +how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 15:4 +And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according +to the scriptures: 15:5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the +twelve: 15:6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at +once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are +fallen asleep. + +15:7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. + +15:8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due +time. + +15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called +an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. + +15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was +bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than +they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. + +15:11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye +believed. + +15:12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say +some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 15:13 But +if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: +15:14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your +faith is also vain. + +15:15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have +testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if +so be that the dead rise not. + +15:16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: 15:17 And +if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. + +15:18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. + +15:19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men +most miserable. + +15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the +firstfruits of them that slept. + +15:21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection +of the dead. + +15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made +alive. + +15:23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; +afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. + +15:24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom +to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all +authority and power. + +15:25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. + +15:26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. + +15:27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all +things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which +did put all things under him. + +15:28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the +Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, +that God may be all in all. + +15:29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the +dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? 15:30 +And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? 15:31 I protest by your +rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our LORD, I die daily. + +15:32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, +what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; +for to morrow we die. + +15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. + +15:34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the +knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. + +15:35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what +body do they come? 15:36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not +quickened, except it die: 15:37 And that which thou sowest, thou +sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of +wheat, or of some other grain: 15:38 But God giveth it a body as it +hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. + +15:39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh +of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of +birds. + +15:40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the +glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is +another. + +15:41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, +and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another +star in glory. + +15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in +corruption; it is raised in incorruption: 15:43 It is sown in +dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised +in power: 15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual +body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. + +15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; +the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. + +15:46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is +natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. + +15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the +Lord from heaven. + +15:48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is +the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. + +15:49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear +the image of the heavenly. + +15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit +the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. + +15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we +shall all be changed, 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, +at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be +raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. + +15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal +must put on immortality. + +15:54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and +this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to +pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. + +15:55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? +15:56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. + +15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our +Lord Jesus Christ. + +15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, +always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that +your labour is not in vain in the Lord. + +16:1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given +order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. + +16:2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in +store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I +come. + +16:3 And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, +them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem. + +16:4 And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me. + +16:5 Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: +for I do pass through Macedonia. + +16:6 And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that +ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go. + +16:7 For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a +while with you, if the Lord permit. + +16:8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost. + +16:9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are +many adversaries. + +16:10 Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: +for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do. + +16:11 Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in +peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren. + +16:12 As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come +unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at +this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time. + +16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. + +16:14 Let all your things be done with charity. + +16:15 I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that +it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted +themselves to the ministry of the saints,) 16:16 That ye submit +yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and +laboureth. + +16:17 I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and +Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied. + +16:18 For they have refreshed my spirit and your's: therefore +acknowledge ye them that are such. + +16:19 The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you +much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house. + +16:20 All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with +an holy kiss. + +16:21 The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. + +16:22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be +Anathema Maranatha. + +16:23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. + +16:24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. + + + + +The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians + + +1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy +our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the +saints which are in all Achaia: 1:2 Grace be to you and peace from God +our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. + +1:3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the +Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 1:4 Who comforteth us +in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are +in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of +God. + +1:5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation +also aboundeth by Christ. + +1:6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and +salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings +which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your +consolation and salvation. + +1:7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers +of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation. + +1:8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which +came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above +strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: 1:9 But we had the +sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, +but in God which raiseth the dead: 1:10 Who delivered us from so great +a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver +us; 1:11 Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift +bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by +many on our behalf. + +1:12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that +in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the +grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more +abundantly to you-ward. + +1:13 For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or +acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end; 1:14 As +also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even +as ye also are our's in the day of the Lord Jesus. + +1:15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that +ye might have a second benefit; 1:16 And to pass by you into +Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to +be brought on my way toward Judaea. + +1:17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the +things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with +me there should be yea yea, and nay nay? 1:18 But as God is true, our +word toward you was not yea and nay. + +1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by +us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in +him was yea. + +1:20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto +the glory of God by us. + +1:21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed +us, is God; 1:22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the +Spirit in our hearts. + +1:23 Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you +I came not as yet unto Corinth. + +1:24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of +your joy: for by faith ye stand. + +2:1 But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to +you in heaviness. + +2:2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but +the same which is made sorry by me? 2:3 And I wrote this same unto +you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought +to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of +you all. + +2:4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you +with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know +the love which I have more abundantly unto you. + +2:5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: +that I may not overcharge you all. + +2:6 Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted +of many. + +2:7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort +him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch +sorrow. + +2:8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward +him. + +2:9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of +you, whether ye be obedient in all things. + +2:10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave +any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the +person of Christ; 2:11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for +we are not ignorant of his devices. + +2:12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and +a door was opened unto me of the Lord, 2:13 I had no rest in my +spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of +them, I went from thence into Macedonia. + +2:14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in +Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every +place. + +2:15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are +saved, and in them that perish: 2:16 To the one we are the savour of +death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And +who is sufficient for these things? 2:17 For we are not as many, +which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in +the sight of God speak we in Christ. + +3:1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some +others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation +from you? 3:2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and +read of all men: 3:3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the +epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the +Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables +of the heart. + +3:4 And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: 3:5 Not that we +are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but +our sufficiency is of God; 3:6 Who also hath made us able ministers of +the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the +letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. + +3:7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, +was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly +behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory +was to be done away: 3:8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit +be rather glorious? 3:9 For if the ministration of condemnation be +glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in +glory. + +3:10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this +respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. + +3:11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which +remaineth is glorious. + +3:12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of +speech: 3:13 And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that +the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that +which is abolished: 3:14 But their minds were blinded: for until this +day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old +testament; which vail is done away in Christ. + +3:15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon +their heart. + +3:16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be +taken away. + +3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, +there is liberty. + +3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of +the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as +by the Spirit of the LORD. + +4:1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, +we faint not; 4:2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, +not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; +but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's +conscience in the sight of God. + +4:3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4:4 In +whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which +believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is +the image of God, should shine unto them. + +4:5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and +ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. + +4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath +shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory +of God in the face of Jesus Christ. + +4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency +of the power may be of God, and not of us. + +4:8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are +perplexed, but not in despair; 4:9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast +down, but not destroyed; 4:10 Always bearing about in the body the +dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made +manifest in our body. + +4:11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, +that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal +flesh. + +4:12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you. + +4:13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I +believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore +speak; 4:14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise +up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. + +4:15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might +through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. + +4:16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, +yet the inward man is renewed day by day. + +4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for +us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 4:18 While we +look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not +seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which +are not seen are eternal. + +5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were +dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, +eternal in the heavens. + +5:2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with +our house which is from heaven: 5:3 If so be that being clothed we +shall not be found naked. + +5:4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not +for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might +be swallowed up of life. + +5:5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who +also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. + +5:6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at +home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 5:7 (For we walk by +faith, not by sight:) 5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather +to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. + +5:9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be +accepted of him. + +5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that +every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that +he hath done, whether it be good or bad. + +5:11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we +are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your +consciences. + +5:12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you +occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer +them which glory in appearance, and not in heart. + +5:13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we +be sober, it is for your cause. + +5:14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, +that if one died for all, then were all dead: 5:15 And that he died +for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto +themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. + +5:16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though +we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him +no more. + +5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old +things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. + +5:18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by +Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; +5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto +himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed +unto us the word of reconciliation. + +5:20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech +you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. + +5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we +might be made the righteousness of God in him. + +6:1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye +receive not the grace of God in vain. + +6:2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the +day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted +time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) 6:3 Giving no offence in +any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: 6:4 But in all things +approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in +afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 6:5 In stripes, in +imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; 6:6 +By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy +Ghost, by love unfeigned, 6:7 By the word of truth, by the power of +God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, +6:8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as +deceivers, and yet true; 6:9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, +and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; 6:10 As sorrowful, +yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, +and yet possessing all things. + +6:11 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is +enlarged. + +6:12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own +bowels. + +6:13 Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) +be ye also enlarged. + +6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what +fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion +hath light with darkness? 6:15 And what concord hath Christ with +Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 6:16 And +what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the +temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and +walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. + +6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the +Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. + +6:18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and +daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. + +7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse +ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting +holiness in the fear of God. + +7:2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we +have defrauded no man. + +7:3 I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye +are in our hearts to die and live with you. + +7:4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of +you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our +tribulation. + +7:5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but +we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were +fears. + +7:6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, +comforted us by the coming of Titus; 7:7 And not by his coming only, +but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told +us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so +that I rejoiced the more. + +7:8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though +I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you +sorry, though it were but for a season. + +7:9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed +to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye +might receive damage by us in nothing. + +7:10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be +repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. + +7:11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly +sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of +yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement +desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have +approved yourselves to be clear in this matter. + +7:12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause +that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but +that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you. + +7:13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly +the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was +refreshed by you all. + +7:14 For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; +but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, +which I made before Titus, is found a truth. + +7:15 And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he +remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye +received him. + +7:16 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things. + +8:1 Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed +on the churches of Macedonia; 8:2 How that in a great trial of +affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded +unto the riches of their liberality. + +8:3 For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power +they were willing of themselves; 8:4 Praying us with much intreaty +that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the +ministering to the saints. + +8:5 And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own +selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God. + +8:6 Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would +also finish in you the same grace also. + +8:7 Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, +and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that +ye abound in this grace also. + +8:8 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of +others, and to prove the sincerity of your love. + +8:9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he +was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his +poverty might be rich. + +8:10 And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who +have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago. + +8:11 Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a +readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that +which ye have. + +8:12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to +that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. + +8:13 For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: 8:14 But +by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply +for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your +want: that there may be equality: 8:15 As it is written, He that had +gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no +lack. + +8:16 But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the +heart of Titus for you. + +8:17 For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, +of his own accord he went unto you. + +8:18 And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the +gospel throughout all the churches; 8:19 And not that only, but who +was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, +which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and +declaration of your ready mind: 8:20 Avoiding this, that no man should +blame us in this abundance which is administered by us: 8:21 Providing +for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the +sight of men. + +8:22 And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes +proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the +great confidence which I have in you. + +8:23 Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner and +fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they are +the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ. + +8:24 Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of +your love, and of our boasting on your behalf. + +9:1 For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous +for me to write to you: 9:2 For I know the forwardness of your mind, +for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a +year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many. + +9:3 Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be +in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready: 9:4 Lest +haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we +(that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident +boasting. + +9:5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they +would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof +ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of +bounty, and not as of covetousness. + +9:6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also +sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also +bountifully. + +9:7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; +not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. + +9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, +always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good +work: 9:9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given +to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. + +9:10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for +your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of +your righteousness;) 9:11 Being enriched in every thing to all +bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God. + +9:12 For the administration of this service not only supplieth the +want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto +God; 9:13 Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify +God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for +your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men; 9:14 And by +their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of +God in you. + +9:15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. + +10:1 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of +Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold +toward you: 10:2 But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am +present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against +some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. + +10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: +10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty +through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 10:5 Casting down +imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the +knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the +obedience of Christ; 10:6 And having in a readiness to revenge all +disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. + +10:7 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man +trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this +again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's. + +10:8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which +the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, +I should not be ashamed: 10:9 That I may not seem as if I would +terrify you by letters. + +10:10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his +bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible. + +10:11 Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by +letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are +present. + +10:12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare +ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring +themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, +are not wise. + +10:13 But we will not boast of things without our measure, but +according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, +a measure to reach even unto you. + +10:14 For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we +reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in +preaching the gospel of Christ: 10:15 Not boasting of things without +our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when +your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to +our rule abundantly, 10:16 To preach the gospel in the regions beyond +you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to +our hand. + +10:17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. + +10:18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the +Lord commendeth. + +11:1 Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and +indeed bear with me. + +11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have +espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin +to Christ. + +11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve +through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the +simplicity that is in Christ. + +11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not +preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, +or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with +him. + +11:5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. + +11:6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have +been throughly made manifest among you in all things. + +11:7 Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be +exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely? +11:8 I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service. + +11:9 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to +no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from +Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being +burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself. + +11:10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this +boasting in the regions of Achaia. + +11:11 Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth. + +11:12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from +them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found +even as we. + +11:13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming +themselves into the apostles of Christ. + +11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of +light. + +11:15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be +transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be +according to their works. + +11:16 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a +fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. + +11:17 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it +were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. + +11:18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. + +11:19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. + +11:20 For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour +you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you +on the face. + +11:21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. +Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold +also. + +11:22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are +they the seed of Abraham? so am I. + +11:23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in +labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more +frequent, in deaths oft. + +11:24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. + +11:25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I +suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; 11:26 +In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in +perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in +the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils +among false brethren; 11:27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings +often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. + +11:28 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me +daily, the care of all the churches. + +11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? +11:30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern +mine infirmities. + +11:31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed +for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. + +11:32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of +the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: 11:33 And +through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped +his hands. + +12:1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to +visions and revelations of the Lord. + +12:2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the +body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God +knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. + +12:3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, +I cannot tell: God knoweth;) 12:4 How that he was caught up into +paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a +man to utter. + +12:5 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but +in mine infirmities. + +12:6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I +will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me +above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me. + +12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance +of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the +messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above +measure. + +12:8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart +from me. + +12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my +strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I +rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon +me. + +12:10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in +necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for +when I am weak, then am I strong. + +12:11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I +ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the +very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing. + +12:12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all +patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds. + +12:13 For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, +except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this +wrong. + +12:14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not +be burdensome to you: for I seek not your's but you: for the children +ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. + +12:15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the +more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. + +12:16 But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, +I caught you with guile. + +12:17 Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you? +12:18 I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a +gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the +same steps? 12:19 Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? +we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, +for your edifying. + +12:20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I +would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest +there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, +swellings, tumults: 12:21 And lest, when I come again, my God will +humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned +already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and +lasciviousness which they have committed. + +13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or +three witnesses shall every word be established. + +13:2 I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the +second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore +have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not +spare: 13:3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to +you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you. + +13:4 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by +the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with +him by the power of God toward you. + +13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own +selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, +except ye be reprobates? 13:6 But I trust that ye shall know that we +are not reprobates. + +13:7 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear +approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as +reprobates. + +13:8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. + +13:9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this +also we wish, even your perfection. + +13:10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present +I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath +given me to edification, and not to destruction. + +13:11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be +of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be +with you. + +13:12 Greet one another with an holy kiss. + +13:13 All the saints salute you. + +13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the +communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. + + + + +The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians + + +1:1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus +Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) 1:2 And all +the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia: 1:3 +Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus +Christ, 1:4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us +from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our +Father: 1:5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. + +1:6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into +the grace of Christ unto another gospel: 1:7 Which is not another; but +there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of +Christ. + +1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel +unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be +accursed. + +1:9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other +gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. + +1:10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? +for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. + +1:11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached +of me is not after man. + +1:12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by +the revelation of Jesus Christ. + +1:13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' +religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and +wasted it: 1:14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my +equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the +traditions of my fathers. + +1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, +and called me by his grace, 1:16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might +preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh +and blood: 1:17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were +apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto +Damascus. + +1:18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and +abode with him fifteen days. + +1:19 But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's +brother. + +1:20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie +not. + +1:21 Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia; 1:22 And +was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ: +1:23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times +past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. + +1:24 And they glorified God in me. + +2:1 Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with +Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. + +2:2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that +gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which +were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in +vain. + +2:3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled +to be circumcised: 2:4 And that because of false brethren unawares +brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have +in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: 2:5 To whom we +gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the +gospel might continue with you. + +2:6 But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it +maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who +seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me: 2:7 But +contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was +committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; +2:8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of +the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) 2:9 +And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived +the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the +right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and +they unto the circumcision. + +2:10 Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which +I also was forward to do. + +2:11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, +because he was to be blamed. + +2:12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the +Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, +fearing them which were of the circumcision. + +2:13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that +Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. + +2:14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the +truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being +a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, +why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews? 2:15 We who +are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, 2:16 Knowing that +a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of +Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be +justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for +by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. + +2:17 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves +also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God +forbid. + +2:18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself +a transgressor. + +2:19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto +God. + +2:20 I am crucified with Christ: neverthless I live; yet not I, but +Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live +by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. + +2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by +the law, then Christ is dead in vain. + +3:1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not +obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set +forth, crucified among you? 3:2 This only would I learn of you, +Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of +faith? 3:3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now +made perfect by the flesh? 3:4 Have ye suffered so many things in +vain? if it be yet in vain. + +3:5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh +miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the +hearing of faith? 3:6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was +accounted to him for righteousness. + +3:7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the +children of Abraham. + +3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen +through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In +thee shall all nations be blessed. + +3:9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. + +3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: +for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all +things which are written in the book of the law to do them. + +3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it +is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. + +3:12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall +live in them. + +3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a +curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a +tree: 3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles +through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit +through faith. + +3:15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a +man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth +thereto. + +3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, +And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is +Christ. + +3:17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of +God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, +cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. + +3:18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: +but God gave it to Abraham by promise. + +3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of +transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was +made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. + +3:20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. + +3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if +there had been a law given which could have given life, verily +righteousness should have been by the law. + +3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise +by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. + +3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto +the faith which should afterwards be revealed. + +3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, +that we might be justified by faith. + +3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a +schoolmaster. + +3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. + +3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on +Christ. + +3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, +there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. + +3:29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs +according to the promise. + +4:1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth +nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; 4:2 But is under +tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. + +4:3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the +elements of the world: 4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, +God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 4:5 To +redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the +adoption of sons. + +4:6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son +into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. + +4:7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, +then an heir of God through Christ. + +4:8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which +by nature are no gods. + +4:9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, +how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye +desire again to be in bondage? 4:10 Ye observe days, and months, and +times, and years. + +4:11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. + +4:12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have +not injured me at all. + +4:13 Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel +unto you at the first. + +4:14 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor +rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. + +4:15 Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, +that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own +eyes, and have given them to me. + +4:16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? +4:17 They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude +you, that ye might affect them. + +4:18 But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, +and not only when I am present with you. + +4:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ +be formed in you, 4:20 I desire to be present with you now, and to +change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. + +4:21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the +law? 4:22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a +bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. + +4:23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he +of the freewoman was by promise. + +4:24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; +the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is +Agar. + +4:25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to +Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. + +4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us +all. + +4:27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break +forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many +more children than she which hath an husband. + +4:28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. + +4:29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that +was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. + +4:30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and +her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son +of the freewoman. + +4:31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of +the free. + +5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us +free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. + +5:2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ +shall profit you nothing. + +5:3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a +debtor to do the whole law. + +5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are +justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. + +5:5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by +faith. + +5:6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor +uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. + +5:7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the +truth? 5:8 This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you. + +5:9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. + +5:10 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none +otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, +whosoever he be. + +5:11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet +suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased. + +5:12 I would they were even cut off which trouble you. + +5:13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not +liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. + +5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou +shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. + +5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not +consumed one of another. + +5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the +lust of the flesh. + +5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against +the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye +cannot do the things that ye would. + +5:18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. + +5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; +Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 5:20 Idolatry, +witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, +heresies, 5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such +like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time +past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of +God. + +5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, +gentleness, goodness, faith, 5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such +there is no law. + +5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the +affections and lusts. + +5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. + +5:26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, +envying one another. + +6:1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are +spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering +thyself, lest thou also be tempted. + +6:2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. + +6:3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he +deceiveth himself. + +6:4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have +rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. + +6:5 For every man shall bear his own burden. + +6:6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that +teacheth in all good things. + +6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, +that shall he also reap. + +6:8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap +corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap +life everlasting. + +6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall +reap, if we faint not. + +6:10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, +especially unto them who are of the household of faith. + +6:11 Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own +hand. + +6:12 As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they +constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer +persecution for the cross of Christ. + +6:13 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but +desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. + +6:14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord +Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the +world. + +6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor +uncircumcision, but a new creature. + +6:16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and +mercy, and upon the Israel of God. + +6:17 From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the +marks of the Lord Jesus. + +6:18 Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. + +Amen. + + + + +The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians + + +1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the +saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: +1:2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord +Jesus Christ. + +1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath +blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: +1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the +world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: +1:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus +Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 1:6 To +the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted +in the beloved. + +1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of +sins, according to the riches of his grace; 1:8 Wherein he hath +abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; 1:9 Having made known +unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which +he hath purposed in himself: 1:10 That in the dispensation of the +fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, +both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: 1:11 In +whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated +according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the +counsel of his own will: 1:12 That we should be to the praise of his +glory, who first trusted in Christ. + +1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, +the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye +were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 1:14 Which is the +earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased +possession, unto the praise of his glory. + +1:15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, +and love unto all the saints, 1:16 Cease not to give thanks for you, +making mention of you in my prayers; 1:17 That the God of our Lord +Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of +wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 1:18 The eyes of your +understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of +his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in +the saints, 1:19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to +us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, +1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and +set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 1:21 Far above +all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name +that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to +come: 1:22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be +the head over all things to the church, 1:23 Which is his body, the +fulness of him that filleth all in all. + +2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; +2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this +world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit +that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 2:3 Among whom also +we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, +fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by +nature the children of wrath, even as others. + +2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he +loved us, 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us +together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 2:6 And hath raised us +up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ +Jesus: 2:7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches +of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. + +2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of +yourselves: it is the gift of God: 2:9 Not of works, lest any man +should boast. + +2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good +works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. + +2:11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the +flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the +Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 2:12 That at that time ye +were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and +strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without +God in the world: 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were +far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. + +2:14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down +the middle wall of partition between us; 2:15 Having abolished in his +flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in +ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making +peace; 2:16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by +the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 2:17 And came and preached +peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. + +2:18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the +Father. + +2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but +fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; 2:20 And +are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus +Christ himself being the chief corner stone; 2:21 In whom all the +building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the +Lord: 2:22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of +God through the Spirit. + +3:1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you +Gentiles, 3:2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God +which is given me to you-ward: 3:3 How that by revelation he made +known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, 3:4 +Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery +of Christ) 3:5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of +men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the +Spirit; 3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same +body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: 3:7 +Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of +God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. + +3:8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace +given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches +of Christ; 3:9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the +mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, +who created all things by Jesus Christ: 3:10 To the intent that now +unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known +by the church the manifold wisdom of God, 3:11 According to the +eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: 3:12 In +whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. + +3:13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, +which is your glory. + +3:14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus +Christ, 3:15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, +3:16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to +be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 3:17 That +Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and +grounded in love, 3:18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what +is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 3:19 And to know +the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled +with all the fulness of God. + +3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all +that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 3:21 +Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, +world without end. Amen. + +4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk +worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 4:2 With all lowliness +and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; 4:3 +Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. + +4:4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one +hope of your calling; 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 4:6 One +God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you +all. + +4:7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure +of the gift of Christ. + +4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity +captive, and gave gifts unto men. + +4:9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first +into the lower parts of the earth? 4:10 He that descended is the same +also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all +things.) 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and +some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 4:12 For the +perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the +edifying of the body of Christ: 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of +the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, +unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 4:14 That we +henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about +with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning +craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 4:15 But speaking the +truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, +even Christ: 4:16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and +compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the +effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the +body unto the edifying of itself in love. + +4:17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth +walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 4:18 +Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of +God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of +their heart: 4:19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over +unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. + +4:20 But ye have not so learned Christ; 4:21 If so be that ye have +heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: 4:22 +That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which +is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 4:23 And be renewed in +the spirit of your mind; 4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which +after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. + +4:25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his +neighbour: for we are members one of another. + +4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your +wrath: 4:27 Neither give place to the devil. + +4:28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, +working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to +give to him that needeth. + +4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that +which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto +the hearers. + +4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto +the day of redemption. + +4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil +speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 4:32 And be ye kind +one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for +Christ's sake hath forgiven you. + +5:1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; 5:2 And walk +in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us +an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. + +5:3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not +be once named among you, as becometh saints; 5:4 Neither filthiness, +nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather +giving of thanks. + +5:5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor +covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom +of Christ and of God. + +5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these +things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. + +5:7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them. + +5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: +walk as children of light: 5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all +goodness and righteousness and truth;) 5:10 Proving what is acceptable +unto the Lord. + +5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but +rather reprove them. + +5:12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of +them in secret. + +5:13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: +for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. + +5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the +dead, and Christ shall give thee light. + +5:15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, +5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. + +5:17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of +the Lord is. + +5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with +the Spirit; 5:19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and +spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; +5:20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in +the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; 5:21 Submitting yourselves one to +another in the fear of God. + +5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the +Lord. + +5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the +head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. + +5:24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives +be to their own husbands in every thing. + +5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, +and gave himself for it; 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it +with the washing of water by the word, 5:27 That he might present it +to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such +thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. + +5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that +loveth his wife loveth himself. + +5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and +cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: 5:30 For we are members of +his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. + +5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall +be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. + +5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the +church. + +5:33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife +even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. + +6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. + +6:2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with +promise; 6:3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long +on the earth. + +6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring +them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. + +6:5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to +the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as +unto Christ; 6:6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the +servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; 6:7 With +good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: 6:8 Knowing +that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of +the Lord, whether he be bond or free. + +6:9 And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing +threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is +there respect of persons with him. + +6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of +his might. + +6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand +against the wiles of the devil. + +6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against +principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of +this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. + +6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be +able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. + +6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and +having on the breastplate of righteousness; 6:15 And your feet shod +with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 6:16 Above all, taking +the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the +fiery darts of the wicked. + +6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, +which is the word of God: 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and +supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all +perseverance and supplication for all saints; 6:19 And for me, that +utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to +make known the mystery of the gospel, 6:20 For which I am an +ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to +speak. + +6:21 But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a +beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to +you all things: 6:22 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, +that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts. + +6:23 Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the +Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. + +6:24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in +sincerity. + +Amen. + + + + +The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Philippians + + +1:1 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the +saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and +deacons: 1:2 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and +from the Lord Jesus Christ. + +1:3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, 1:4 Always in every +prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, 1:5 For your +fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; 1:6 Being +confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in +you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: 1:7 Even as it is +meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; +inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of +the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace. + +1:8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the +bowels of Jesus Christ. + +1:9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in +knowledge and in all judgment; 1:10 That ye may approve things that +are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day +of Christ. + +1:11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus +Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. + +1:12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which +happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the +gospel; 1:13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the +palace, and in all other places; 1:14 And many of the brethren in the +Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the +word without fear. + +1:15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also +of good will: 1:16 The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, +supposing to add affliction to my bonds: 1:17 But the other of love, +knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel. + +1:18 What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in +truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will +rejoice. + +1:19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your +prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, 1:20 According +to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be +ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ +shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. + +1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. + +1:22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet +what I shall choose I wot not. + +1:23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and +to be with Christ; which is far better: 1:24 Nevertheless to abide in +the flesh is more needful for you. + +1:25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and +continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith; 1:26 That +your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my +coming to you again. + +1:27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of +Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear +of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind +striving together for the faith of the gospel; 1:28 And in nothing +terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of +perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. + +1:29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to +believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake; 1:30 Having the same +conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me. + +2:1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of +love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, 2:2 +Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being +of one accord, of one mind. + +2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness +of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. + +2:4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the +things of others. + +2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 2:6 Who, +being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: +2:7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a +servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 2:8 And being found in +fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, +even the death of the cross. + +2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name +which is above every name: 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee +should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under +the earth; 2:11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ +is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. + +2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my +presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own +salvation with fear and trembling. + +2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his +good pleasure. + +2:14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings: 2:15 That ye may +be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the +midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights +in the world; 2:16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice +in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in +vain. + +2:17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your +faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. + +2:18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me. + +2:19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, +that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. + +2:20 For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your +state. + +2:21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's. + +2:22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he +hath served with me in the gospel. + +2:23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see +how it will go with me. + +2:24 But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly. + +2:25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my +brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your +messenger, and he that ministered to my wants. + +2:26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because +that ye had heard that he had been sick. + +2:27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; +and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon +sorrow. + +2:28 I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him +again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. + +2:29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold +such in reputation: 2:30 Because for the work of Christ he was nigh +unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service +toward me. + +3:1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same +things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe. + +3:2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. + +3:3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and +rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. + +3:4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man +thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: 3:5 +Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of +Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; +3:6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the +righteousness which is in the law, blameless. + +3:7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. + +3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency +of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the +loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, +3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is +of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the +righteousness which is of God by faith: 3:10 That I may know him, and +the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, +being made conformable unto his death; 3:11 If by any means I might +attain unto the resurrection of the dead. + +3:12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already +perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which +also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. + +3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one +thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching +forth unto those things which are before, 3:14 I press toward the mark +for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. + +3:15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if +in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto +you. + +3:16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by +the same rule, let us mind the same thing. + +3:17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk +so as ye have us for an ensample. + +3:18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you +even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: 3:19 +Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is +in their shame, who mind earthly things.) 3:20 For our conversation +is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus +Christ: 3:21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned +like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is +able even to subdue all things unto himself. + +4:1 Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and +crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. + +4:2 I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same +mind in the Lord. + +4:3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which +laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my +fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life. + +4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. + +4:5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. + +4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and +supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto +God. + +4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep +your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. + +4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things +are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, +whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if +there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these +things. + +4:9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, +and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you. + +4:10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your +care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye +lacked opportunity. + +4:11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in +whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. + +4:12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every +where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be +hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. + +4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. + +4:14 Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with +my affliction. + +4:15 Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the +gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me +as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only. + +4:16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my +necessity. + +4:17 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound +to your account. + +4:18 But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of +Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet +smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God. + +4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in +glory by Christ Jesus. + +4:20 Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. + +4:21 Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with +me greet you. + +4:22 All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's +household. + +4:23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. + + + + +The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians + + +1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, +and Timotheus our brother, 1:2 To the saints and faithful brethren +in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, +from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. + +1:3 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying +always for you, +1:4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye +have to all the saints, +1:5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard +before in the word of the truth of the gospel; +1:6 Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth +fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the +grace of God in truth: +1:7 As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you +a faithful minister of Christ; +1:8 Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. + +1:9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to +pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his +will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; +1:10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being +fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; +1:11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto +all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; +1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be +partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: +1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated +us into the kingdom of his dear Son: +1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of +sins: +1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every +creature: +1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are +in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or +principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: +1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. + +1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the +firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. + +1:19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; +1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to +reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in +earth, or things in heaven. + +1:21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by +wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled +1:22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and +unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: +1:23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved +away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached +to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; +1:24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is +behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is +the church: +1:25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God +which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; +1:26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, +but now is made manifest to his saints: +1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this +mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: +1:28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all +wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: +1:29 Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which +worketh in me mightily. + +2:1 For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for +them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; +2:2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and +unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the +acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; +2:3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. + +2:4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. + +2:5 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, +joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in +Christ. + +2:6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in +him: +2:7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have +been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. + +2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, +after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after +Christ. + +2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. + +2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and +power: +2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without +hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision +of Christ: +2:12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him +through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. + +2:13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your +flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all +trespasses; +2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which +was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; +2:15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them +openly, triumphing over them in it. + +2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of +an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: +2:17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. + +2:18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and +worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, +vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, +2:19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands +having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the +increase of God. + +2:20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, +why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, +2:21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not; +2:22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and +doctrines of men? +2:23 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and +humility, and neglecting of the body: not in any honour to the satisfying +of the flesh. + +3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, +where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. + +3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. + +3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. + +3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear +with him in glory. + +3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, +uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, +which is idolatry: +3:6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of +disobedience: +3:7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. + +3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, +filthy communication out of your mouth. + +3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with +his deeds; +3:10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the +image of him that created him: +3:11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor +uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in +all. + +3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of +mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; +3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a +quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. + +3:14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of +perfectness. + +3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye +are called in one body; and be ye thankful. + +3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching +and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing +with grace in your hearts to the Lord. + +3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord +Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. + +3:18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the +Lord. + +3:19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. + +3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing +unto the Lord. + +3:21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be +discouraged. + +3:22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not +with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God; +3:23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto +men; +3:24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the +inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. + +3:25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath +done: and there is no respect of persons. + +4:1 Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing +that ye also have a Master in heaven. + +4:2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; +4:3 Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of +utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: +4:4 That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. + +4:5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. + +4:6 Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may +know how ye ought to answer every man. + +4:7 All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved +brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord: +4:8 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know +your estate, and comfort your hearts; +4:9 With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They +shall make known unto you all things which are done here. + +4:10 Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son +to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, +receive him;) +4:11 And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These +only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort +unto me. + +4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, +always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and +complete in all the will of God. + +4:13 For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them +that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis. + +4:14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you. + +4:15 Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the +church which is in his house. + +4:16 And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also +in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from +Laodicea. + +4:17 And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast +received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. + +4:18 The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be +with you. Amen. + + + + +The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians + + +1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the +Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: +Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus +Christ. + +1:2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in +our prayers; 1:3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and +labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the +sight of God and our Father; 1:4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your +election of God. + +1:5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, +and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner +of men we were among you for your sake. + +1:6 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received +the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost. + +1:7 So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and +Achaia. + +1:8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in +Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward +is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing. + +1:9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had +unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and +true God; 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised +from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. + +2:1 For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it +was not in vain: 2:2 But even after that we had suffered before, and +were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in +our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention. + +2:3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in +guile: 2:4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the +gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth +our hearts. + +2:5 For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor +a cloke of covetousness; God is witness: 2:6 Nor of men sought we +glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been +burdensome, as the apostles of Christ. + +2:7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her +children: 2:8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing +to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our +own souls, because ye were dear unto us. + +2:9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring +night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we +preached unto you the gospel of God. + +2:10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and +unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe: 2:11 As ye +know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a +father doth his children, 2:12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who +hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. + +2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when +ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not +as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which +effectually worketh also in you that believe. + +2:14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which +in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things +of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: 2:15 Who both +killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; +and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: 2:16 Forbidding +us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their +sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. + +2:17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in +presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your +face with great desire. + +2:18 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and +again; but Satan hindered us. + +2:19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even +ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? 2:20 For +ye are our glory and joy. + +3:1 Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to +be left at Athens alone; 3:2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and +minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to +establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith: 3:3 That no +man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we +are appointed thereunto. + +3:4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we +should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know. + +3:5 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know +your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our +labour be in vain. + +3:6 But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good +tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance +of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you: 3:7 +Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction +and distress by your faith: 3:8 For now we live, if ye stand fast in +the Lord. + +3:9 For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the +joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God; 3:10 Night and day +praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect +that which is lacking in your faith? 3:11 Now God himself and our +Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. + +3:12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward +another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: 3:13 To the end +he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even +our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his +saints. + +4:1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the +Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to +please God, so ye would abound more and more. + +4:2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. + +4:3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye +should abstain from fornication: 4:4 That every one of you should know +how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 4:5 Not in the +lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: 4:6 +That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because +that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned +you and testified. + +4:7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. + +4:8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath +also given unto us his holy Spirit. + +4:9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: +for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. + +4:10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all +Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and +more; 4:11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, +and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 4:12 That ye may +walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack +of nothing. + +4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning +them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have +no hope. + +4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them +also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. + +4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which +are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent +them which are asleep. + +4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with +the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in +Christ shall rise first: 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall +be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the +air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. + +4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words. + +5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I +write unto you. + +5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh +as a thief in the night. + +5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction +cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall +not escape. + +5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should +overtake you as a thief. + +5:5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we +are not of the night, nor of darkness. + +5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be +sober. + +5:7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken +are drunken in the night. + +5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the +breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of +salvation. + +5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by +our Lord Jesus Christ, 5:10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or +sleep, we should live together with him. + +5:11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, +even as also ye do. + +5:12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among +you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; 5:13 And to +esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace +among yourselves. + +5:14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort +the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. + +5:15 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow +that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. + +5:16 Rejoice evermore. + +5:17 Pray without ceasing. + +5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ +Jesus concerning you. + +5:19 Quench not the Spirit. + +5:20 Despise not prophesyings. + +5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. + +5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil. + +5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God +your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the +coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. + +5:24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. + +5:25 Brethren, pray for us. + +5:26 Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss. + +5:27 I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the +holy brethren. + +5:28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. + + + + +The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians + + +1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the +Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: 1:2 Grace +unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. + +1:3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, +because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every +one of you all toward each other aboundeth; 1:4 So that we ourselves +glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all +your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: 1:5 Which is a +manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be +counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: 1:6 +Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to +them that trouble you; 1:7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, +when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty +angels, 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not +God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 1:9 Who +shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of +the Lord, and from the glory of his power; 1:10 When he shall come to +be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe +(because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. + +1:11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count +you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his +goodness, and the work of faith with power: 1:12 That the name of our +Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to +the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. + +2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus +Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2:2 That ye be not +soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, +nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. + +2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, +except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be +revealed, the son of perdition; 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself +above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God +sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. + +2:5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these +things? 2:6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be +revealed in his time. + +2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now +letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. + +2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall +consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the +brightness of his coming: 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the +working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 2:10 And +with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; +because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be +saved. + +2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they +should believe a lie: 2:12 That they all might be damned who believed +not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. + +2:13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren +beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to +salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the +truth: 2:14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of +the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. + +2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye +have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle. + +2:16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, +which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and +good hope through grace, 2:17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in +every good word and work. + +3:1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have +free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 3:2 And that we +may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have +not faith. + +3:3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you +from evil. + +3:4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do +and will do the things which we command you. + +3:5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the +patient waiting for Christ. + +3:6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus +Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh +disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us. + +3:7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not +ourselves disorderly among you; 3:8 Neither did we eat any man's bread +for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we +might not be chargeable to any of you: 3:9 Not because we have not +power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us. + +3:10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if +any would not work, neither should he eat. + +3:11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, +working not at all, but are busybodies. + +3:12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus +Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. + +3:13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. + +3:14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, +and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. + +3:15 Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. + +3:16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. +The Lord be with you all. + +3:17 The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in +every epistle: so I write. + +3:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. + + + + +The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy + + +1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our +Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; 1:2 Unto Timothy, +my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father +and Jesus Christ our Lord. + +1:3 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into +Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other +doctrine, 1:4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, +which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in +faith: so do. + +1:5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and +of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: 1:6 From which some +having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; 1:7 Desiring to +be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor +whereof they affirm. + +1:8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; 1:9 +Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for +the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for +unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, +for manslayers, 1:10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves +with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if +there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine; 1:11 +According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was +committed to my trust. + +1:12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that +he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; 1:13 Who was +before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained +mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. + +1:14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and +love which is in Christ Jesus. + +1:15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that +Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. + +1:16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus +Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which +should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. + +1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise +God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. + +1:18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the +prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a +good warfare; 1:19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some +having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck: 1:20 Of whom is +Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they +may learn not to blaspheme. + +2:1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, +intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2:2 For +kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and +peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. + +2:3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; +2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge +of the truth. + +2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the +man Christ Jesus; 2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be +testified in due time. + +2:7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the +truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and +verity. + +2:8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, +without wrath and doubting. + +2:9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest +apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or +gold, or pearls, or costly array; 2:10 But (which becometh women +professing godliness) with good works. + +2:11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. + +2:12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over +the man, but to be in silence. + +2:13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. + +2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in +the transgression. + +2:15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they +continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety. + +3:1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he +desireth a good work. + +3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, +vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to +teach; 3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; +but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 3:4 One that ruleth well his +own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 3:5 +(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take +care of the church of God?) 3:6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up +with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. + +3:7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; +lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. + +3:8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given +to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; 3:9 Holding the mystery of +the faith in a pure conscience. + +3:10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office +of a deacon, being found blameless. + +3:11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, +faithful in all things. + +3:12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their +children and their own houses well. + +3:13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to +themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in +Christ Jesus. + +3:14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: +3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to +behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living +God, the pillar and ground of the truth. + +3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God +was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, +preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into +glory. + +4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some +shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and +doctrines of devils; 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their +conscience seared with a hot iron; 4:3 Forbidding to marry, and +commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be +received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. + +4:4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if +it be received with thanksgiving: 4:5 For it is sanctified by the word +of God and prayer. + +4:6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou +shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of +faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. + +4:7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself +rather unto godliness. + +4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable +unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that +which is to come. + +4:9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation. + +4:10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we +trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of +those that believe. + +4:11 These things command and teach. + +4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the +believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, +in purity. + +4:13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to +doctrine. + +4:14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by +prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. + +4:15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy +profiting may appear to all. + +4:16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: +for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear +thee. + +5:1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger +men as brethren; 5:2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as +sisters, with all purity. + +5:3 Honour widows that are widows indeed. + +5:4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to +shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and +acceptable before God. + +5:5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and +continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. + +5:6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. + +5:7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless. + +5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his +own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. + +5:9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years +old, having been the wife of one man. + +5:10 Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, +if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if +she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every +good work. + +5:11 But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax +wanton against Christ, they will marry; 5:12 Having damnation, because +they have cast off their first faith. + +5:13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to +house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking +things which they ought not. + +5:14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, +guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak +reproachfully. + +5:15 For some are already turned aside after Satan. + +5:16 If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve +them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that +are widows indeed. + +5:17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, +especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. + +5:18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that +treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward. + +5:19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or +three witnesses. + +5:20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear. + +5:21 I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the +elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one +before another, doing nothing by partiality. + +5:22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's +sins: keep thyself pure. + +5:23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's +sake and thine often infirmities. + +5:24 Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; +and some men they follow after. + +5:25 Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and +they that are otherwise cannot be hid. + +6:1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters +worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not +blasphemed. + +6:2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, +because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they +are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach +and exhort. + +6:3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, +even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is +according to godliness; 6:4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting +about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, +railings, evil surmisings, 6:5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt +minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: +from such withdraw thyself. + +6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. + +6:7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can +carry nothing out. + +6:8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. + +6:9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and +into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction +and perdition. + +6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some +coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves +through with many sorrows. + +6:11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after +righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. + +6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, +whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession +before many witnesses. + +6:13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all +things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a +good confession; 6:14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, +unrebukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: 6:15 Which +in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the +King of kings, and Lord of lords; 6:16 Who only hath immortality, +dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath +seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen. + +6:17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not +highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who +giveth us richly all things to enjoy; 6:18 That they do good, that +they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to +communicate; 6:19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation +against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. + +6:20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding +profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so +called: 6:21 Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. +Grace be with thee. Amen. + + + + +The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy + + +1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to +the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, 1:2 To Timothy, +my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father +and Christ Jesus our Lord. + +1:3 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure +conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my +prayers night and day; 1:4 Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful +of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; 1:5 When I call to +remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in +thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that +in thee also. + +1:6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of +God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. + +1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of +love, and of a sound mind. + +1:8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of +me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel +according to the power of God; 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us +with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his +own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the +world began, 1:10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our +Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life +and immortality to light through the gospel: 1:11 Whereunto I am +appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. + +1:12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am +not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he +is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. + +1:13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, +in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. + +1:14 That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy +Ghost which dwelleth in us. + +1:15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away +from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. + +1:16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft +refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: 1:17 But, when he was +in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me. + +1:18 The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in +that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, +thou knowest very well. + +2:1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ +Jesus. + +2:2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, +the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach +others also. + +2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. + +2:4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this +life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. + +2:5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, +except he strive lawfully. + +2:6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the +fruits. + +2:7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all +things. + +2:8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from +the dead according to my gospel: 2:9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an +evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. + +2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they +may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal +glory. + +2:11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall +also live with him: 2:12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: +if we deny him, he also will deny us: 2:13 If we believe not, yet he +abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself. + +2:14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the +Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the +subverting of the hearers. + +2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth +not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. + +2:16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto +more ungodliness. + +2:17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus +and Philetus; 2:18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that +the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some. + +2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this +seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that +nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. + +2:20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of +silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to +dishonour. + +2:21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel +unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared +unto every good work. + +2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, +charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. + +2:23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do +gender strifes. + +2:24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto +all men, apt to teach, patient, 2:25 In meekness instructing those +that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance +to the acknowledging of the truth; 2:26 And that they may recover +themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him +at his will. + +3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. + +3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, +proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3:3 +Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, +fierce, despisers of those that are good, 3:4 Traitors, heady, +highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 3:5 Having a +form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. + +3:6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead +captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 3:7 +Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. + +3:8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist +the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. + +3:9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be +manifest unto all men, as their's also was. + +3:10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, +faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, 3:11 Persecutions, +afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; +what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered +me. + +3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer +persecution. + +3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, +and being deceived. + +3:14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast +been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 3:15 And that +from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to +make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. + +3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable +for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in +righteousness: 3:17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly +furnished unto all good works. + +4:1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who +shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; +4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, +rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. + +4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; +but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, +having itching ears; 4:4 And they shall turn away their ears from the +truth, and shall be turned unto fables. + +4:5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of +an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. + +4:6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is +at hand. + +4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept +the faith: 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of +righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at +that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his +appearing. + +4:9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: 4:10 For Demas hath +forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto +Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. + +4:11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he +is profitable to me for the ministry. + +4:12 And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus. + +4:13 The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, +bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments. + +4:14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him +according to his works: 4:15 Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath +greatly withstood our words. + +4:16 At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: +I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. + +4:17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that +by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles +might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. + +4:18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will +preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and +ever. Amen. + +4:19 Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. + +4:20 Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum +sick. + +4:21 Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, +and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren. + +4:22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. +Amen. + + + + +The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Titus + + +1:1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according +to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which +is after godliness; 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that +cannot lie, promised before the world began; 1:3 But hath in due times +manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me +according to the commandment of God our Saviour; 1:4 To Titus, mine +own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the +Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. + +1:5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in +order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as +I had appointed thee: 1:6 If any be blameless, the husband of one +wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. + +1:7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not +selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given +to filthy lucre; 1:8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, +sober, just, holy, temperate; 1:9 Holding fast the faithful word as he +hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort +and to convince the gainsayers. + +1:10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, +specially they of the circumcision: 1:11 Whose mouths must be stopped, +who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for +filthy lucre's sake. + +1:12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The +Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. + +1:13 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they +may be sound in the faith; 1:14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and +commandments of men, that turn from the truth. + +1:15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled +and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is +defiled. + +1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, +being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. + +2:1 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: 2:2 That +the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, +in patience. + +2:3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh +holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good +things; 2:4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love +their husbands, to love their children, 2:5 To be discreet, chaste, +keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word +of God be not blasphemed. + +2:6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. + +2:7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine +shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, 2:8 Sound speech, that +cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be +ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you. + +2:9 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to +please them well in all things; not answering again; 2:10 Not +purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the +doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. + +2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all +men, 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we +should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; +2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the +great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 2:14 Who gave himself for us, +that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a +peculiar people, zealous of good works. + +2:15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. +Let no man despise thee. + +3:1 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to +obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, 3:2 To speak evil of +no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all +men. + +3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, +deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and +envy, hateful, and hating one another. + +3:4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man +appeared, 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but +according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, +and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 3:6 Which he shed on us abundantly +through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 3:7 That being justified by his +grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. + +3:8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou +affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be +careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable +unto men. + +3:9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and +strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. + +3:10 A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition +reject; 3:11 Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, +being condemned of himself. + +3:12 When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to +come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter. + +3:13 Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, +that nothing be wanting unto them. + +3:14 And let our's also learn to maintain good works for necessary +uses, that they be not unfruitful. + +3:15 All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the +faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. + + + + +The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Philemon + + +1:1 Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto +Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer, 1:2 And to our +beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in +thy house: 1:3 Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the +Lord Jesus Christ. + +1:4 I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers, 1:5 +Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, +and toward all saints; 1:6 That the communication of thy faith may +become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in +you in Christ Jesus. + +1:7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the +bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother. + +1:8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee +that which is convenient, 1:9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech +thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of +Jesus Christ. + +1:10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my +bonds: 1:11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now +profitable to thee and to me: 1:12 Whom I have sent again: thou +therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: 1:13 Whom I would +have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto +me in the bonds of the gospel: 1:14 But without thy mind would I do +nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but +willingly. + +1:15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou +shouldest receive him for ever; 1:16 Not now as a servant, but above a +servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto +thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord? 1:17 If thou count me +therefore a partner, receive him as myself. + +1:18 If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine +account; 1:19 I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay +it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own +self besides. + +1:20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my +bowels in the Lord. + +1:21 Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing +that thou wilt also do more than I say. + +1:22 But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through +your prayers I shall be given unto you. + +1:23 There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus; +1:24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers. + +1:25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. + + + + +The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews + + +1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past +unto the fathers by the prophets, 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken +unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom +also he made the worlds; 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, +and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the +word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on +the right hand of the Majesty on high: 1:4 Being made so much better +than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent +name than they. + +1:5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, +this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, +and he shall be to me a Son? 1:6 And again, when he bringeth in the +firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God +worship him. + +1:7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his +ministers a flame of fire. + +1:8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and +ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. + +1:9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, +even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy +fellows. + +1:10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the +earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: 1:11 They shall +perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a +garment; 1:12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall +be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. + +1:13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right +hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? 1:14 Are they not all +ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be +heirs of salvation? 2:1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest +heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let +them slip. + +2:2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every +transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; +2:3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at +the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by +them that heard him; 2:4 God also bearing them witness, both with +signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy +Ghost, according to his own will? 2:5 For unto the angels hath he not +put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. + +2:6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that +thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest him? +2:7 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him +with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: +2:8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that +he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put +under him. + +But now we see not yet all things put under him. + +2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for +the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the +grace of God should taste death for every man. + +2:10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all +things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their +salvation perfect through sufferings. + +2:11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all +of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, 2:12 +Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the +church will I sing praise unto thee. + +2:13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and +the children which God hath given me. + +2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, +he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he +might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; +2:15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their +lifetime subject to bondage. + +2:16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took +on him the seed of Abraham. + +2:17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his +brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in +things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the +people. + +2:18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to +succour them that are tempted. + +3:1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, +consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; +3:2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was +faithful in all his house. + +3:3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch +as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. + +3:4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all +things is God. + +3:5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for +a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; 3:6 But +Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold +fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. + +3:7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his +voice, 3:8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day +of temptation in the wilderness: 3:9 When your fathers tempted me, +proved me, and saw my works forty years. + +3:10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do +alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. + +3:11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) 3:12 +Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of +unbelief, in departing from the living God. + +3:13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any +of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. + +3:14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of +our confidence stedfast unto the end; 3:15 While it is said, To day if +ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. + +3:16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that +came out of Egypt by Moses. + +3:17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them +that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? 3:18 And to +whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them +that believed not? 3:19 So we see that they could not enter in +because of unbelief. + +4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering +into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. + +4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the +word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them +that heard it. + +4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I +have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the +works were finished from the foundation of the world. + +4:4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, +And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. + +4:5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest. + +4:6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and +they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: +4:7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after +so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, +harden not your hearts. + +4:8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have +spoken of another day. + +4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. + +4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from +his own works, as God did from his. + +4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man +fall after the same example of unbelief. + +4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any +twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and +spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the +thoughts and intents of the heart. + +4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: +but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we +have to do. + +4:14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into +the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. + +4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the +feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we +are, yet without sin. + +4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we +may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. + +5:1 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in +things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices +for sins: 5:2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them +that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with +infirmity. + +5:3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for +himself, to offer for sins. + +5:4 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called +of God, as was Aaron. + +5:5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; +but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten +thee. + +5:6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever +after the order of Melchisedec. + +5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and +supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to +save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; 5:8 Though he +were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; +5:9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation +unto all them that obey him; 5:10 Called of God an high priest after +the order of Melchisedec. + +5:11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, +seeing ye are dull of hearing. + +5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that +one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of +God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. + +5:13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of +righteousness: for he is a babe. + +5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even +those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both +good and evil. + +6:1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us +go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance +from dead works, and of faith toward God, 6:2 Of the doctrine of +baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, +and of eternal judgment. + +6:3 And this will we do, if God permit. + +6:4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have +tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy +Ghost, 6:5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the +world to come, 6:6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto +repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, +and put him to an open shame. + +6:7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, +and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, +receiveth blessing from God: 6:8 But that which beareth thorns and +briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be +burned. + +6:9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things +that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. + +6:10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of +love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered +to the saints, and do minister. + +6:11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to +the full assurance of hope unto the end: 6:12 That ye be not slothful, +but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the +promises. + +6:13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by +no greater, he sware by himself, 6:14 Saying, Surely blessing I will +bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. + +6:15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. + +6:16 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation +is to them an end of all strife. + +6:17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of +promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: 6:18 +That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to +lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to +lay hold upon the hope set before us: 6:19 Which hope we have as an +anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into +that within the veil; 6:20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, +even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of +Melchisedec. + +7:1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, +who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed +him; 7:2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by +interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of +Salem, which is, King of peace; 7:3 Without father, without mother, +without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; +but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. + +7:4 Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch +Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. + +7:5 And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the +office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the +people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they +come out of the loins of Abraham: 7:6 But he whose descent is not +counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had +the promises. + +7:7 And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better. + +7:8 And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, +of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. + +7:9 And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes +in Abraham. + +7:10 For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met +him. + +7:11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for +under it the people received the law,) what further need was there +that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and +not be called after the order of Aaron? 7:12 For the priesthood being +changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law. + +7:13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another +tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar. + +7:14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which +tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. + +7:15 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of +Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, 7:16 Who is made, not after +the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless +life. + +7:17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of +Melchisedec. + +7:18 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going +before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. + +7:19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better +hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. + +7:20 And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: 7:21 (For +those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him +that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a +priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) 7:22 By so much was +Jesus made a surety of a better testament. + +7:23 And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered +to continue by reason of death: 7:24 But this man, because he +continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. + +7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come +unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. + +7:26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, +undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; +7:27 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up +sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this +he did once, when he offered up himself. + +7:28 For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the +word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is +consecrated for evermore. + +8:1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have +such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the +Majesty in the heavens; 8:2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the +true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. + +8:3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: +wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to +offer. + +8:4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that +there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: 8:5 Who serve +unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was +admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, +saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to +thee in the mount. + +8:6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much +also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established +upon better promises. + +8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no +place have been sought for the second. + +8:8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, +saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of +Israel and with the house of Judah: 8:9 Not according to the covenant +that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand +to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in +my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. + +8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of +Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their +mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and +they shall be to me a people: 8:11 And they shall not teach every man +his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for +all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. + +8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins +and their iniquities will I remember no more. + +8:13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now +that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. + +9:1 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine +service, and a worldly sanctuary. + +9:2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the +candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the +sanctuary. + +9:3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the +Holiest of all; 9:4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the +covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot +that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the +covenant; 9:5 And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the +mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly. + +9:6 Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always +into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God. + +9:7 But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, +not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of +the people: 9:8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the +holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first +tabernacle was yet standing: 9:9 Which was a figure for the time then +present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could +not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the +conscience; 9:10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers +washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of +reformation. + +9:11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a +greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to +say, not of this building; 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and +calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, +having obtained eternal redemption for us. + +9:13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an +heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the +flesh: 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the +eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your +conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 9:15 And for this +cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, +for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first +testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal +inheritance. + +9:16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the +death of the testator. + +9:17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is +of no strength at all while the testator liveth. + +9:18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without +blood. + +9:19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people +according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with +water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and +all the people, 9:20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which +God hath enjoined unto you. + +9:21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the +vessels of the ministry. + +9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and +without shedding of blood is no remission. + +9:23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the +heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things +themselves with better sacrifices than these. + +9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, +which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to +appear in the presence of God for us: 9:25 Nor yet that he should +offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place +every year with blood of others; 9:26 For then must he often have +suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of +the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of +himself. + +9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the +judgment: 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; +and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time +without sin unto salvation. + +10:1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the +very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they +offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. + +10:2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that +the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of +sins. + +10:3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins +every year. + +10:4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats +should take away sins. + +10:5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and +offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 10:6 In +burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. + +10:7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written +of me,) to do thy will, O God. + +10:8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings +and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure +therein; which are offered by the law; 10:9 Then said he, Lo, I come +to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish +the second. + +10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the +body of Jesus Christ once for all. + +10:11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering +oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 10:12 +But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, +sat down on the right hand of God; 10:13 From henceforth expecting +till his enemies be made his footstool. + +10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are +sanctified. + +10:15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that +he had said before, 10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with +them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their +hearts, and in their minds will I write them; 10:17 And their sins and +iniquities will I remember no more. + +10:18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for +sin. + +10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest +by the blood of Jesus, 10:20 By a new and living way, which he hath +consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 10:21 +And having an high priest over the house of God; 10:22 Let us draw +near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts +sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure +water. + +10:23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; +(for he is faithful that promised;) 10:24 And let us consider one +another to provoke unto love and to good works: 10:25 Not forsaking +the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but +exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day +approaching. + +10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge +of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 10:27 But a +certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which +shall devour the adversaries. + +10:28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or +three witnesses: 10:29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall +he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and +hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, +an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? +10:30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I +will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his +people. + +10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. + +10:32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were +illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; 10:33 Partly, +whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; +and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used. + +10:34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the +spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a +better and an enduring substance. + +10:35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great +recompence of reward. + +10:36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will +of God, ye might receive the promise. + +10:37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and +will not tarry. + +10:38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my +soul shall have no pleasure in him. + +10:39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them +that believe to the saving of the soul. + +11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of +things not seen. + +11:2 For by it the elders obtained a good report. + +11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the +word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things +which do appear. + +11:4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than +Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God +testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. + +11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and +was not found, because God had translated him: for before his +translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. + +11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that +cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of +them that diligently seek him. + +11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, +moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the +which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness +which is by faith. + +11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which +he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, +not knowing whither he went. + +11:9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange +country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with +him of the same promise: 11:10 For he looked for a city which hath +foundations, whose builder and maker is God. + +11:11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive +seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she +judged him faithful who had promised. + +11:12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so +many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by +the sea shore innumerable. + +11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but +having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced +them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the +earth. + +11:14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a +country. + +11:15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence +they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. + +11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: +wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath +prepared for them a city. + +11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he +that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 11:18 +Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: 11:19 +Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from +whence also he received him in a figure. + +11:20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. + +11:21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of +Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. + +11:22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of +the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. + +11:23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his +parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not +afraid of the king's commandment. + +11:24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called +the son of Pharaoh's daughter; 11:25 Choosing rather to suffer +affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin +for a season; 11:26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches +than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of +the reward. + +11:27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: +for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. + +11:28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, +lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. + +11:29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which +the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. + +11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were +compassed about seven days. + +11:31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed +not, when she had received the spies with peace. + +11:32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of +Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, +and Samuel, and of the prophets: 11:33 Who through faith subdued +kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths +of lions. + +11:34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, +out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to +flight the armies of the aliens. + +11:35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were +tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better +resurrection: 11:36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and +scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: 11:37 They were +stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the +sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being +destitute, afflicted, tormented; 11:38 (Of whom the world was not +worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and +caves of the earth. + +11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, +received not the promise: 11:40 God having provided some better thing +for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. + +12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a +cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which +doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is +set before us, 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our +faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, +despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne +of God. + +12:3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners +against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. + +12:4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. + +12:5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as +unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, +nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth +he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. + +12:7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for +what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 12:8 But if ye be +without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, +and not sons. + +12:9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, +and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection +unto the Father of spirits, and live? 12:10 For they verily for a few +days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, +that we might be partakers of his holiness. + +12:11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but +grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of +righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. + +12:12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble +knees; 12:13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is +lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. + +12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man +shall see the Lord: 12:15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the +grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, +and thereby many be defiled; 12:16 Lest there be any fornicator, or +profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his +birthright. + +12:17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the +blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though +he sought it carefully with tears. + +12:18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and +that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, +12:19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice +they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them +any more: 12:20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, +And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or +thrust through with a dart: 12:21 And so terrible was the sight, that +Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) 12:22 But ye are come unto +mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly +Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, 12:23 To the +general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in +heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men +made perfect, 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and +to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of +Abel. + +12:25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped +not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we +escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: 12:26 +Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, +Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. + +12:27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those +things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things +which cannot be shaken may remain. + +12:28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us +have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and +godly fear: 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire. + +13:1 Let brotherly love continue. + +13:2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have +entertained angels unawares. + +13:3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them +which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. + +13:4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but +whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. + +13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content +with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave +thee, nor forsake thee. + +13:6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not +fear what man shall do unto me. + +13:7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto +you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their +conversation. + +13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. + +13:9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is +a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, +which have not profited them that have been occupied therein. + +13:10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve +the tabernacle. + +13:11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the +sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. + +13:12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his +own blood, suffered without the gate. + +13:13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his +reproach. + +13:14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. + +13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God +continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. + +13:16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such +sacrifices God is well pleased. + +13:17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: +for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that +they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable +for you. + +13:18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all +things willing to live honestly. + +13:19 But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored +to you the sooner. + +13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord +Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the +everlasting covenant, 13:21 Make you perfect in every good work to do +his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, +through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. + +13:22 And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for +I have written a letter unto you in few words. + +13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, +if he come shortly, I will see you. + +13:24 Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. + +They of Italy salute you. + +13:25 Grace be with you all. Amen. + + + + +The General Epistle of James + + +1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, +to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. + +1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers +temptations; 1:3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh +patience. + +1:4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and +entire, wanting nothing. + +1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all +men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. + +1:6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth +is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. + +1:7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the +Lord. + +1:8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. + +1:9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: 1:10 +But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the +grass he shall pass away. + +1:11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it +withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of +the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in +his ways. + +1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is +tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath +promised to them that love him. + +1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God +cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 1:14 But +every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and +enticed. + +1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, +when it is finished, bringeth forth death. + +1:16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. + +1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh +down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither +shadow of turning. + +1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we +should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. + +1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, +slow to speak, slow to wrath: 1:20 For the wrath of man worketh not +the righteousness of God. + +1:21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of +naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is +able to save your souls. + +1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your +own selves. + +1:23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like +unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 1:24 For he +beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what +manner of man he was. + +1:25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth +therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this +man shall be blessed in his deed. + +1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his +tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. + +1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To +visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep +himself unspotted from the world. + +2:1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord +of glory, with respect of persons. + +2:2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in +goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; 2:3 +And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto +him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou +there, or sit here under my footstool: 2:4 Are ye not then partial in +yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? 2:5 Hearken, my +beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in +faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that +love him? 2:6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress +you, and draw you before the judgment seats? 2:7 Do not they +blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called? 2:8 If ye +fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy +neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 2:9 But if ye have respect to +persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. + +2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one +point, he is guilty of all. + +2:11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. +Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a +transgressor of the law. + +2:12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law +of liberty. + +2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no +mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. + +2:14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, +and have not works? can faith save him? 2:15 If a brother or sister +be naked, and destitute of daily food, 2:16 And one of you say unto +them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye +give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it +profit? 2:17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being +alone. + +2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me +thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my +works. + +2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils +also believe, and tremble. + +2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? +2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had +offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 2:22 Seest thou how faith +wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? 2:23 And +the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it +was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend +of God. + +2:24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by +faith only. + +2:25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when +she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? +2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without +works is dead also. + +3:1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive +the greater condemnation. + +3:2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, +the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. + +3:3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; +and we turn about their whole body. + +3:4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are +driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small +helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. + +3:5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. + +Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 3:6 And the tongue +is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, +that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of +nature; and it is set on fire of hell. + +3:7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of +things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 3:8 But +the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly +poison. + +3:9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we +men, which are made after the similitude of God. + +3:10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My +brethren, these things ought not so to be. + +3:11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and +bitter? 3:12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? +either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and +fresh. + +3:13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him +shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. + +3:14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory +not, and lie not against the truth. + +3:15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, +devilish. + +3:16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every +evil work. + +3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, +gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, +without partiality, and without hypocrisy. + +3:18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make +peace. + +4:1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not +hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 4:2 Ye lust, and +have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and +war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. + +4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume +it upon your lusts. + +4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of +the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of +the world is the enemy of God. + +4:5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that +dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? 4:6 But he giveth more grace. +Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the +humble. + +4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will +flee from you. + +4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your +hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. + +4:9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to +mourning, and your joy to heaviness. + +4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you +up. + +4:11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of +his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and +judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the +law, but a judge. + +4:12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who +art thou that judgest another? 4:13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or +to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and +buy and sell, and get gain: 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on +the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth +for a little time, and then vanisheth away. + +4:15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do +this, or that. + +4:16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. + +4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to +him it is sin. + +5:1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall +come upon you. + +5:2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. + +5:3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a +witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have +heaped treasure together for the last days. + +5:4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your +fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of +them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of +sabaoth. + +5:5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have +nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. + +5:6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. + +5:7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. + +Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, +and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter +rain. + +5:8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the +Lord draweth nigh. + +5:9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: +behold, the judge standeth before the door. + +5:10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of +the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. + +5:11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the +patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is +very pitiful, and of tender mercy. + +5:12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, +neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be +yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. + +5:13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him +sing psalms. + +5:14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; +and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the +Lord: 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord +shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be +forgiven him. + +5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, +that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man +availeth much. + +5:17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed +earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by +the space of three years and six months. + +5:18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth +brought forth her fruit. + +5:19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert +him; 5:20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the +error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a +multitude of sins. + + + + +The First Epistle General of Peter + + +1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered +throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 1:2 Elect +according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through +sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the +blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. + +1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which +according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively +hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 1:4 To an +inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, +reserved in heaven for you, 1:5 Who are kept by the power of God +through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. + +1:6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, +ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 1:7 That the trial +of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, +though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour +and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 1:8 Whom having not seen, +ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice +with joy unspeakable and full of glory: 1:9 Receiving the end of your +faith, even the salvation of your souls. + +1:10 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched +diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: +1:11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which +was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings +of Christ, and the glory that should follow. + +1:12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us +they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them +that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down +from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. + +1:13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to +the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation +of Jesus Christ; 1:14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves +according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 1:15 But as he which +hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; +1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. + +1:17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons +judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your +sojourning here in fear: 1:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not +redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain +conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 1:19 But with +the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without +spot: 1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the +world, but was manifest in these last times for you, 1:21 Who by him +do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him +glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. + +1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through +the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one +another with a pure heart fervently: 1:23 Being born again, not of +corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which +liveth and abideth for ever. + +1:24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower +of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: +1:25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word +which by the gospel is preached unto you. + +2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, +and envies, all evil speakings, 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the +sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 2:3 If so be ye +have tasted that the Lord is gracious. + +2:4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, +but chosen of God, and precious, 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are +built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual +sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. + +2:6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in +Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on +him shall not be confounded. + +2:7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them +which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the +same is made the head of the corner, 2:8 And a stone of stumbling, and +a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being +disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. + +2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy +nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of +him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light; +2:10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of +God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. + +2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain +from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; 2:12 Having your +conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak +against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they +shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. + +2:13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: +whether it be to the king, as supreme; 2:14 Or unto governors, as unto +them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the +praise of them that do well. + +2:15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to +silence the ignorance of foolish men: 2:16 As free, and not using your +liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. + +2:17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. + +2:18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to +the good and gentle, but also to the froward. + +2:19 For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God +endure grief, suffering wrongfully. + +2:20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye +shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, +ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. + +2:21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered +for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: 2:22 +Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 2:23 Who, when +he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened +not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: 2:24 Who +his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being +dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were +healed. + +2:25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the +Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. + +3:1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, +if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the +conversation of the wives; 3:2 While they behold your chaste +conversation coupled with fear. + +3:3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the +hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 3:4 But let +it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, +even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of +God of great price. + +3:5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who +trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own +husbands: 3:6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose +daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any +amazement. + +3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, +giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being +heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not +hindered. + +3:8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, +love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: 3:9 Not rendering evil for +evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that +ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. + +3:10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain +his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: 3:11 Let +him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. + +3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are +open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that +do evil. + +3:13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that +which is good? 3:14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, +happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; +3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to +give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that +is in you with meekness and fear: 3:16 Having a good conscience; that, +whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed +that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. + +3:17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for +well doing, than for evil doing. + +3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the +unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the +flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 3:19 By which also he went and +preached unto the spirits in prison; 3:20 Which sometime were +disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of +Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls +were saved by water. + +3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not +the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good +conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: 3:22 Who +is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and +authorities and powers being made subject unto him. + +4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm +yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in +the flesh hath ceased from sin; 4:2 That he no longer should live the +rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of +God. + +4:3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the +will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess +of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: 4:4 +Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same +excess of riot, speaking evil of you: 4:5 Who shall give account to +him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. + +4:6 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are +dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but +live according to God in the spirit. + +4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and +watch unto prayer. + +4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for +charity shall cover the multitude of sins. + +4:9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging. + +4:10 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same +one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. + +4:11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man +minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God +in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise +and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. + +4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is +to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 4:13 But +rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, +when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding +joy. + +4:14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the +spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil +spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. + +4:15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an +evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. + +4:16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but +let him glorify God on this behalf. + +4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of +God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that +obey not the gospel of God? 4:18 And if the righteous scarcely be +saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? 4:19 Wherefore +let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping +of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. + +5:1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and +a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the +glory that shall be revealed: 5:2 Feed the flock of God which is among +you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; +not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 5:3 Neither as being lords +over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. + +5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown +of glory that fadeth not away. + +5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all +of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for +God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. + +5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he +may exalt you in due time: 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he +careth for you. + +5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a +roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 5:9 Whom +resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are +accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. + +5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal +glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you +perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. + +5:11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. + +5:12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have +written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace +of God wherein ye stand. + +5:13 The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, +saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son. + +5:14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you +all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen. + + + + +The Second General Epistle of Peter + + +1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them +that have obtained like precious faith with us through the +righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: 1:2 Grace and peace +be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our +Lord, 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things +that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him +that hath called us to glory and virtue: 1:4 Whereby are given unto us +exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be +partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is +in the world through lust. + +1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; +and to virtue knowledge; 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to +temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 1:7 And to godliness +brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. + +1:8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye +shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord +Jesus Christ. + +1:9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar +off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. + +1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your +calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never +fall: 1:11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly +into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. + +1:12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in +remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established +in the present truth. + +1:13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir +you up by putting you in remembrance; 1:14 Knowing that shortly I must +put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed +me. + +1:15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to +have these things always in remembrance. + +1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made +known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were +eyewitnesses of his majesty. + +1:17 For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there +came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved +Son, in whom I am well pleased. + +1:18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with +him in the holy mount. + +1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well +that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until +the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 1:20 Knowing this +first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private +interpretation. + +1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but +holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. + +2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there +shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable +heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon +themselves swift destruction. + +2:2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the +way of truth shall be evil spoken of. + +2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make +merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, +and their damnation slumbereth not. + +2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down +to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved +unto judgment; 2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the +eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon +the world of the ungodly; 2:6 And turning the cities of Sodom and +Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an +ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; 2:7 And delivered +just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: 2:8 (For +that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed +his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) 2:9 The +Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to +reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: 2:10 But +chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and +despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not +afraid to speak evil of dignities. + +2:11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not +railing accusation against them before the Lord. + +2:12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and +destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and +shall utterly perish in their own corruption; 2:13 And shall receive +the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot +in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves +with their own deceivings while they feast with you; 2:14 Having eyes +full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable +souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed +children: 2:15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, +following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of +unrighteousness; 2:16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass +speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet. + +2:17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a +tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. + +2:18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure +through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that +were clean escaped from them who live in error. + +2:19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants +of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he +brought in bondage. + +2:20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world +through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are +again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with +them than the beginning. + +2:21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of +righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy +commandment delivered unto them. + +2:22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The +dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to +her wallowing in the mire. + +3:1 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which +I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: 3:2 That ye may be +mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, +and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: 3:3 +Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, +walking after their own lusts, 3:4 And saying, Where is the promise of +his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as +they were from the beginning of the creation. + +3:5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God +the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and +in the water: 3:6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed +with water, perished: 3:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are +now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against +the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. + +3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is +with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. + +3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count +slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any +should perish, but that all should come to repentance. + +3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the +which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements +shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are +therein shall be burned up. + +3:11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner +of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 3:12 +Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the +heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt +with fervent heat? 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, +look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. + +3:14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be +diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and +blameless. + +3:15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even +as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto +him hath written unto you; 3:16 As also in all his epistles, speaking +in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be +understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they +do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. + +3:17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware +lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from +your own stedfastness. + +3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour +Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. + + + + +The First Epistle General of John + + +1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we +have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have +handled, of the Word of life; 1:2 (For the life was manifested, and we +have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, +which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) 1:3 That which +we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have +fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and +with his Son Jesus Christ. + +1:4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. + +1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare +unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. + +1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, +we lie, and do not the truth: 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he +is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of +Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. + +1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth +is not in us. + +1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our +sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. + +1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his +word is not in us. + +2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin +not. + +And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ +the righteous: 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not +for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world. + +2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his +commandments. + +2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a +liar, and the truth is not in him. + +2:5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God +perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. + +2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, +even as he walked. + +2:7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old +commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is +the word which ye have heard from the beginning. + +2:8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in +him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now +shineth. + +2:9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in +darkness even until now. + +2:10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is +none occasion of stumbling in him. + +2:11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in +darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath +blinded his eyes. + +2:12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven +you for his name's sake. + +2:13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from +the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome +the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have +known the Father. + +2:14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that +is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye +are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome +the wicked one. + +2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If +any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. + +2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust +of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of +the world. + +2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that +doeth the will of God abideth for ever. + +2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that +antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we +know that it is the last time. + +2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had +been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went +out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. + +2:20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. + +2:21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but +because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. + +2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is +antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. + +2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that +acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. + +2:24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the +beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain +in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. + +2:25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal +life. + +2:26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce +you. + +2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, +and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing +teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as +it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. + +2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall +appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his +coming. + +2:29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that +doeth righteousness is born of him. + +3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that +we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us +not, because it knew him not. + +3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear +what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be +like him; for we shall see him as he is. + +3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even +as he is pure. + +3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is +the transgression of the law. + +3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in +him is no sin. + +3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not +seen him, neither known him. + +3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth +righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. + +3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from +the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he +might destroy the works of the devil. + +3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed +remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. + +3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the +devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he +that loveth not his brother. + +3:11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we +should love one another. + +3:12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. +And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his +brother's righteous. + +3:13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. + +3:14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love +the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. + +3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no +murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. + +3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life +for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. + +3:17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have +need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth +the love of God in him? 3:18 My little children, let us not love in +word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. + +3:19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our +hearts before him. + +3:20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and +knoweth all things. + +3:21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence +toward God. + +3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his +commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. + +3:23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name +of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us +commandment. + +3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in +him. + +And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath +given us. + +4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether +they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the +world. + +4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth +that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 4:3 And every spirit +that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of +God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that +it should come; and even now already is it in the world. + +4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because +greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. + +4:5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the +world heareth them. + +4:6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of +God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit +of error. + +4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every +one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. + +4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. + +4:9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God +sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through +him. + +4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and +sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. + +4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. + +4:12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God +dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. + +4:13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he +hath given us of his Spirit. + +4:14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to +be the Saviour of the world. + +4:15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God +dwelleth in him, and he in God. + +4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God +is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. + +4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the +day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. + +4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: +because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in +love. + +4:19 We love him, because he first loved us. + +4:20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: +for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love +God whom he hath not seen? 4:21 And this commandment have we from +him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. + +5:1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and +every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten +of him. + +5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love +God, and keep his commandments. + +5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and +his commandments are not grievous. + +5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is +the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. + +5:5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that +Jesus is the Son of God? 5:6 This is he that came by water and blood, +even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it +is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. + +5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the +Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. + +5:8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and +the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. + +5:9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: +for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. + +5:10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: +he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth +not the record that God gave of his Son. + +5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, +and this life is in his Son. + +5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of +God hath not life. + +5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of +the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that +ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. + +5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask +any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 5:15 And if we know +that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions +that we desired of him. + +5:16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he +shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto +death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for +it. + +5:17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. + +5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is +begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. + +5:19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in +wickedness. + +5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an +understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him +that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and +eternal life. + +5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. + + + + +The Second Epistle General of John + + +1:1 The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in +the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the +truth; 1:2 For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be +with us for ever. + +1:3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from +the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. + +1:4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, +as we have received a commandment from the Father. + +1:5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new +commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that +we love one another. + +1:6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the +commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk +in it. + +1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not +that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an +antichrist. + +1:8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have +wrought, but that we receive a full reward. + +1:9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of +Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he +hath both the Father and the Son. + +1:10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive +him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: 1:11 For he that +biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. + +1:12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with +paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, +that our joy may be full. + +1:13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen. + + + + +The Third Epistle General of John + + +1:1 The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. + +1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be +in health, even as thy soul prospereth. + +1:3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of +the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. + +1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. + +1:5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the +brethren, and to strangers; 1:6 Which have borne witness of thy +charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey +after a godly sort, thou shalt do well: 1:7 Because that for his +name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. + +1:8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers +to the truth. + +1:9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the +preeminence among them, receiveth us not. + +1:10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, +prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, +neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that +would, and casteth them out of the church. + +1:11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. +He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen +God. + +1:12 Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: +yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true. + +1:13 I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write +unto thee: 1:14 But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall +speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet +the friends by name. + + + + +The General Epistle of Jude + + +1:1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them +that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, +and called: 1:2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. + +1:3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common +salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you +that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once +delivered unto the saints. + +1:4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of +old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of +our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our +Lord Jesus Christ. + +1:5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, +how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, +afterward destroyed them that believed not. + +1:6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their +own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness +unto the judgment of the great day. + +1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like +manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange +flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of +eternal fire. + +1:8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise +dominion, and speak evil of dignities. + +1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he +disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a +railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. + +1:10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but +what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they +corrupt themselves. + +1:11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran +greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the +gainsaying of Core. + +1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with +you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, +carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, +twice dead, plucked up by the roots; 1:13 Raging waves of the sea, +foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the +blackness of darkness for ever. + +1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, +saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 1:15 +To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly +among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly +committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have +spoken against him. + +1:16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; +and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in +admiration because of advantage. + +1:17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of +the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 1:18 How that they told you +there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their +own ungodly lusts. + +1:19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the +Spirit. + +1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, +praying in the Holy Ghost, 1:21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, +looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. + +1:22 And of some have compassion, making a difference: 1:23 And others +save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment +spotted by the flesh. + +1:24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to +present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding +joy, 1:25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, +dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. + + + + +The Revelation of Saint John the Devine + + +1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew +unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent +and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: 1:2 Who bare +record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and +of all things that he saw. + +1:3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this +prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the +time is at hand. + +1:4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, +and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and +from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; 1:5 And from Jesus +Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the +dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved +us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 1:6 And hath made us +kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and +dominion for ever and ever. Amen. + +1:7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and +they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail +because of him. Even so, Amen. + +1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the +Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. + +1:9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, +and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that +is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus +Christ. + +1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a +great voice, as of a trumpet, 1:11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the +first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it +unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto +Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and +unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. + +1:12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being +turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; 1:13 And in the midst of the +seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a +garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden +girdle. + +1:14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; +and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 1:15 And his feet like unto fine +brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of +many waters. + +1:16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth +went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun +shineth in his strength. + +1:17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his +right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the +last: 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive +for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. + +1:19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, +and the things which shall be hereafter; 1:20 The mystery of the seven +stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden +candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: +and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. + +2:1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith +he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the +midst of the seven golden candlesticks; 2:2 I know thy works, and thy +labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are +evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are +not, and hast found them liars: 2:3 And hast borne, and hast patience, +and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. + +2:4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left +thy first love. + +2:5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do +the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will +remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. + +2:6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the +Nicolaitanes, which I also hate. + +2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the +churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of +life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. + +2:8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things +saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; 2:9 I know +thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I +know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but +are the synagogue of Satan. + +2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the +devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye +shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I +will give thee a crown of life. + +2:11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the +churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. + +2:12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things +saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges; 2:13 I know thy +works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou +holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days +wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where +Satan dwelleth. + +2:14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there +them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a +stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed +unto idols, and to commit fornication. + +2:15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the +Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate. + +2:16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight +against them with the sword of my mouth. + +2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the +churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden +manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name +written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. + +2:18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things +saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and +his feet are like fine brass; 2:19 I know thy works, and charity, and +service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to +be more than the first. + +2:20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou +sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to +teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat +things sacrificed unto idols. + +2:21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she +repented not. + +2:22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery +with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. + +2:23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches +shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I +will give unto every one of you according to your works. + +2:24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as +have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, +as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden. + +2:25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come. + +2:26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him +will I give power over the nations: 2:27 And he shall rule them with a +rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to +shivers: even as I received of my Father. + +2:28 And I will give him the morning star. + +2:29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the +churches. + +3:1 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things +saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I +know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. + +3:2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are +ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. + +3:3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold +fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on +thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon +thee. + +3:4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their +garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. + +3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; +and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will +confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. + +3:6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the +churches. + +3:7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things +saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, +he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man +openeth; 3:8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open +door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and +hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. + +3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they +are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come +and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. + +3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep +thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, +to try them that dwell upon the earth. + +3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no +man take thy crown. + +3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, +and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my +God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which +cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my +new name. + +3:13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the +churches. + +3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These +things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of +the creation of God; 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold +nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. + +3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I +will spue thee out of my mouth. + +3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and +have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and +miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 3:18 I counsel thee to buy +of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white +raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy +nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that +thou mayest see. + +3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, +and repent. + +3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, +and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and +he with me. + +3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, +even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. + +3:22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the +churches. + +4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and +the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with +me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must +be hereafter. + +4:2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set +in heaven, and one sat on the throne. + +4:3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine +stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like +unto an emerald. + +4:4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon +the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white +raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. + +4:5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and +voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, +which are the seven Spirits of God. + +4:6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: +and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four +beasts full of eyes before and behind. + +4:7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a +calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast +was like a flying eagle. + +4:8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they +were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, +Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to +come. + +4:9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that +sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 4:10 The four and +twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship +him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the +throne, saying, 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and +honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy +pleasure they are and were created. + +5:1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book +written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. + +5:2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is +worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? 5:3 And no +man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open +the book, neither to look thereon. + +5:4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to +read the book, neither to look thereon. + +5:5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of +the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, +and to loose the seven seals thereof. + +5:6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four +beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been +slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits +of God sent forth into all the earth. + +5:7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that +sat upon the throne. + +5:8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and +twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them +harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of +saints. + +5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the +book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast +redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and +people, and nation; 5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and +priests: and we shall reign on the earth. + +5:11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about +the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was +ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 5:12 +Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive +power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, +and blessing. + +5:13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and +under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, +heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto +him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. + +5:14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders +fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever. + +6:1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as +it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and +see. + +6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a +bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and +to conquer. + +6:3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast +say, Come and see. + +6:4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given +to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they +should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. + +6:5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast +say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat +on him had a pair of balances in his hand. + +6:6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure +of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and +see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. + +6:7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the +fourth beast say, Come and see. + +6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on +him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto +them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with +hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. + +6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the +souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the +testimony which they held: 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, +saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and +avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 6:11 And white +robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, +that they should rest yet for a little season, until their +fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they +were, should be fulfilled. + +6:12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there +was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, +and the moon became as blood; 6:13 And the stars of heaven fell unto +the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is +shaken of a mighty wind. + +6:14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; +and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. + +6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, +and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and +every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the +mountains; 6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and +hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the +wrath of the Lamb: 6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and +who shall be able to stand? 7:1 And after these things I saw four +angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four +winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on +the sea, nor on any tree. + +7:2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal +of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, +to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, 7:3 Saying, Hurt +not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the +servants of our God in their foreheads. + +7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were +sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the +children of Israel. + +7:5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of +Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed +twelve thousand. + +7:6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of +Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were +sealed twelve thousand. + +7:7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe +of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were +sealed twelve thousand. + +7:8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe +of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were +sealed twelve thousand. + +7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man +could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, +stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white +robes, and palms in their hands; 7:10 And cried with a loud voice, +saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto +the Lamb. + +7:11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the +elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, +and worshipped God, 7:12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and +wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto +our God for ever and ever. Amen. + +7:13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these +which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? 7:14 And I +said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they +which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and +made them white in the blood of the Lamb. + +7:15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day +and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell +among them. + +7:16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall +the sun light on them, nor any heat. + +7:17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, +and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall +wipe away all tears from their eyes. + +8:1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in +heaven about the space of half an hour. + +8:2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them +were given seven trumpets. + +8:3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden +censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should +offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which +was before the throne. + +8:4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the +saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. + +8:5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the +altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and +thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. + +8:6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared +themselves to sound. + +8:7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled +with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of +trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. + +8:8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain +burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea +became blood; 8:9 And the third part of the creatures which were in +the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were +destroyed. + +8:10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from +heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of +the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; 8:11 And the name of the +star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became +wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made +bitter. + +8:12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was +smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the +stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone +not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. + +8:13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of +heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of +the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three +angels, which are yet to sound! 9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and +I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the +key of the bottomless pit. + +9:2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of +the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were +darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. + +9:3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto +them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. + +9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of +the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those +men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. + +9:5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that +they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the +torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. + +9:6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and +shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. + +9:7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto +battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their +faces were as the faces of men. + +9:8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as +the teeth of lions. + +9:9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and +the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses +running to battle. + +9:10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in +their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. + +9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the +bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the +Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. + +9:12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter. + +9:13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four +horns of the golden altar which is before God, 9:14 Saying to the +sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are +bound in the great river Euphrates. + +9:15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, +and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. + +9:16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred +thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. + +9:17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on +them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and +the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their +mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. + +9:18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and +by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. + +9:19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their +tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do +hurt. + +9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues +yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not +worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, +and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: 9:21 Neither +repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their +fornication, nor of their thefts. + +10:1 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed +with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it +were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: 10:2 And he had in his +hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and +his left foot on the earth, 10:3 And cried with a loud voice, as when +a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their +voices. + +10:4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about +to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up +those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. + +10:5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth +lifted up his hand to heaven, 10:6 And sware by him that liveth for +ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, +and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the +things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: 10:7 +But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin +to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared +to his servants the prophets. + +10:8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and +said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the +angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. + +10:9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little +book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make +thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. + +10:10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it +up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten +it, my belly was bitter. + +10:11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many +peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. + +11:1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel +stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and +them that worship therein. + +11:2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure +it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall +they tread under foot forty and two months. + +11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall +prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in +sackcloth. + +11:4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing +before the God of the earth. + +11:5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their +mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he +must in this manner be killed. + +11:6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of +their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and +to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. + +11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that +ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and +shall overcome them, and kill them. + +11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, +which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was +crucified. + +11:9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall +see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer +their dead bodies to be put in graves. + +11:10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and +make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two +prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. + +11:11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God +entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell +upon them which saw them. + +11:12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come +up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their +enemies beheld them. + +11:13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth +part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven +thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God +of heaven. + +11:14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh +quickly. + +11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in +heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of +our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. + +11:16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their +seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, 11:17 Saying, We +give thee thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to +come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast +reigned. + +11:18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time +of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give +reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them +that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which +destroy the earth. + +11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen +in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and +voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. + +12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with +the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of +twelve stars: 12:2 And she being with child cried, travailing in +birth, and pained to be delivered. + +12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great +red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon +his heads. + +12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did +cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which +was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was +born. + +12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations +with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his +throne. + +12:6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place +prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two +hundred and threescore days. + +12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought +against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 12:8 And +prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. + +12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the +Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out +into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. + +12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come +salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of +his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which +accused them before our God day and night. + +12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word +of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. + +12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to +the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down +unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a +short time. + +12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he +persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. + +12:14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she +might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished +for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. + +12:15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the +woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. + +12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, +and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. + +12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war +with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and +have the testimony of Jesus Christ. + +13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out +of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten +crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. + +13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet +were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and +the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. + +13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his +deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. + +13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: +and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who +is able to make war with him? 13:5 And there was given unto him a +mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto +him to continue forty and two months. + +13:6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme +his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. + +13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to +overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, +and nations. + +13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names +are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the +foundation of the world. + +13:9 If any man have an ear, let him hear. + +13:10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that +killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the +patience and the faith of the saints. + +13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he +had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. + +13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, +and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the +first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. + +13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down +from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 13:14 And deceiveth them +that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had +power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on +the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the +wound by a sword, and did live. + +13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that +the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as +would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. + +13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free +and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their +foreheads: 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had +the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. + +13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number +of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six +hundred threescore and six. + +14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with +him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name +written in their foreheads. + +14:2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and +as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers +harping with their harps: 14:3 And they sung as it were a new song +before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no +man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, +which were redeemed from the earth. + +14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are +virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. +These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and +to the Lamb. + +14:5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault +before the throne of God. + +14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the +everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to +every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, 14:7 Saying with a +loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his +judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the +sea, and the fountains of waters. + +14:8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is +fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the +wine of the wrath of her fornication. + +14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If +any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his +forehead, or in his hand, 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of +the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of +his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in +the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: +14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: +and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his +image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. + +14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the +commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. + +14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed +are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the +Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do +follow them. + +14:14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one +sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and +in his hand a sharp sickle. + +14:15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud +voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: +for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is +ripe. + +14:16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; +and the earth was reaped. + +14:17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he +also having a sharp sickle. + +14:18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over +fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, +saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the +vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. + +14:19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered +the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the +wrath of God. + +14:20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came +out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a +thousand and six hundred furlongs. + +15:1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven +angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the +wrath of God. + +15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them +that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and +over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of +glass, having the harps of God. + +15:3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song +of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God +Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. + +15:4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou +only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for +thy judgments are made manifest. + +15:5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the +tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: 15:6 And the seven +angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in +pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden +girdles. + +15:7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven +golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. + +15:8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and +from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the +seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. + +16:1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven +angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon +the earth. + +16:2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and +there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark +of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. + +16:3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it +became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the +sea. + +16:4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and +fountains of waters; and they became blood. + +16:5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O +Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged +thus. + +16:6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou +hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. + +16:7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God +Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. + +16:8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power +was given unto him to scorch men with fire. + +16:9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of +God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to +give him glory. + +16:10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the +beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their +tongues for pain, 16:11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of +their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. + +16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river +Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the +kings of the east might be prepared. + +16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth +of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth +of the false prophet. + +16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go +forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather +them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. + +16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and +keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. + +16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew +tongue Armageddon. + +16:17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and +there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, +saying, It is done. + +16:18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there +was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, +so mighty an earthquake, and so great. + +16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities +of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, +to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. + +16:20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. + +16:21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone +about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the +plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great. + +17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, +and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee +the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 17:2 +With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the +inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her +fornication. + +17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I +saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of +blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. + +17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and +decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup +in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: +17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE +GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. + +17:6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and +with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered +with great admiration. + +17:7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will +tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth +her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. + +17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out +of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on +the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of +life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that +was, and is not, and yet is. + +17:9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven +mountains, on which the woman sitteth. + +17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the +other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short +space. + +17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and +is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. + +17:12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have +received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with +the beast. + +17:13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength +unto the beast. + +17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome +them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are +with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. + +17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the +whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. + +17:16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall +hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat +her flesh, and burn her with fire. + +17:17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to +agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God +shall be fulfilled. + +17:18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which +reigneth over the kings of the earth. + +18:1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, +having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. + +18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the +great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, +and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and +hateful bird. + +18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her +fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication +with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the +abundance of her delicacies. + +18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, +my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive +not of her plagues. + +18:5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered +her iniquities. + +18:6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double +according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her +double. + +18:7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so +much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a +queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. + +18:8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, +and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is +the Lord God who judgeth her. + +18:9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and +lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when +they shall see the smoke of her burning, 18:10 Standing afar off for +the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, +that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. + +18:11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; +for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: 18:12 The merchandise of +gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, +and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner +vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of +brass, and iron, and marble, 18:13 And cinnamon, and odours, and +ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and +wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, +and souls of men. + +18:14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from +thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from +thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all. + +18:15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, +shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, +18:16 And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine +linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious +stones, and pearls! 18:17 For in one hour so great riches is come to +nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and +sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, 18:18 And cried +when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto +this great city! 18:19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, +weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were +made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! +for in one hour is she made desolate. + +18:20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and +prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. + +18:21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and +cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city +Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. + +18:22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and +trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, +of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the +sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; 18:23 And +the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the +voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all +in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy +sorceries were all nations deceived. + +18:24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and +of all that were slain upon the earth. + +19:1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in +heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, +unto the Lord our God: 19:2 For true and righteous are his judgments: +for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with +her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her +hand. + +19:3 And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up for ever and +ever. + +19:4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and +worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. + +19:5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all +ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. + +19:6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the +voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, +Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. + +19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the +marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. + +19:8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, +clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. + +19:9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called +unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are +the true sayings of God. + +19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See +thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have +the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the +spirit of prophecy. + +19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that +sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he +doth judge and make war. + +19:12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many +crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. + +19:13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name +is called The Word of God. + +19:14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white +horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. + +19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should +smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he +treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. + +19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING +OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. + +19:17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud +voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come +and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; 19:18 +That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the +flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on +them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and +great. + +19:19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their +armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the +horse, and against his army. + +19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that +wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had +received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. +These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. + +19:21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon +the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls +were filled with their flesh. + +20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the +bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. + +20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the +Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 20:3 And cast him +into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, +that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years +should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. + +20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given +unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the +witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not +worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark +upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned +with Christ a thousand years. + +20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years +were finished. This is the first resurrection. + +20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: +on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of +God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. + +20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed +out of his prison, 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which +are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them +together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. + +20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the +camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down +from God out of heaven, and devoured them. + +20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire +and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be +tormented day and night for ever and ever. + +20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from +whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no +place for them. + +20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the +books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of +life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written +in the books, according to their works. + +20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and +hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged +every man according to their works. + +20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the +second death. + +20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast +into the lake of fire. + +21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and +the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. + +21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God +out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. + +21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the +tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they +shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their +God. + +21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there +shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall +there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. + +21:5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things +new. + +And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. + +21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the +beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the +fountain of the water of life freely. + +21:7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his +God, and he shall be my son. + +21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and +murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all +liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and +brimstone: which is the second death. + +21:9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the +seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, +saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. + +21:10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high +mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, +descending out of heaven from God, 21:11 Having the glory of God: and +her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper +stone, clear as crystal; 21:12 And had a wall great and high, and had +twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written +thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of +Israel: 21:13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on +the south three gates; and on the west three gates. + +21:14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the +names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. + +21:15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the +city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. + +21:16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the +breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand +furlongs. + +The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. + +21:17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four +cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. + +21:18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city +was pure gold, like unto clear glass. + +21:19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with +all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the +second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; +21:20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, +chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a +chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. + +21:21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was +of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were +transparent glass. + +21:22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the +Lamb are the temple of it. + +21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to +shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the +light thereof. + +21:24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light +of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into +it. + +21:25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there +shall be no night there. + +21:26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into +it. + +21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that +defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but +they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. + +22:1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, +proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. + +22:2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the +river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, +and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for +the healing of the nations. + +22:3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of +the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: 22:4 And +they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. + +22:5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, +neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they +shall reign for ever and ever. + +22:6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the +Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants +the things which must shortly be done. + +22:7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of +the prophecy of this book. + +22:8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard +and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which +shewed me these things. + +22:9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy +fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which +keep the sayings of this book: worship God. + +22:10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of +this book: for the time is at hand. + +22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is +filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be +righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. + +22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give +every man according as his work shall be. + +22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and +the last. + +22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have +right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the +city. + +22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and +murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. + +22:16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in +the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright +and morning star. + +22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth +say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let +him take the water of life freely. + +22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the +prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God +shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 22:19 +And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this +prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and +out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. + +22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. +Amen. + +Even so, come, Lord Jesus. + +22:21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. 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